Name .........................................................................................

Class: XI

3 Find and correct the mistakes in the sentences.

Grammar One sentence does not have a mistake.
1 Complete the dialogue with the correct form of 1 Romeo and Juliet is the play what we studied
the verbs given. last term, but I still don’t understand who killed
who and why!
A: Hi Petra! What (1) __________ (you do)
here? School (2) __________ (finish) an hour
ago. 2 The man his house was burgled reported it to
B: Yes. I (3) __________ (wait) for Pete. He the police who came round immediately.
(4) __________ (call) me while I (5) __________
(walk) home and we (6) __________ (arrange) to
meet here. He (7) __________ (need) to buy a 3 That’s the actress nearly won an Oscar last
new mobile phone and he (8) __________ (want) year.
me to help him choose! But he is late, as usual.
A: Oh! I (9) __________ (see) him outside the
main entrance half an hour ago. He 4 I really enjoyed the book you lent me last week.
(10) __________ (talk) to Brendan and Sam. Thanks.
B: I get very angry with him sometimes!

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We walked home through the park.

2 Complete the sentences with these words. Use

each word only once.

the a the 0 (no article) a

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1 There’s _____ new student in our class today. Vocabulary
She’s _____ English and she comes from
London. Her dad’s working for _____ 4 Complete the sentences with the correct form
government here for _____ year, so she’s of the words given.
coming to our school. She’s in _____ cafeteria
at the moment. Come and meet her! 1 I failed the test because most of my answers
were __________ (correct).
some any many few little 2 When you cycle, you must wear a helmet for
__________ (protect).
2 I’m afraid I don’t speak much Spanish. _____
schools in my country teach it, but not _____. I 3 My parents are looking for a good __________
can say a _____ words, but I can only (build) to put a garage on our house.
understand a _____. Have you got _____ easy 4 There were five __________ (burgle) in our
books in Spanish that I can read? road last month.
5 My grandmother is having a __________
/10 (retire) party on Saturday after 40 years of
work.

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5 Complete the sentences with the correct words.

Reading
1 Some people don’t like being a(n) __________
child because they miss not having a brother or 7 Read the article from which some sentences
sister to play with. have been taken out. Choose the correct
2 My aunt is still __________ at 60. She never sentences A–G to fill the gaps. There is one
married because she says she never met the extra sentence that you do not need.
right man.
3 A __________ hit the old man outside the shop
Say what you mean
and took all his money.
Are you a good speaker? I’m not talking about
4 How do you __________ this tense into
speaking a foreign language. (1) ___ Can you
English? I’ve got no idea.
express yourself well? Can you put your thoughts
5 When you’re a __________, you receive some into words clearly? Can you give a presentation
money from the government and don’t have to that other people can understand easily? (2) ___
work. Teachers at school concentrate on helping students
to write clearly, but some experts think that they
/5 need to give more time to speaking too.
Adults of every generation think that teenagers
6 Complete the sentences with the correct form don’t express themselves well. (3) ___ The first
of these verbs. idea is not true. (4) ___ It is always changing and
every generation of teenagers invents new
find work come take turn expressions that eventually become part of our
language. Sometimes, however, people use the
1 My dad __________ across a book I lost years
same phrases again and again because they don’t
ago while he was clearing out the garage.
practise speaking at school. Students learn new
2 I __________ out the cost of the holiday vocabulary and study grammar rules, but this is
yesterday and it’s at least £200 each. usually to help their writing skills. Today, teachers
3 How many exams did you __________ while want to give more lessons to teach students how to
you were training to be a doctor? give talks, how to summarise a situation and how
4 Pete and Lisa __________ up an hour late last to say things in different ways. (5) ___
night! As well as this, practising how to speak your
5 I must __________ out the price of the tickets own language well helps a lot when you learn
for the Lily Allen concert. another language. (6) ___ That has to be wrong!

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A Often teachers want students to do things in
a foreign language that they can’t do in their
own.
B Do you use a lot of different vocabulary
when you speak?
C All of these speaking skills will be useful for
students when they have a job in the future.
D Language doesn’t stand still.
E I’m talking about your own.
F Older people often don’t understand what
young people are saying.
G They often say that young people use too
many slang expressions and repeat simple
words again and again.
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Listening (Tests CD, Track 4) Use of English

8 You are going to hear two friends talking about 9 Complete the second sentence so that it means
what they did last night. Listen and choose the the same as the first, using the word given. Do
best answers. not change the word given. Use between two
and five words.
1 What did the girl do last night?
1 I didn’t speak for very long on the phone.
A She did her homework. MINUTES
B She went to the cinema. I only ________________________on the
C She watched television. phone.

2 What sort of TV programme did they boy 2 I watched TV from 8:30 to 10:30.
watch? O’CLOCK
At ten ________________________ TV.
A scientific
3 My memory was better last year!
B science fiction
C crime IS
My memory ______________________ worse!
3 Where is the series set? 4 It wasn’t me who ate the biscuits.
ANY
A America
I ________________________ biscuits.
B Italy
C Russia 5 I met that girl at a party last weekend.
WHO
4 What does the boy think about the series? That’s ________________________ at a party
last weekend.
A It is confusing.
B It is educational.
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5 What does the boy want to be in the future?

A a detective
B a scientist
C a teacher

6 Which film did the others see at the cinema?

A a horror film
B a medical drama
C a crime film

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Writing
10 This is part of an email you received from your
English friend, Tracy.

How are you? Did you have a good weekend?

Write soon and tell me!

Write a reply to Tracy telling her about your

weekend. Write 50–80 words.

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