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

B

1.1 was riding to school

a. she was getting dressed

2. Her legs got burnt

b. I dropped a plate.

3. The zip broke

c. I made a mistake.

4.1 was drying the dishes
WHEN
d. she was boiling some water.

5.1 was adding up the

e. I was cleaning my teeth.

figures
WHILE


6. The filling came out

f. I fell off my bike.

. 7. He was driving to work

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