New Headway Elementary (Third edition) Test on unit - Name: ………………………………………… Date: 14/07/2011 Fill in the missing auxiliary verbs: 10 “did / didn’t/was/wasn’t/were/weren’t” ……………………… you at Tom’s party last Saturday? No, I ……………………………… because it ………………… my sister’s name day Where …………………… the boss yesterday? I didn’t see him I ……………………… go to bed at 10 o’ clock last night because I wasn’t sleepy = (álmos) They ……………………… hungry, so they didn’t eat anything ………………………… you go to work last week? …………………… you ill last month? she married years ago? Why ……………………… you phone her in the middle of the night? I …………………… know his phone number, so I couldn’t call him 10 p Complete the text about the year “1984” Use the following verbs in simple past tense: “win, sing, get, buy, sell, leave, be, have, make, become” James ………………… born in 1984 His parents moved to England because his father ……………… a good job in London They ……………………… Hong Kong and went back to Britain In 1984 the sportsman, Carl Lewis ……………… gold medals at the Los Angeles Olympic 10 Games Tiger Woods ……………………… junior golf champion in 1984 when he was only years old Michael Jackson …………………… a lot of records in that year Madonna ……………………… her famous song “Holiday” in the same year Tina Turner and David Bowie also …………………… hit records in 1984 Apple …………………………… a new personal computer 27 years ago Lots of people ……………………… Apple’s new computer It was very popular 10 p Complete the questions in simple past tense She worked in a hospital in World War I Where…………………………………………………………………….? He saw his first plane when he was a little boy When…………………………………………………………………… ? She studied nursing when she was a young woman What …………………………………………………………………………? He studied hard at school because he wanted to be a pilot Why ……………………………………………………………………………? He died in a plane crash How………………………………………………………………………….? p Make the sentences negative Shirley Temple Black was poor when she was a child They were happy together I was at home last night We went to the cinema last Saturday He visited his grandmother last weekend We met in a small café yesterday afternoon She drank a cup of coffee this morning 7p Complete the sentences with the past tense of the irregular verbs 10 My brother ………………………… (buy) a pair of new shoes yesterday afternoon We …………………………………… (have) breakfast in the garden on Saturday morning I ……………………………… (go) to Lake Balaton with my friends last weekend He ……………………………(eat) some ice cream on the beach yesterday afternoon It was very hot, so she ……………………… (drink) lots of cold mineral water They ……………………………… (take) a lot of photos in Spain last month She .(be) on holiday last week We ………………………………… (bring) some presents from Italy last summer They ……………………………… (spend) their summer holiday at the seaside We ………………………………… (see) some nice fish in the sea last summer 10p Fill in the missing preposition (about, at, in, with, on, to, round, over) We celebrate Easter …………………… spring My birthday is ……………… 3rd May 3 10 11 12 13 14 15 I always spend my summer holiday ………………….my family He always gets up early ………………… the morning ………………… Easter Sunday he usually goes to church I talked …………………… my teacher about homework I always sleep very well …………………… night My friends went …………………… the cinema yesterday evening ……………………… weekends we go to the beach My children are …………………… school at the moment Gagarin travelled …………………… the world to talk about his experiences He moved ……………… London because he got a good job there What you know …………………….Yuri Gagarin’s life? My sister stayed ………………………… me in my house last summer People use Apple computers all ………………………… the world 15p Write the dates the way we say them “e.g July – the fourth of July” May -…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… January -……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 22 June - ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 20 August - …………………………………………………………………………………………………… December –………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5p Complete each expression with a suitable noun e.g to, drive a car ride …………………………………………… earn ……………………………………………… win ………………………………………………… watch ……………………………………………… speak ………………………………………………… listen to …………………………………………… become …………………………………………… 7p Match a noun with another noun e.g a birthday card orange ………………………… boy ……………………………… car ………………………………… swimming ……………………… home…………………………… hand……………………………… 6p Total: ……………………/75p