COLEGIO JOYFE DEPARTAMENTO DE IDIOMAS GRAMMAR TEST 1º BTO.

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NAME: DATE:

1. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING THE APPROPRIATE FORM OF THE VERBS. (10 marks)
a. I (have) __have had____________ lunch, so I’m not hungry.
b. I’ll help you in a minute – I (talk) ___am talking___________ on the phone.
c. Look at Tim! What (he / wear) ____is he wearing____________?
d. I (not see) ____haven’t seen____________ Amy. Is she here today?
e. I (not speak) _don’t speak_______________ French and English.
f. Hi, Max, what (you / do) _are you doing_____________ at the moment?
g. We (take) ___took____________ the overnight train and we (arrive) have
arrived___________ this morning.
h. I (already / tell) ___have already told______________________ you to stop talking!
i. The sun (shine) _was shining__________________ all day yesterday.
j. Jack (walk) ______walks___________ to school every day.

2. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE COMPARATIVE OR SUPERLATIVO FORM OF THE BOLD
ADJECTIVES. (5 marks)
a. Scotland is ___the coldest________________ country in the UK (cold)
b. Let’s get the bus – It’s __faster than______________ walking. (fast)
c. This is ___the best______________shop in the city. (good)
d. This is _the most important________________ part of the film. (important)
e. My sister goes to bed __earlier than_______________ me. (early)

3. CORRECT ANY MISTAKES. TWO SENTENCES ARE CORRECT. (5 marks)

a. Tom’s got new phone. Tom’s got a new phone
b. This is the jacket that I bought in town. correct
c. We get a lot of homework. correct
d. My mum is artist. My mum is an artist
e. I don’t eat the meat. I’m a vegetarian. I don’t eat meat. I’m a vegetarian

4. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE. (10 marks)

I had lived in London for two months when I got / was getting a job in the café at the end of my
road. It was / was being fun at first, but when it was busy, it was really hard work. While I was
working / had worked there, I met / had met Peter. He worked in the university, and he said
/was saying I should do a course. At first, I wasn’t being / wasn’t sure, but in the end I
decided / had decided to apply for a place to study languages and drama. A week later, I
heard / was hearing that I have been / had been successful. I have been /was a student for
almost six months now, and it’s great.

5. COMPLETE THE SECOND SENTENCE SO THAT IT HAS THE SAME MEANING AS THE FIRST ONE.
USE THE BOLD WORDS. (40 marks)
a. It always rained when we went to school. (USED)
It used to rain when I went to school

b. During our picnic a dog stole our sandwiches. (WHEN)

A dog stole our sandwiches when we were having our picnic
 c. It started to snow, so we went inside immediately. (AS SOON AS)
As soon as it started to snow we went inside

d. I started studying economics at university and then I fell in love with philosophy. (WHILE)
While I was studying economics I fell in love with philosophy

e. The fire alarm went on during our French exam. (WHILE)

The fire alarm went on while we were doing / taking our French exam

f. When I was younger I thought unicorns were real. (TO)

When I was younger I used to think unicorns were real

g. I went shopping immediately after finishing work. (AS SOON AS)

I went shopping as soon as I finished work
h. We had lunch and then we went out. (AFTER)
We went out after we had / had had lunch

6. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH YOUR OWN IDEAS. (20 marks)

a. Since I started Bachillerato…

b. The best thing about my school is…

and the worst thing is…

c. At the moment, I’m…

d. When I was a child, I would…

STUDENTS’ OWN ANSWERS

7. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH AN APPROPRIATE WORD. (1 mark)

a. Theo has got an amazing _____memory_________________. He doesn’t forget anything.
b. You need to make an __appointment___________________ to see the doctor. She’s very
busy.
c. Do you _remember__________________ meeting Nina in 2002?
d. Can you ___remind________________ me to phone Peter tonight, please?
e. I’ve got wonderful __memories___________________of growing up in the countryside