Test 10

Name____________________ Class_______

Use your English

1 Rewrite these sentences using the passive form.
1 The police accused him of the murder.
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2 The police are investigating two other murders.
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3 We put the water into the saucepan and boil it.
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4 Someone has stolen Helens bag!
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5 His parents gave him a new computer for his birthday.
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6 They had made the pizza that morning.
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7 Dickens wrote Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities.
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8 They will finish the new bridge by next month.
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9 Millions of people have read the novels of Agatha Christie.
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10 Monkeys brought him up in the jungle.
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Marks:

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2 Complete these sentences using the causative form of the verbs below.
service

redecorate

clean

cook

cut

repair

make

mend

test

take out

1 I ________________ this suit ________________ this morning. Now look at it!

2 Were going to ________________ the house ________________ this month.
3 She ________________ her hair ________________ every month.
4 Im ________________ the car ________________ at the moment. I take it to the garage every six
months.
5 Ive just been to the dentist and ________________ a tooth ________________.
6 I wish I could ________________ these shoes ________________ instead of buying new ones.
7 Some elderly people ________________ their meals ________________ for them every day.
8 Youd better ________________ your eyes ________________ if you cant see the board well.
9 When my CD player wasnt working, I ________________ it ________________.
10 I think Ill ________________ a new dress ________________ for the wedding.

Marks:

Words, words, words

3 Choose the correct word A, B, C or D to complete these sentences.
1 Who left this _____ of paper on the floor?
A lots

B pile

C line

D pack

C cast

D swarm

2 There was a _____ of flies near the dustbin.

A group

B pack

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3 The _____ on the ship were really helpful and friendly.

A colleagues

B crew

C pilots

D team

4 The farmer was looking after a _____ of cows in a field nearby.

A crowd

B crew

C flock

D herd

5 The singer was given a _____ of flowers after the performance.

A bunch

B group

C pack

D herd

6 The footballer was surrounded by a _____ of supporters.

A gang

B crowd

C set

D pile

C team

D crowd

7 A _____ of doctors looked after the crash victims.

A crew

B cast

8 The _____ of the film included famous stars like Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio.
A cast

B gang

C group

D crew

9 I wish we could do something about the _____ of stray dogs in the streets.
A pile

B gang

C pack

D swarm

C shoal

D flock

10 The _____ of sheep walked along the road.

A herd

B pack

Marks:

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4 Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits the
space
in the same line.
1 Picasso was the most famous _____________________ of the twentieth century.

PAINT

2 One of his most famous _____________________ is Guernica.

PAINT

3 I love Rome the _____________________ is so interesting.

ARCHITECT

4 He wants to be a _____________________ when he leaves school.

SCIENCE

5 Charles Dickens was a great English _____________________ .

WRITE

6 Isaac Newton was one of the greatest _____________________ of all time.

MATHEMATICS

7 An _____________________ spends a lot of time studying the sky.

ASTRONOMY

8 Why do you want to become an _____________________?

ARCHAEOLOGY

9 The _____________________ of that statue is unknown.

SCULPTURE

10 The Louvre in Paris is a beautiful _____________________.

BUILD

Marks:

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5 Write sentences using these words.

1 adopt ______________________________________________________________________________________
2 come up to __________________________________________________________________________________
3 realize _____________________________________________________________________________________
4 chatter _____________________________________________________________________________________
5 speechless _________________________________________________________________________________
6 bring up ____________________________________________________________________________________
7 transform ___________________________________________________________________________________
8 translate ____________________________________________________________________________________
9 shoal ______________________________________________________________________________________
10 employ _____________________________________________________________________________________

Marks:

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Total marks:

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