Level 3 Self-Check Unit Test 2

LEVEL 3 SELF-CHECK UNIT TEST  2 Answer on a separate sheet of paper. Then check your answers. Follow the examples.

GRAMMAR FEW, A FEW, LITTLE & A LITTLE (2.5 points)

PAST SIMPLE & PRESENT PERFECT (10 points) 4 Complete with the right quantifier. 1 Put the verbs in the right tense. There is little equality in our world. I (be married) for three years. 1 He’s very strange. … people understand him. I’ve/have been married for three years. 2 I just need … minutes to get there. 1 He (not go) to the movies last weekend. 3 If only I had … more money, I could buy a new 2 He never (travel) to Peru in his life. car. 3 How long you (study) English? Two years. 4 We have … interest in soccer. 4 How long ago you (see) Tom? Two years ago. 5 How much coffee would you like? Just … . 5 I’m tired. I (wake up) at 6 a.m. today. ENOUGH (2.5 points) QUANTIFIERS (5 points) 2 Match the expressions and the quantifiers. 5 Transform the following sentences using More than one answer may be possible. enough.

things / furniture / pictures / money / junk / That book is very boring. space / coffee / ideas / sugar / luggage That book is not interesting enough. 1 He’s too weak to lift that box. so much furniture, money, junk, space, He’s not … coffee, sugar, luggage 2 I don’t have all the time I need to finish. a couple of I don’t have … some 3 This apartment is very uncomfortable. many This apartment is not … lots of / a lot of 4 We need more money to buy the car. ten We don’t have … 5 We’ve eaten too much junk food today. too much We’ve eaten … plenty of hardly any UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS: PIECE (2.5 points) several a few 6 Make the nouns countable using piece/s and the words in parentheses. ALL & WHOLE (2.5 points) 3 Rewrite the following sentences using all news (one) and whole. One piece of news.

my life = all my life / my whole life 1 information (several) 1 the country 2 advice (three) 2 my class 3 junk (many) 3 the afternoon 4 luggage (a few) 4 this program 5 furniture (some) 5 our family

New American Framework Self-Check Unit Tests  D.R. © Richmond Publishing, S.A. de C.V., 2010 VOCABULARY ROOMMATES (2.5 points)

HOUSES & HOMES (10 points) 3 Choose the right word. 1 Put the words in the right column. I love living with my roommate / landlord. 1 We should buy more bread today, we have hut / apartment / bathroom / cellar / concrete / guests / roommates tonight. door / porch / tin / staircase / cabin / living 2 My landlord / tenant is great. He never forgets room / stucco / skylight / study / wood / wall / to pay the rent. houseboat / kitchen / sticks / tent / plastic 3 Some squatters / guests were arrested last night Types of Rooms Parts of a Materials in the abandoned mansion on Oxford Avenue. houses house 4 I need to speak to my landlord / real estate hut agent. The house he sold me has leaks in the roof. 5 Don’t forget to pay the rent tomorrow or our HOUSE ADJECTIVES (5 points) landlord / real estate agent will get angry. 2 Match the adjectives and the opposites. FURNITURE (5 points) 1 - a 1 big a) small 4 Match the furniture and the definitions. 2 dark b) quiet 3 noisy c) uncomfortable door / rug / shelves / lamp / curtain/ coffee table / 4 cramped d) light heating / chest of drawers / fireplace / cushion / 5 comfortable e) safe cupboard 6 useful f) spacious 7 bare g) useless You open this to go into a room. = door 8 messy h) adorned 1 You turn it on when it’s dark. 9 clean i) enormous 2 A piece of furniture with doors and shelves 10 tiny j) disorganized where people put food , etc. 11 dangerous k) organized 3 Small carpet. 4 Piece of cloth or other material for covering a window. 5 Something people use to sit or rest more comfortably. 6 You use this to keep warm in winter. 7 This is the other end of a chimney. 8 Piece of furniture, usually in a bedroom, where people keep clothes. 9 A low table, generally in the living room. 10 People normally put books on them.

ERROR ANALYSIS (2.5 points) Find and correct the mistakes I have played played soccer yesterday. 1 How long ago do you live in your house? 2 I have two wonderful news for you today. 3 She only has a few money to spend on clothes. 4 I’m not enough old to drive. 5 I work in this company for many years.

TOTAL POINTS: ______/ 50

GRAMMAR 1 1 He didn’t go to the movies last weekend. 2 He’s never traveled to Peru in his life. 3 How long have you studied English? Two years. 4 How long ago did you see Tom? Two years ago. 5 I’m tired. I woke up at 6 a.m. today. 2 1 A couple of: things, pictures, ideas. 2 Some: things, furniture, pictures, money, junk, space, coffee, ideas, sugar, luggage. 3 Many: things, pictures, ideas. 4 Lots of: things, furniture, pictures, money, junk, space, coffee, ideas, sugar, luggage. 5 Ten:pictures, ideas, things 6 Too much: furniture, money, junk, space, coffee, sugar, luggage. 7 Plenty of: things, furniture, pictures, money, junk, space, coffee, ideas, sugar, luggage. 8 Hardly any: things, furniture, pictures, money, junk, space, coffee, ideas, sugar, luggage. 9 Several: things, pictures, ideas. 10 A few: things, pictures, ideas. 3 1 The country = All the country / the whole country 2 My class = All my class / my whole class. 3 The afternoon = All afternoon / the whole afternoon. 4 This program = All this program / this whole program. 5 Our family = All our family / our whole family. 4 1 few 2 a few 3 a little 4 little 5 a little. 5 1 He’s not strong enough to lift that box. 2 I don’t have enough time to finish. 3 This apartment is not comfortable enough. 4 We don’t have enough money to buy the car. 5 We’ve eaten enough junk food today. 6 1 Several pieces of information. 2 Three pieces of advice. 3 Many pieces of junk. 4 A few pieces of luggage. 5 Some pieces of furniture.

VOCABULARY 1 1 Types of houses: apartment, cabin, houseboat, tent. 2 Rooms:bathroom, cellar, porch, lliving room, study, kitchen. 3 Parts of a house:door, staircase, skylight, wall. 4 Materials: concrete, tin, stucco, wood, sticks, plastic. 2 2-d, 3-b, 4-f, 5-c, 6-g, 7-h, 8-k, 9-j, 10-i, 11-e 3 1 guests 2 tenant 3 squatters 4 real estate agent 5 landlord 4 1 lamp 2 cupboard 3 rug 4 curtain 5 cushion 6 heating 7 fireplace 8 chest of drawers 9 coffee table 10 shelves

ERROR ANALYSIS 1 How long have you lived in your house? 2 I have two wonderful pieces of news for you today. 3 She only has a little money to spend on clothes. 4 I’m not old enough to drive. 5 I’ve worked in this company for many years.