Lifelines start of year test

Entry test I’ll meet/meet you at the airport if you’ll tell/tell me your arrival time. We’ll have/have a picnic if it‘ll be/is sunny. 10 Name ________________________________ Second conditional Delete the incorrect form of the verb. EXAMPLE Imogen is making/makes dinner now. Complete the sentences using the second conditional. I’m listening/I listen to the radio at the moment. EXAMPLE If I had (have) some chocolate I would eat (eat) it. Do you drive/Are you driving to work every day? A That smells good. B Yes, I’m making/I make coffee. Emma likes/is liking pizza. She often eats/ is eating it. A What are you wearing/do you wear today? B A pair of jeans and a jumper. If Emma __________ (see) a UFO, she __________ (phone) the police. If I __________ (have) some eggs, I __________ (make) an omelette. __________ Andy and Molly (live) in the Bahamas if __________ (win) the money? 10 If Jamie __________ (ask) Laura to marry him she __________ (not say) ‘yes’. Past simple v past continuous __________ (make) all the museums free to Complete the sentences using the past simple or the past continuous. tourists. EXAMPLE Yesterday morning David was waiting for a bus when he saw an accident. (wait/see) Robert and Amy __________ to the radio when the phone __________ . (listen/ring) Jeff __________ his mother yesterday. They __________ for hours. (phone/talk) It __________ when Julian and Sandy __________ shopping. (rain/go) I __________ school when I was 16 and __________ work in a factory. I __________ there when I __________ my wife. (leave/start/ work/meet) Ella __________ an ice-cream when she __________ her friends in a park. (eat/meet) If I __________ (be) the Mayor of London, I 10 Present perfect v past simple/present simple Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. My name’s Martha Field. I was born (be born) in Manchester in 1950. My family __________ (1 move) to London when I __________ (2 be) fifteen. I __________ (3 leave) school when I __________ (4 be) eighteen and __________ (5 become) a nurse. I __________ (6 work) at a hospital in London. I __________ (7 meet) my husband, Joe, at the hospital. He’s a doctor. We __________ (8 get married) in 1980. We __________ (9 be) married now for about twenty years. We __________ 10 (10 have got) three children – Ben, Alex and First conditional Charlotte. We __________ (11 move) to Ireland in 1990 when my husband __________ (12 get) a job Delete the incorrect form of the verb. EXAMPLE If Harry phones/will phone, I’ll tell/tell him where the meeting is. If I will win/win the competition, I’ll visit/visit my aunt in Australia. If you’ll want/want to learn to drive, we’ll give/ give you a free lesson. There won’t be/isn’t enough chairs if everyone will come/comes. Entry test here. We __________ (13 sell) our house in England and __________ (14 buy) a house here. We __________ (15 live) here in Dublin ever since. I work in an office three days a week as a secretary. I __________ (16 work) there for five years. My husband __________ (17 teach) at Dublin hospital for the last two years. We __________ (18 love) our life LIFELINES © Oxford University Press PHOTOCOPIABLE here in Ireland. Our children __________ (19 love) it But her car didn’t start either. ‘We too and Ben __________ recently __________ ___________________ (7 get) the bus after all,’ said (20 start) work in an advertising agency. Peter. ‘But I haven’t got any money’ said his wife. ‘Don’t worry,’ said Peter, ‘I’ve got lots of change. I 20 ___________________ (8 pay).’ Going to v will So they went to the bus stop. When the bus arrived Delete the incorrect form of the verb. they asked for two tickets. Peter looked in his jacket EXAMPLE A That’s the doorbell! B Oh I’ll/I’m going to go. pockets and his briefcase, but he couldn’t find his money. ‘You ___________________ (9 get off) the bus I’m afraid,’ said the bus driver. ‘No, you A Can you look after the baby? I’m going to have/I’ll have a shower. B Sure. ___________________ (10 get off)’ said a voice outside the bus. It was Jack. ‘I’ve got your wallet A I’ve just seen this brilliant video. Why don’t you watch it? Here it is. B Thanks! I’m going to watch/I’ll watch it this evening. A Shall we go to a restaurant this evening? B Yes, that’s a good idea. I’m going to ring/I’ll ring and book a table at Gino’s. A I’m going to get a sandwich from the shop. B Good idea. I’ll get/I’m going to get one too. A Patrick and I are going to go/will go on holiday to Iceland. B Oh, how fantastic! here, Dad. When I was getting my books ready I found it on the table so I ran after you!’ 10 The passive Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs in brackets. EXAMPLE Wine is fermented in barrels. (ferment) 10 Oil ___________ from olives. (make) Milk __________ in a clothes shop. (not sell) ____ wine _______ in England by the Ancient Romans? (produce) Paper _______ from trees in Ancient Egypt. (not make) Your gas bill ________ by a computer since the 1970s. (calculate) Have to/be able to Complete the text using words from the box and the correct form of the verbs in brackets. don’t have to doesn’t have to has to have to didn’t have to had to will have to won’t have to will be able to won’t be able to Peter and Sheila were getting ready for work. Their son Jack was still in bed. He didn’t have to go (not go) to college but he ___________________ (1 study) hard for his exams. Peter and Sheila thought he wouldn’t any work. ‘Don’t forget,’ said Peter, as he left for work, ‘You _________ 10 Past perfect Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs in brackets. EXAMPLE In 1975 I hadn’t left school. I was studying for my exams. (not leave) __________ (2 study) for your exams.’ ‘Yes, Dad!’ said a voice from under the blankets. ‘If you’re not __________ on the bus when I saw him. (get off) Barbara ____________________ to London before. (not go) __________ you already __________ lunch when the phone rang? (have) Steve met an old friend last week. He here I ___________________ (3 work) all day without any interruptions.’ And Peter left the house. But he couldn’t start his car. He ___________________ (4 go) back into the ____________________ her in years. (not see) house and tell his wife, Sheila. He said, ‘Darling I ___________________ (5 go) by I saw Simon yesterday. I __________ just They ____________________ the newspaper so I told them the news. (not read) bus.’ But she answered, ‘You ___________________ 10 (6 not go) by bus because I can give you a lift in my car.’ LIFELINES © Oxford University Press PHOTOCOPIABLE Total 100 Entry test . 1 Entry test LIFELINES © Oxford University Press PHOTOCOPIABLE Entry test Name ________________________________ 1 Delete the incorrect form of the verb. EXAMPLE Imogen is. smells good. B Yes, I’m making/I make coffee. 4 Emma likes/is liking pizza. She often eats/ is eating it. 5 A What are you wearing/do you wear today? B A pair of jeans and a jumper. Past simple v. since. I work in an office three days a week as a secretary. I __________ (16 work) there for five years. My husband __________ (17 teach) at Dublin hospital for the last two years. We __________