Name: ________________________________

A. Reading
1. Read the text and answer the questions - ____/10
2. Look at the text. Write TRUE or FALSE ____/10
B. Use of English
1. Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. ___/10

2. Complete each gap with ONE word. ___/10

Dear Manager,

I am writing to complain 1. ____________ our recent holiday, 2. ____________ we booked

through your company at 3. ____________ beginning of February. My friend and I feel that

the advertising of this holiday was misleading, the organisation poor and the cost too.

Right from check-in at the airport, 4. ____________ was supposed to be at 5.45 in the

morning , things started to 5. ____________ wrong. Your staff there, which appeared to be

half asleep, said they had 6. ____________ record of our booking and neither they seemed

interested in finding why. They said we must 7. ____________ been given the wrong tickets

and suggested we 8. ____________ in touch with the main office, which of course was

closed at that time in the morning. Our holiday 9. ____________ have ended there if the

supervisor had 10. ____________ appeared by chance and eventually sorted things out.
3. Change the form of words so they fit into the gaps to complete the article. ___/10

Pythagoras was a philosopher born on the Aegean island of Samos. He was known as a

great mathematician who has received 1. ____________ (ADMIRE) for over 2000 years. As

a young man he travelled a lot and was 2. ____________ (GREAT) influenced by some 3.

____________ (REMARK) ideas he came across in Egypt and Babylon.

Over time, he made 3. ____________ (EXTEND) mathematical 4. ____________

(INVESTIGATE) , which included "Pythagoras' Theorem" , a great 5. ____________

(DISCOVER) stating that the square of the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle is equal

to the sum of the squares. In 6. ____________ (ADD), Pythagoras was one of the earliest

7. ____________ (SCIENCE) to suggest that the earth was a sphere 8. ____________

(REVOLVE) around a central fire. Without doubt, his 9. ____________ (CONTRIBUTE) to

the scientific world will always be acknowledged.

C. Verb Tenses ___/10

1. “What ___________ between 9 and 12 yesterday morning”, the detective said. ( you do)

2. He kept looking at her, wondering where he ___________ her before. ( see)

3. The doctor’s waiting room was full of people. Some ___________ a magazine. (read)

4. Travelling ___________ much easier and more comfortable in the past hundred years. ( become)

5. I ___________ cake. That’s why my hands are full of flour. ( bake)

6. When I first came to this house it ___________ quite a noisy area. ( be)

7. ______________________ the doors before you leave the house? ( you ever lock)

8. My best friend and I ___________ each other for 15 years. ( know)

9. Jack usually ___________ but he doesn´t smoke when his father comes.(smoke)

10. ______________________ breakfast yet? – Yes I had it together with Sue at 7. ( you have)

D. Writing

1. Rewrite the sentence while the meaning of the sentence does not change. __/10

1. We don’t know anything about the problem. (INFORMATION)

We don’t _________________________________ about the problem.

2. There is only a little coffee left in the jar . (MUCH)

There _________________________________ coffee left in the jar.

3. Our car stopped working on the motorway, so we had to call a mechanic. (DOWN)
We had to call a mechanic when our car _________________________________ on the motorway .

4. Katy sent me a text message (RECEIVED).

I _________________________________ Katy

5. It wasn’t necessary for me to buy a stamp for my letter (NEED)

I _________________________________ to buy a stamp for my letter.

6. Have you ever participated in a swimming event ? (PART)

Have ___________________________________ a swimming event?

7. Peter ordered Tom to stop running? (running)

Peter: “________________________________________!!!”

8. No one is capable of learning all that in one day ! (ALL)

No one _________________________________ in one day!

9. It´s the first time she has taken a train. (HAS)

She _____________________________________________ before.

10. If you don´t study, you won´t pass the exam. (STUDY)

You won´t pass the exam ____________________________________.

2. You lent your fríend a your new dictionary and you need it back. Write a note to your friend. (35

– 45 words) ___/10

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

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3. Read the task and write about 120 words. ___/20

Write an article for a teenager magazine about

 The most popular sport in your country

 The greatest natural disaster in the world