STARTER UNIT TEST
Name and Surname:_______________________________________________________
1 Choose the correct options. (6 marks) 5 ......Jane in town yesterday?
A Did you see B Have you seen
1 At the moment I read / ’m reading a
6 It......here three times this year.
detective novel.
A snowed B ’s snowed
2 I usually read / ’m Reading two books
every month.
3 While I waited / was waiting for you, it 4 Complete the sentences. Use the present
started to rain. perfect simple or the present perfect
4 Sam waited / was waiting for Helen for continuous. (6 marks)
three hours yesterday.
1 Harry is lucky – he / visit / Berlin / three
5 Harriet knows / is knowing how to play
times.
the piano.
Harry is lucky – .........................................
he has visited Berlin three times.
6 I liked / was liking the English lesson
2 Let’swalk home – we / wait / for a bus /
last week
for ages.
Let’s walk home – we .....................................
have been waiting for a bus for ages.
2 Match 1–5 with A–E. (5 marks) 3 Alex / collect / football stickers since he
A was a
1 When Sam arrivedat college ...
D littleboy...........................................footb
2 The fire alarm hadgone off …
C all stickerssince he was a little boy.
3 We hadn’t eaten allday ...
E 4 I / see /my grandfather twice this year.
4 He’d never been ona plane ...
B .........................................
I have seen my grandfather
5 As soon as I saw mymother’s face ...
twice this year.
5 How long / you / work / with Nicole?
A the lecture had alreadystarted.
..........................................
How long have you been working with Nicole?
B I knew that the surpriseparty had been a
6 Kim / learn / Mandarin / for many years.
goodidea.
.........................................for
Kim has been learning Mandarin many years.
C so we were veryhungry by the evening.
D before the people leftthe building.
E untilhe flew toChicago 5 Complete the dialogue with the verbs in
the box. ( 8 marks)
3 Choose A or B to complete the sentences. are you going fly going to work
(6 marks) ’ll ask ’ll be ’ll let ’ll send
’m staying
1 Pierre......his driving test for the sixth
time.
A just took B has just taken A: What are you doing this summer?
2 Leo......football yesterday. B: I’m (1)....................................
'm staying for
A didn’t play B hasn’t played GoEco. It’s an organization that runs
3 Sue......in New York for three years now. volunteer projects all over the world.
are you going
A: Really? Where(2)................................?
A worked B has worked
4 I......worked in a café for three months in B: I (3)....................................to
'll fly South
2012. Africa on the first Monday of the
'll be
holidays and I (4)..................................
A worked B ’ve worked
Name and Surname:_______________________________________________________
1 Choose the correct options. (6 marks) 5 ......Jane in town yesterday?
A Did you see B Have you seen
1 At the moment I read / ’m reading a
6 It......here three times this year.
detective novel.
A snowed B ’s snowed
2 I usually read / ’m Reading two books
every month.
3 While I waited / was waiting for you, it 4 Complete the sentences. Use the present
started to rain. perfect simple or the present perfect
4 Sam waited / was waiting for Helen for continuous. (6 marks)
three hours yesterday.
1 Harry is lucky – he / visit / Berlin / three
5 Harriet knows / is knowing how to play
times.
the piano.
Harry is lucky – .........................................
he has visited Berlin three times.
6 I liked / was liking the English lesson
2 Let’swalk home – we / wait / for a bus /
last week
for ages.
Let’s walk home – we .....................................
have been waiting for a bus for ages.
2 Match 1–5 with A–E. (5 marks) 3 Alex / collect / football stickers since he
A was a
1 When Sam arrivedat college ...
D littleboy...........................................footb
2 The fire alarm hadgone off …
C all stickerssince he was a little boy.
3 We hadn’t eaten allday ...
E 4 I / see /my grandfather twice this year.
4 He’d never been ona plane ...
B .........................................
I have seen my grandfather
5 As soon as I saw mymother’s face ...
twice this year.
5 How long / you / work / with Nicole?
A the lecture had alreadystarted.
..........................................
How long have you been working with Nicole?
B I knew that the surpriseparty had been a
6 Kim / learn / Mandarin / for many years.
goodidea.
.........................................for
Kim has been learning Mandarin many years.
C so we were veryhungry by the evening.
D before the people leftthe building.
E untilhe flew toChicago 5 Complete the dialogue with the verbs in
the box. ( 8 marks)
3 Choose A or B to complete the sentences. are you going fly going to work
(6 marks) ’ll ask ’ll be ’ll let ’ll send
’m staying
1 Pierre......his driving test for the sixth
time.
A just took B has just taken A: What are you doing this summer?
2 Leo......football yesterday. B: I’m (1)....................................
'm staying for
A didn’t play B hasn’t played GoEco. It’s an organization that runs
3 Sue......in New York for three years now. volunteer projects all over the world.
are you going
A: Really? Where(2)................................?
A worked B has worked
4 I......worked in a café for three months in B: I (3)....................................to
'll fly South
2012. Africa on the first Monday of the
'll be
holidays and I (4)..................................
A worked B ’ve worked
