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Nep 4_GV_Unit 3

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is someone you don't know or have never met before.

a)

stranger

b)

relative

c)

friend

d)

neighbor

2.

This is someone who is a member of your family.

a)

relative

b)

stranger

c)

neighbor

d)

friend

3.

You do this when you want to have contact with friends who have moved somewhere different.

a)

keep in touch

b)

get on

c)

get to know

d)

have in common

4.

Someone who has this likes jokes and is not serious all the time.

a)

sense of humour

b)

interest

c)

background

d)

support

5.

Nancy ... well with her brothers and sisters – they're like her best friends.

a)

gets on

b)

takes after

c)

grow up

d)

bring up

6.

We have the same ... – we lived on East Street and went to the same school.

a)

background

b)

friendship

c)

support

d)

relationship

7.

Emily and I have a lot ... – we both like cooking, swimming and computer games.

a)

in common

b)

together

c)

share

d)

background

8.

Josh gets lots of ... from his parents – they pay his school fee and bills.

a)

support

b)

interests

c)

fun

d)

background

9.

It took me a long time to ... Maria but we’re best friends now.

a)

get to know

b)

make friends

c)

bring up

d)

go out

10.

I and my roommates ... many interests in common.

a)

have

b)

do

c)

see

d)

take

11.

My ... brother is a doctor, but my two other brothers and I are still at school.

a)

eldest

b)

only

c)

middle

d)

child

12.

This is the part of your life before you become an adult.

a)

childhood

b)

adulthood

c)

motherhood

d)

fatherhood

13.

This is the daughter of your sister or brother.

a)

niece

b)

nephew

c)

granddaughter

d)

grandson

14.

This is the son of your sister or brother.

a)

nephew

b)

niece

c)

granddaughter

d)

grandson

15.

You are this when you don't have any brothers or sisters.

a)

an only child

b)

a middle child

c)

an oldest child

d)

a youngest child

16.

I live with my parents and my grandparents – three ... in one house.

a)

generations

b)

childhood

c)

relationships

d)

family

17.

Paul’s the ... child in his family – he has an older sister and a younger brother.

a)

middle

b)

elder

c)

only

d)

youngest

18.

Which multi-word verbs mean "to be similar to an older member of the family"?

a)

take after

b)

look after

c)

grow apart

d)

get together

19.

Which multi-word verb means "to meet (when you have organised it before)"?

a)

get together

b)

hang out with

c)

ring up

d)

mix up

20.

Which multi-word verb means "to make a phone call to someone"?

a)

ring up

b)

bring up

c)

grow up

d)

mix up

21.

Which multi-word verb means "to gradually have a less close relationship"?

a)

grow apart

b)

cut off

c)

take after

d)

get together

22.

Which multi-word verb means "to think one person/ thing is another person/ thing"?

a)

mix up

b)

grow apart

c)

bring up

d)

take after

23.

Which multi-word verb means "to remove or make shorter, using scissors or a knife"?

a)

cut off

b)

ring up

c)

grow apart

d)

hang out with

24.

Which multi-word verbs means "to spend time with someone"?

a)

hang out with

b)

get together

c)

bring up

d)

mix up

25.

Which multi-word verb means "to gradually become an adult"?

a)

grow up

b)

get together

c)

bring up

d)

take after

26.

Which multi-word verb means "to look after a child until he/she is an adult"?

a)

bring up

b)

grow up

c)

take after

d)

ring up

27.

My father worked abroad when I was young, so my mother had to ... me up alone.

a)

bring

b)

ring

c)

mix

d)

take

28.

Let’s ... next weekend.

a)

get together

b)

grow up

c)

hang out with

d)

bring up

29.

When they go to university, people often ... from their school friends as they have different interests.

a)

grow apart

b)

keep in touch

c)

hang out

d)

get together

30.

Give me your phone number and I’ll ... you up this evening.

a)

ring

b)

mix

c)

bring

d)

call

31.

Bob has got a great sense of humour. I think he ... his father, who is always telling jokes.

a)

takes after

b)

looks after

c)

brings up

d)

rings up

32.

Some people have always ... because we are identical twins.

a)

mixed us up

b)

brought us up

c)

taken us after

d)

grown us apart

33.

To describe the main events of a story in the order they happened, we use the ... tense.

a)

past simple

b)

past continuous

c)

past prefect

d)

past perfect continuous

34.

To describe the situation at the beginning of a story, we use the ... tense.

a)

past continuous

b)

past simple

c)

past perfect

d)

simple present

35.

We use the ... for longer actions in comparison with shorter actions in the past simple.

a)

past continuous

b)

past simple

c)

past perfect

d)

simple present

36.

