the 29 th of October 2009

Name: .......................................................
Class: XI A
TEST PAPER
I.
Circle the correct answer: (10p.)
1. Im tired because I.. in the garden since 8 oclock.
a) have been working
c) work
b) have work
d) am working
2. He .......................................about everything!
a) always complains
c)
b) is always complaining
d)
3. Our train early in the morning.
a) leave
c)
b) is leaving
d)
4. I usually drive, but today my car
a) doesnt work
c)
b) dont work
d)
5. She .tennis twice a week.
a) plays
c)
b) playing
d)
6. She ill for two days.
a) were
c)
b) has been
d)
7. . the lesson now.
a) I'm understand
c)
b) I'm understanding
d)
8. Bill .. for that company since 1998.
a) is working
c)
b) has worked
d)
9. I . to Canada.
a) never was
c)
b) never been
d)
10. Tim ................................stamps ever since he was six years old.
a) has collected
c)
b) has been collecting
d)
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is to complain
always complaining
leaves
leaving
isnt working
arent working
playes
is playing
have been
is been
I understand
I understood
worked
has been working
have never been
am never been
is collecting
collects

Fill in with Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous:

(30p.)
You ...............................(always, beat) me at chess! I just cant believe it.
I cant go away for the weekend. I ..................................(see) the Manager on Sunday.
He usually................................. (speak) so quickly that I.............................. (not understand) him.
Ann .......................................(make) a dress for herself at the moment. She ...........................(make) all her own clothes.
He never................................ (listen) to what you say. He always ............................(think) about something else.
.....................................(you /hear) the news? Tom and Ann are engaged! That's not new. I .....................................(know) it for
ages!
I .................................(try) to finish this letter for the last half-hour. I wish you would go away or stop talking!
It ..................................(rain) for two hours and the ground is too wet to play on, so the match was postponed.
Have you seen my bag anywhere? I .....................................................................(look) for it for ages.
My grandparents ..............................(celebrate) their golden wedding next week
................................................................(you/hear) the wind? It ...................................(blow) very strongly tonight.
..........................................................(you/recognize) that man? I ..........................(think) that I ...............................(see) him
before, but I..........................................................(not/remember) his name.
The plane that you .........................................................(look) at now, ...................................(take) off for Paris at 9 a.m.
Tom never................................. (do) any work in the garden; he always......................... (work) on his car.
That film....................................................... (come) to the local cinema next week. .................................(you/want) to see it?

III.
Complete each sentence with an appropriate age idiom: (10p.)
1. Be quiet and .... Don't be such a baby!
2. There have been attempts to reduce the..for voting from 18 to 16.
3. Her father hasdramatically since she last saw him.
4. Good wines improve .
5. He served wine to girls who were......................................and so he was fired.

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Richard doesnt ..at all.

I need someone to look after me in my................................
In our country you ...........................................................at 18.
She is twenty and she married a man who is .......................................He could be her father.
Nobody was........................................of 14 was at that party. I was the oldest there!

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Match the words in column A with their meaning in column B: (10p.)

concrete
overcome.
enormous..
to expand.
bachelor.
entertainer
punch.
knife..
swallow.
vacuum cleaner

a)
b)
c)
d)
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h)
i)
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a hard substance used in building made by

mixing cement, sand, small stones, and water
a piece of electrical equipment that cleans
floors by sucking up dirt
to hit someone or something with your fist,
usually as hard as you can
to make food or drink go from your mouth
down through your throat and into your stomach
a man who has never been married
very large in size or quantity
to succeed in dealing with or controlling a
problem
someone who entertains people
an object with a sharp blade for cutting food
to become larger in size and fill more space

V.
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Complete with the articles a/an, the or -: (10p.)

My neighbour is . . . photographer; let's ask him for . . advice about colour films.
................ youngest boy has just started going to . . . school; . . eldest boy is at . . college.
Simon was last person to arrive atparty. He had been waiting for .taxi for an hour.
clothes I bought yesterday were very cheap. There was a sale in one of .department stores in

5.
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city centre.
interpreter is ..person who translates texts from one language to .another.
children usually like playing noisy games, butchildren in my neighbourhood like playing the quiet

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ones.
I heard that ..............Queen will visit our country.
Look at ...................cats!. They are chasing .................bird.
...............former part of the film was interesting, but................latter was quite boring.
Uncle Sam is a nickname for the flag of ................U.S.A.

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Put the adjectives in brackets into the right degree of comparison: (20 p.)
In my opinion the tiger is .(dangerous) animal in the world.
The noise got (loud) until I couldnt bear it any longer.
(hard) he studies, .(good) marks he gets.
The weather in Spain is by far (warm) than in England.
I felt ill yesterday, but today Im a lot(ill).
Their house is(modern) as ours.
.(cold) it turned, .(many) clothes they had to put on to keep them warm.
Of the two book, Gone with the wind is ..(interesting).
My new bed is much (comfortable) .my old one.
This test was ..(easy) than the last one. This test was (difficult) than I
expected.
10 p. granted