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TEST PAPER

I. Choose the correct word from the pairs given: (10 x 0,20 = 2 points)
1. I was disappointing / disappointed with the film. I had expected it to be better.
2. Are you interesting / interested in football?
3. The football match was quite exciting / excited. I enjoyed it.
4. Its sometimes embarrassing / embarrassed when you have to ask people for money.
5. Do you easily get embarrassing / embarrassed ?
6. I had never expected to get the job. I was really amazing / amazed when I was offered it.
7. She has really learnt very fast. She has made astonishing / astonished progress.
8. I didnt find the situation funny. I was not amusing / amused.
9. It was a really terrifying / terrified experience. Afterwards everybody was very shocking /
shocked.
10. Why do you always look so boring / bored? Is your life really so boring / bored?
II. Complete the sentences. Use adjectives formed by adding ING or ED to the words in
brackets. (0,20 x 5=1 point)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

I find it quite .. to talk in front of a group of people. (EMBARRASS)

I think reading newspapers is . . (DEPRESS)
Im .. in all kinds of sport. (INTEREST)
I find walking in the countryside very .. . (RELAX)
I think learning a language is very . . (INTEREST)

III. Fill in the gaps with like or as. (10 x 0,10 = 1 point)
1. She sings ______ an angel.
2. Im much better ______ you can see.
3. My daughter is just ______ my sister.
4. Im attending the meeting ______ an observer
5. I use one of the bedrooms ______ an office.
6. I hope to qualify ______ an engineer.
7. Were late for the train. Well have to run ______ the wind.
8. Im your friend and, ______ a friend, I advise you to think again.
9. I want to join the air force ______ a pilot.
10. We need a strong leader ______ Winston Churchill.
IV. Complete the story using the past simple, past perfect, or past continuous of the verbs
in brackets. (10 x 0,15 = 1,50 points)
It _____________ (1. be) Tuesday evening and I _____________ (2. get) ready to go to bed
when the phone _____________ (3. ring). To my surprise it _____________ (4. be) my friend
Peter. He _____________ (5. call) from his mobile and he was very annoyed because he
_____________ (6. lose) his keys and he _____________ (7. cannot) get into his flat. He
_____________ (8. think) he _____________ (9. leave) them at work but now it was midnight
and the office was closed. Luckily I had the keys to his flat because a month before he
_____________ (10. give) me a spare set so that I could look after his cat while he was on
holiday.

V. Match the phrasal verbs in column A with their explanation in column B: (10 x 0,15 =
1,50 points)
A
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

to look after - ........

to look ahead - ........
to look at - ........
to look back - ........
to look down on - ........
to look for - ........
to look forward to - ........

B
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)

8. to look in - ........
9. to look into - ........
10. to look up to somebody - ........

to try to find something lost or that you need

to think about something that happened in the past
to visit someone for a short time
to think about and plan the future
to admire, to respect
to take care of someone or something
to examine a problem or situation

h) to feel excited and happy about something that is

going to happen
i) to read something quickly and not very thoroughly
j) to think something or someone is inferior

VI. Write a story beginning as follows:

His reaction was really surprising ...
Write your story in 150 words. (2 points)

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+ 1 point granted