short test 2a Unit 2
Name: .......................................................................................................................................................
1 Complete the sentences with one verb in each 4 Complete the sentences with the verbs below
gap. in the past simple.
0 My sister wants to ________
get married in July. not be leave not have
1 On Tuesdays I don’t get up early because I fall get ✓ not come learn
________ school at 10 a.m.
2 You look sad. Did you ________ an argument got
0 Mark and Julie ____________ engaged last
with Peter yesterday? month.
3 I don’t want to live with my parents. I’d like to 1 I ____________ school when I was 18.
________ a flat and live with my friends. 2 We ____________ lunch yesterday.
4 I’m sorry to hear that you didn’t ________ a 3 Were his adult years happy? No, they
job for the summer. ____________ .
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he was 50.
2 Choose the best word a, b or c to complete the
sentences. 5 Anna ____________ down the stairs and broke
her leg.
0 My sister’s very ____ – she can sing, play the
6 I’m sorry I ____________ to your birthday
piano and dance very well.
party on Saturday.
a intelligent b talented c friendly
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1 Ronda is not afraid of anything – she’s really
____ . 5 Write sentences in the past simple or past
a glamorous b brave c popular continuous tense.
2 Tom studies Maths for three hours a day. 0 What/you/do/when/I/call/you/yesterday?
He’s ____ to become a Maths teacher.
What were you doing when I called you
______________________________________
a cruel b sympathetic c determined
______________________________________
yesterday?
3 There are too many ____ films on TV, where
people hit and kill each other. 1 My parents/meet/when/they/study/at
Cambridge University.
a violent b brilliant c weak
______________________________________
4 Caroline is the most ____ person in my class.
She always knows the answers! 2 What/your boyfriend/do/at 6 p.m. yesterday
evening?
a sympathetic b glamorous c intelligent
______________________________________
/2 3 You/wear/a red dress/when/I/first/see/you.
3 Write in the missing letters to complete the ______________________________________
words in each sentence. 4 It/rain/when/you/arrive/in London?
0 Lewis Hamilton was 2008 Formula 1 world ______________________________________
c _hampi
_ _ _ _ o_ n_ . /4
1 My grandfather fought in the Second World
_ _ r. Score: ______/20 marks
2 Do you know who d _ _ e _ _ _ _ _ the theory
of relativity?
3 I spent the first four years of my life with my
wonderful grandparents. I remember I had a
very happy _ _ _ l _ _ _ _ d.
4 The demonstrators shouted: ‘Make _ e _ _ _ ,
not war!’
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