Name _______________________________
Class: E/ GE7
MINI TEST 2
LEVEL: GE7
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in the Simple Past or Past Perfect.
1 I (recognize) recognized him because I (meet) had met him at school earlier this year.
2 It (be) ________ hot in September, but August (be) ________ even hotter.
3 When I (see) ________ her, her hair was wet because she (go) ________ swimming.
4 I’m sure they (have) ________ an argument before they (arrive) ________ .
5 They (start) ________ the meeting without me when I (get) ________ to work.
6 My manager (not tell) ________ me to finish the report yesterday, so I (not complete) ________ it.
2 points for each correct answer 10
2 Choose the correct forms of the verbs.
Conversation 1
A (1) Were you going / Did you go / Had you gone on vacation recently?
B Yes, we (2) had gone / were going / went to Los Angeles a couple of
weeks ago.
A :And (3) did you visit / were you visiting / had you visited San Diego, too?
B No. We really (4) wanted / were wanting / have wanted to, but then we (5) had realized / were
realizing / realized that we (6) hadn’t had / weren’t having / didn’t have enough time.
Conversation 2
A Where’s James? He called to say he (7) was waiting / was waited / waited at the movie theater all
evening. B Well, I (8) had gone / was going / went to the theater at six, but I (9) didn’t see / hadn’t
seen / wasn’t seeing him.
A But he was there for hours! (10) Wasn’t he telling / Wasn’t he told / Hadn’t he told you where to
meet him? B Of course, he (11) had told / was telling / was told me, but I’ve forgotten what he said!
A Well, thanks to you, he (12) had to / used to / was to wait in the rain.
1 point for each correct answer 10
3 Complete the sentences with the correct Simple Past form of the verb, active or passive.
1 Jonathan (fire) was fired from his job because he’d been rude to his boss.
2 President Thompson (meet) ________ at the airport by the
ambassador.
3 When he was young, Rod Stewart (work) ________ at a
cemetery.
4 They (not wake) ________ up by the terrible storm.
5 She (post) ________ 2,000 stories before her blog became
popular.
6 (record) ________ the story ________ for the radio?
7 His first book (publish) ________ in 2013.
8 His house (use) ________ to hold lavish dinners.
9 Stanton (move) ________ to New York City in 2010.
10 Stanton’s first book (feature) ________ in Vogue magazine
in 2012.
11 Many famous symphonies (write) ________ in the 19th
century.
1 point for each correct answer 10
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4 Complete the sentences with the correct past form of the appropriate verb.
1 Ernest Hemingway met Gertrude Stein while he was living in Paris. (live / meet)
2 Romeo ________ Juliet and ________ in love with her instantly. (fall / see)
3 When Romeo ________ his dead wife, he ________ the poison. (drink / see)
4 They ________ very quickly that they ________ before. (forget / argue)
5 We ________ the suggestion that she ________ earlier. (make / reject)
6 My friend ________ poems at school and his book ________ last year. (publish / write)
1 point for each correct answer 10
5 Correct the mistake in the sentences. Write correct for the three correct sentences.
1 When I was just a little girl, I was asking my mother: “What will I be?”
asked
2 Bach’s music become more popular after his death. ________
3 After the Prince had heard of the deaths, he banished Romeo from Verona. ________
4 When I was waking up, it was still dark. ________
5 Last weekend I have gone shopping with my friends. ________
6 We don’t know what happened when they first met. ________
7 I used to visit my grandmother last week. ________
8 John and I used to be friends in school. We’re not so close these days. ________
9 The teacher gave us our homework but we weren’t paid attention. ________
10 The city looked horrible after the hurricane was destroying it. ________
11 When I had seen her on Tuesday, she was wearing a black dress. ________
1 point for each correct answer 10
6 Complete the text with the correct form of the verb.
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in 1896 in St Paul, Minnesota, and, like his friend Ernest Hemingway, he (1
live) lived in Paris in the 1920s. Before Fitzgerald (2 move) ________ to Paris, he (3 be) ________ a
student at Princeton University and a member of the US Army. It was while he (4 train) ________ with the
army that he (5 meet) ________ and married Zelda Sayer.
During the 1920s, the Fitzgeralds’ home (6 become) ________ the center of a lively group of writers and
artists in Paris. Their lifestyle (7 involve) ________ lots of parties, so some people were surprised to find he
had real talent. He (8 write) ________ many great novels, but perhaps his most famous book is The Great
Gatsby which (9 publish)________ in 1925. Zelda Fitzgerald (10 be) ________ also an author, and her
autobiographical novel, Save Me the Waltz, (11 come) ________ out in the early 1930s.
1 point for each correct answer 10
7 Change the underlined incorrect word to the correct word that sounds the same.
1 I made a fruit salad with apples and pairs. pears
2 Piece finally arrived at the end of the war. ________
3 She looked great in blew jeans and a black T-shirt. ________
4 When I was a child, I used to where a pink hat. ________
5 Read a book while you’re weighting for the doctor. ________
6 The hole world thinks you’re funny. ________
7 When I see him, I go week in the knees. ________
8 You’re not aloud to shout in the library. ________
9 We didn’t meat them yesterday. ________
10 When I woke up, the son was shining. ________
11 Please go outside and get the male. ________
1 point for each correct answer
8 Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
as beloved despite then in out
agreed sense to uninvited used
1 The person I want to marry must have a sense of humor.
2 As a child, I ________ to enjoy painting, but I don’t paint any more.
3 A rose by any other name would smell ________ sweet.
4 The two artists became friends, ________ their different opinions on art.
5 The young woman ________ to marry him, but secretly she didn’t want to.
6 His ________ wife died young and he never fell in love again. 10
7 According ________ the experts, the silver case was made in the 18th century.
8 I went to the party ________ , but nobody realized.
9 They met ________ secret every night for a year.
10 Another fight has broken ________ on the streets.
11 Only ________ did they realize that a robber had taken everything they owned.
1 point for each correct
answer
9 Complete the statements with question tags.
1 The performance last night was excellent, wasn’t
it ?
2 You really love chocolate, ________ ?
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3 She’s always liked Brad Pitt, ________ ?
4 They don’t get along very well, ________ ?
5 You’re just jealous, ________ ?
6 It’s a great day today, ________ ?
1 point for each correct answer
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10 Put the words in order to make a conversation.
A (1) showed / had worked / new / the / painting / James / that / last month / he / Yesterday / on / me / .
Yesterday James showed me the new painting that he had worked on last month.
B Oh! (2) of / you / it / did / think / What / ?
A I really liked it. (3) just / paintings / amazing / are / His / !
B Yes. (4) his / horrible / But / clothes / they / are / aren’t / absolutely / ?
A (5) all / that’s / not / at / Actually, / true / . He has great style!
B (6) you / have / But / always / him, / liked / you / haven’t / ?
1 point for each correct answer 10
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