STARTER UNIT TEST
Name and Surname:_______________________________________________________
1 Complete the sentences with suitable money for six months to pay for the £300
verbs. Use the present simple, present school trip, was very angry with the school
continuous, past simple or past continuous. for reading Holli’s letter.
(6 marks)
1 Where ...............
do you usually go ............... 3 Complete the sentences with suitable
on holiday? verbs. Use the present perfect simple or the
2 This time yesterday, the students present perfect continuous. (6 marks)
were taking
.............................. their exam.
1 Have you ever ..............................
studied
3 I .............................. quite a lot of Arabic,
understand
Mandarin?
but I can’t speak the language very well.
2 I..............................
have been playing the guitar for three
4 Sue ..............................
is waiting for a bus at the
years now, but I only know a few songs.
moment.
3 How long ..............................
have you been a
5 Last year, we went .............................. to
vegetarian?
Barcelona for the summer.
were you doing 4 Sorry I’m late–there was lots of traffic
6 What ............... you ...............
heard when you
...............................
has been for a long time?
heard the noise?
5 I ..............................
have finished the book. I finished
it last night.
2 Complete the text with the verbs in the 6 I’m exhausted–I ..............................
have been cleaning the
box. Use the past simple or the past perfect. house for hours and I still haven’t finished.
(8 marks)
be call drive find out happen 4 Correct seven errors in the dialogue.
hide save up search write (7 marks)
are you doing
A: Hey, what do you do tomorrow evening?
Eleven-year-old Holli McCann was sent B: Not much.
I'm going
home from a school trip after teachers A: Well, I will go to a concert. Do you want
discovered that she (1)..............................
had hidden to come with me?
I’ll have
several chocolate bars inher bags, which B: Yes, I’d love to! I’m having to cancel my
won’t be
was against the rules. The teachers only tennis lesson but I’m sure that wasn’t a
(2)..............................
found out about the chocolate problem.
leaves
because they read a letter that Holli A: Great. Well, the bus left at6.15 p.m. and I
(3)..............................
had written to her mother. They think we’ll be getting home by midnight.
then (4).............................. her room and
searched B: Brilliant! So, this time tomorrow, we’ll
be watching
found the chocolate. The head teacher watch the band!
(5)..............................
called Holli’s mother to tell
her what (6)..............................
had happened and asked
5 Write questions for the answers. (6 marks)
her to come and pick her daughter up
immediately. Mrs McCann then 1 I saw Jo and Steve yesterday
(7)..............................
drove 250 kilometres to .................................................................
Who did you see yesterday?
collect her daughter from the Isle of Wight. 2 I last saw Damion three years ago
Mrs McCann, who (8)..............................
had saved up .................................................................
When did you last see Damion?
Name and Surname:_______________________________________________________
1 Complete the sentences with suitable money for six months to pay for the £300
verbs. Use the present simple, present school trip, was very angry with the school
continuous, past simple or past continuous. for reading Holli’s letter.
(6 marks)
1 Where ...............
do you usually go ............... 3 Complete the sentences with suitable
on holiday? verbs. Use the present perfect simple or the
2 This time yesterday, the students present perfect continuous. (6 marks)
were taking
.............................. their exam.
1 Have you ever ..............................
studied
3 I .............................. quite a lot of Arabic,
understand
Mandarin?
but I can’t speak the language very well.
2 I..............................
have been playing the guitar for three
4 Sue ..............................
is waiting for a bus at the
years now, but I only know a few songs.
moment.
3 How long ..............................
have you been a
5 Last year, we went .............................. to
vegetarian?
Barcelona for the summer.
were you doing 4 Sorry I’m late–there was lots of traffic
6 What ............... you ...............
heard when you
...............................
has been for a long time?
heard the noise?
5 I ..............................
have finished the book. I finished
it last night.
2 Complete the text with the verbs in the 6 I’m exhausted–I ..............................
have been cleaning the
box. Use the past simple or the past perfect. house for hours and I still haven’t finished.
(8 marks)
be call drive find out happen 4 Correct seven errors in the dialogue.
hide save up search write (7 marks)
are you doing
A: Hey, what do you do tomorrow evening?
Eleven-year-old Holli McCann was sent B: Not much.
I'm going
home from a school trip after teachers A: Well, I will go to a concert. Do you want
discovered that she (1)..............................
had hidden to come with me?
I’ll have
several chocolate bars inher bags, which B: Yes, I’d love to! I’m having to cancel my
won’t be
was against the rules. The teachers only tennis lesson but I’m sure that wasn’t a
(2)..............................
found out about the chocolate problem.
leaves
because they read a letter that Holli A: Great. Well, the bus left at6.15 p.m. and I
(3)..............................
had written to her mother. They think we’ll be getting home by midnight.
then (4).............................. her room and
searched B: Brilliant! So, this time tomorrow, we’ll
be watching
found the chocolate. The head teacher watch the band!
(5)..............................
called Holli’s mother to tell
her what (6)..............................
had happened and asked
5 Write questions for the answers. (6 marks)
her to come and pick her daughter up
immediately. Mrs McCann then 1 I saw Jo and Steve yesterday
(7)..............................
drove 250 kilometres to .................................................................
Who did you see yesterday?
collect her daughter from the Isle of Wight. 2 I last saw Damion three years ago
Mrs McCann, who (8)..............................
had saved up .................................................................
When did you last see Damion?
