Language test 10
(20 points)
A / Give the correct tense of the verbs in brackets. (4 points)
1. Look at those children! Their clothes (be) …………….soaking wet. They (must /play) ………………with water.
2. Our English teacher (arrive) …………..from England two months ago. He (taste) …………couscous for the first
time the other day. He (never / eat) ……………………it before.
3. Somebody (just / give) …………………me these chocolates. (You / like)……………….. one before I ………………
(Eat) them all?
B / join the following sentences using the words given. (3 points)
1. She didn't go to meet her father at the airport. She waited for him at home.
Instead of…………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. He drove from Tangier to Agadir. He didn't stop for a rest.
Without…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. I started reading. I feel asleep.
No sooner………………………………………………………………………………………………
C / Find the questions to which the words underlined are the answers. (3 points)
1. They managed to start the car by pushing it.
……………………………………………………………………………………………….?
2. I think he'd like some clothes for his birthday.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..?
3. Asmae always cooks the lunch.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………?
D / Rewrite the following sentences beginning with the words given. (6 points)
1. They are going to build a car-park in the centre of town.
A car-park……………………………………………………………………………….
2. Leila painted this picture.
This picture………………………………………………………………………………
3. You can contact him by phone.
He……………………………………………………………………………………………
4. “I’m so pleased that I won't have to buy a new radio.”
When she collected her radio from the repair shop, she said…………………………………………..
5. “How are you going to get to Beni Mellal?”
When I was planning my trip, they asked me……………………………………………………………………
6. “If the cold weather continues, we shan't he able to go for a picnic tomorrow.”
Last weekend, Rachid told his children ……………………………………………………………………………..
E / Fill the blanks with an expression from the following list (2 points)
any / none / little / a few / a little / no
1. There's only …………….water left in the bottle.
2. I don't need………………. more oranges, thank you.
3. I don't know where he is we have had ………………news of him for a long time.
4. I didn't have any cakes because there were ………………..left.
F / Fill the blanks in the following sentences, supplying the appropriate prepositions. (2 points)
1. She speaks French……….. a foreign accent.
2. What time is it ………….your watch?
3. He shared out the apples ………….his five friends.
4. It's dangerous ………….passengers to lean………… the window when the train is moving.
5. He switched ……………the radio as soon as the programme had finished.
6. You must be……… eighteen years……….. age if you want to take your driving test.
Key answers
A/
1. Look at those children! Their clothes are soaking wet. They must have been playing /they must have
played with water.
2. Our English teacher arrived from England two months ago. He tasted couscous for the first time the other
day. He had never eaten it before.
3. Somebody has just given me these chocolates. Would you like one before I eat them all?
B/
1. Instead of going to meet her father at the airport, she waited for him at home.
2. He drove from Tangier to Agadir without stopping for a rest.
3. No sooner had I started / I had no sooner started reading than I fell asleep.
C/
1. How did they manage to start the car?
2. What do you think he'd like for his birthday?
3. Who always cooks the lunch?
D/
1. A car-park is going to be built in the centre of town.
2. This picture was painted by Leila.
3. He can be contacted by phone.
4. When she collected her radio from the repair shop. She said that she was pleased she wouldn't have to buy
a new one.
5. When I was planning my trip, they asked me how I was going to get to Beni Mellal.
6. Last weekend, Rachid told his children that if the cold weather continued, they, wouldn’t be able to go for a
picnic the following day / the next day.
E/
1. There's only a little water left in the bottle.
2. I don't need any more oranges, thank you.
3. I don't know where he is. We have had no news of him for a long time.
4. I didn't have any cakes because there were none left.
F/
I. She speaks French with a foreign accent.
2. What time is it by your Watch?
3. He shared out the apples among his five friends.
4. it’s dangerous for passengers to lean out of the window when the train is moving.
5. He switched off the radio as soon as the programme had finished.
6. You must be over eighteen years of age if you want to take your driving test.
