5th edition

Name Nazanin Pirasteh

Unit test 10A Pre-intermediate

1 Choose the correct word. 3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
1 Trillions of emails are / be sent every year. verbs in brackets.
2 In the UK, ballpoint pens often call / are often 1 All the arrangements for the party were made   last
called biros. week. (make)
3 This blog won’t be / won’t updated until next week. 2 Many engineers to work on this
project in 2015. (employ)
4 Oranges aren’t grown / don’t to grow in England.
3 The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
5 Where are the best video games made / make?
in 1994. (found)
6 The electricity supply is / was switched off
4 Five calls to your landline yesterday.
yesterday.
(make)
7 The television wasn’t invented / invent by
5 Builders this luxury hotel last month.
Alexander Graham Bell.
(complete)
8 How many smartphones will be / is sold in 2025, do
6 People a lot of bottled water last year.
you think?
(buy)
9 Landlines haven’t be / been replaced by mobiles yet.
7 Has your house recently? (decorate)
10 Prize winners are listed / list in alphabetical order.
8 Employees about the new
11 Was / Is the printing press invented in 1440? arrangements tomorrow. (tell)
1 point for each correct answer 10 9 Do you (throw) away or recycle your
plastic and paper?
2 Choose the correct option. 10 Two hundred copies of the Gutenberg Bible
1 Lots of apps … for playing games these days. (print) in 1455.
a is used b are used c will be used 11 Complaints (receive) by Google about
2 Who was Google … ? the blog so they have taken it down.
a founded from b found by c founded by 1 point for each correct answer 10
3 When was the first text message … ?
a send b sent c been sent
4 Write the sentences and questions in the passive.
4 My mobile phone was … from my handbag. 1 You can buy nearly anything online.
a stole b steal c stolen Nearly anything can be bought online.              
5 Many new apps … to the phone this month. 2 When did they launch the new web browser?
a have added b have been added
c has been added 3 People throw a huge amount of plastic away
6 … the telephone … by John Logie Baird? every day.
a Is … invented b Has … been invented
c Was … invented 4 Did the postman deliver any packages this
7 The lights … switched off yet. morning?
a haven’t been b have been c don’t be
8 Not many phones … at first because of the 5 When did Alexander Fleming discover penicillin?
high cost.
a was sold b were sold c were selling 6 They have predicted bad weather for the next
9 A new generation of smartphones … next year. few days.
a will introduce b are introducing
c will be introduced 7 Does he update his blog every day?
1 point for each correct answer 8
2 points for each correct answer 12

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Unit test 10A Pre-intermediate

5 Complete the text with the correct active or passive 6 Complete the table with the words in the box. You can
forms of the verbs in brackets. use the words more than once.

