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Test 4: My town

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A short mixed test about Aiko's town: there is, there are, can, prepositions of place and town words.

Choose the correct answer

Choose the word or words that best complete each sentence.

  1. There ___ a big park in my town.
    • a) is
    • b) are
    • c) be
  2. The bank is ___ the post office and the café.
    • a) next
    • b) between
    • c) in
  3. You can buy books at the ___.
    • a) station
    • b) hospital
    • c) bookshop
  4. My town is small, but it is very ___.
    • a) beautiful
    • b) beautifully
    • c) beauty
  5. You ___ take a bus to the beach.
    • a) cans
    • b) are
    • c) can
  6. There is a museum, but there ___ a cinema.
    • a) aren't
    • b) isn't
    • c) not
  7. Turn ___ at the school, and the museum is on the right.
    • a) left
    • b) along
    • c) across
  8. There aren't ___ big shops in my town.
    • a) a
    • b) any
    • c) some

Write one word

Type one word in each gap.

  1. I live ___ a quiet street.
  2. There ___ two supermarkets near my house.
  3. The museum is next ___ the library.
  4. ___ there a swimming pool in your town?
  5. The station isn't ___ from here. You can walk there.
  6. My window is very big, and you ___ see the sea from it.
  7. There is a market in the town centre every Friday. ___ is very busy.
  8. Aiko goes to the park ___ Sunday mornings.

Write the correct form

Type the correct form of the word in brackets. Some answers need more than one word.

  1. There are three ___ (bus) to the city every hour.
  2. There are many ___ (family) in my street.
  3. My town ___ (have) a beautiful old bridge.
  4. The ___ (child) play in the park after school.
  5. My friend ___ (live) near the river.
  6. We ___ (not / have) a cinema in our town.
  7. Look! Those tourists ___ (take) photos of the bridge.
  8. Our town ___ (be) near the mountains.

Answer key

Choose the correct answer

  1. a) isA big park is one thing, so we use there is.
  2. b) betweenWe use between for something in the middle of two places.
  3. c) bookshopA bookshop is a shop that sells books.
  4. a) beautifulAfter is, we need an adjective to describe the town: beautiful.
  5. c) canCan has the same form for every subject. We never add -s.
  6. b) isn'tA cinema is one thing, so the negative is there isn't.
  7. a) leftWe give directions with turn left or turn right.
  8. b) anyWe use any in negative sentences with plural nouns.

Write one word

  1. in / onWe can say live in a street or live on a street.
  2. areTwo supermarkets is plural, so we use there are.
  3. toWe say next to.
  4. IsA swimming pool is one thing, so the question is Is there...?
  5. farFar means a long way. You can walk there, so it is not far.
  6. can / couldWe use can to say that something is possible. Could is also correct.
  7. ItIt means the market. We use it for one thing.
  8. onWe use on with days, and also with day + morning, afternoon or evening.

Write the correct form

  1. busesNouns ending in -s add -es in the plural: buses.
  2. familiesConsonant + y changes to -ies in the plural: families.
  3. hasMy town is one thing (it), so have changes to has.
  4. childrenChild has an irregular plural: children.
  5. livesMy friend is one person, so we add -s: lives.
  6. don't have / do not haveWith we, the negative is do not or don't + verb.
  7. are taking / 're takingLook! shows the action is happening now, so we use the present continuous. Take loses the e: taking.
  8. isOur town is one thing, so we use is.

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