Unit 7 test 1
Choose the most suitable verb forms to complete the following dialogues.
(10 points)
'What are your plans for this evening?' ,/,11 stay / I'm going to stay / I stay at home and write my Christmas cards. I can't put it off any longer.'
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'Why do we have to be here so early tomorrow morning?' 'Because the photographer comes / is coming / will come at 9 o'clock.'
3 'Could I pick up the portrait at 5.00 tomorrow?' 'No, sorry. I'll leave / I'll have left / I'm leaving the studio by then. 4
'I'm just off to have a look at that new poster exhibition.' 'That's a good idea. I think I'll come / I'm coming / I'm going to come with you.'
5 'Do you have any plans for July?' 'Yes, I've booked a holiday course in Florence. I'll study / I'll be studying / I study Renaissance art.' 6
'Do you think I should hang the picture on that wall?' 'No, put it above the fireplace. It will be / will have been / is going to be more of a focal point there.'
7 'Don't lean on that glass case like that! You'll break / You'll be breaking / You're going to break it!'
8 'By the end of next week, he is going to finish / is finishing / will have finished the painting.' 9 10
'What time does your plane arrive / will your plane arrive / is your plane going to arrive?' 'This time tomorrow, we'll enjoy / we'll be enjoying / we're going to enJoy the sights of Rome .'
2 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the given word. You must use between three and six words, including the given word. (5 points) He was just going to confess that the painting was a forgery. point He was .
.... ...... .... ...... ........... . .. that the painting was a forgery.
2 I am not going to put that painting up for auction . intention I ...
....... ... .
...... ... that painting up for auction.
3 The first day of the Aztec exhibition is next week. due The Aztec exhibition .
... next week.
4 The bird flew away before I could get my camera out. about .......... my camera out when the bird flew away. 5 I think she'll be shocked when she finds out how much the painting is worth . for I think she .
.... when she finds out how much the painting is worth.
3 In the following text, put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense or form . Choose from: infinitive with to, infinitive without to and gerund. In some cases you need to add a pronoun as well. (18 points) Stories of famous forgers have a particular fascination, especially when they manage (1) ........ (deceive) the most eminent art critics of the day. The most notorious art forger of the 20th century was Han Van Meegeren, originally from the Dutch town of Deventer. As a child, he loved (2). ........ (draw) and planned even then (3) ... .... .... (make) it his career. He received professional recognition at high school and went on (4) ....... .. .. (study) architecture. Ten years later, he was earning his living by teaching art and painting portraits. Van Meegeren, however, was a very conservative artist, whose works were essentially imitative of an earlier tradition. As a result, critics frequently ridiculed his work as uninspired and derivative. In the end, he decided (5) ........ ... (revenge) himself on the art world. He set out (6) .... ... ... (paint) a forgery, an imitation of the Dutch
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