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1 Which of the words in the box sound like looked or wanted?
looked wanted

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2 Make sentences using the verbs in brackets, and the word since.

He last ate breakfast at eight o’clock this morning. (eat)

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1 The last time he saw his aunt was in the summer. (see)

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2 I last spoke to him when I was in London. (speak)

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3 The last time I received a letter from her was in July. (receive)

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4 She last went to visit her aunt’s family in the autumn. (go)

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5 We received a postcard from him when he first arrived in America. (receive)

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Marks ¦

visited watched stopped hoped painted shouted

Test1 (Units 1 – 5)

Name ................................................................................................

Class .................................................................................................

Total marks ...................................................................................

He hasn’t eaten since breakfast at eight o’clock this morning.
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3 Complete the following text with the right forms of the verbs in brackets.

I am going to visit my cousin in Australia next April. Isn’t that wonderful? I

(never go) _____________________________ on a plane before. In the last few months

I (receive) _____________________ lots of letters from Sam. That’s my cousin, by

the way. (tell) _________ I _________ you that my mother (go) _______________ there

last November? Uncle Harry (be) __________ ill. But he (be) ____________________ a

lot better since then. Now we have a computer and we (be) _____________________ in

contact using it. (think) _________ you ever ______________ about getting a computer?

One of my friends, Rachel, (get) ____________ one last month and she uses it a lot. Her

grandmother says she (never see) _____________________________ anything like it.

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4 Put the first part of the sentence into the past perfect (had + verb) and the second into
the simple past.

He already (eat) breakfast when his friend (arrive).

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1 He already (win) the 100 metres before he (win) the 200 metres.

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2 Alexander (be) to India before Marco Polo (go) there.

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3 When he (finish) his breakfast he (take) his car to the garage.

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4 They (not be) to Buenos Aires before Elena (come) to visit.

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5 She remembered that she (forget) her key when she (arrive) home.

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Marks ¦

He had already eaten breakfast when his friend arrived.
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5 What are these words?

e o c s n a There are five of these on the Earth. ____________________

n a b a n a A fruit with a yellow skin. ____________________

g i f A round fruit. ____________________

y o b w o c A man who looks after cattle and rides a horse. ____________________

l o r a c A creature that grows on rock under the sea. ____________________

r s o l a i A person who sails a boat. ____________________

Marks ¦

6 Put the words from the box into the text.
Amy: The sports car _____________________ down the High Street really fast, when
this other car came out of another street. It was going really fast, too.
Bill: And _____________________________
Amy: ________ , . . .
Bill: Was there an accident?
Amy: _____________________ . The sports car _____________________ to stop

but it was too late. Just as it was trying to stop the other car hit it from the back.

Bill: ____________________________
Amy: _____________________ . But do you know what happened next? A police car

came round the corner and two policemen ran quickly over to the sports car.

Bill: _____________________ Did he try to get away? I mean the man in the sports

car.

Amy: _____________________ . But the police were faster. Just as the driver was

trying to get out of his car, one of the policemen grabbed him by the arm.

Bill: So he couldn’t get away.
Amy: _____________________ .

Marks ¦

Well Of course was trying Really? Luckily not was going Oh, yes

That’s right what happened then? Was anybody hurt?

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