Short test Unit 9
Test 1
Grammar
1 Choose the correct answers.
1 Did you use to / Would you live in London before you moved here?
2 When we were on holiday last month I went / used to go swimming every day.
3 People with poor eyesight would / will often choose to wear contact lenses.
4 He forever plays / is forever playing that annoying computer game.
5 My phone’s ringing. That is / will be Bob. He always calls at this time.
6 They would have / used to have a farm near Basingstoke.
7 Dom is borrowing / always borrowing my laptop without asking.
8 How often do you go / are you going to the gym these days?
9 Katy wouldn’t eat / wasn’t eating carrots when she was young because she hated the colour.
10 I was never lying / would never lie to my parents when I was a child.
Vocabulary
2 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
attend strike redundant overtime notice
1 The company had to make some of the staff _________ because business was very slow.
2 The train drivers went on _________ to fight for higher pay.
3 We have to _________ staff meetings once a week.
4 I was very upset when Barry handed in his _________ .
5 How much _________ have you worked this week?
Total: ___/15
Test 2
1 Complete the sentences with the verb forms in the box and the verbs in brackets.
past continuous was going to was about to would was to
1 The following day __________________ (see) a break in the weather.
2 I never imagined I __________________ (ever be) a successful lawyer.
3 He gave me a present that I __________________ (always remember).
4 I didn’t phone Sue because I __________________ (see) her that evening.
5 I __________________ (invite) you to the concert but it’s been cancelled.
6 It __________________ (be) ten years before I saw him again.
7 I __________________ (leave) the house when I realised I had forgotten my briefcase.
8 I wore a suit because I __________________ (go) for an interview later in the day.
9 I __________________ (phone) Fiona when she phoned me!
10 The test __________________ (take place) in Room 6 but they moved it to Room 8.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
1 There were three c_________ for the job.
2 At the moment it’s c_________ to attend school until you’re seventeen in the UK.
3 Did you send a c_________ letter with your CV?
4 Maths and English are c_________ subjects. Every student has to study them.
5 People with a good t_________-record are more likely to get promotion.
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