Fourth Form: 2014

HELLO EVERYONE!
GET READY TO STUDY FOR THE TEST!

HERE ARE SOME EXERCISES THAT CAN HELP YOU TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH

FOURTH FORM: Mini Test

A. Correct the mistakes in each of the following sentences:

1. We lives in a very beautiful house.

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2. Mary and Jenny isn’t playing tennis because it’s raining.

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3. Susan like chocolate very much.

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4. My father don’t study German.

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5. I take a shower at this moment.

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6. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are wants to buy a new car.

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7. Children goes to the bed early.

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8. We are always going to the beach at the weekend.

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9. She studys English twice a week.

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10. My mother workes in a museum, but she don’t likes it very much.

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B. Complete the blanks with the verb in the correct tense: Present Simple

and Present Continuous.

1. My brother...............................(play) football every Saturday.

2. She .......................................(take) a shower at the moment.

3. .............you.........................(speak) French? No, I don’t.

4. .............your father......................(read) the newspaper? No , he isn’t.

5. I never...........................(drink) coffee because I ............................(not like)

6. Hurry up Paul! They .....................................(wait) for us now.

7. We...................................(watch) TV and my dad ...............................

(make) the dinner now.

8. The shop.....................................(open) at 10 a.m. every day.

C. Comparative adjectives

1. Complete with a comparative adjective and all the necessary words.

1. Snakes are ............................................................... (fast) snails.

2. London is ............................................................. (big) Madrid.

3. Snails are ............................................................. (slow) snakes.

4. My literature book is .............................................................. (difficult) my English book.

5. Lord of the Rings is .......................................................... (interesting) Mission Impossible.

2. Make sentences comparing these things, as in the example.

1. English / maths (important) English is more important than maths

2. A tortoise / a cat (slow) .................................................................................................

3. Chocolate milkshakes / lemonade (good) ........................................................................

4. A tiger / a rabbit (dangerous) .............................................................................................

5. The North Pole / Africa (cold) ..............................................................................................

D CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION.

1 My mum ( WORK / WORKS ) in a bank.

2 My sister likes ( PLAYING / PLAYS ) the piano.

3 We ( STUDY / ARE STUDYING ) in the classroom now.

4 There isn’t ( A / SOME / ANY ) sugar in the cupboard.

5 There are ( A / SOME / ANY ) pears in the fridge.

6 Where ( DOES / DO ) they have lunch?

7 (DOES / DO ) she eat lunch at school?

8 Is water ( GOOD / BETTER / BEST ) than beer?

9 Peas, potatoes and ( OIL / CARROTS / SUGAR) are countable nouns.

10 Pasta, cheese and ( PEACHES / PEAS / RICE ) are uncountable nouns.

11 The elephant is ( STRONG / STRONGER / STRONGEST ) than the horse.

12 The cheetah is the ( FAST / FASTER / FASTEST ) animal.

13 Pizzas are ( DELICIOUS / MORE DELICIOUS / MOST DELICIOUS) than hot dogs.

E. Meet another famous explorer: Christopher Columbus

Complete the gaps with the past form of the verbs in brackets.

Careful! Some verbs must be used in the negative!

Columbus(be) …………………………………. a famous explorer. In 1492 he (go) ………………………………… from

Europe to America. He crossed the Atlantic Ocean because he wanted to get to India. But he

(not – find) ………………………………………. India, he arrived in a new continent: America.

Columbus (have) ………………………………………three ships; La Niña, la Pinta y Santa María. In the

ships there (be) ……………………………………. 90 men! Life was hard on the ships. Sailors (work)…………………………………. very hard and (not – sleep) ……………………………………….. a lot of hours. They (eat) …………………………………………….. bad food and (drink)…………………………………………………. little water.

On October 12th 1492, a sailor (see) ………………………………………. a bit of land from the top a the

ship. The had arrived in Bahamas! But Columbus and his men did not know that, they thought

they had arrived in India!

F. CAN YOU WRITE QUESTIONS?

Answer about you.

1. Do you have lunch with your grandmother?

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2. Does your father work in a clinic?

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3. Where do eat breakfast?

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4. What time do you go to bed?

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5. Who examines sick people?

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G. HERE IS AN INTERVIEW WITH MARCO POLO (a famous explorer)

Complete the dialogue between you and Marco Polo using the questions from the box. Some of the questions must be in the PAST SIMPLE:

What...? How old...? When...? Why...?

Who...? Where...? How...? Did you...?

YOU: Hello Marco! _______________________________________________________?

MP: My surname is Polo, nice to meet you!

YOU: _______________________________________________________________?

MP: I’m fine, and you?

YOU: I’m fine too.________________________________________________________?

MP: I am 20 years old.

YOU: _______________________________________________________________?

MP: Because I like visiting new places and I love adventures!

YOU:___________________________________________________________?

MP: Yes, I did. I visited many amazing places in the world.

YOU:___________________________________________________________?

MP: I travelled to Baghdad, Afghanistan and the Himalayas.

YOU:___________________________________________________________?

MP: I went there with my friend Ahmet.

YOU: ______________________________________________________________?

MP: We travelled there last month, in October. I have wonderful memories of our journey!

H. Read the conversations and complete with one of these words.

How much? Have you got any haven’t have some

A: Hello! __________________________any carrots?

B: No, I __________________.

A: Have you got _______________ bananas?

B: Yes, I________________________.

A: _________________ is that?

B: Two euros.

I COMPLETE WITH THE VERBS IN THE BOX

PLAYED NOT CATCH WENT ARRIVED HAD BOUGHT GAVE WAS x 2 CELEBRATED

Last year I CELEBRATED_ Halloween, on October 31^st, with my family and friends.

My mum __________ a pumpkin and we cut a scary face in it and put it in the window. My friends and I __________ trick-or-treating in the afternoon and people __________ us sweets, it __________ fun! I __________ a Halloween costume, I __________ a vampire!

We __________ my favourite game, apple bobbing: you have to take an apple from a bucket with water with your teeth. I got wet buy I __________ any apples!