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Unit test 9A Pre-Intermediate FOURTH EDITION

1 Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or Past 4 What ______ at ten o’clock yesterday morning?
Continuous form of the verb. a have you done
b had you done
do get meet play sleep watch
c were you doing
1 I went to see Maria yesterday evening, but she 5 ______ a nice time at the party last night?
was sleeping . a Did she have
2 They _________ married and went to live in Ecuador. b She was having
3 She _________ her husband while she was working in c She had had
Africa. 6 We got to the concert after the music ______ .
4 He twisted his ankle while he _________ football. a started
5 I _________ TV when Gladys came round to see me. b had started
6 What were you _________ when you saw the bear? c was starting
7 We ______ when the doorbell rang.
1 point for each correct answer  5 a were sleeping
b sleep
2 Find one mistake in each sentence and correct it. c had slept
1 When I was getting there, the door was locked. 8 I looked for the cat for ages, but she ______ .
When I got there, the door was locked. a disappearing
2 The driver arrived and we had set off immediately. b had disappeared
_________________________________ c was disappearing
3 Did it started to rain while you were having your 9 There was a troll that ______ under the bridge.
picnic? a has lived
_________________________________ b lived
4 You didn’t tell me that you seen the film already. c is living
_________________________________ 10 He cleaned his teeth, brushed his hair and then ______
5 As soon as he was seeing the monster, he ran off the house.
screaming. a left
_________________________________ b was leaving
6 What did you doing last night when I called? c had left
_________________________________ 11 He ______ many novels during his lifetime.
a was writing
1 point for each correct answer  5 b had written
c wrote
3 Choose the correct options.
1 She explained that she ______ from the monster. 1 point for each correct answer  10
a escaped
b had escaped 4 Complete the sentences with although, so or because.
c escaping 1 She didn’t answer my question, although I asked her
2 I’m tired because I ______ to bed after midnight. three times.
a had gone 2 They forgot to bring any lunch, ______ they were very
b was going hungry by the time they got home.
c went 3 ______ the train was late, I still got to the village hall
3 They were hungry because they ______ anything all day. on time.
a had eaten 4 He looked awful this morning ______ he hadn’t slept
b hadn’t eaten all night.
c are eating

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Unit test 9A  Continued Pre-Intermediate FOURTH EDITION

5 She was best-known for her novels, ______ she wrote (7) walking / walk.’ So the man ordered his boy to (8) get /
beautiful poetry too. got off, and got on the donkey himself.
6 No-one answered the door when I called, ______ I had But they (9) didn’t go / hadn’t gone far when they passed
to go home again. two women. One said to the other, ‘What a terrible father
– he makes his poor little son walk.’ So this time the man
1 point for each correct answer  5 (10) was putting / put the boy in front of him on the
donkey.
5 Join the sentences using the conjunction. Use one verb But people in the town said, ‘How awful for the poor
in the Past Perfect. donkey to carry both of them!’ So as they (11) had walked
1 We didn’t swim. We forgot to take the towels. / were walking across the market bridge, the man
BECAUSE (12) decided / had decided they should carry the donkey.
We didn’t swim because we had forgotten to take the towels. But the donkey (13) was kicking / kicked the boy, who
2 The train finally arrived. We got on it. (14) was dropping / dropped the donkey, and it (15) fell /
SO had fallen over the bridge and (16) had drowned /
drowned. Moral: Try and please everybody and you please
________________________________________
nobody.
3 She felt homesick. She wasn’t away from home for long.
ALTHOUGH 1 point for each correct answer  15
________________________________________
4 Everyone said the autobiography was amazing. 7 Match the adjectives in the box with the definitions.
Nobody read it.
homesick angry nervous disappointed scared 
BUT
delighted amazed proud lonely
________________________________________
5 We published the book. It became a best-seller. 1 feeling anxious or afraid about something nervous
AS SOON AS 2 missing home ______
________________________________________ 3 not enjoying being on your own ______
6 He spoke. I didn’t realize he wasn’t English. 4 having strong feelings about something ______
UNTIL you dislike
________________________________________ 5 upset because something you hoped for ______
7 I just fell sleep. The phone rang. hasn’t happened
WHEN 6 frightened of something ______
________________________________________ 7 very surprised ______
8 I whispered my secret to her. She swore not to tell 8 pleased and satisfied with something ______
anyone. you have done
AFTER
9 really pleased ______
________________________________________
1 point for each correct answer  8
2 points for each correct answer  14
8 Complete the sentences with appropriate adjectives.
6 Choose the correct options.
1 At first, I was homesick at university – I missed
As a man and his son (1) were going / had gone with their everyone so much.
donkey to market, they (2) were meeting / met a man who
2 ‘Are you happy?’ ‘Yes, I’m absolutely _______ !’
said: ‘Why (3) aren’t you riding / didn’t you ride your
donkey?’ So the man (4) was putting / put the boy on the 3 She was very _______ because she had failed all her
donkey and they (5) continued / were continuing to walk. exams.
But soon they passed a group of men, and one said: ‘Look 4 Is your little girl _______ of monsters?
at that lazy boy, who (6) rides / rode while his father has to 5 I spent a lot of _______ nights at home watching TV
before I met you!

