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Pre-Intermediate Short Test Unit 10 Test A

Name: ___________________________________________
Test 1

Grammar
1 Complete the sentences. Use the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets.
1 The Man Booker Prize for fiction _______________ (award) every year.
2 Over six million e-book readers _______________ (sell) in 2010.
3 A rare Shakespeare manuscript _______________ (find) in an attic in London a few years ago.
4 Paper _______________ (make) from wood.
5 Ink _______________ (use) in China in 256 BC. That’s over 2,000 years ago!

Mark __/5

2 Rewrite the active sentences in the correct passive form. Use by if necessary.
1 They developed the Internet in the 1960s.
__________________________________________________________________
2 People send over 2.8 million emails every second.
__________________________________________________________________
3 Gutenberg invented the printing press in the fifteenth century.
__________________________________________________________________
4 People download millions of songs every day.
__________________________________________________________________
5 They perform Shakespeare’s plays all over the world.
__________________________________________________________________

Mark __/5

Vocabulary

3 Match the correct word in each pair to the sentences.

guidebook/atlas magazine/comic short story/novel textbook/grammar book


thesaurus/dictionary

1 I want to go sightseeing and I need to know which places to visit. _______________


2 I don’t like reading books, but I want to read something fresh and new every month. I like reading about the
latest fashions and celebrity news. _______________
3 I can’t do my homework. I need to look up some information about the history of Poland in the eighteenth
century. _______________
4 I’m writing an essay and I want to improve my writing. I don’t want to use the same words all the time.
_______________
5 I love fiction and I want to take a good story to read. I’m going on holiday for a week, and I want the book to
last the whole week. _______________

Mark ___/5

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4 Complete the sentences with the words below. There are four words you do not need.

buried business fell continued little plays retired straight successful

William Shakespeare was the son of a businessman. After finishing school in Stratford, William went
1
____________ to work for his father, without going to university. However, by 1592 he had a 2____________
career in London, writing 3____________. William 4____________ in 1611 and moved back to Stratford. He
died in 1616 and was 5____________ in the same church that he had been christened in, 52 years earlier.

Mark ___/5

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Test 2
Grammar
1 Complete the sentences. Use the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Millions of books _______________ (buy) on the Internet since 2007.
2 Ouch! I _______________ (bite) by a mosquito!
3 The next Olympic Games _______________ (watch) by people all around the world.
4 Yuck! This kitchen _______________ (not clean) for weeks!
5 All the wedding photographs _______________ (take) tomorrow afternoon, so I hope the weather is good.

Mark __/5

2 Rewrite the active sentences in the correct passive form. Use by if necessary.
1 The police have found another witness.
_______________________________________________________________________
2 They will build thirty new houses in the village next year.
_______________________________________________________________________
3 They have shut our local library.
_______________________________________________________________________
4 They have printed thousands of copies of my book.
_______________________________________________________________________
5 The detective will question the shoplifters.
_______________________________________________________________________

Mark __/5

Vocabulary
3 Complete the book-related words. Then use them to complete the sentences.

c__p___ ch___c____ l___ p___ s__u__

1 The female ____________ in the book is Anna. She’s a high school student with a secret!
2 I didn’t like this book because the ____________ was really predictable.
3 There are two main ____________ in the story: a boy and his sister.
4 If you liked that book, you should read the ____________ . It’s even better!
5 I won’t tell you what happens, but there’s a big surprise in the last ____________ .

Mark ___/5

4 Complete the dialogue with the words below. There are two words you do not need.

don’t fancy later like not rather shall

Kyle Hi Lizzie. Do you 1____________ going for a bike ride later?


Lizzie I’d 2____________ go shopping. I need a new coat.
Kyle Oh. I hate shopping. I’ll meet you afterwards.

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Lizzie OK. 3____________ we meet at about half past five?


Kyle Fine. Where do you want to meet?
Lizzie Why 4____________ we meet at the chip shop? We could get something to eat.
Kyle Good idea. See you 5____________ !

Mark ___/5

Total ___/20

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