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Lexical-Grammar Test

1. Put in the verbs in brackets in the appropriated form.

         It (1) … (to be) half past ten at night and Janice (2) … (to be) alone in the house, waiting for her husband to come home. It (3) … (to rain) outside and the wind (4) … (to blow). She (5) … (to watch) TV when the doorbell (6) … (to ring). “James (7) … (to lose) his keys again”, she (8) … (to think) as she (9) … (to open) the door. Instead of her husband, though, Janice (10) … (to see) a young woman standing there.

1. a. was                    b. were                           c. is
2. a. was                    b.  is                               c. were
3. a. were raining      b.  was raining               c. is raining
4. a.  was blowing     b.  is blowing                 c. blow
5. a.   is watching      b. was watching             c. watch
6. a. ring                    b. rang                            c. was ringing
7. a. has lost              b. lost                             c. loose
8. a. think                  b. thought                       c. thinks
9. a. opened               b. opens                          c. was opening
10.  a. saw                   b.  see                             c. sees

II. Put in suitable prepositions.

         Everyone has heard (1) … Bill Gates, one (2) … the most successful people (3) … the world. Microsoft, the business he started (4) … a friend in 1975 has become the world’s largest computer company, and Gates was the world’s youngest billionaire (5) … the age (6) … 31 years old. His full name is William Henry Gates III, and he was born (7) … 28^th October, 1955, (8) … Seattle, the USA. (9) … school Bill soon showed that he was especially good (10) … Maths and Science.

1. a. of       b.  about   c. in

2. a. of     b.   on        c. at

3. a. in      b. with       c. in

4. a. with   b. at           c. in
5. a. of       b.   at         c. of

6. a.  in      b.   of         c. about

7. a.   at      b. on          c. in

8. a. in        b.   on        c. at

9. a. at        b.  in          c. on

10. a. in       b. at           c. of

III. Put in the articles (a/ an, the, ---) where necessary.

         When we think of (1) … telegraphy, of moving pictures, we must remember (2) … great inventor Thomas Alva Edison. He was born in (3) … little village in (4) … America in 1847. When he went to (5) … school, (6) … teachers thought that he was stupid because he asked so many questions. (7) … teachers were not very clever because they had to know that it is not (8) … stupid child who asks many questions but (9) … clever one who wants to learn. So, Edison’s mother took him away from school and taught him at (10) … home.

IV. Match each word with its definition.

1)  favourite                                             A)  temperature, rain, wind    

2)  marks                                        B)  smb great and famous

3)  curious                                      C)  smth you like most

4)  make mistakes                                    D)  like very much

5)  weather                                      E)  do smth wrong

6)  be fond of                                   F)  take care

7)  outstanding                                G)  results in your record-book

8)  knowledge                                  H)  everything you have learnt

9)  go hiking                                     I )  interested in everything

10)  protect                                       J )  travel on foot

V. Choose the odd word.

1)  curious, patient, polite, rude, generous

2)  dictation, careless, kindness, movement, leadership

3)  record-book, pan, mark, mistake, timetable

4)  English, Canada, Spanish, Italian, Chinese

5)  after, enter, prefer, discover, answer

          6)  weather, hair, news, money, hour

7)  station, monument, shop, museum, field

8)  know, teach, study, understand, write

9)  boring, swimming, reading, dancing, learning

10)  smile, live, prize, drive, side

Total: 50 points