LEVEL 1 SELF-CHECK UNIT TEST 12

Answer on a separate sheet of paper. Then check your answers. Follow the examples.

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GRAMMAR

PRESENT PERFECT & PAST SIMPLE (5 points)

1 Make and answer questions about

experiences using the prompts.

You / ever / go / Canada?

Yes. I / be / there. I / visit / Montreal / 1978. I /
love / it.
Have you ever gone to Canada?
Yes, I have been there. I visited Montreal in
1978. I loved it.

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You / ever / see / The Lord of the Rings?

Yes. I / watch / it / friends / movies / last week /
and / have / great time.
You / ever / ride / horse?
Yes. It / be / last summer / but / I / fall off /
and / have to / go /the hospital.
You / ever / live / France?
Yes. I / spend / three years / there. I / learn /
French / and / do / many / interesting things.
You / ever / cook / paella?
Yes. I / make / paella / one day / summer / three
years ago / but / nobody / like / it.
You / ever / fail / exam?
Yes. I / not pass / English exam / when / I / be /
college / because / I / not like / teacher.

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Make questions about the

underlined words in Exercise 3.

Make negative sentences with the

phrases in Exercises 3.

John went to school yesterday.

John didnt go to school yesterday.

VOCABULARY
READING MATERIALS (5 points)

1 Match the titles and the reading

materials in the box.

Put the verbs in parentheses in the

right tense.

Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in 1910 in
South Africa and 1 dedicate his entire life to the
struggle for human rights in Africa. He 2 be the
leader of the African National Congress and the
movement against apartheid that 3 start about
1952. He 4 spend twenty six years in prison, from
1964 to 1990 when Frederik W. de Klerk,
President of the South African Republic, 5
liberate him. In 1990 and 1991, Mandela 6
negotiate the abolition of apartheid with de Klerk
and then they both 7 win the Nobel Price for
peace in 1994. Mandelas movement 8 succeed in
the first multiracial elections in the history of
South Africa in 1994. He 9 still work for human
rights now and he says he 10 continue the fight
against injustice in the world for the rest of his
life.

go to school yesterday (John)

John went to school yesterday.
fly to Argentina at 9 oclock tomorrow (he)
have to work with people every day (she)
be sunny and hot next week (it)
speak English at the moment (we)
be born in New York in 1923 (my father)

John went to school yesterday.

Where did John go yesterday?

TENSE REVIEW (25 points)

Make sentences with the phrases

below. Put the verbs in the right
tense.

magazine / novel / history book / travel book /

comic / detective story / biography / newspaper /
textbook / manual / dictionary
Oxford Dictionary - dictionary

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Cosmopolitan
The Quixote
The Discovery of America
The Official Guide to New York
Spider-Man
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Times
The Life of Lady Di

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FEELING NERVOUS (5 points)

2 Match the words in the columns to

make phrases learned in Unit 12.

1-a
1 holding

5 A: Havent you heard he had another terrible

argument with his boss?
B:

a) a spider in your hand

2 speaking
b) an oral exam
3 taking
c) married
4 going
d) in a very small space
5 being closed e) in public
6 job
f) to the dentist
7 looking down g) from the top of a tall mountain
8 getting
h) a soccer game
9 watching
i) a baby
10 having
j) somebody to go out with you
11 asking
k) interviews
REACTING TO NEWS (2.5 points)

3 React to the news by completing the

dialogs with phrases from the box.
More than one answer may be
possible.

Wow! Really? Thats great!

Oh no! How did it happen?
What a shame!
Yeah, its incredible, isnt it?
Again? So what now?
Thats terrible!
A: I lost my dog yesterday.
B: Thats terrible!

1 A: My parents are getting a divorce.

B:

2 A: Did you know John and Anne won 10,000

dollars in the lottery?
B:

3 A: Ive passed all my exams.

B:

4 A: My brother had an accident yesterday.

B:

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MAYBE, I DONT KNOW, I SUPPOSE

(5 points)

I think so.
I dont think so.

4 Complete the table with your

opinions about the future.

Maybe.

Would you like to live in Colombia?

Im not sure.

1 Are you going to write a book in the future?

I dont know.

2 Would you like to get married soon?

ERROR ANALYSIS (2.5 points)

3 Are you going to travel to the USA next

Find and correct the mistakes.

summer?

4 Would you like to be a teacher?

I have been went to the movies yesterday.

1 Have ever you worked in a restaurant?
2 I born in Australia in 1989.

5 Are you going to pass your exams this year?

6 Are you going to school / work tomorrow?

3 I am taking a shower every day.

4 Last summer Ive traveled to Egypt.
5 Im having a lot of money in the future.

7 Are you going to the dentist this week?

8 Would you like to be famous?
9 Are you going to meet your friends today?
10 Would you like to have a lot of money?
I suppose so.

Would you like to live in

Colombia?

TOTAL POINTS: ________ / 5

ANSWER KEY
GRAMMAR

1 1 Have you ever seen The Lord of the Rings? Yes, I have. I watched it with my friends at the movies last
week and had a great time.
2 Have you ever ridden a horse? Yes, I have. It was last summer but I fell off and had to go to the hospital.
3 Have you ever lived in France? Yes, I have. I spent three years there. I learned French and did many
interesting things.
4 Have you ever cooked a paella? Yes, I have. I made a paella one day in the summer three years ago but
nobody liked it.
5 Have you ever failed an exam? Yes, I have. I didnt not pass one English exam when I was in college because
I didnt like my / the teacher.

2 1 has dedicated 2 was 3 started 4 spent 5 liberated 6 negotiated 7 won 8 succeeded 9 is still working
10 is going to continue

3 1 Hes flying to Argentina at 9 oclock tomorrow.

2 She has to work with people every day.
3 Its going to be sunny and hot next week.
4 Were speaking English at the moment.
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5 My father was born in New York in 1923.

4 1 When is he flying to Argentina?

2 Who does she have to work with every day?
3 Whats the weather going to be like next week?
4 What are you doing at the moment?
5 Where was your father born?

5 1 He isnt flying to Argentina at 9 oclock tomorrow.

2 She doesnt have to work with people every day.
3 It isnt going to be sunny and hot next week.
4 We arent speaking English at the moment.
5 My father wasnt born in New York in 1923.
VOCABULARY

1 1 manual 2textbook 3 magazine 4 novel 5 history book 6 travel book 7 comic 8 detective story
9 newspaper 10 biography

2 2-e, 3-b, 4-f, 5-d, 6-k, 7-g, 8-c, 9-h, 10-i, 11-j
3 1 What a shame!
2 Yeah, its incredible, isnt it? / Wow! Really? Thats great!
3 Wow! Really? Thats great!
4 Oh no! How did it happen?
5 Again? So what now?

4 Answers may vary.

ERROR ANALYSIS
1 Have you ever worked in a restaurant?
2 I was born in Australia in 1989.
3 I take a shower every day.
4 Last summer I traveled to Egypt.
5 Im going to have a lot of money in the future.

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