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B1 – GRAMMAR TEST

1. Complete the text with the appropriate form.

a. The Bartons ……………… (go) to the mountains last weekend. While

they ……………... (have) lunch, a man ……………………. (fall) down the

tree. They ……………………… (take) him to the hospital in their car. They

……………………………………… (visit) him twice in the hospital since

that time. The man ………………….. (be) better now and the doctors say he

………………………………….. (leave) the hospital soon. When The

Bartons ………………… (visit) him yesterday, they ……………………….

(take) him a bunch of flowers. The man …………………. (be) very happy

and …………………………. (thank) them. Mr. Barton now says he

……………………………………. (spend) the next weekend at the seaside

and he …………………………… (hope) there

…………………………………. (not / be) any more accidents.

b. I …………………………. (finish) school last month and I

……………………………….. (not / have) a job yet, but fortunately I

……………………. (have) a job interview tomorrow. I usually

……………………. (get) up early so often …………………….. (sleep) at

around half past ten. I …………………. (be) a little excited last night and

because of this I ……………….. ………………………….. (want / watch)

TV before I ……………………… (go) to bed. There …………………..

(be) a film about birds on TV and while I ……………………………… (sit)

on the sofa, I …………………….. (fall) asleep. …………….. you

…………………. (have) a terrible dream? Well, I …………………. (have)

one last night. In my dream I ……………. (be) a parrot and my apartment

flat …………….. (be) on the tenth floor of a big building. A big cat

……………………………………….. (want / catch) me so I

………………………………….. (begin / fly). I …………………….. (have)

nowhere …………………… (go) because the door ………………… (be)

locked. Suddenly the cat ………………………… (attack) me. It nearly

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…………………………. (kill) me. While I …………………………….

(shout) in pain,a voice ……………………(say), “ ………………… you

………………….. (see) my books? I can’t find them.” When I

……………………… (open) my eyes, I ……………………. (feel) very

happy ………………. (see) my sister. Of course she

…………………………………. (not / understand) the reason but I

………………………… (give) her a big kiss.

2. Correct the sentences where possible.

a. Tony is meeting a friend tomorrow evening.

b. If we’ll go by ferry, it’ll take a long time.

c. I think it is snowing soon.

d. If you take the plane, it’ll be rather expensive.

e. I’m visiting my parents at the weekend.

f. What he will do if it rains?

g. Perhaps I’m visiting New York one day.

h. I tell you if I see him next week.

i. What time are you leaving tomorrow?

j. Who is winning the next World Cup?

3. CAN, COULD, MAY, MIGHT, BE ABLE TO: Some of these contain

mistakes with modal verbs. Tick the correct ones and correct the wrong ones.

a. When I finish the course next year I can speak perfect French.

b. This computer is so simple that it is able to be operated by anyone.

c. The job interview was a disaster; I could only answer half the questions!

d. When she was riding in the woods last week, Helen fell off her horse but luckily she could

get back on and ride home.

d. It’s really annoying. Surely you knew they didn’t accept traveller’s cheques at that hotel. You

could warn me before!

e. These days she is rather slow but as a child she could run like the wind.

f. There can be life on Saturn.

g. My father could be a star in the 1980s, it’s a pity that he never really tried.

h. Don’t get too anxious; there may well be a simple explanation for it.

i. I’m not sure about tomorrow night. I may be on call.

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4. Complete with the passive or active form of the verbs in brackets.

The end of shopping?

In the future, we will not have to (1) …………………… (do) many things because a lot

of them (2) …………………… (will / do) by computers and machines. Today, for

example, our food (3) …………………… (keep) cold in the fridge, but we still have to

(4) …………………… (go) shopping and (5) …………………… (buy) the food

ourselves. Already, there are fridges which (6) …………………… (connect) to the

Internet. These fridges have a small computer inside them which (7)

…………………… (understand) when there isn’t any more food. The fridge (8)

…………………… (send) a message to the shop, and the food (9) ……………………

(deliver) to your door.Soon, we won’t ever have to leave the house – everything we

need (10) …………………… (will / bring) to us!

5. Complete with who, which, where, when, or whose.

a. The teacher ………….. I like most is Mr Davis, my geography teacher.

b. Egypt, ………….. my mum was born, is much hotter than here.

c. Peter Carter, ………….. brother is in my class, had a bad accident.

d. I bought the television ………….. was the cheapest in the shop.

e. Halkidiki, ………….. is in the north of Greece, is popular with tourists.

f. In winter, ………….. there is a lot of snow, we sometimes can’t go to

school.

6. Join each pair of sentences using a relative pronoun.

a. Torrecieja is a very cosmopolitan town. We live there for three years.

b. Maria is a very charming girl. Her brother is a friend of mine.

c. John Ash is a politician. His wife was in the party last night.

d. Robert is going to get married. He is a lawyer.

7. Complete each sentence below by giving the correct for of the verb in

parentheses.

a. If the city ________ (expand) the parking lot space downtown, we would not have to

park so far away from the movie theatre.

b. Whenever my roommate ________ (snore) loudly, I cannot sleep.

c. Children may be disappointed if they ________ (not receive) good grades.

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d. If we ________ (not take) an exam on the conditional, we might not have learned it.

e. Maya ________ (not pass) her driving test unless she calms down.

f. If it ________ (be) winter, all these trees would be covered in snow.

g. Had it not rained, the farmers ________(lose) all of their crops.

h. If the airplane had not had a mechanical problem, we probably ________ (arrive) in

Winnipeg by now.

i. We ________(lie) on the beach in Mexico right now if we had been able to get our

visas on time.

j. I ________ (try) to find more opportunities to write in English if I were you.

8. Rewrite using reported speech,

a. “Don’t talk with your mouths full”, she said to the children.

She told the children…

b. “I think Andrew is ill as it’s several days since I last saw him”, said Francis.

Francis said…

c. “Would you like to have lunch with me on Sunday?”, he said to me.

He invited…

d. “Would you mind not smoking between courses?”, said their hostess.

Their hostess…

e. “Take these letters to the Post, will you?. And shut the door as you go

out”,said the boss.

The boss…

f. “Will you help me, please?”, she said , “I can’t reach the top shelf”.

She asked…

g. “If I were you I’d try to get a room on the top floor”, she said.

She advised…

h. “I’ll wait for you if you like”, my mother said.

My mother offered…