short test 9a Unit 9
Name: .......................................................................................................................................................
1 Complete the sentences with one word in each 3 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
gap. The first letter is given for you. Use the past simple, past continuous or past
perfect.
0 I attended a two-day first a_i _d course.
1 Be careful with this knife. You can c_ _ yourself 0 The dog ____________
bit (bite) the little girl and
easily. she started to cry.
2 When you get injured, the first thing you need 1 Robert ____________ (fall) off the ladder while
to do is stop the b_ _ _ _ _ _ _ by applying he ____________ (paint) his house.
some pressure to the wound. 2 When I got to school, I____________ (realise)
3 The first s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ of flu are a runny nose, that I ____________ (forgot) my Biology
sore throat and a cough. homework.
4 After the operation, the doctor put a 3 What ____________ (you/do) yesterday at
b_ _ _ _ _ _ on my leg and I had it changed five p.m.?
regularly. 4 Anna didn’t see the children. When she
5 I don’t like long car journeys because I often ____________ (arrive), they ____________
feel s_ _ _ in the car. (go) to bed.
6 A lot of people do not take a p_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 When I was a teenager, I ____________ (spend)
until a headache becomes really bad. all my free time playing computer games.
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2 Underline the correct word(s) to complete the 4 Rewrite the sentences with used to where
story. possible. If it is not possible write impossible.
Last Saturday I sprained my ankle while I was 0 I was very shy as a child.
playing football with some friends. 0 Fortunately/ I used to be very shy as a child.
______________________________________
Unfortunately the injury was not very serious. 00 I hurt my back yesterday.
1
At first/Suddenly it didn’t hurt at all. My foot felt impossible
______________________________________
a bit strange but that was all. But 2 finally/a few
minutes later I started feeling a lot of pain and 1 When I was younger I played football twice a
my ankle started to swell. When I got home, my week.
mum took my trainer off carefully. 3 Meanwhile/ ______________________________________
After that I lay down on the sofa with my leg on 2 Hundreds of years ago people didn’t live very
a cushion. Then we tried to stop the pain and long.
swelling with a packet of frozen peas. It didn’t ______________________________________
help much so my mum took me to the doctor
4
in the end/immediately. 3 I visited him twice when we were in Paris.
______________________________________
/2
4 Where did she work before?
______________________________________
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Score: ______ /20 marks
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