Unit 12 a VACATION ABROAD test 2

unit 12

A VACATION ABROAD
TEST II

I. Reorder the following letters to create meaningful words.
ccomationdamo natidestion
inghtsigsee

eslicifati

vereser

II. Choose the correct word in brackets.
Lucy:

Hey, Mom. I want to backpack (around / during) Europe this
summer. What do you think? Mom: Backpack around Europe?
That sounds dangerous! You shouldn't
go (with / by) yourself. You ought to go (along / with) someone.
Lucy: Yes, I've thought of that.
Mom: And you'd (should / better) talk to your father first. Lucy: I
(already / ready) did. He thinks it's a great idea. He wants to go with me.
III. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past continuous.
We (1. walk) ............................ along the path and (2. put)
.'.......................up our tent by the side of the lake. By this time, the sun (3.
go) .......................... down and it (4. begin)............................... to get cold.
While we (5. cook) ............................ our dinner, we suddenly (6. hear)
......................... a terrible noise at the far end of the valley. We both (7.
look)................................up and to our horror we (8. see)................................
about 20 cows that (9. run)...........................in our direction. "Let's get out of

here!" I (10. Shout)......................
IV. Match a line in A with a line in B, using when or while.
A
1.1 was riding to school
2. Her legs got burnt
3. The zip broke
4.1 was drying the dishes
5.1 was adding up the
figures
6. The filling came out
. 7. He was driving to work

WHEN

B
a. she was getting dressed
b. I dropped a plate.
c. I made a mistake.
d. she was boiling some water.
e. I was cleaning my teeth.

WHILE
f. I fell off my bike.
g. she was sunbathing.


8. The kettle exploded

h. the windscreen scattered.

V. Complete the following passage with the given prepositions.
in

on

at

of to

by

during

with

An English friend (1)..............mine, Ian, was staying (2).............friends
(3).............America. One night, while he was having a drink (4) ...............a
bar, he met an English woman called Jane. They spent a lot (5)
................time together (6) ........... Ian's holiday and got on very well, but
when he left he didn't write down Jane's address (7)...............England.
Two months later, (8) ................... August, when Ian was relaxing (9)
............... holiday (10) ................. Corfu, he met an Irish woman called
Elizabeth. They had a great time together and (11) ................the end (12)
.............the holiday they exchanged addresses.
VI. Complete the following conversation with the words given below.
maybe

away

both

good

don't

Jane: We need to take a vacation.
Peter: Well, we (1).......................have two weeks of vacation time. Why
(2)..........we drive north to Canada9
Jane: I'd like to go camping, (3)..............................in the mountains.
Peter: That sounds (4)..............................to me. 1 in so tired of city living.
New York is so congested and full of traffic all the time. We
need to get (5).................from that.
Jane: Ah, just us and the mountains. Do you want to leave tomorrow? Peter:
Sure.
VII. Complete the sentences below with correct form of the verbs in
brackets.
Last night 1(1. have) .................... a very strange dream. In this dream. I
was in a restaurant. I (2. ; ; t) ......................... alone and (3. read)
........................ a book. Suddenly I (4. look) .................. up and (5. see)
_____.......... a man (6. stare)...................... at me. I (7. look) .........................
around and (8. see) .....................a lot of other people (9. sit).........................
at tables near him. They (10. laugh).......................... and (11. smile)
.....................about something. The waiter (12. come).........................over to


me. He (13. begin) .........................to smile. I (14. ask) ..........................him
why he (15. smile).....................The other people (16. begin)......................to
laugh even louder. The waiter (17. point) .................. to my face. Then I
(18. understand)...............why everybody (19. laugh)...................