TEST 2
(20 points)
A. Rewrite the following sentences beginning with the words given. (6 marks)
1. They have asked him to make a speech.
He …………………………………………………………………………………….
2. Somebody must teach them how to use the machine.
They……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. They changed our telephone numbers last week.
Our telephone numbers…………………………………………………………………………………………
4. “I haven't seen Karirna for six weeks.”
Some time ago, Dounia told us……………………………………………………………………………….
5. “I’ll try to finish it by tomorrow.”
Last week, Kamal promised……………………………………………………………………………………
6- “Did you find a sweater to go with your new skirt?”
When I got home, my sister asked me……………………………………………………………………….
B. Join the following pairs of sentences using the words given. (3 marks)
1. She didn't offer the chocolates to her friends. She ate them all herself. (Instead of)
…………………………………………………………………………………..
2. Nawal is a popular athlete. Several foreign newspapers have published articles about her. (Such ….. that)
…………………………………………………………………………………….
3. She spoke very loudly. The old man still couldn't hear her. (No matter how)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
C. Find the questions to which the words underlined are the answers. (3 marks)
1. They practise sports twice a week.
……………………………………………………………….
2. He asked his cousin's advice.
…………………………………………………………………
3. Her husband is tall and he has got long, dark hair and brown eyes.
…………………………………………………………………
D. Give the correct tense of the verbs in brackets. (4 marks)
I. If I hadn't lost my way, I ………………………. (To arrive) on time.
2. No sooner (he / to park) his car the other day than a policeman ………………… (To tell) him that it ………...
(To be) a no-parking zone.
3. I'm going to look for a job when I ……………………. (To leave) school.
4. He wishes he …………………………. (Not / to eat) so much couscous for lunch yesterday.
5. We……………………….. (To come) to live here in 100 and we ………………… (To live) here ever since.
E. Fill the blanks, where necessary, with a word from the following list: (2 marks)
Some / an / a / any / the
1. I'm going to…………….. Nearest butcher as I need ……………..chicken and……….. meat.
2. I read ……………………..extremely interesting article about pollution in one of ……newspapers last week
3. It is such ……………………………wet weather that we can't play……….. tennis.
F. Fill the blanks in the following sentences, supplying the appropriate prepositions. (2
marks)
I. Let's go …………….the theatre tomorrow. I don't want to stay…………..home.
2. We congratulated her…………. her marriage.
3. I'll be very angry …………you tomorrow if you don't bring your ……….books………. school……you
4. He was so worried …………..his job that he couldn't sleep……………night
KEY ANSWERS TO TEST 2
A
1. He has been asked to make a speech.
2. They must be taught how to use the machine.
3. Our telephone numbers were changed last week.
4. Some time ago, Dounia told us that she hadn't seen Karima for six weeks.
5. Last week, Kamal promised that he would try to finish it by the next day / the following day.
6. When I got home, my sister asked me if / whether I'd (I had) found a sweater to go with my new skirt.
B
I. Instead of offering the chocolates to her friends, she ate them all herself.
She ate all the chocolates herself instead of offering them to her friends.
2. Nawal is such a popular athlete that several foreign newspapers have published articles about her.
3. No matter how loudly she spoke, the old man still couldn't hear her.
C
1. How often do they practise sports?
2. Whose advice did they ask?
3. What is her husband like?
D
1. If I hadn't lost my way. I'd (I would) have arrived on time.
2. No sooner had he parked his car the other day than a policeman told him that it was a no-parking zone.
3. I'm going to look for a job when I leave school.
4. He wishes he hadn't eaten so much couscous for lunch yesterday.
5. We came to live here in 1970 and we've (we have) been living / we have lived here ever since.
E
1. I'm going to the nearest butcher's as I need a chicken and some meat.
2. I read an extremely interesting article about — pollution in one of the newspapers last week.
3. It is such ø wet weather that we can't play ø / any tennis.
F
1. Let's go to the theatre tomorrow. I don't want to stay at home.
2. We congratulated her on her marriage.
3. I'll be very angry with you tomorrow if you don't bring your books to school with you.
4. He was so worried about his job that he couldn't sleep at night.
