Name: _______________________
Class: _________ Date: _________
TEST UNIT 3
Grammar
1 Underline the correct alternative.
1 It used to snow / was snowing more often when I was a child.
2 Did your smartphone break down when you were using / used it?
3 When the teacher came in, everybody stood / were standing up.
4 What did you do / were you doing at 11.15 last night?
5 We didn’t like / use to like the play so we left the theatre before the end.
6 Did Ms Jeffery use to travel / Was Ms Jeffery travelling every month before she retired?
7 Tom got dressed and made / was making some coffee.
8 I didn’t recognise him because he wasn’t wearing / didn’t wear his usual clothes.
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2 Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Use a
maximum of three words.
1 I found a wallet on the way here.
I found a wallet while ________________ here.
2 Jill has more free time than last year.
Last year Jill didn’t ________________ so free as she is now.
3 Our train has just left.
Our train ________________ a minute ago.
4 Jane and I are no longer friends.
Jane ________________ my friend.
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3 Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box using the Past simple or Past
continuous.
break get have listen look make meet see tell watch
1 (1) ________________ (Robert) a film when the TV (2) ________________?
2 Hugh (3) ________________ (not) many mistakes in the test so he (4) ________________
a good mark.
3 My parents first (5) ________________ while they (6) ________________ a holiday in the
same French city.
4 The room was full of students: Dr Lewis (7) ________________ them a story and
everybody (8) ________________ to him, so nobody noticed me.
5 I (9) ________________ (not) the road sign because I (10) ________________ at the
landscape, so I got lost.
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4 Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past simple, Past continuous or
used to.
I want to tell you about what (1) ________________ (happen) to me last Sunday. It (2)
________________ (be) really hot and the sun (3) ________________ (shine). I (4)
________________ (lie) by the pool in my garden with my eyes closed while my sister (5)
________________ (revise) because she (6) ________________ (have) a test the next day. I
suddenly (7) ________________ (hear) a voice from the house across the street: it (8)
________________ (sound) like the voice of a boy called Jeff, who (9) ________________
(live) there when I was a child. We (10) ________________ (play) together every day, but
then he (11) ________________ (move) to a different town and I never (12)
________________ (see) him again. I (13) ________________ (turn) around to check: Jeff
(14) ________________ (stand) in front of me. He (15) ________________ (smile) and (16)
________________ (say): ‘Hi, Emma, do you remember me?’
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5 Make questions with the suitable past tense (Past simple, Past continuous, used to) and
write answers that are true for you.
1 it / rain / at 8 / yesterday morning?
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2 how / you / go / to school / as a child?
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3 where / you / have lunch / last Sunday?
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4 how old / your mother / when you / born?
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Total ___/50 points
Vocabulary
1 Write the words from the box in the correct category.
ferry bicycle scooter car taxi train aeroplane helicopter underground
bus
Two wheels: _______________________________
Four wheels: _______________________________
Rail transport: ______________________________
Air travel: _________________________________
Sea travel: _________________________________
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2 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
keyboard download tablets smartwatch webcam screen
1 You can _____________ this program to your desktop.
2 Have you ever used a _______________ to monitor your heart rate?
3 Teachers need a __________________ to see their students during online lessons.
4 Nowadays people prefer _________________ to laptops because they are easier to carry.
5 Would you like to watch TV on a 21 inch ___________?
6 Most writers prefer typing on a ___________ to using touchscreen.
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3 Match the two parts of each sentence.
1 You use headphones or earphones
2 You can make a video call
3 You can use a navigator
4 You can use a printer
5 You can use a mouse
6 You can use your smartphone
a to find directions in a new place.
b to create a physical copy of your work.
c to listen to music.
d to navigate the Internet.
e to see your distant friends.
f to select an item on the computer screen.
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4 Complete the sentences with the correct option (A, B or C).
1 ‘Walk ________ the stairs, don’t run!’
A down B in C through
2 We ________ to Dubai on Friday.
A ’re flying B fly C going to fly
3 You nearly walked ________ me!
A in B into C out of
4 Who usually sits ________ you in class?
A across B on C next to
5 The dog was running ________ the field very quickly.
A across B between C under
6 When I visit a new town, I like to wander ______ to get to know it.
A out B on C around
7 She looked ________ the room and saw Mike.
A across B by C over
8 If you come ________ the bridge, you can see my house.
A out of B in C over
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Total ___/30 points
