STARTER UNIT TEST
Name and Surname:_______________________________________________________
1 Complete the sentences with the verbs in weren’t
6 The students ....................................
the box. Use the present simple, present (not / be) hungry because they
continuous, pastsimple or past continuous. ....................................
had just eaten (just /eat) dinner.
(6 marks)
go play speak stay swim watch 3 Complete the text with the verbs in
brackets. Use the present perfect or the past
1 This season, my favourite football team simple. (6 marks)
is playing
.................................... really well.
went Chloe Ball-Hopkins, who suffers from a
2 I....................................on holiday to
rare form of muscular dystrophy,
Corfu in2011.
celebrated her seventeenth birthday by
3 Nick....................................five
speaks
going skydiving. She had always wanted to
languages! was
were watching skydive and (1)........................... (be) very
4 While we....................................the film,
excited when the big day (2).....................
arrived
David arrived. jumped
is staying (arrive). She (3)........................... (jump)
5 My uncle....................................in
3,000 metres from the sky to raise money
Vienna this week.
for a charity. This charity is helping to find a
6 This timelast week, I ...............................
was swimming
cure for the disease that (4).......................
has left
in the sea.
(leave) Chloe in a wheelchair. So far, she
(5)...........................
has raised (raise) over £80,000
2 Complete the sentences with the verbs for the charity. Chloe said that she
inbrackets. Use the past simple or the past (6)...........................
has written (write) a list of things
perfect. (6 marks) that she wants to do because she doesn't
know when her condition might change.
1 When Sarah ....................................
arrived
(arrive) at the party, Rita .............................
had already left
4 Complete the sentences with suitable
(already / leave).
verbs. Use the present perfect simple or the
2 She....................................(have)
had a bath present perfect continuous. (6 marks)
had gone
after the children .................................... 1 You look exhausted – what
(go) to school. have you been doing
.................................?
had eaten
3 After they....................................(eat) 2 How long have you known
................................ .your
their dinner, they ....................................
put best friend?
(put) their dishes in the sink. 3 I’m bored because I have ...............................
been studying
all morning.
4 Sandra....................................(call)
called her 4 Hurry up – she.................................for
has been waiting
mother after the plane ...............................
had landed us for three hours already!
(land). 5 Look! Somebody .................................
has kicked a
football into that tree.
had finished
5 After he .................................... (finish) 6 I .................................
have watched that DVD you lent
played
his homework, he .................................... me, so you can have it back now.
(play) on his computer.
Name and Surname:_______________________________________________________
1 Complete the sentences with the verbs in weren’t
6 The students ....................................
the box. Use the present simple, present (not / be) hungry because they
continuous, pastsimple or past continuous. ....................................
had just eaten (just /eat) dinner.
(6 marks)
go play speak stay swim watch 3 Complete the text with the verbs in
brackets. Use the present perfect or the past
1 This season, my favourite football team simple. (6 marks)
is playing
.................................... really well.
went Chloe Ball-Hopkins, who suffers from a
2 I....................................on holiday to
rare form of muscular dystrophy,
Corfu in2011.
celebrated her seventeenth birthday by
3 Nick....................................five
speaks
going skydiving. She had always wanted to
languages! was
were watching skydive and (1)........................... (be) very
4 While we....................................the film,
excited when the big day (2).....................
arrived
David arrived. jumped
is staying (arrive). She (3)........................... (jump)
5 My uncle....................................in
3,000 metres from the sky to raise money
Vienna this week.
for a charity. This charity is helping to find a
6 This timelast week, I ...............................
was swimming
cure for the disease that (4).......................
has left
in the sea.
(leave) Chloe in a wheelchair. So far, she
(5)...........................
has raised (raise) over £80,000
2 Complete the sentences with the verbs for the charity. Chloe said that she
inbrackets. Use the past simple or the past (6)...........................
has written (write) a list of things
perfect. (6 marks) that she wants to do because she doesn't
know when her condition might change.
1 When Sarah ....................................
arrived
(arrive) at the party, Rita .............................
had already left
4 Complete the sentences with suitable
(already / leave).
verbs. Use the present perfect simple or the
2 She....................................(have)
had a bath present perfect continuous. (6 marks)
had gone
after the children .................................... 1 You look exhausted – what
(go) to school. have you been doing
.................................?
had eaten
3 After they....................................(eat) 2 How long have you known
................................ .your
their dinner, they ....................................
put best friend?
(put) their dishes in the sink. 3 I’m bored because I have ...............................
been studying
all morning.
4 Sandra....................................(call)
called her 4 Hurry up – she.................................for
has been waiting
mother after the plane ...............................
had landed us for three hours already!
(land). 5 Look! Somebody .................................
has kicked a
football into that tree.
had finished
5 After he .................................... (finish) 6 I .................................
have watched that DVD you lent
played
his homework, he .................................... me, so you can have it back now.
(play) on his computer.
