Vocabulary Grammar Test Unit 2 Test A

Grammar
6 Choose the incorrect form in each sentence.

1 The gang ________________ they had no chance of escape long before the police arrived at
the scene.
a had known b were to know c knew
2 Harry ________________ in the crossfire if he didn’t find a place to hide.
a was about to be killed b would have been killed c was going to be killed
3 While she ________________ the house, Louisa came across a used bullet casing behind the
wardrobe.
a swept b was sweeping c had been sweeping
4 Many years later, Andy ________________ that trip along the river, and realize that it was the
moment his childhood had ended.
a would recall b was to recall c might have recalled
5 Two men started hammering on the door just as Thompson ________________ the money from
the safe.
a was bound to take b was taking c was going to take
6 Ingerson was shot moments before he ________________ the amnesty.
a was due to announce b was going to announce c had announced
Mark: ___ / 6
7 Tick the sentences that can be rewritten with would with little or no change of meaning.
Then rewrite these sentences.
1 Convicts used to live in cramped cells during the nineteenth century. 
____________________________________________________________________________
2 She said she was going to plead ‘not guilty’. 
____________________________________________________________________________
3 Will the court please rise? 
____________________________________________________________________________
4 We were driving along the highway late last night when we spotted the stolen car. 
____________________________________________________________________________
5 The two burglars used to break into houses late at night. 
____________________________________________________________________________
Mark: ___ / 5
4
8 Complete the sentences with the words below and a suitable form to describe habitual
behaviour.
continually / interrupt not / be constantly / get not / take think / of
1 Mark’s parents gave up on him because he _____________________________ into trouble with
the police.
2 People _____________________________ New York’s south Bronx area as home to criminal
gangs and drug dealers, but there are also many hardworking families living in that area.
3 That man over there _____________________________ the speaker and upsetting the
audience. I think the security guard should ask him to leave.
4 Amanda simply _____________________________ ‘no’ for an answer. She will persuade you
to move whether you want it or not.
5 There _____________________________ so much crime in this area as there is today.
Mark: ___ / 10
9 Rewrite the text by replacing the underlined past forms. Use each of the following at least
once: used to + infinitive, would + infinitive, were to + infinitive, would have + past participle,
past continuous, past perfect. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.
Highwaymen
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, coach journeys out of London 1 were extremely
dangerous because of robbers called ‘highwaymen’ who waited for their victims near the major
roads. Highwaymen 2 often robbed the coaches and their passengers in lonely areas of heathland or
woodland. Before the seventeenth century, most armed robbers 3 committed their crimes on foot, but
what made highwaymen more effective and more romantic was that they 4 were often on horseback.
In the mid-eighteenth century, scores of highwaymen 5 operated in open, empty moorland – places
such as Hounslow Heath and Finchley Common, which are still open fields today, but are now, of
course, surrounded by London suburbs. Of course, it’s not as if coach drivers 6 weren’t aware of the
dangers lurking in the bushes. The problem was that they had little choice but to head out on the
roads. Many highwaymen, such as Dick Turpin, who tormented coach passengers on the high road
between York and London, 7 became famous long after they 8 were hanged for their crimes. This
was because songs and legends were written which exaggerated and celebrated their adventures.
1 ___________________________ 5 ___________________________
2 ___________________________ 6 ___________________________
3 ___________________________ 7 ___________________________
4 ___________________________ 8 ___________________________
Mark: ___ / 8
TOTAL MARKS: ___ / 60

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