SELF-CHECK UNIT TEST · 6

Answer on a separate sheet of paper. Then check your answers. Follow the examples.

GRAMMAR
COMPARATIVES & SUPERLATIVES (15 points)
ABILITY: CAN, CAN’T, COULD, COULDN’T 4 Make comparative sentences with the nouns and
(5 points) adjectives below.

1 Complete the sentences with can / can’t or could / E-mails & letters (fast)
couldn’t. E-mails are faster than letters.
1 grandparents & parents (old)
Can you repeat, please? 2 Puerto Rico & Russia (hot)
1 He … play the guitar but he … sing very well. 3 trains & planes (cheap)
2 … you finish your homework last night? 4 air in the country & air in the city (fresh)
3 Sorry I … visit you last Monday. 5 Italians & Americans (relaxed)
4 She wants to do it, but she … . 6 a hotel & a tent (comfortable)
5 I … go out yesterday because I had work to do. 7 reading English & speaking English (easy)
PAST SIMPLE (10 points) 8 Japanese & English (difficult)
9 computers & typewriters (useful)
2 Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple.
10 cats & elephants (small)
A love story 5 Write the superlative form of the adjectives.
One evening about three weeks ago, I 1 go to
the pub with my friends. There, I 2 see a famous: the most famous
beautiful girl. I 3 fall in love immediately and 1 fast
4
decide to meet her. So I 5 spend a long time 2 important
speaking to her. But later, a boy 6 appear and 3 tall
she 7 give him a very romantic kiss. What a 4 popular
shame! Then I 8 pay for the drinks and 9 leave 5 big
the pub. That really 10 break my heart. 6 rich
7 expensive
3 Make and answer questions in the Past Simple 8 cold
using the prompts. 9 fine
‘Where / you / go / yesterday?’ 10 long
‘I / go / cinema.’ 6 Make sentences with the nouns below and the
‘Where did you go yesterday?’ right superlative adjectives from exercise 5. Or
‘I went to the cinema.’ choose your own adjectives.
1 ‘You / catch / the train / this morning?’
The Beatles (music band):
‘No / I / drive.’
The Beatles are the most famous music band in
2 ‘What / he / find / street / Sunday night?’
the world.
‘He / find / 3,000 dollars.’
1 Mount Everest (mountain)
3 ‘You / see / your brother / yesterday night?’
2 the Nile (river)
‘No / but / I / ring / him.’
3 the Concord (plane)
4 ‘Where / she / lose / her / camera / last
4 Mexico City (city)
weekend?’
5 Coca-Cola (drink)
‘She / lose / it / museum.’
6 the USA (country)
5 ‘What / they / buy / three days ago?’
7 Rolls Royces (cars)
‘They / buy / some clothes / books.’
8 Greenpeace (ecological organisation)
9 gold (metal)
10 the Poles (areas)

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VOCABULARY
HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS (5 points)
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTIONS (5 points) 3 Match the words and the descriptions.

1 Make descriptions using the nouns and adjectives satellite TV / central heating / hi-fi / television /
below. e-mail / answering machine / video recorder /
John: thin, bald, nice smile mobile phone / washing machine / microwave /
John’s thin and bald. He’s got a nice smile. fridge
1 Mary: short, slim, blue eyes You put food in this appliance. fridge
2 Peter: red hair, tall, fat 1 You use this when it’s cold.
3 Anne: pretty, hazel eyes, long hair 2 With this appliance you can listen to music.
4 Richard: green eyes, blond hair, very thin 3 A message you send or receive through the
5 Tom: medium-height, a little bit fat, dark eyes internet.
LOOK LIKE & LIKE (5 points) 4 When a friend isn’t at home you can leave him /
her a message here.
2 Choose the right verb. 5 You can take this wherever you go and speak to
I’d like / look like playing football. people from the distance.
1 ‘What would you like / look like to do?’ 6 You use this machine when food is cold.
‘I’d like / look like to go shopping.’ 7 The appliance that you use when your clothes
2 ‘What does he like / look like?’ aren’t clean.
‘He’s very tall and slim and likes / looks like his 8 With this machine you can watch a movie when
brother.’ you want.
3 ‘What do they look like / like doing at 9 Many people spend too much time watching it.
weekends?’ 10 This is what you need to watch CNN or BBC if
‘They like / look like travelling.’ you don’t live in the US or the UK.
4 ‘Does your brother like / look like your father?’ ERROR ANALYSIS (5 points)
............‘No, he doesn’t. He looks like / likes our
mother.’ Find and correct the mistakes.
5 ‘Do you like / look like very thin men?’ My car is more big bigger than your car.
‘No, I don’t. I look like / like slim men.’ 1 Could you to see your brother yesterday?
2 I eat pizza for supper last night.
3 He’s the more intelligent person in my class.
4 Anne’s prettyer than Mary.
5 Food in the past was tastier that today.

TOTAL POINTS: ________ / 50

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 ANSWER KEY
GRAMMAR
1 1 can’t / can 2 could 3 couldn’t 4 can’t 5 couldn’t
2 1 went 2 saw 3 fell 4 decided 5 spent 6 appeared 7 gave 8 paid 9 left 10 broke
3 1 ‘Did you catch the train this morning?’ ‘No, I didn’t. I drove.’
2 ‘What did he find in the street on Sunday night?’ ‘He found 3,000 dollars.’
3 ‘Did you see your brother yesterday night?’ ‘No, I didn’t, but I rang him.’
4 ‘Where did she lose her camera last weekend?’ ‘She lost it in a/the museum.’
5 ‘What did they buy three days ago?’ ‘They bought some clothes and books.’
4 1 Grandparents are older than parents.
2 Puerto Rico is hotter than Russia.
3 Trains are cheaper than planes.
4 Air in the country is fresher than air in the city.
5 Italians are more relaxed than Americans.
6 A hotel is more comfortable than a tent.
7 Reading English is easier than speaking English.
8 Japanese is more difficult than English.
9 Computers are more useful than typewriters.
10 Cats are smaller than elephants.
5 1 the fastest 2 the most important 3 the tallest 4 the most popular 5 the biggest 6 the richest 7 the most
expensive 8 the coldest 9 the finest 10 the longest
6 1 Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world.
2 The Nile is the longest river in the world.
3 The Concord is the fastest plane in the world.
4 Mexico city is the biggest city in the world.
5 Coca-Cola is the most popular drink in the world.
6 The USA is the richest country in the world.
7 Rolls Royces are the most expensive cars in the world.
8 Greenpeace is the most important ecological organisation in the world.
9 Gold is the finest metal in the world.
10 The Poles are the coldest areas in the world.
VOCABULARY
1 1 Mary’s short and slim. She’s got blue eyes. / Her eyes are blue.
2 Peter’s got red hair. / Peter’s hair is red. He’s tall and fat.
3 Anne’s pretty. She’s got hazel eyes and long hair. / Her eyes are hazel and her hair is long.
4 Richard’s got green eyes and blond hair. / Richard’s eyes are green and his hair’s blond. He’s very thin.
5 Tom’s medium-height and a little bit fat. He’s got dark eyes. / His eyes are dark.
2 1 like / like 2 look like / looks like 3 like / like 4 look like / looks like 5 like / like
3 1 central heating 2 hi-fi 3 e-mail 4 answering machine 5 mobile phone 6 microwave 7 washing machine 8
video recorder 9 television 10 satellite TV
ERROR ANALYSIS
1 Could you see your brother yesterday?
2 I ate pizza for supper last night.
3 He’s the most intelligent person in my class.
4 Anne’s prettier than Mary.
5 Food in the past was tastier than today.

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