Language Test 9A* Grammar 1 Complete the sentences with the Present simple passive form of the verbs in brackets. 1 Fresh vegetables (sell) at the market. 2 This bag (make) of plastic. 3 Bicycles (park) in front of the building every day. 4 Different languages (speak) at that school. 5 A lot of coffee (drink) in Britain. 5 They were followed home by a small dog. (?) 6 We were told about it. (X) ___/6 marks 4 Rewrite the sentences. Use the Present simple or Past simple passive and by where necessary. 1 A lot of people use credit cards. Credit cards . 2 ___/5 marks 2 Complete the sentences with the Past simple passive form of the verbs in brackets. 1 The museum (visit) by thousands of people. 2 The children (teach) French. 3 The animals (feed) every morning and evening. 4 The famous painting (steal) last night. 5 The work (finish) last week. 3 4 5 . 6 ___/5 marks 3 Make the sentences negative or questions. 1 You were invited to John’s party. (?) 2 The house is cleaned every day. (X) 3 The TV was switched off last night. (X) 4 Lots of fake products are sold in street markets. (?) They built the castle hundreds of years ago. The castle . Our neighbour drives us to school. We . William Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet. Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet . They never saw the explorer again. The explorer 7 8 9 Young children read this magazine. This magazine . Gustave Eiffel designed the Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower . They grow oranges in California. Oranges . They reported the events on television. The events . ___/9 marks Vocabulary 5 Choose the correct options. 1 I want to attach a tube / keyboard to my computer, but I haven’t got a cable / button. 2 He produced / plugged his computer into a tube / socket on the wall behind his desk. 3 ‘How do you press / switch on this machine?’ ‘It’s easy. Just press / produce this green button.’ 4 I love building / communicating with my friends by email. 5 The remote socket / control of our TV doesn’t work. I think it needs a new battery / cable. 6 A bicycle has two wheels / sockets. How many does a tricycle have? 7 The machine has lots of long, thin buttons / tubes. ___/11 marks 6 Complete the sentences. 1 We often go to art galleries and look at pa_n_ _ _gs. 2 How did they _ _i_d the pyramids in Egypt? 3 That factory pr_d_ _ _s thousands of new cars every year. 4 A Hungarian called Mr Biro i_v_ _ _ _d the ballpoint pen. 5 ‘Thomas Edison was an American i_v_ _ _ _r.’ ‘What are his most famous in_ _ _ t_ _ns?’ 6 Chloe loves fashion and she wants to be a dress d_s_ _ _ _r. She also wants to d_s_ _n shoes. 7 Jack goes to art lessons. He wants to learn to draw and p_ _ _t. 8 A film pr_ _ _ _ _r makes films. He or she is the person who finds the money to make the film. 9 What is Europe’s tallest b_il_ _ _g? 10 11 My brother’s favourite w_ _ _ _r is J.K. Rowling. She w_ _ _e the Harry Potter books. I can’t read your w _ _ _ _ _ g! Its very untidy. ___/14 marks Speaking 7 Complete the dialogues with the words in the box. broken checked cute goes might off problem tried work yay Dialogue 1 Greta What’s the 1 , Rick? Rick I have to print out my homework, but the printer doesn’t 2 !I 3 think it’s . Greta No it isn’t. Someone switched it 4 ! Dialogue 2 Stan I can’t open this jar of olives. Heather Have you 5 putting it under hot water? Stan Good idea. Here 6 … It’s open! Dialogue 3 Brenda That robot is so 7 ! Dylan It’s a present for my little brother, but there 8 be something wrong with it. The wheels don’t move. Brenda Have you 9 the battery? Dylan Oh! There isn’t one! I’ll put one in. Brenda It’s working! 10 ! ___/10 marks Total: ___/60 marks
