A: Read the Conversation and Chose the Correct Form

ENGLISH PRE-TEST Units 9-10

A: Read the conversation and chose the correct form

Rachel: Have you heard about the pop festival?

Vicky: Yes, it’s /it’ll be good if ‘X-press’ are playing. They’re a great band.

Rachel: Will you be able to go, Nick?

Nick: If I ask/ I’ll ask my boss, he’ll give me some time off work, I hope.

Vicky: How are we going to get there?

Rachel: Well, if there are / there’ll be enough people, we can hire a minibus.

Vicky: I won’t be going if it’s / it’ll be too expensive.

Rachel: It isn’t costing/ wont’ cost much if we all share/will share the cost.

Nick: If I see / I’ll see the others later tonight, I ask / I’ll ask them if they want / they’ll want to go.

B: Put the verb in brackets in the correct form with will or the Present Simple.

1. If you ______(eat) another cake, you ______(be sick).

2. You ______(fail) your exam if you ______(not study) hard.

3. What ______you ______(do) if you ______(fail)?

4. When she ______(read) my letter, she ______(understand) my problem.

C: Put if or when into each gap.

1. ______I’m late this evening, don’t wait for me.

2. I’m going to do some shopping now. ______I come back, we can have lunch.

3. I’m thinking of going to see Tom. ______I go, will you come with me?

4. ______you don’t want to go out tonight, we can stay at home.

5. Shall we have a picnic tomorrow ______the weather is good?

6. John is still at school. ______he leaves school he wants to go to university.

D: Choose the correct conjunction. (Sometimes there are two possible answers)

1. If / as soon as / until I win a lot of money, I’ll buy you a Ferrari.

2. Please turn out the lights after / before / when you go to bed.

3. I like to relax as soon as / while / before I’m on holiday.

4. We can go if/ as soon as / while you’re ready.

5. Stop at a petrol station after / when / before we run out of petrol.

6. When / if / while you are the first person up in the morning, make me a cup of tea.

7. After / when / until you’ve read the newspaper, can I have it?

E: Make sentences with if.

I’m afraid the bus will be late.

à get to work late again. If the bus is late , I’ll get to work late again.

à lose my job. If I get to work late again, I’ll lose my job.

1. à not find another job.

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2. à lose my flat

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3. à move back to my parents’ house.

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4. à get very bored.

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5. à go swimming every day.

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6. à look very good.

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7. à meet interesting people.

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8. à go to lots of parties.

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9. à have a wonderful time.

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F: Write the sentences into a present passive form

1. This room / clean / every day ______

2. How often / the room / clean? ______

3. Glass / make / from sand ______

4. Stamps / sell / in a post office ______

5. Football / play / in most countries ______

6. What language /speak / in Ethiopia? ______

G: Correct the sentences.

1. Champagne is make in France

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2. Baseball is also playing in Japan.

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3. A lot of tea is drank in Britain.

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4. German speaks in Austria.

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5. The dogs feed twice a day.

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6. Fruit and vegetables is sold at the corner shop.

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H: Underline the best way of continuing after each sentence.

1. He lives in a small house. Somebody built it / It was built forty years ago.

2. English is worth learning. People speak it / It is spoken in a lot of countries

3. He got a sports car, but he didn’t like it. So he sold it / it was sold again.

4. My nephew is an artist. He has just painted another picture / another picture has just been painted by him

5. The new Sylvester Stallone film is marvellous. They are showing it now / it is being showed now.

I: Put the words in the correct order.

1. since / has / nylon / 1932 / made / been

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2. Mary’s / invited / I / to / wasn’t / party / why ?

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3. will / when / be / new / the / bridge / built?

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4. asked / car / design / were / they / to / new / a.

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5. teenagers / given / for / an / were / the /award / bravery

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6. a / a / lottery / has / ticket /discovered / in / wallet /been / winning

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J: Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense, active or passive

The History of the Hamburger

The hamburger is the most eaten food in the whole world. The first hamburgers ______(make) and sold in Connecticut in 1895 by an American chef called Louis Lassen. Louis ______(call) them hamburgers because he ______(give) the recipe by sailors from Hamburg in Germany. Hamburgers ______(become) a favorite in America in the early part of the twentieth century. Their popularity ______(grow) even more after the Second World War, when they ______(buy) in large quantities by teenagers who ______(prefer) fast food to family meals. In 1948 two brothers, Dick and Mac McDonald ______(open) a drive-in hamburger restaurant in San Bernardino, California. Since then over 25,000 McDonald’s restaurants ______(open) worldwide and now 35 million McDonald’s hamburgers ______(eat) every day in 115 countries from India to Arctic Circle.

K: Cross out the ‘by’ expression if unnecessary.

1. A robber was arrested yesterday night by the police.

2. ‘The Client’ was written by John Grisham.

3. All the flowers have been sold by the seller.

4. This house was built in 1973 by a house builder.

5. This house was built in 1973 by my father.

6. The mail was delivered a 8 am by the postman

7. This letter wasn’t written by an English person.

KEYS

It’ll be / I ask / there are / it’s / won’t cost / share / I see / I’ll ask / they want.

1. eat / ‘ll be

2. ‘ll fail / don’t study

3. will you do / fail

4. reads / ‘ll understand

1. if

2. when

3. if

4. if

5. if

6. when

1. if / as soon as

2. before / when

3. as soon as / while

4. if / as soon as

5. before

6. When / if

7. After

1. If I lose my job, I won’t find another job.

2. If I don’t find another job, I’ll lose my flat.

3. If I lose my flat, I’ll move back to my parents’ house.

4. If I move back to my parents’ house, I’ll get very bored.

5. If I get very bored, I’ll go swimming every day.

6. If I go swimming every day, I’ll look very good.

7. If I look very good, I’ll meet interesting people.

8. If I meet interesting people, I’ll go to lots of parties.

9. If I go to lots of parties, I’ll have a wonderful time.

1. This room is cleaned every day

2. How often is this room cleaned?

3. Glass is made from sand

4. Stamps are sold in a post office

5. Football is played in most countries

6. What language is spoken in Ehtipia?

1. ...is made

2. ... is also played

3. ... is drunk

4. ... is spoken

5. ... are fed

6. ... are sold

1. He lives in a small house. It was built forty years ago.

2. English is worth learning. It is spoken in a lot of countries

3. He got a sports car, but he didn’t like it. So he sold it.

4. My nephew is an artist. He has just painted another picture

5. The new Sylvester Stallone film is marvellous. it is being showed now.

1. Nylon has been made since 1932

2. Why wasn’t I invited to Mary’s party?

3. When will the bridge be built?

4. They were asked to design a new car.

5. The teenagers were given an award for bravery

6. A winning lottery ticket has been discovered in a wallet

Were made - was called - was given - became - grew - were bought - preferred - opened - have been opened - are eaten

1. A robber was arrested yesterday night by the police.

2. ‘The Client’ was written by John Grisham.

3. All the flowers have been sold by the seller.

4. This house was built in 1973 by a house builder.

5. This house was built in 1973 by my father.

6. The mail was delivered a 8 am by the postman

7. This letter wasn’t written by an English person.