Grammar test
Choose the correct options to complete the sentences.
1. I love that film! I ______ it five times.
o 've seen
o see
o saw
2. Come and sit down. Your favourite programme ______.
o just started
o has just started
o have just started
3. We ______ because we're watching the football match.
o haven't had dinner yet
o didn't have dinner yet
o hasn't had dinner yet
4. They ______ this episode. It was on last week.
o have yet shown
o have ever shown
o have already shown
5. Owen ______ his television for long, but now he wants a bigger one.
o doesn't have
o hasn't had
o didn't have
6. That soap has been on British television ______ over fifty years.
o since
o for
o during
7. We've got purple hands because we've ______ blackberries.
o been picking
o been picked
o picked
8. I sold my car last month, so I've been taking the bus everywhere ______.
o for then
o from then
o since then
9. They're fed up with the city, so they ______ of moving to the country.
o thought
o 've thought
o 've been thinking
10. How long ______ milk from that farm?
o do you buy
o have you been buying
o are you buying
11. My grandmother ______ in that cottage for long.
o doesn't live
o hasn't been living
o isn't living
12. We ______ a lot of baby lambs in the fields last weekend.
o 've been seeing
o 've seen
o saw
Vocabulary test
Choose the correct options to complete the sentences.
1. Not more sport! Can we ______ and watch something else, please?
o turn on
o turn off
o turn over
2. Can you ______, please? I'm trying to watch the news and I can't hear it.
o turn it up
o turn it on
o turn it down
3. I like that ______ because I can answer most of the questions.
o chat show
o reality show
o quiz show
4. One of the best things about ______ is the fantastic costumes and clothes.
o period dramas
o documentaries
o drama series
5. I get a lot of my recipes and ideas from watching ______ programmes.
o cookery
o sports
o current affairs
6. I'm so bored of that ______. They seem to show it during every break!
o sitcom
o current affairs programme
o advert
7. The best way to see the ______ is from a boat.
o cliffs
o valleys
o gates
8. There's a wooden ______ all around the garden.
o hedge
o bush
o fence
9. It's dangerous to stand on the ______ on the beach if there's a storm.
o rocks
o stones
o sticks
10. It was dark in the ______ because the trees were so close together.
o field
o mud
o wood
11. There's often only one ______ on a farm.
o cow
o cockerel
o hen
12. Farmers in the UK ______ most of their crops in the summer.
o pick
o plant
o harvest
Dictation
Listen to the text about a job advertisement for a caretaker in Queensland,
Australia. Write what you hear. You can listen to the text as many times as you
need to.
1. The Yorkshire Dales _________ _________ _________ _________
_________ _________ _________ _________ _________ .
2. _________ _________ _________ _________ _________
_________ 1,770 square kilometres.
3. The park _________ _________ _________ _________ _________
_________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ .
4. Most of the valleys _________ _________ _________ _________
_________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________
_________ .
5. The countryside of the Yorkshire Dales _________ _________
_________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________
_________ _________ _________
6. The walls _________ _________ _________ _________ _________
_________ .
7. There are often _________ _________ _________ _________
_________ _________ .
8. People have been _________ _________ _________ _________
_________ _________ _________ _________ _________
_________ , and it attracts over eight million visitors every year.