Most people know that the lightbulb card ​­program ​­call ​­number ​­deal

(1) (invent) by the American inventor, ​­virus ​­game ​­team ​­ground ​­
Thomas Edison. Not so many people (2)
(know) about the extraordinary life of Edison’s business card
employee and, later, competitor, Nikola Tesla.
computer game
phone
In the late 1800s, street lights (3)
(introduce) in major American cities. Tesla football
(4) (move) to America at this time and
joined a large team of engineers who worked for 1 point for each correct answer 9
Edison in New York. We don’t know why, but Tesla left
Edison’s company after just six months. 7 Complete the sentences with compound nouns from
exercise 6.
Over the next 20 years, several designs for electrical
1 Many people are worried about the latest
products (5) (create) by Tesla. Some
computer virus which is infecting hundreds of
of Tesla’s inventions were successful and he
(6) (become) quite rich. Even today, computers every day.
many household objects, like hairdryers and vacuum 2 It was very nice to meet you. Do you have a
cleaners, are powered by Tesla’s ‘induction motor’. with your address on it?
Unfortunately, several of Tesla’s projects, and also his 3 Where do your team play?’ ‘There’s a
research notes, (7) (destroy) in a terrible in the next town. But we only use it once a month.
fire at his laboratory in 1895. Tesla (8)
(injure) but he was very upset. 4 I wrote my own to play games on my
laptop.
Tesla was an unusual man. He worked long hours 5 You had a while you were out. Could
but slept very little. He always ate dinner at the you call them back on this number?
same time at the same restaurant in New York. 1 point for each correct answer 4
He (9) (telephone) his order to the
restaurant and his meal (10) (serve)
by the same waiter every day.
8 Choose the correct word.
1 Have you done / made the shopping yet?
Tesla had many ideas which (11) 2 She made / did a lot of money when the company
(complete) in his lifetime. Today, scientists are was sold.
interested in his thoughts on wireless energy and 3 Will you do / send me a text message when you get
communication. The American company Tesla, which
there?
makes electric cars and innovative batteries,
(12) (name) after him and several books 4 I’ve played / taken the piano since I was eight
(13) (write) about his life. Tesla’s work years old.
(14) (remember) for many generations 5 She’s going to make / do a complaint about the
to come. terrible service here.
6 No notes were taken / done during the meeting
1 point for each correct answer 13 today.
7 We’re hungry! Is dinner going to take / make a
long time?
8 Was a lot of research done / made before the
discovery of DNA?
9 My father didn’t do / win a chess competition until
he was in his fifties.
10 I usually send / make a birthday card to
my grandmother. She’s in her eighties.
11 I don’t play / win a big part in meetings but
I’m always listening.
1 point for each correct answer 10

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9 Complete the conversations with an adjective formed Thanks for your help.
with well- or badly- and a past participle from the box. Have you tried her mobile?
That’s great.
paid ​­behaved ​­known ​­equipped
I’m trying to get hold of Clara LeRoy.
d
​­ ressed ​done ​­written ​­
I don’t have her number.
1 A I’ve never heard of Nikola Tesla. He can’t be very No problem.
well-known . I thought a Tesla was a car.
2 A Hi. (6) Is she in?
BR  eally? Tesla was a brilliant engineer and
inventor. B I’m afraid she’s not.
(7)
2 A How would you like your burger cooked?
A (8) Could you tell
B , please.
me what it is?
3 A Please stop your dog from jumping up. He’s very
B Yes – it’s 07996 813499.
!
A Oh, great – I’ll give her a ring now.
B Oh, I am sorry – he’s still very young, you see.
(9)
4 A The president’s wife is always incredibly
B (10) I’ll tell her
.
you rang.
B That’s true. She always wears very fashionable
A (11) Bye.
clothes.
5 A The team of climbers didn’t reach the top of the 1 point for each correct answer 10
mountain, did they?
B That’s right. They were for the
11 Correct the mistake in each item.
winter weather conditions, so they turned back. 1 My children aren’t very good-behaved, I’m afraid.
6 A I’m fed up with having a job. well       
B Why – aren’t you earning much at the moment? 2 The Social Network directed by David Fincher.
7 A Do you ever read Chat magazine?
3 The name Johannes Gutenburg will remembered
B No, never. The articles are so ! forever.
1 point for each correct answer 6 4 Thousands of games were buy last month.

10 Complete the two conversations with the phrases in 5 I don’t know the answer right now. Can I go back to
the boxes. you later?
Can we meet on Saturday instead? 6 Rice aren’t grown in England.
Sorry, you’re breaking up. 7 ‘My head hurts.’ ‘When was the last time you did a
Speak to you later! ​­This is not a good line. pill?’
I’m not sure. 8 Her book has be read all over the world.
1 AH ello, Sylvia? I hope you can hear me.
(1) This isn’t a good line. 9 Marconi was award a Nobel Prize in 1909.
B Hi, Lara? (2)
A I’m calling because I can’t make it on Thursday. 1 point for each correct answer 8
(3)
TOTAL 100
B (4) Can I get
back to you?
A Yes, fine – I’ve got to go now.
(5)

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