1 Entry test
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Entry test
Name ________________________________
1
Delete the incorrect form of the verb.
EXAMPLE
Imogen is making/makes
dinner now.
1 I’m listening/I listen to the radio at the moment.
2 Do you drive/Are you driving to work every day?
3 A That smells good.
B Yes, I’m making/I make coffee.
4 Emma likes/is liking pizza. She often eats/
is eating it.
5 A What are you wearing/do you wear today?
B A pair of jeans and a jumper.
Past simple v past continuous
2 Complete the sentences using the past simple
or the past continuous.
EXAMPLE
Yesterday morning David was waiting for a bus when
he saw an accident. (wait/see)
1 Robert and Amy __________ to the radio when
the phone __________ . (listen/ring)
2 Jeff __________ his mother yesterday. They
__________ for hours. (phone/talk)
3 It __________ when Julian and Sandy __________
shopping. (rain/go)
4 I __________ school when I was 16 and
__________ work in a factory. I __________ there

when I __________ my wife. (leave/start/
work/meet)
5 Ella __________ an ice-cream when she
__________ her friends in a park. (eat/meet)
First conditional
3 Delete the incorrect form of the verb.
EXAMPLE
If Harry phones/will phone
, I’ll tell/tell him where
the meeting is.
1 If I will win/win the competition, I’ll visit/visit
my aunt in Australia.
2 If you’ll want/want to learn to drive, we’ll give/
give you a free lesson.
3 There won’t be/isn’t enough chairs if everyone
will come/comes.
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4I’ll meet/meet you at the airport if you’ll tell/tell
me your arrival time.
5We’ll have/have a picnic if it‘ll be/is sunny.
Second conditional
4 Complete the sentences using the second
conditional.
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XAMPLE
If I had (have) some chocolate I would eat (eat) it.
1 If Emma __________ (see) a UFO, she __________
(phone) the police.
2 If I __________ (have) some eggs, I __________

(make) an omelette.
3 __________ Andy and Molly (live) in the
Bahamas if __________ (win) the money?
4 If Jamie __________ (ask) Laura to marry him she
__________ (not say) ‘yes’.
5 If I __________ (be) the Mayor of London, I
__________ (make) all the museums free to
tourists.
Present perfect v past simple/present simple
5 Complete the text with the correct form of the
verbs in brackets.
My name’s Martha Field. I (be born) in
Manchester in 1950. My family __________ (1 move)
to London when I __________ (2 be) fifteen. I
__________ (3 leave) school when I __________
(4 be) eighteen and __________ (5 become) a nurse.
I __________ (6 work) at a hospital in London. I
__________ (7 meet) my husband, Joe, at the
hospital. He’s a doctor. We __________ (8 get
married) in 1980. We __________ (9 be) married
now for about twenty years. We __________
(10 have got) three children – Ben, Alex and
Charlotte. We __________ (11 move) to Ireland in
1990 when my husband __________ (12 get) a job
here. We __________ (13 sell) our house in England
and __________ (14 buy) a house here. We
__________ (15 live) here in Dublin ever since. I
work in an office three days a week as a secretary. I
__________ (16 work) there for five years. My
husband __________ (17 teach) at Dublin hospital for

the last two years. We __________ (18 love) our life
was born
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here in Ireland. Our children __________ (19 love) it
too and Ben __________ recently __________
(20 start) work in an advertising agency.
Going to v will
6 Delete the incorrect form of the verb.
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XAMPLE
A That’s the doorbell!
B Oh I’ll/I’m going to
go.
1 A Can you look after the baby? I’m going to
have/I’ll have a shower.
B Sure.
2 A I’ve just seen this brilliant video. Why don’t
you watch it? Here it is.
B Thanks! I’m going to watch/I’ll watch it this
evening.
3 A Shall we go to a restaurant this evening?
B Yes, that’s a good idea. I’m going to ring/I’ll
ring and book a table at Gino’s.
4 A I’m going to get a sandwich from the shop.
B Good idea. I’ll get/I’m going to get one too.
5 A Patrick and I are going to go/will go on
holiday to Iceland.

B Oh, how fantastic!
Have to/be able to
7 Complete the text using words from the box
and the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
don’t have to doesn’t have to has to have to
didn’t have to had to will have to
won’t have to will be able to won’t be able to
Peter and Sheila were getting ready for work. Their
son Jack was still in bed. He
(not go) to college but he ___________________
(1 study) hard for his exams. Peter and Sheila
thought he wouldn’t do any work. ‘Don’t forget,’
said Peter, as he left for work, ‘You _________
__________ (2 study) for your exams.’ ‘Yes, Dad!’
said a voice from under the blankets. ‘If you’re not
here I ___________________ (3 work) all day without
any interruptions.’
And Peter left the house. But he couldn’t start his
car. He ___________________ (4 go) back into the
house and tell his wife, Sheila.
He said, ‘Darling I ___________________ (5 go) by
bus.’ But she answered, ‘You ___________________
(6 not go) by bus because I can give you a lift in my
car.’
didn’t have to go
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But her car didn’t start either. ‘We
___________________ (7 get) the bus after all,’ said
Peter. ‘But I haven’t got any money’ said his wife.

‘Don’t worry,’ said Peter, ‘I’ve got lots of change. I
___________________ (8 pay).’
So they went to the bus stop. When the bus arrived
they asked for two tickets. Peter looked in his jacket
pockets and his briefcase, but he couldn’t find his
money. ‘You ___________________ (9 get off) the bus
I’m afraid,’ said the bus driver. ‘No, you
___________________ (10 get off)’ said a voice
outside the bus. It was Jack. ‘I’ve got your wallet
here, Dad. When I was getting my books ready I
found it on the table so I ran after you!’
The passive
8 Complete the sentences using the correct form
of the verbs in brackets.
EXAMPLE
Wine is fermented in barrels. (ferment)
1 Oil ___________ from olives. (make)
2 Milk __________ in a clothes shop. (not sell)
3 ____ wine _______ in England by the Ancient
Romans? (produce)
4 Paper _______ from trees in Ancient Egypt.
(not make)
5 Your gas bill ________ by a computer since the
1970s. (calculate)
Past perfect
9 Complete the sentences using the correct form
of the verbs in brackets.
EXAMPLE
In 1975 I hadn’t left school. I was studying for my
exams. (not leave)

1 I saw Simon yesterday. I __________ just
__________ on the bus when I saw him. (get off)
2 Barbara ____________________ to London before.
(not go)
3 __________ you already __________ lunch when
the phone rang? (have)
4 Steve met an old friend last week. He
____________________ her in years. (not see)
5 They ____________________ the newspaper so I
told them the news. (not read)
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