Writing Test (Grammar and Use of English) 11th Grade - 1 term

Grammar

Complete the dialogue with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

Sam: Hi, Vicky. What are you doing?

Vicky: I’m trying (1)         (open) these photos from Kate. I don’t know what’s wrong with my computer.

Sam: I warned you (2)            (not buy) the cheapest computer in the shop!

Vicky: It wasn’t really the cheapest. I bought it for £180, but the shop(3)                      (advertise) it for £500 for months before the sales started.

Sam: So, what’s the problem?

Vicky: I’m not sure. I think I should (4)              (check) everything more carefully before I switched it on. Why don’t you go out and get us a pizza now? Don’t leave it until later because it will probably (5)            (rain) then. By the time you get back, I’m sure I (6)                  (work) out what the problem is.

Choose the correct option.

1. I             [should have, should] listened to your advice.

2. Sam can’t see very well,       [can’t, can] he?

3. I’m meeting             [couple of, a couple of] my friends this evening.

4. Don’t be late,      [do, will] you?

5. Everyone’s coming to the party,             [isn’t he, aren’t they]?

6. She carefully washed and dried      [each, all] glass in turn.

Use of English

Read the text and choose the correct answer, A, B, C or D.

Country House

I’d always wanted to live in the countryside rather than the (1)____ area where I was born, and a few years ago this became my reality. Somehow I was 2___ to save enough money to buy a beautiful old house in the middle of nowhere and quickly moved in. The house needed a lot of work. It has five bedrooms and 3_ one of them had damp. It was also completely inaccessible. In fact, it was 4_ difficult to find that I couldn’t get letters or packages sent to me. 5_ built a road, things started to get easier. I employed builders to help with the renovations and my house started to feel like home. 6___ the problems, I couldn’t be happier with my new life in the countryside.

Use of English

Read the text and choose the correct answer, A, B, C or D.

Country House

I’d always wanted to live in the countryside rather than the (1)____ area where I was born, and a few years ago this became my reality. Somehow I was (2)___ to save enough money to buy a beautiful old house in the middle of nowhere and quickly moved in. The house needed a lot of work. It has five bedrooms and 3_ one of them had damp. It was also completely inaccessible. In fact, it was 4_ difficult to find that I couldn’t get letters or packages sent to me. 5_ built a road, things started to get easier. I employed builders to help with the renovations and my house started to feel like home. 6___ the problems, I couldn’t be happier with my new life in the countryside.

Use of English

Read the text and choose the correct answer, A, B, C or D.

Country House

I’d always wanted to live in the countryside rather than the (1)____ area where I was born, and a few years ago this became my reality. Somehow I was (2)___ to save enough money to buy a beautiful old house in the middle of nowhere and quickly moved in. The house needed a lot of work. It has five bedrooms and (3)__ one of them had damp. It was also completely inaccessible. In fact, it was 4_ difficult to find that I couldn’t get letters or packages sent to me. 5_ built a road, things started to get easier. I employed builders to help with the renovations and my house started to feel like home. 6___ the problems, I couldn’t be happier with my new life in the countryside.

Use of English

Read the text and choose the correct answer, A, B, C or D.

Country House

I’d always wanted to live in the countryside rather than the (1)____ area where I was born, and a few years ago this became my reality. Somehow I was (2)___ to save enough money to buy a beautiful old house in the middle of nowhere and quickly moved in. The house needed a lot of work. It has five bedrooms and (3)__ one of them had damp. It was also completely inaccessible. In fact, it was (4)__ difficult to find that I couldn’t get letters or packages sent to me. 5_ built a road, things started to get easier. I employed builders to help with the renovations and my house started to feel like home. 6___ the problems, I couldn’t be happier with my new life in the countryside.

Use of English

Read the text and choose the correct answer, A, B, C or D.

Country House

I’d always wanted to live in the countryside rather than the (1)____ area where I was born, and a few years ago this became my reality. Somehow I was (2)___ to save enough money to buy a beautiful old house in the middle of nowhere and quickly moved in. The house needed a lot of work. It has five bedrooms and (3)__ one of them had damp. It was also completely inaccessible. In fact, it was (4)__ difficult to find that I couldn’t get letters or packages sent to me. (5)__ built a road, things started to get easier. I employed builders to help with the renovations and my house started to feel like home. 6___ the problems, I couldn’t be happier with my new life in the countryside.

Use of English

Read the text and choose the correct answer, A, B, C or D.

Country House

I’d always wanted to live in the countryside rather than the (1)____ area where I was born, and a few years ago this became my reality. Somehow I was (2)___ to save enough money to buy a beautiful old house in the middle of nowhere and quickly moved in. The house needed a lot of work. It has five bedrooms and (3)__ one of them had damp. It was also completely inaccessible. In fact, it was (4)__ difficult to find that I couldn’t get letters or packages sent to me. (5)__ built a road, things started to get easier. I employed builders to help with the renovations and my house started to feel like home. (6)___ the problems, I couldn’t be happier with my new life in the countryside.

Complete the text with one word in each gap.

I love talking with my grandfather, especially when he tells me all about his life. He’s done so many exciting things – by the time he was thirty he 1     travelled all over the world! We don’t meet very often because he lives in Canada. We always have 2      a good time when he comes to visit that I can’t sleep the night before he arrives. By the time I see him again in October, I’ll 3      finished school and be at university, but I’ll definitely come home for the weekend to see him. He moved to Canada having 4        in love with a woman he met on holiday there. They got married three months later, and next week, they’ll 5    celebrating thirty years of marriage. I guess we could all go out to Canada to celebrate with them, 6          we?