Test 2
1 Complete the text with the verbs ¡n brackets in the Past Simple, the Past Continuous or the
Past Perfect.
Last Saturday, Maria went with three friends to the cinema. She arrived first and 1 … (decided) to buy some popcorn. She 2 was looking… (look) in her bag for her money when she 3 … (realized) that she 4 … have left (leave) her purse at home. Her friends met her as she 5 … (was walking) back home. Fortunately, one of them 8 … (lent) her some money. By the time they got into the cinema, the film 7 … (had started) and they 8 … (have missed) the first scene so they never 9 … (found out) why all the people in the village were extremely tall and 10… (had) green hair.
(Score 10)

2 Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Perfect and put the adverbs ¡n the correct position in the sentences.
1 She was so upset because he … never wrote (write/never) to her.
2 She knew the town well because she (stay/often)often stayed there with her patents when she was a child.
3 (she steal/ever) has she ever stolen any money before?
4 They (live/ always)have always lived in the country before moving to Chicago in 1990.
5 He … (not tell/already) hadnt already told you the news, had he?
(Score 5)

3 Complete the table with the affirmative, negative and question forms of used to and would.
4 cross out would in sentences where it is not appropriate.
1 My father used to work as a bus driver.
2 My grandparents would visit us at the weekend.
3 They used to give me some pocket money.
4 We would live in a flat in London.
5 l used to buy my favorite sweets every Saturday.
(Score 5)

5 Complete the sentences with would or had and the appropriate form of the verb.
1 He … (had written) his book ten years before the film was made.
2 Ann … (would look after) her sister in the evenings while her mother was at work.
3 Paul wasn’t at work when I phoned because he ... (had gone) home early.
4 When Clam was younger, she … (would dance) all night.
5 His friends phoned the lawyer immediately after the police … (had arrested) him.
(Score 5)

6 Circle the most appropriate modifier.
1 She’s an incredibly/absolutely wealthy woman. They say she’s a multi-millionaire.
2 What’s the matter with her? She doesn’t look quite/very happy.
3 His acting was superb - he was completely/rather convincing in his role.
4 I think she drives a bit / extremely too fast.
5 The story is about a totally/ really poor family in the 1930s.
(Score 5)

7 Complete the multi-part verbs.
Tony fell 1down… when he saw her in the college production of Romeo and Juliet. She’s a really nice person as well as being very pretty so it was easy to see what he saw 2 … in her. She went 3 …out with him a few times but then she broke 4up with ... him. She said he had fallen in love 5 with… Juliet, not with her!
(Score 5)


8 Circle the most appropriate linking words.
1 By the time/After Pete and Mia left the party, the last bus had gone, 2 so/then they decided to walk home. They were crossing the High Streets when/while there was a power cut. All the lights in the streets and shops went out. Luckily /Just then Mia had a torch. They had almost reached their flat when the lights immediately/suddenly came on again.
(Score 5)

9 Complete the sentences with these words. There is one extra word.
actor, historical, part, situation, plot, scenes

In the film Gladiator, the 1 ... actor Russell Crow plays the 2part … of the gladiator. The 3plot … is based on the true story of a roman soldier.  The 4scenes … of old Rome are amazing. If you like 5 historical... films, you’ll enjoy Gladiator.
(Score 5)
Total score: 50