Test bank sl

Grammar
1 Choose the correct answers.
Did you see Jan at the concert? She wore / was wearing a red coat.
Peter wouldn’t lend me his dictionary because he didn’t finish / hadn’t finished his homework yet.
I saw your sister in town yesterday. She talked / was talking to a couple of friends.
Jake phoned me just after he was leaving / had left the party.
When the exam results came through we all were celebrating / celebrated!
While I was walking to the shops, it suddenly started / was starting to get very windy.
They had waited / had been waiting for half an hour by the time David arrived.
When I got to the classroom, the teacher already started / had already started the lesson.
Mark: ___/8
2 Complete the sentences with the present perfect simple or continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1 I __________________ (have) this cold since I went swimming last Friday.
2 How often __________________ (you be) to the USA?
3 I __________________ (often wonder) if learning another language would be difficult.
4 Where __________________ (you stay) for the last few days?
5 What __________________ (you do) to your hair? It looks great!
6 How long __________________ (you go out) with Freddy?
7 What __________________ (you eat)? There are red marks on your shirt.
8 Katy and I __________________ (know) each other since we were at primary school together.
Mark: ___/8
3 Rewrite the sentences beginning with the words in bold.
1 I had never before seen such a beautiful sunset.
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2 We not only went out for a meal but we went dancing too.
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3 They had no sooner started the exercise than the lesson bell rang.
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4 There has rarely been such a high wind.
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Mark: ___/4
Vocabulary
4 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
argumentative grumpy tolerant naive reserved flexible stubborn hot-headed courteous level-headed
1 The staff at the airport were all very _________ to us. It was a pleasant surprise.
2 My cousin is quite _________ and doesn’t say much.
3 I was very _________ when I went to university but I’m much more experienced now.
4 Don’t be so _________ ! You can always find something to smile about.
5 In today’s society people need to be _________ and listen to others’ points of view.
6 My dad was very _________ when he was young and got into a lot of trouble.
7 I don’t think winning a lot of money will change Sam. He’s very _________ .
8 My sister is so _________ you’ll never persuade her to apologise to him.
9 You’re being very _________ today! You’ve disagreed with everything I’ve said!
10 We’re lucky to have Jill as an employee. She’s _________ and can change her hours if we need her to.
Mark: ___/10
Listening
5 [(4.01] Listen to the people talking about being lucky. Complete the sentences with the correct speaker A–E.
1 Speaker ___ saved some money.
2 Speaker ___ had a surprising exam result.
3 Speaker ___ was successful because he/she was relaxed.
4 Speaker ___ didn’t expect to achieve what he/she did so quickly.
5 Speaker ___ doesn’t plan ahead.
Mark: ___/10
Reading
6 Read the text.
IT’S A SMALL WORLD
Picture this: You’re in a boat, a small one, easily 4,000 miles away from home. You’re being tossed from one wave to another in appalling conditions. Your mast has been damaged in a fierce storm and you haven’t eaten for two days whilst trying to fix your craft and remain afloat. [1 _________] You wait, hoping beyond hope that someone has heard you and can reach you before conditions worsen still further.
You’re lucky. The message gets relayed to a cruise liner that is carrying thousands of passengers on the holiday of a lifetime and just happens to be in your vicinity. [2 __________] You are very grateful. You are taken on board where you’re given food and medical assistance and start to feel human again. You travel with the liner safely to land. Your small boat has unfortunately had to be abandoned in the ocean but you are safe thanks to the cruise liner.
So far, a straightforward sea rescue. [3 __________] It’s certainly not unheard of for large vessels to come to the aid of smaller ones, particularly in the big oceans where you can drift for days without seeing another boat. [4 __________] The yachtsman whose boat got into trouble was John Fielder, a thirty-two-year-old man from a tiny village on the south coast of England called Warsash. Last year John was sailing a trimaran called (appropriately) ‘Dangerous When