We use the .... when actions are interrupted by main events in the past simple.

a)

past continuous

b)

past simple

c)

past perfect

d)

simple present

37.

We use the ... to describe an event that happened before the story start

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38.

We use the ... to describe an event that happened before the story started, or earlier in the story than a main event.

a)

past perfect

b)

simple past

c)

past continuous

d)

past perfect continuous

39.

Which of the following sentences uses the past simple tense correctly?

a)

She went to the store yesterday.

b)

She goes to the store yesterday.

c)

She is going to the store yesterday.

d)

She goed to the store yesterday.

40.

Which sentence correctly uses the past continuous tense?

a)

He was playing soccer at 9am yesterday.

b)

He was played soccer at 9am yesterday.

c)

He played soccer at 9am yesterday.

d)

He were playing soccer at 9am yesterday.

41.

Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect tense?

a)

I had gone to the store when he called.

b)

I have gone to the store when he called.

c)

I went to the store when he called.

d)

I was going to the store when he called.

42.

By the time Joe ... at the airport, the flight ... off.

a)

arrived/ had taken

b)

had arrived/ took

c)

arrived/ was taking

d)

was arriving/ had taken

43.

While my grandmother ... the floor, she ... off and ... her arm.

a)

was cleaning/ fell/ broke

b)

cleaned/ was falling/ breaking

c)

was cleaning/ was falling/ broke

d)

cleaned/ had fallen/ broken

44.

We ... on the balcony when we ... an accident just in front of our house.

a)

were sitting/ saw

b)

were sitting/ were seeing

c)

sat/ saw

d)

had sat/ saw

45.

They ... their house at 6am this morning and by 8am they ... 10 kilometers.

a)

left/ had walked

b)

were leaving/ were walking

c)

had left/ had walked

d)

left/ were walking

46.

When Julia ... to the airport, she realised that she ... her passport at the hotel.

a)

got/ had left

b)

got/ left

c)

had got/ had left

d)

had got/ left

47.

When they ... on holiday, they ... to the coffee shop almost every day.

a)

were/ went

b)

were being/ were going

c)

were/ were going

d)

had been/ went

48.

Which is incorrect? We had been tidying the garden for hours and I was needing a rest.

a)

was needing

b)

had

c)

tidying

d)

for

49.

Which is incorrect? When the bus was arriving, we missed it because we were talking.

a)

was arriving

b)

when

c)

missed

d)

were talking

50.

Which is incorrect? During the Christmas holiday, she was eating too much and watched too much TV!

a)

was eating

b)

during

c)

watched

d)

too much

51.

Which is incorrect? David was learning all about computer games by the time he was seven years old.

a)

was learning

b)

was

c)

by the time

d)

years

52.

Which is incorrect? My grandmother was owning a hotel by the beach until she sold it last week.

a)

was owning

b)

sold

c)

by

d)

until

53.

Which is incorrect? When my dad came home, he was terribly angry because someone broke our window.

a)

broke

b)

came

c)

was

d)

terribly

54.

Which is incorrect? Her boyfriend phoned her while she presented about her project in class.

a)

presented

b)

phoned

c)

while

d)

about

55.

We use ... to describe the past habits and states.

a)

used to

b)

usually

c)

get used to

d)

be used to

56.

We often use ... for situations that aren’t true now.

a)

used to

b)

usually

c)

get used to

d)

be used to

57.

Which is not the negative form of used to?

a)

wasn't used to

b)

never used to

c)

didn't use to

58.

Is there the present tense of used to?

a)

No. We use adverbs of frequency instead.

b)

Yes. It is use to.

59.

We can use the adverb ... to talk about a past habit or state that has not changed.

a)

still

b)

not any more

c)

not any longer

d)

quite often back then

60.

Which is the correct form of the verb that goes after used to?

a)

Vbare

b)

V-ing

c)

to V

d)

V-ed

61.

Peter ... to work these days because he wants to lose weight.

a)

usually cycles

b)

used to cycle

c)

uses to cycle

d)

doesn't use to cycle

62.

When we were young, we ... go swimming together every weekend.

a)

used to

b)

usually

c)

got used to

d)

were used to

63.

... get on well with your sisters when you were at primary school?

a)

Did you use to

b)

Do you usually

c)

Did you used to

d)

Do you use to

64.

He ... understand his dad's jokes even when his dad tried to explain them to him.

a)

never used to

b)

didn't used to

c)

wasn't usually

d)

used to

65.

His wife is really happy because he doesn't smoke ... .

a)

any longer

b)

still

c)

quite often back then

d)

usually

66.

I and my identical twin ... have a good relationship although we live far away from each other.

a)

still

b)

used to

c)

usually

d)

never uses to