NAME
Headway
New
CLASS
Unit test 1A
Intermediate
1 Complete the sentences with the correct Present Simple
FOURTH EDITION
3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
or Present Continuous form of the verb.
verb.
1 She hasn’t got a car, so she (not drive) doesn’t drive to
work.
1 We didn’t enjoy the film last night. (not enjoy)
2 What (eat) _____ you usually _____ for lunch on
Sundays?
3 Where _____ she _____ last weekend? (spend)
2 _____ you _____ my parents yet? (meet)
4 She _____ her friends about the baby yet. (not tell)
3 (work) _____ your cousin _____ for a company in
Milan?
5 I think one of the Williams sisters _____ Wimbledon
in 2008. (win)
4 Yes, I (listen) _____. Please go on.
5 (live) _____ she _____ in a house or a flat?
6 _____ you _____ here when the accident happened?
(stand)
6 (speak) _____ people in Britain _____ Celtic
languages?
7 We _____ each other for very long. (not know)
7 It’s late so they (go) _____ to bed now.
8 The film _____ until midnight so we missed the last
train home. (not finish)
8 We (not want) _____ to do exercises! We’re too tired!
9 How long _____ you _____ English? (study)
9 (sleep) _____ he _____ at the moment?
10 JF Kennedy _____ in the 1960s. (assassinate)
10 He usually (leave) _____ home at 7.45 a.m.
11 I _____ when you rang the doorbell. (not sleep)
11 We (have) _____ some extra lessons this week only.
1 point for each correct answer 1 point for each correct answer 4 Complete the questions.
2 Circle the correct form of the verb.
1 Do you know / Are you knowing / Have you known the
solution?
2 Did she write / Has she written / Has she been writing to
him yet?
3 His family lived / lives / is living in Madrid for forty
years.
4 How long are you waiting / have you been waiting / have
you waited for the train?
5 I ’m not working / amn’t working / don’t be working on
Sunday.
6 John Lennon remembered / is remembered / is
remembering everywhere.
8 ‘Macbeth’ has written / was written / wrote by
Shakespeare.
10 Was she / Has she been / Is she your English teacher last
year?
11 Where did you go / were you going / have you gone on
holiday last summer?
FOURTH EDITION
2 A _____ he watch the whole film?
B No, he didn’t. He fell asleep.
3 A What’s that noise? _____ Mr Jones working again?
B Yes, I think he is.
4 A What _____ your grandfather _____?
B He worked as a shoemaker.
5 A _____ they _____ a dog?
B No, they haven’t, but they’ve got a big pet rabbit.
6 A Where _____ your teacher _____?
B I think he’s from Australia or New Zealand.
8 A Why _____ you late last night?
B Because I missed the train home.
9 There was a competition but we weren’t won / didn’t
win / haven’t won it.
New Headway Intermediate
1 A Do you like opera?
B No, I don’t. I like rock music better.
7 A _____ you want to come shopping with me?
B Yes, I do.
7 He isn’t / hasn’t / hasn’t been from Nairobi.
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9 A _____ you going to the hairdresser this afternoon?
B Yes, I am. I need a new haircut.
10 A _____ the neighbours _____ a new baby?
B No. They’ve just bought a very noisy cat.
11 A _____ they making dinner tonight?
B Yes, I think they’re making spaghetti.
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NAME
Headway
New
CLASS
Unit test 1A
Intermediate
5 Complete the sentences with is or has.
FOURTH EDITION
1 Lily is in the garden.
Replace the form of the word uggy in 1–6 with the best
word a–f.
2 Harry _____ gone to work.
a bigger
3 London _____ in the south of England.
b beautiful
_____
4 Paris _____ got a good metro system.
c really
_____
5 It _____ been seven months since I last saw her.
d working
_____
6 Joanne _____ coming to see us.
e motorbike
_____
7 The waiter _____ paid at the end of each day.
f leave
_____
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8 My brother _____ 18 this Friday.
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9 My aunt _____ got a cold.
8 Complete the words with suffixes from the box.
10 She _____ had a lot of time to revise for the exam.
11 My husband _____ from Nigeria.
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1 point for each correct answer 1 He was a great performer.
2 His last perform_____ was brilliant.
6 Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the
3 She is perform_____ at the Lyric Theatre in London.
verb.
4 Nobody likes crit_____ but it’s sometimes useful.
5 She’s a crit_____ so she sees all the latest films.
A lot of British people (1 enjoy) enjoy football on TV. Probably
the most popular competition (2 be) __________ the World
Cup. The World Cup (3 take) __________ place every four
years, and it (4 be) __________ extremely popular in many
countries all over the world. In Britain, a lot of people
(5 watch) __________ the games in a public bar or café. If
their team (6 score) __________ a goal, they celebrate
victory with friends and strangers.
2 points for each correct answer 6 Stop being so crit_____ and say something nice.
1 point for each correct answer 9 Match a word from A with a word from B. Then
complete the sentences.
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7 These sentences all contain a form of the nonsense word
uggy. Decide if the form is a verb, a noun, an adjective or
an adverb.
1 London is a lot uggier than Vienna. adjective
2 It was an uggy day so we went to the beach
for a picnic.
_____
3 We didn’t uggy for work until nine o’clock.
_____
4 The performance was uggily terrible, and most
of the audience left early.
_____
5 I wanted an uggy for my birthday but my mum
said I was too young.
_____
6 She was uggying in the garden so she didn’t
hear the doorbell.
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_____
A
B
close-knit
cosmopolitan
drive
extended
fall
well-paid
job
in love
family
community
city
carelessly
1 My cousin shouldn’t drive carelessly. He’s had quite a
few accidents.
2 I live in a __________ __________. It’s great to
experience a wide variety of cultures.
3 My __________ __________ live abroad, so I don’t see
many of them very often.
4 When you __________ __________, you can’t think
of anything else.
5 Our neighbourhood is a __________ __________.
We help each other with everything we can.
6 I’ve got a __________ __________, so I can’t complain
about my salary.
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FOURTH EDITION
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NAME
Headway
New
CLASS
Unit test 1A
Intermediate
10 Complete the conversations with words from the box.
FOURTH EDITION
11 Translate the sentences into your language.
1 We have a cancellation this evening.
checking have joining make meet mind no
performance thank the time want
1 A Earl Grey tea or Ceylon tea? And do you want milk
and sugar with it?
B Earl Grey, please. Sugar, but no milk. Can I have
some lemon instead?
2 A I can’t __________ the meeting, I’m sorry. My car’s
broken down.
B Never __________. We’ll start without you and
talk later.
3 A There are still tickets for the afternoon, but the
evening __________ is sold out, I’m afraid.
B That’s fine. We’ll __________ three, please, two
adults and one child.
___________________________________________
2 What contact do you have with your extended family?
___________________________________________
3 Have you known your friends since childhood?
___________________________________________
4 I need to make an urgent appointment.
___________________________________________
5 Is yours a close-knit family?
___________________________________________
6 I live in a very cosmopolitan city.
___________________________________________
7 Did you have a good day?
___________________________________________
8 Have here or take away?
4 A Is it __________ for a break?
B Yes, it is.
A __________ goodness!
___________________________________________
9 You don’t feel completely at home in either country.
5 A How many bags are you __________ in?
B Just __________ one.
6 A I don’t think you’ve met Karen. She’s __________
us from Harvard.
B Hi, Karen. Good to __________ you.
___________________________________________
10 We try to live frugally to help our children go to
university.
___________________________________________
1 point for each correct answer 1 point for each correct answer New Headway Intermediate
FOURTH EDITION
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