BACH 1+2 TEST QUIZ English Language Test

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present Continuous. DO NOT CHANGE THE MEANING

1. Visiting our friends in the country is a rare occurrence. (see) We _________________________________________

2. They are in the middle of supper. (have) Right now, they _______________________________________________

3. We don’t have anything special planned for this weekend. (do) We ________________________________________

4. My neighbours own that car. (belong) That car ______________________________________________________

Complete the passage with suitable words. 1 _____________ always been very fit and healthy, and I have 2 ____________________ had a serious illness. However, a couple of weeks 3 _________________ , I caught the flu. I must admit that until then, I 4 ____________ not realised just how unpleasant the flu could be. I had a high temperature for nearly a week, and my whole body hurt. I don’t think I have 5 ____________________ felt so miserable. It’s taking me ages to get my strength back. It really bothers me that I haven’t had enough energy to play football 6 ________________ I got ill. In fact, I have 7 _______________ been to the doctor to ask if it’s normal to feel weak for so long. He says I’ll soon feel better. Apparently I’m lucky. For some people, especially the old and the weak, the flu can be very serious. Doctors have tried 8 ______________________ years to find a cure for the flu, but they haven’t found one 9 __________________ Fortunately, researchers have developed a vaccine which gives effective protection against the disease. According to my doctor, most of his elderly patients have 10 _____________________ received their flu shots.

Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Until a few years ago, no one 1 ___________________ (hear) of Harry Potter, the young wizard and hero of the children’s book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. The writer, J K Rowling, 2 _______________ (already / write) several stories and books, but this was the first book that was published. She 3. _________________ (get) the idea for the story of a wizard at magic school while she 4. ____________________ (travel) on a train to London. By the time the train 5.___________________ (reach) King’s Cross station, she 6. __________________ (invent) most of the characters. When t he book was published in 1997, no one 7. ________________ (imagine) it would be such a tremendous success, but it quickly 8. _______________ (become) a bestseller. While millions of young readers in many countries 9. ______________ (enjoy) her first Harry Potter book, J K Rowling 10. ________________ (think) of ideas for the next book in this incredibly popular series.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Perfect Continuous or the Past Perfect Continuous . 1. Mike has never had an accident and he _______________________________________ (drive) for years. 2. S he had no idea it was so late because she ________________________________ (not / watch) the time. 3. “ __________________________________ (you / take) your medicine regularly, Mrs Smith?” “Yes, doctor.” 4. T hey eventually found the dog after they ________________________________ (look) for it all night.

Choose the correct answer: a, b or c. 1. Don’t come before seven. I __________ my homework. a. haven’t finishedb. won’t have finishedc. hadn’t finished 2. S he loves animals. She ________ a dog for as long as she can remember. a. has hadb. had hadc. will have had 3. J ack wanted to know why Sally _________ to him yet. a. hasn’t writtenb. hasn’t been writingc. hadn’t written 4. We __________ him, so we were very surprised to see him. a. haven’t been expectingb.haven’t expectedc. hadn’t been expecting 5. H is playing has improved because he _________ all month. a.will have practised b. has been practicing c. had practiced

Complete each sentence: use the verb in brackets & the Future Simple, be going to, Future Continuous or Future Perfect. 1. Tennis practice starts at 10, and we plan to play for two hours. (finish) By 12 o’clock _ ___________________________ 2. T he phone is ringing! (answer) I __________________________________________________________ the phone. 3. D o you want to come to the disco with us? (come) _________ you _________________________________________ ? 4. Lo ok at those clouds. (rain) Do you think ________________________________________________________ ? 5. T heir plane lands at 7.30. Let’s get there earlier. (wait) At 7 o’clock, we __________________________________ .

Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the active or passive. Many people use the Internet, or the Net as it 1 __________________________ (call). Some people consider it as an encyclopedia, which 2 ________________ (can / use) to get information. However, when it 3 ________________ (invent), the Internet had a different purpose. Until then, people 4 _________________ (communicate) by radio and telephone, but these means of communication 5 __________________ (not consider) safe ways of sending private messages. A new way of sending private or secret information 6 ____________________ (need). Researchers in the American Defence Department studied the problem, and in 1969 they 7 ____________________ (establish) the Internet. Since then, the Net 8 _____________________ (use) for e-mail, shopping and chatting to people all over the world. Millions of people 9 _____________ (connect) to it. Perhaps, in the future, phones 10 __________________ (replace) entirely by e-mail, but for the time being, there are still many people who prefer to chat on the phone.

Write the sentences in direct speech. 1. Jane said that she had been ill the previous week. ________________________________________________________ 2. Tom’s mother wanted to know why he was eating those chocolates __________________________________________ 3. Mike told me not to call him at work __________________________________________________________________ 4. They suggested having a picnic that weekend. _________________________________________________________ 5. S he said she was sure that she had never been there before. _______________________________________________ 6. T he caller asked what time the performance would begin that night. __________________________________________

Change the sentences into reported speech. 1. “Don’t touch the oven.” The mother told her child ________________________________________________ 2. “ Let’s buy tickets for this concert.” Mike suggested ________________________________________________ 3. “ I don’t like sweets, cakes and chocolates.” John says ________________________________________________

Complete the passage with the modals below. couldn’t ■ shouldn’t ■ must have ■ can ■ must ■ might ■ needn’t ■ ought to ■ should have Times have changed. Nowadays you 1 ______________rush off to a travel agent to book tickets for a journey. You 2 _______________sit at home and book them over the Internet. However, the experience of one British couple 3 _______________ be a warning to everyone. You 4 _________________ assume that if you book on the Net, mistakes won’t happen. That’s why you 5 ______________ always check bookings carefully. If you don’t, you 6 _____________ find yourselves in the wrong part of the world. That’s exactly what happened to Emma Dunn and Raoul Sebastian. They set off from London in a large plane, thinking they were on their way to Sydney, Australia. They 7 _______________ understand what was happening when they landed at an airport and were asked to transfer to a much smaller plane. It 8 ____________ been quite a shock when they finally discovered they were in Canada. They 9 _____________ read their tickets more carefully because they were booked for Sydney, Nova Scotia.