Pre-Intermediate Short Test Unit 10 Test B
Name: ___________________________________________
Test 1
Grammar
1 Complete the sentences. Use the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets.
1 A Pulitzer Prize for journalism _______________ (award) to Michael Moss in 2010.
2 Thousands of audio books _______________ (record) every year.
3 A stolen painting by Picasso _______________ (find) in a bin in New York a few years ago.
4 Paper _______________ (use) by the Ancient Egyptians thousands of years ago.
5 Millions of newspapers _______________ (print) every night.
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2 Rewrite the active sentences in the correct passive form. Use by if necessary.
1 They rebuilt Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in the 1990s.
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2 People all over the world read J. K. Rowling’s books.
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3 He wrote his manuscripts on a typewriter.
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4 They update the information in the online encyclopaedia every day.
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5 Several artists illustrated the original Marvel superhero comics.
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Vocabulary
3 Match the correct word in each pair to the sentences.
cookbook/manual guidebook/atlas magazine/newspaper textbook/grammar book
thesaurus/dictionary
1 I want to drive across America and I need to know which roads to take. _______________
2 I want to know what is going on in the world every morning, but I don’t want to read about the latest trends
and celebrity news. _______________
3 I need to look up the future tense in Spanish so that I can do my homework. _______________
4 I’m reading a book, but I keep finding words I don’t understand. I need to look up their meanings.
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5 I need a book of instructions. I’m making a meal for my family and I need to know exactly what to do.
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4 Complete the sentences with the words below. There are four words you do not need.
buried business continued fell little plays retired straight successful
William Shakespeare was the son of a 1____________ businessman. William 2____________ in love and got
married when he was eighteen, but 3____________ is known about much the early years of his marriage.
However, by 1592 he was living in London and writing 4____________. He died in 1616 and was
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____________ in the same church that he had been christened in, 52 years earlier.
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Test 2
Grammar
1 Complete the sentences. Use the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets.
1 The Nobel Prize for literature _______________ (present) to the winner next month.
2 Since 2005, hundreds of rare books _______________ (steal) from the town library.
3 The actress is getting married next year and her wedding photographs _______________ (sell) to the
magazine for thousands of pounds.
4 Nobody knows where he is. In fact, he _______________ (not see) for weeks!
5 Since the burglary, security at the library _______________ (improve).
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2 Rewrite the active sentences in the correct passive form. Use by if necessary.
1 The police have caught another shoplifter.
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2 They will build a new swimming pool in the city centre.
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3 Someone has burned down the village museum.
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4 They have sold thousands of copies of her biography.
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5 The author’s daughter will write the next book in the series.
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Vocabulary
3 Complete the words relating to books. Then use them to complete the sentences.
c__p____ ch___c____ e____g_e p___ s__u__
1 The ____________ tells you briefly that the astronaut never went into space again.
2 I loved this story because the ____________ was so gripping. I couldn’t stop reading it.
3 I thought the ____________ in this book were nasty. I’m glad my friends aren’t like that!
4 This book was very successful, so I think he is going to write a(n) ____________ .
5 I only read two ____________ of the book and then I stopped. It was so boring.
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4 Complete the dialogue with the words below. There are two words you do not need.
fine idea later like not prefer why
Mark Hi Angie. Do you fancy going for a bike ride 1____________ ?
Angie I’d rather go shopping. I need a new coat.
2
Mark Oh. I hate shopping. I’d ____________ to meet you afterwards.
Angie OK, then. Shall we meet at about half past five?
3
Mark ____________ . Where do you want to meet?
4
Angie ____________ don’t we meet at the chip shop? We could get something to eat.
Mark Good 5____________ ! See you later!
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