B1 Grammar Test Units 1-6

Gold Experience B1
Grammar Test
Units 1-6
A.Fill in the blanks with PRESENT CONTINUOUS or SIMPLE PRESENT:

1. The children ………are playing………………….. (play) outside now.
2. She usually …………reads……………. (read) the newspaper in the morning.
3. ………………Are you doing …………… (you/do) your homework at the moment?
4. He ……doesn’t go ……….(not go) to work by bus every day.
5. ……………Do you want ………………. (you / want) a pizza? /5
B.Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses using the SIMPLE PAST or
the PAST PROGRESSIVE:
1. Mrs. White ……was driving ……………………………. (drive) past a house in Main Street when
she
……………saw………… (see) the ground floor on fire.

2. While he ……………was flying…………………. (fly) off the Miami Coast, the pilot ………saw……..
(see) sharks approaching the swimmers.
3. The fireman ………………was fighting……………… (fight) the fire on a balcony below when he
…………heard……………… (hear) someone’s shouts.
4. Susan……was washing ……………….(wash) the car at 2 o’clock yesterday. /7
C.Use THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE or THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

to fill in the blanks:
1. I’m tired. We …………………have been walking ……………………………. (walk) for over an hour.
Let’s
stop and rest for a while.
2. The telephone …………………has rung………………………….. (ring) four times in the last
hour, and each time it has been for my roommate.
3. The telephone ………………has been ringing……………………………… (ring) for almost a minute.
Why doesn’t someone answer it?
4. She is 80 and she ………has never read………………………………… (never / read) a book in her
life.
5. The secretary is very tired. She …………………has been typing ……………………………… (type) all
morning. /5
D. Complete the following sentences with FUTURE SIMPLE, BE GOING TO, PRESENT
CONTINUOUS (future meaning), PRESENT SIMPLE (future meaning):
1. I’m sure Angela……will win…………..(win) the maths competition.
2. I’m busy on Saturday. I……am visiting ………..(visit) my cousins.
3. I don’t eat meat so I think I…will have ………..(have) a salad for lunch.
4. The train……leaves ……….(leave) at 12:30.
5. I ……will help ……………..(help) you with your difficult homework. /5
CONDITIONALS
E.Choose the correct option.
1 If they would have given / they’d given me a discount, I would have been satisfied.
2 If the shops didn’t regularly offer big discounts, they wouldn’t sell / won’t sell very much.
3 What would happen if nobody would buy / bought anything, apart from essentials, for
weeks or months?
4 I’ll be very surprised if I find / would find something in my size in the sale.
5 If my parents hadn’t lent / didn’t lend me the money, I wouldn’t have been able to afford a
laptop. /5
F.Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first.
1 I don’t know how to sew so I don’t make my own clothes.
If I knew ………………how to sew, I would make my own clothes.
………………………………………………………. .
2 Let’s swap clothes: I wear your jumper and you wear mine.
I’ll wear your …jumper…and you will wear mine.
………………………………………………………………….. .
3 We didn’t find what we were looking for because we didn’t get to the sale early.
If we’d got ………to the sale earlier, we would have found what we were looking for.
……………………………………………………………. .
4 I’ll look in the charity shops first for what I want, and then the high-street shops.
If I don’t find what ……I want in the charity shops, I will look to the high-street shops.
…………………………………………………………. .
5 He spoke out about the economic problems, so we became aware of them.
If he hadn’t ……spoken about the economic problems, we wouldn’t have become aware of
them……………………………………………………………………….. . /5
PASSIVE VOICE
G.Choose the correct option.
1 Who invented / was invented the telephone?
2 An Australian police raid reported / was reported finding stolen jewels in a famous actor’s
home.
3 The criminals caught / were caught by the police.
4 He hasn’t / wasn’t invited to the party.
5 The use of cars has restricted / has been restricted in the city centre for the next two
weeks. /5
H Rewrite the sentences using the passive.

1 We don’t allow mobile phones in the theatre. Mobile phones aren’t allowed in the
theatre.
2 They created that comedy show in the USA. That comedy show was created in the USA.
3 Who wrote that play? Who was that play written by?
4 You must show your ticket at the door. Your ticket must be showed at the door.
5 They have postponed the concert. The concert has been postponed. /5
I.Rewrite the following sentences using Personal Construction

1 It is known that Gerry is a very good actor and director.
2 It is thought that the film made 100 million dollars.
3 It is reported that 9,000 people have lost their lives in Ukraine.
4 It is believed that the cinema is about to close down. /8
1. He is said to be a very good actor and director.

2. It is said that the film made 100 million dollars.
3. It is said that 9,000 people have lost their lives in Ukraine.
4. It is said that the cinema will close down.

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Gold Experience B1

A.Fill in the blanks with PRESENT CONTINUOUS or SIMPLE PRESENT:

……………saw………… (see) the ground floor on fire.

C.Use THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE or THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

H Rewrite the sentences using the passive.

I.Rewrite the following sentences using Personal Construction

1. He is said to be a very good actor and director.

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