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Stop and check 2  Units 5–8 Elementary FOURTH EDITION

Correct the mistakes Irregular verbs

Each sentence has a mistake. Find it and correct it. Write the Past Simple form of these irregular verbs.
1 Where you live?  Where do you live? 1 catch ______ 6 make ______
2 I arrive at the airport at ten o’clock last night. 2 come ______ 7 write ______
3 She could to speak three languages when she was 3 meet ______ 8 go ______
eight. 4 give ______ 9 win ______
4 Where did you went last weekend? 5 leave ______ 10 take ______
5 I was to the cinema last weekend.
6 I buyed a new DVD player. 1 point for each correct answer  10
7 I am born in Mexico City.
8 They arrived in the UK ago two months. can/could/was/were (not)
9 Can we have any water, please? Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box.
10 Don’t forget to buy a pasta.
can  can’t  was (x4)  wasn’t  were  weren’t  could  couldn’t
11 How much onions do we need?
12 I don’t can go out because I have a lot of homework.
1 I can’t drive. I’m only 14 years old.
13 I like cities because I can to go to good restaurants.
2 Our teacher ______ at school last week because she
14 It’s very hot today – do you like something to drink?
______ ill.
15 Peter has a lot of CDs because he’d like music.
3 My cousin ______ a very clever child. He ______ write
16 I’m hungry. I like a big steak and some chips.
computer programs when he was eight.
1 point for each correct answer  15 4 You ______ buy batteries at the hardware shop.
5 ‘Where ______ you last night? You ______ at home. I
Past Simple phoned you, but there ______ no answer.’
Complete the text with the Past Simple form of the verbs 6 ‘I ______ get into my flat because I lost my keys. I
in brackets. There are regular and irregular verbs. ______ at a friend’s house.’
Milly Franklin (1) was born (be born) in Australia in 1970.
1 point for each correct answer  10
As a child, she (2) ______ (love) painting, drawing, and
design but she (3) __________ (not enjoy) school very
much. Her parents (4) ______ (send) her to an expensive
private school but she (5) __________ (not finish) her
education. At the age of 17, she (6) ______ (get) a job
as a receptionist in a clothes company. When she wasn’t
busy, she (7) ______ (spend) time drawing and designing
clothes. One day, her boss (8) ______(see) her designs and
she (9) __________ (not can) believe how good they were.
Six months later Millie (10) ______ (become) a full-time
designer and after a year she (11) ______ (begin) her own
fashion company.

1 point for each correct answer  10

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Stop and check 2  Continued Elementary FOURTH EDITION

Questions and negatives some/any/a/much/many

Write the statements as questions and negatives. Complete the sentences with some, any, a, much, or many.
1 He can swim. Can he swim? He can’t swim. 1 I don’t have any brothers or sisters.
2 There’s a good bookshop in this town. 2 Would you like ______ glass of wine?
____________________________________________ 3 Is there ______ petrol in the car?
____________________________________________ 4 How ______ tomatoes do I need to buy?
3 There are some eggs in the fridge. 5 How ______ milk is there in the fridge?
____________________________________________ 6 The shop doesn’t have ______ AA batteries.
____________________________________________ 7 There are ______ eggs, but there isn’t ______ sugar.
4 You can speak Spanish.
_____________________ ______________________ 1 point for each correct answer  7
5 He was born in 1983.
_____________________ ______________________ Vocabulary – adjectives and adverbs
6 She could play the violin when she was three. Underline the correct form.
____________________________________________ 1 Drive careful/carefully because it is raining.
____________________________________________ 2 I’m bored/boring. I’d like to go out for the evening.
7 They were on holiday last week. 3 Please speak more slow/slowly. I can’t understand you.
_____________________ ______________________ 4 She’s a very good/well driver.
8 Your parents studied Italian at school. 5 He doesn’t speak English very good/well.
____________________________________________ 6 The news about his accident was very worrying/
____________________________________________ worried.
9 The students went to the cinema last night. 7 My train is late nearly every day. It’s very annoyed/
____________________________________________ annoying.
____________________________________________ 8 My last exam was very hard/hardly.
9 I’m not very interested/interesting in art.
1 point for each correct answer  16
1 point for each correct answer  8
Count and uncount nouns
Put the nouns in the correct column. Vocabulary – noun + noun
Match a noun in A with a noun in B.
apple  milk  bread  biscuit  onion  fruit 
pasta  potato  wine  egg  crisp  water A B
railway bag
sun room
Count Uncount
motor office
living book
hand station
note glasses
post way

1 point for each correct answer  6

1 point for each correct answer  12

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Stop and check 2  Continued Elementary FOURTH EDITION

Vocabulary – verb + noun

Match a verb in A with a noun in B.

A B
play a motorbike
earn a lot of text messages
ride a suit and tie
live the guitar
send children
wear on the third floor
look after a lot of money

1 point for each correct answer  6

Total 100

Translate
Translate the sentences into your language. Translate the
ideas, not word by word.
1 I can ski, but I can’t swim.
__________________________________________
2 I couldn’t go to the party last night.
__________________________________________
3 Where were you born? I was born in Germany.
__________________________________________
4 How many sandwiches would you like?
__________________________________________
5 How much milk do we need?
__________________________________________
6 Could you post this letter for me, please?
__________________________________________
7 What’s the date today? It’s the first of May.
__________________________________________
8 I’d like a packet of plasters, please.
__________________________________________
9 What size do you want?
__________________________________________
10 Can I try on these jeans, please?
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