VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR TEST UNIT 1 TEST You have 10 minutes.

Vocabulary 1: Complete the text with the words and phrases in the box. Life is like one long, eventful journey. And at the time you take this journey, each step of the way feels enormous. The first big step in my life was getting my first car and my (1) _____________ . That gave me a lot more independence. Going to college seemed like a big deal at the time too. I had to go to college in a nearby city and leaving (2) _____________ and saying goodbye to my parents was hard. I was sad and excited at the same time, I guess. Then, after I graduated, I got a full-time job. Now that was a big step. I was finally completely responsible for my own life. And then I met Jessica. Wow! It was love at first sight. I remember when I went on my (3) _____________ with her. I was so nervous on our wedding day; getting (4) _____________ really felt like the biggest step of all. And it was, until Sarah and Luis were born! Having (5) _____________ changes you forever. Vocabulary 2: Choose the correct options to complete the text. After we got married, Jessica and I lived in this (6) enormous / tiny / useful one-room apartment in Mexico City. It was all we could afford. I guess our home wasn’t big, but the neighborhood was pretty cool. It was a really (7) special / antique / cotton place. It had little cafés and a(n) (8) enormous / tiny / antique street market, one of the biggest in the city, that would sell fruits and vegetables every week. It also had (9) antique / cotton / square furniture stores. To me, a lot of the furniture looks like old junk that’s not very useful, but the experts say some of it’s actually worth a lot of money. Jess loved living there. She enjoyed shopping at the jewelry stands for (10) round / cotton / valuable chains and pendants. I guess we fell in love with our one-room home. We lived there for nearly 10 years. But we finally moved when Sarah, the oldest of our two kids, arrived.  Grammar 1: Complete the text with the simple present or present progressive form of the verbs in parentheses. I (11) _____________ (never / go) shopping with Dad. Mom is always my shopping companion. But today’s different. Dad (12) _____________ (take) me to this weekly street market. He (13) _____________ (drive) us there right now. I (14) _____________ (not think) he wants to go shopping, though. Dad doesn’t really like shopping. I think this is more about the place. He (15) _____________ (want) me to see where he and Mom lived for all those years when they were younger. Grammar 2: Complete the text with the simple past or past progressive form of the verbs in parentheses. I lost Dad in the crowd while I (16) _____________ (shop) at the street market, but it (17) _____________ (not take) him long to find me. My phone rang once while I (18) _____________ (look) at some dresses. It was Dad, and he said to meet him at the food market down by the square. While he was waiting for me, he (19) _____________ (order) us some lunch – Mexican food. Yummy! While we were eating, Dad didn’t say much. Then I (20) _____________ (notice) he was crying happy tears. He pointed up to a little apartment on the other side of the square and said, “Your mother and I lived in that little place for 10 years, Sarah.”

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