Language test 8
(20 points)
A / Rewrite the following sentences beginning with the words given.(6 points)
1. Lightning struck the house.
The house……………………………………………………………………………………
2. You should change the oil in your car every 3000 km.
The oil in your car ……………………………………………………………………….
3. They have elected Mr. Obama president of the USA for another 4 years
Mr Obama …………………………………………………………………………………..
4. “if they tell me which book you need , I will buy it for you”
In her letter, Khalil’s aunt promised …………………………………………….
5. “ I may not have time to do all the shopping today “
Last Monday my mother feared …………………………………………………….
6. “Do you think he will be at school this afternoon?”
Last Monday, Hasnaa asked me………………………………………………………
B / Find the questions to which the words underlined are the answers.(3 points)
1. He visits his grandparents about four times a year.
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. No, they have never been abroad.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. I'm going to use Zineb's pen
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
C / Give the correct tense of the verbs in brackets. (4 marks)
1. It's time you (get)…………………… married.
2. While she (cook)……………………. the lunch yesterday, she (run)……………… out of gas.
3. If he (not / go)………………………… out without a coat last Sunday, he (not / catch)…………………………..
cold.
4. They (write)……………………….. six essays so far this year.
5. I (be)…………….. very tired yesterday evening because I (teach)………………….. all day.
D / Join the following pairs of sentences using the words given. (3 marks)
1. I got to the cinema early. I wanted to have a good seat. (so as to)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. He often tells his children not to play ball in the street. They still do it. (no matter how)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. He arrived back from Paris. He was told to go to London. (Hardly)
………………………………………………………………………………
E / Fill the blanks with a word from the following list: (2 marks)
which whose / whom / what / who
1. I'd like you to meet the man ……………………saved my life.
2. I'd like you to meet the man …………………….life I saved.
3. I can't hear ………………………you're saying.
4. Have you seen the picture ……………………………my student drew?
F / Fill the blanks in the following sentences, supplying the correct form of the words in brackets. (2 marks)
1. The Pacific Ocean is ………………… the Atlantic. (large)
2. September is often …………………… June. (hot)
3. It was …………………………holiday that I had ever had. (bad)
4. Gold is………………………… silver (valuable)
Key answers
A/
I. The house was struck by lightning.
2. The oil in your car should be changed every 3.000 km.
3. Mr Obama has been elected President of the U.S.A. for another four years.
4. In her letter, Khalil's aunt promised that if he told her which book he needed, she'd (would) buy it for him.
5: Last Monday, my mother feared that she might not have time to do all the shopping that day.
6. Last Saturday, Hasnaa asked me if / whether I thought he would be at the school that afternoon.
B/
1. How often does he visit his grandparents?
2. Have they ever been abroad?
3. Whose pen are you going to use?
C/
1. It's time you got married.
2. While she was cooking the lunch yesterday, she ran out of gas.
3. If he hadn't gone out without a coat last Sunday, he wouldn't have caught cold.
4. They have written six essays so far this year.
5. I was very tired yesterday evening because I'd / I had been teaching all day.
D/
1. I got to the cinema early so as to have a good seat.
2. No matter how often he tells his children not to play ball in the street, they still do it.
3. Hardly had be arrived back / He had hardly arrived back from Paris when he was told to go to London.
E/
1. I'd like you to meet the man who saved my life.
2. I'd like you to meet the man whose life I saved.
3. I can't hear what you're saying.
4. Have you seen the picture which my student drew?
F/
I. The Pacific Ocean is larger than the Atlantic.
2. September is often hotter than June.
3. It was the worst holiday that I had ever had.
4. Gold is more valuable than silver.
