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TEST 1
1 Circle the correct word. 4 Complete the sentences with the verbs in the list
in the gerund or infinitive form. Sometimes both
0 The monkey descended / climbed up to the highest
branch of the tree.
forms are possible.
1 I got down on my hands and knees and leapt / do | behave | reach | go | finish | rush
crawled under the table. 0 I managed to finish my project on time.
2 In a hopping / tiptoeing race, you may only use
1 What do you feel like this weekend?
one leg.
2 We can’t afford on a skiing vacation
3 We swung / wandered around downtown for an
hour before dinner. this winter.
4 There’s no need to rush / leap – we’ve got plenty 3 If you continue that way, you’ll get
of time. into trouble.
5 She tiptoed / hopped down the hallway so as not to 4 I detest on the weekend. The
wake up her parents. weekend is for relaxing!
5 5 They expect the summit of the
mountain by noon.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the words in the list. 10
descend | wander | swing | climb | leap | stagger 5 Use the prompts to write sentences.
0 The accident happened as they were climbing to 0 imagine / stand / on top of Mount Everest
the top of the mountain. Imagine standing on top of Mount Everest.
1 I was weak and tired, but I managed to 1 I / practice / do / tricks on my mountain bike
to my bed and lie down. every day
2 She the stairs and stepped into the
entrance hall.
3 They used their arms from tree to tree. 2 She / manage / climb / over the wall
4 This river is too wide for us to over it
here. Let’s find a narrower part.
5 I spent the evening around the park. 3 What time / you / begin / cook / this meal?

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3 Circle the correct words. 4 I / really miss / sail / on the lake near our old house

0 I’m desperate / ashamed / awkward about how

badly I did on the test yesterday.
5 We / promise / not / rush / home after school
1 She felt quite puzzled / desperate / awkward when
she had to tell her friend the bad news.
2 We were puzzled / stuck / guilty by the strange
message which was pinned on the front door. 10
3 I feel really desperate / guilty / stuck about
forgetting Adam’s birthday.
4 He’s been in bed for weeks and now he’s stuck /
ashamed / desperate to get outdoors for some
fresh air.
5 This computer game is so hard! I’m stuck / guilty /
awkward on level 3 and don’t know what to do.

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 6 Put the verbs in parentheses into the gerund or 9 Complete the mini-dialogues with the words
infinitive form. below.
My family and I really want 0 to go (go) on problem | easy | can’t | course | manage
vacation together this year. But we still haven’t challenge
managed 1 (agree) on a destination. 0 A I bet you I can leap over this fence.
I really enjoy 2 (ski), but my sister refuses B I bet you can’t .
3 (travel) to a country where the average
1 A I you to climb to the top of that tree.
temperature is less than 25 °C. My dad suggested
4 B OK, I’ll try.
(fly) to the Caribbean where I could learn
5 (do) all kinds of watersports, but Mom says 2 A You’ll never to beat me in a
that’s too expensive. Oh well! bike race.
B Let’s see.
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3 A I bet you can’t eat all this chocolate cake on
7 Circle the correct words to complete the mini- your own.
dialogues. B Of I can!
1 A Did you remember to give / giving the cat her 4 A I bet you I can get down all these stairs in
food? 10 seconds.
B Yes, I remember to feed / feeding her just B That’s too .
before we came out.
5 A Do you think you can run faster than Simon?
2 A I’ll never forget to see / seeing snow for the first
time! B No .
B Is that when you forgot to wear / wearing your 10
gloves, and we had to go home and get them?
3 A I regret to inform / informing you that you did 10 Circle the correct words.
not pass the test this time. 0 Call me when you’re ready to go home,
B I was so tired! I regret to go / going to bed so all right / too right?
late the night before. 1 Do you always reply right away / right up to to text
messages?
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2 A It’s been really cold this week.
8 Complete the sentences with the gerund or B All right. / I know, right?
infinitive form of the verbs in the list. 3 A I’m going to study all weekend.
call | put | chat | study | argue | drink B Yeah, right! / Right? The big game is on TV
tomorrow.
0 Yuck! I forgot to put sugar in my coffee.
4 You’re the person who asked for help, right away /
1 If you can’t sleep, you should try hot right?
milk before you go to bed. 5 I watched the movie right up to / all right to the
2 I always stop two days before an end, but I still didn’t understand it.
important exam.
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3 We’ve been trying you all morning, but
you never answered your phone! TOTAL SCORE 80
4 Sometimes I stop to the man in the
corner store on my way home.
5 Steve regrets with his brother last week.

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