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Unit test 9A  Continued Pre-Intermediate FOURTH EDITION

6 ‘Why are you so _______ ?’ ‘You lied to me!’ 7 London was very busy today. There were so much
7 We are very _______ of our grandchildren. They have people there!
all grown up to be good people. __________________________________________
8 I’m _______ you haven’t heard about the murder.
1 point for each correct answer  6
Everyone is talking about it.
9 ‘Are you _______ about your interview?’ ‘Yes, I am. I 11 Complete the conversation with words in the box.
haven’t done much preparation for it.’
such a (x2)  so many (x2)  so (x3)  such
1 point for each correct answer  8
A I’ve had (1) such a busy week!
9 Match the questions and answers.
B Me too. I’ve had (2) _______ things to do.
1 What did the monster look like? g
A Did you go to the work party on Thursday evening?
2 How were you feeling? ___
B No, I was (3) _______ tired, I had to have an early
3 Did he drink the potion? ___ night.
4 What had he done? ___ A What are you doing this weekend?
5 What did the policemen suspect? ___ B We’re going cycling if the weather’s good. But we’ve had
6 Did the murderer show any regret? ___ (4) _______ bad weather lately …
7 Where did she hide? ___ A Well, you should go and see Horror Story at the cinema
8 Why was she crying? ___ if it rains. We saw it last night – it was (5) _______
terrifying but (6) _______ good film!
a He had created a monster.
B I’ve seen (7) _______ horror films on TV, they don’t
b Because she was very scared. scare me anymore. I think I’d rather read my novel. It’s
c No, never. (8) _______ well-written, I can’t stop reading it!
d Yes, he drank it all.
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e She locked herself in the laboratory.
f That the villain had escaped. 12 Translate the sentences.
g Ugly, cruel and evil. 1 Suddenly we saw the man fall to the ground.
h Worried and confused. 2 I was travelling to the country to see some friends.
1 point for each correct answer  7 3 My wife was delighted because I had remembered our
anniversary.
10 Find one mistake in each sentence and correct it. 4 Were you nervous about meeting me for the first time?
1 That was so good film. I loved it! 5 While he was having a shower, he heard someone
That was such a good film. I loved it! knock at the door.
2 Dickens has such a good characters in his books! 6 We enjoyed the film, although I didn’t like the ending
__________________________________________ much.
3 I didn’t know you had such well-known author in the 7 Charles Dickens wrote novels about ordinary people.
family.
8 One of the villagers witnessed the crime and
__________________________________________ recognized the killer.
4 I visited Deepak at the weekend. He was such surprised 9 Did you manage to talk to everyone at the party?
to see me!
10 Didn’t the psychologist suspect she had had a nervous
__________________________________________
breakdown?
5 We had so good weather on holiday. We were so lucky!
__________________________________________ 1 point for each correct answer  10
6 His behaviour was absolutely awful. I was so much upset! Total 100
__________________________________________

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