2A GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

TEST
NAME
MODULE 2

1 Complete the sentences with the Past Simple, Past 4 Complete the sentences with one word in each gap.
Continuous or Past Perfect form of the verbs in
brackets. 0 Rupert has had a car crash but he’s not badly hurt.
1 Hi John. When did you come of hospital?
0 When Tony arrived (arrive), everyone had left (leave).
The house was empty. 2 What time do you want to meet with us?

1 I knew there (be) an earthquake but I didn’t 3 I’m glad our children get so well together.
realise how bad until I (see) the news on TV. 4 Lucy the 100-metre race. She was a second
2 She (sleep) when she (hear) a faster than the girl who came second.
strange noise. 5 You should join some of the games. They’re
3 I (wake up) late and the house was empty. good fun.
Mum (already / go) to work.
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4 He (saw) his aunt last week. He
(not see) her for two years.
5 When Uncle Dave’s train (arrive) at the station, 5 Complete the sentences with the words below. There
everyone (wait) there for him. are three extra words.

/10 anniversary birth cheered death

election floods funeral hug medal

2 Complete the dialogue with the correct form of used to 0 It rained for weeks and there were floods in the
and the words in brackets. town.
1 It’s my mum and dad’s tenth on Saturday.
A: My parents 0 used to go (go) out a lot.
They’re going to have a party.
B: Where 1 (they / go)?
2 The crowd loudly when Tom got his medal.
A: They 2
(go) to a local club. It
3 I watched the results to see who our new
3
(not cost) much to go to clubs when
president would be.
they were young.
4 When my mum and aunt meet, they always
B: What 4 (they / do) there?
each other.
A: They 5 (listen) to some great bands.
5 My grandad died on Sunday. His will be on
Wednesday.
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3 Rewrite the sentences with used to or would. Use
would whenever possible. TOTAL SCORE /30

0 We lived in a small village.

We used to live in a small village.
1 We didn’t have a car.

2 We went everywhere by bus.

3 Our grandparents visited us every week.

4 They didn’t leave until one o’clock in the morning.

5 I loved my grandparents’ visits.

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 NAME SKILLS
MODULE 2 2A
Reading 5 In the week after the earthquake, Gary:
a watched television every day.
1 Read the email. Choose the correct answer to the b had to go to school.
questions. c visited Cathedral Square.
6 Which of these statements is true?
a Gary couldn’t live in his house for three days.
Hi Dan, b Gary’s father asked builders to fix the roof.
Thanks for your email. Luckily, we’re all safe. The centre c Gary’s house is now all right.
of the earthquake was close to my home, but most of the
people who died were in Christchurch, twenty /6
kilometres away. Only two people died here in Lyttleton,
but I didn’t know them. No one I know was hurt, but over
half the buildings in the main street were damaged. Our Listening
most famous building, the Timeball Station, was damaged
in an earthquake last year and now it’s been damaged 2 3 Listen to someone talking about a sporting
again! memory and complete the information with either a
The earthquake happened while we were at school. number or one or two words in each gap.
We’d just started to eat lunch when the building started
to shake. Luckily, our school is earthquake-proof, so it 1 There is a Cricket World Cup every .
wasn’t badly damaged. We all knew what to do. We have
earthquake practice quite often here. Everyone just walked 2 The third Cricket World Cup was won by .
to the playground away from the building. 3 The 1999 Cricket World Cup was played in .
While we were standing there, we heard what had
happened in Christchurch. Later, some parents came to 4 The first time Ireland played in a Cricket World Cup was
take their kids home. There was no school for a week in .
because there wasn’t any electricity. I didn’t go to 5 In Ireland’s first match, they scored .
Christchurch because it was too dangerous, but I watched
the news on television every day. It was terrible. I’d been to 6 Ireland’s second match was against .
Cathedral Square in Christchurch just two days before the 7 Ireland’s second match finished at .
earthquake.
Now there’s lots of building work going on. Dad spent one 8 The speaker’s father’s best sporting memory was a
afternoon fixing the roof, but everything is okay now. A lot football match between Ireland and .
of homes were damaged and one of my friends had to stay
with us for three nights because there was a hole in his roof! /8
Thanks again for writing.
All the best,
Gary Communication
3 Complete the text with one word in each gap. The first
1 The earthquake:
letter of each word has been given.
a was twenty kilometres away from Lyttleton.
b killed more people in Christchurch than Lyttleton. This 0happened a few years ago. It was my grandparents’
c didn’t damage many buildings in Lyttleton. fiftieth wedding anniversary and they had organised a
2 Which of these statements is true? big party in their garden. We had 1j brought
out a cake and my grandparents were going to cut it.
a No one in Lyttleton was killed by the earthquake. 2
S , there was a storm. We didn’t have time to
b No one in Lyttleton was affected by the earthquake. take all the food inside before the rain started and we got
c No one Gary knew was killed by the earthquake. wet. So 3a , we ran indoors but most of the food
3 The school building: and drink was still outside. We thought the party would be
a was badly damaged. a disaster, but 4t my grandfather started singing
b was not in an area affected by the earthquake. a song about getting caught in the rain. Everyone joined in
c is built so that it doesn’t fall down in an earthquake. and it was great.
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A that, we all felt much better. 6E , the
4 When the earthquake hit the school, the students: rain stopped and we went outside again. It was a really
a left the school building. b were at home. great day.
c had finished lunch.
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TOTAL SCORE /20

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