First Semester Test

X F, December 6

I. Use the right tense between Present Perfect Simple/Present Perfect Continuous.
1. (they/arrive) already? 2. Lucy (run) 2000 metres today. 3. I (clean) all morning. I’m fed up!. 4. How long
(you/know) Simon? 5. I (drink) more water recently and I feel better.
1. ___________________________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________________________________________
5. ___________________________________________________________________________

II. Like, As, or As if?

1. The situation is quite serious; just _________ we heard yesterday.
2. From this angle, the building looks _________ the Empire State Building
3. It looks _________ Romania is about to end its existence.
4. The queen looks _________ she is going to escape from the palace with the keys to the castle.
5. We could go down to the beach, just _________ we used to.

III. Choose the right intensifier from the following: absolutely, really, extremely, totally, very, utterly, quite.
1. I think the bride’s dress has been __________ wonderful.
2. Are you hungry? Hungry? I am __________ starving!
3. So, did you enjoy the movie? No, I thought it was __________ awful.
4. Do you think we’ll get a pay raise this year? Well, if we do, it’ll be __________ small.
5. Did you have a good holiday? Yes, thanks, it was __________ nice.

IV. Use the verbs in brackets in the correct future tenses: will – future, going to – future, Present Simple,
Present Continuous.
1. The bus (leave) _______________ at 8:45.
2. We (have) _______________ dinner at a nice restaurant on Saturday but we haven’t booked a table yet.
3. The rangers believe it (snow) _______________ in the mountains tomorrow morning.
4. This Sunday at 8 o’clock I (meet) _______________ my future boss.
5. Wait! I (drive) _______________ you to station.

V. More and more people are selling their city houses in order to swap their lives with rural ones. Why do
you think that is happening? Write your article in 120 – 150 words.

Score: I, II, III, IV – 15p

V – 30p
+ 10p