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B1 Extra Grammar Tests
Test 7
1. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.
1 The pirates who … any fish had to eat rotten meat and vegetables.
A has not caught
B had not catch
C not caught
D had not caught
2 The ship had already left the port by the time the storm … .
A starts
B started
C have started
D had been starting
3 The chef … supper for the pirates when he suddenly heard a shout.
A had made
B had been making
C made
D had making
4 The pirate had been sewing his shirt when the others … him to come and play cards.
A had been asked
B asking
C asked
D has asked
5 ‘The prisoners … and they were very thin and ill.’
‘How awful!’
A have not been eating
B are not eating
C had not been eating
D were not eaten
6 He … to eat some bread but insects had got into it.
A wants
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B has wanting
C had been wanting
D wanted
7 ‘In the film, … when the murderer went into his room?’
‘Yes, but the murderer woke him up.’
A had he slept
B had he been sleeping
C has he slept
D have he been sleeping
8 When I …, I couldn’t remember what I had been dreaming about.
A wake up
B had been waking up
C had woke up
D woke up
9 When Johnny Depp … at the studio, they had been waiting for over an hour.
A had arrived
B had been arriving
C arrived
D arrives
10 By the time the captain … the other ship, it was at least a mile away.
A had been spotting
B had spotted
C was spot
D has spotted
11 ‘At the end of each night the children … very tired because they had been working for hours.’
‘I’m glad I wasn’t a child back then.’
A was
B had been
C have been
D were
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12 They cancelled the voyage because the captain … some very bad news.
A had been receiving
B was receiving
C had received
D receives
Marks / 12
2. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.
1 If you … read maps well, then you will be a good ship’s captain.
A could
B is able to
C can
D were able to
2 When I was a teenager most of my friends … to sew blouses and dresses.
A are able
B can
C were able
D could
3 In the book Papillion, the prisoners … survive for long because of their hard lives.
A were able to
B couldn’t
C can’t
D wasn’t able to
4 My little boy … walk, but he isn’t able to talk yet.
A can
B could
C is
D is able
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5 By the time you have finished your lessons, you … play the piano.
A can
B will be able to
C are able to
D could
6 From time to time the people living in the fort … to go out and walk by the sea.
A will be able to
B could be able to
C are able to
D were able to
7 For those who … sew, life on the ship was more difficult.
A wasn’t able to
B can’t
C won’t be able to
D couldn’t
8 ‘Excuse me, sir. … swim by the end of the summer?’
‘Yes, if you listen to me and practise very hard.’
A Can we
B Could we
C Were we able to
D Will we be able to
9 ‘… to use satellite navigation when he was a young man?’
‘No, because it hadn’t been invented yet.’
A Could your dad
B Will your dad be able
C Were your dad able
D Was your dad able
10 The prisoners … get off the island because of the sea that was all around it.
A was not able to
B can’t
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C were not able to
D will not be able to
11 At the time Mary … to swim and she nearly died in the wild and dangerous sea.
A will be able
B couldn’t
C can’t
D wasn’t able
12 ‘Sorry. Can you tell me where the port is, please?’
‘No, but ask that man over there. He … help you.’
A will be able to
B can be able to
C could be able to
D was able to
Marks / 12
3. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence using the
word given.
1 We heard a scream and then we saw the ghost standing by the ship.
We saw the ghost standing by the ship ………………………….. a scream. AFTER
2 The pirates started looking for the jewels in the morning and stopped in the evening.
The pirates ………………………….. for the jewels all day. BEEN
3 They had a rest and then they continued with their work.
They continued with their work ………………………….. a rest. AFTER
4 Could Johnny Depp sew like a pirate from the 17th century?
Was ………………………….. like a pirate from the 17th century? ABLE
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5 The pirates wanted to find the gold before they left the island.
The pirates wouldn’t leave the island until they ………………………….. the gold. HAD
6 There was a lot of talk about how wrong it was to make young children work so hard.
They ………………………….. a lot about how wrong it was to make young children work so hard.
TALKED
7 She remembered the murderer.
She ………………………….. the murderer. FORGOTTEN
Marks / 7
4. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.
1 The main character in the film Papillion wasn’t able escape/to escape from Devil’s Island.
2 You was able to/can learn a lot about History from this programme.
3 The children, who had been finishing/finished their work, went home to bed.
4 We had been walking around the old ship when we thought/were thinking we saw a pirate.
5 Joey will/will be able to write his own name after he starts school.
6 Could/Can you read a map when you were the captain of the ship?
7 My dad never was able/was never able to work in the garden when it was too hot.
8 By the time Alexander Graham Bell was six, he was/will be able to think of things that most grown-
ups couldn’t.
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9 Were/Was you able to read the whole book in one week?
Marks / 9
Total Marks / 40
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