Task I Use thee correct tense-forms of the verbs in brackets.
- You look really marvelous. You 1.___ (be) on holiday somewhere? It’s good to be back home.
a. was b. have been c. has been
2. I 2.___ (to have) a hard day at school.
a. have had b. had c. has had
3. He is still ill but he 3.___ (to get) better now.
a. got b. is getting c. has gone
4. I’ll phone you when I 4.___ (to get) home after work.
a. got b. get c. was getting
5. You can’t be thirsty! You just 5.___ (to drink) a litre of water.
a. drank b. have drunk c. were drinking
6. Why the boy 6.___ (to cry)?
a. is crying b. were crying c. cried
What 7.___ (to happen) to him?
a. happened b. has happened c. did happen
7. I 8.___ (to read) this book when I 9___ (to be) a second-former.
a.read b.was reading c. have read
a. was b. were c. am
8. When we 10.___ (to walk) along the beach we suddenly heard a scream.
a. walked b. were walking c. have walked
9. I just 11.___ (to finish) painting the fence so the paint 12.___ (not to dry) yet.
a. finished b. have finished c. was finishing
- has not dried b. does not dry c. do not dry
10. This kind of fish usually 13.___ (to serve) with white sauce.
- served b. serves c. is served
11. I 14.___ (to learn) yesterday that his car 15.___ (to break) down.
- learnt b. was learning c. had learnt
a. was breaking b. broke c. had broken
Task II Put in the articles where necessary ( a. an. The,-)
1. I don’t think I’ve ever met 1.___ child who doesn’t like chips.
2. 2.___ government ought to do something about housing.
3. 3.___ knife shouldn’t be used as 4.___ screwdriver.
4. 5.___ plane crashed while it was being tested.
5. Some people believe in 6.___ life after 7.___ death.
6. 8.___ music which excites me is 1930s jazz.
7. While they were sailing up 9.___ west coast, they ran out of 10.___food.
Task III Choose the suitable preposition.
1. Who’s the old lady all dressed 1. (on, in, to) green?
2. Can you look 2. (for, up, at) a word in the dictionary 3. (for, to, by) me, please?
3. Are you listening 4. (at ,to, in) me? Why are you looking 5. (out of, up, to) the window all the time?
4. I hate travelling 6. (in, on, by) underground. It’s too crowded.
5. I can’t help knocking things 7. (down, of, up). I’m such a clumsy person.
6. I thought I had left my umbrella 8. (in, on, at) home but in fact I had been carrying it all day 9. (in, at, on) my bag.
7. He was advised to give 10. (in, over, up) all hope of becoming a professional singer.
Task IV Choose the suitable pronoun.
- There are too (much, many, plenty) mice in the barn.
- She became (that, so, such) scared that she began to cry.
- There was (not, none, no) chance of escape.
- I hate opera and they don’t like it (too, neither, either).
- (Every, Both, Either) athlete and coach attends the athletic banquet at the end of the school year.
- Hardly (someone, anyone, no one) turned up to watch the match.
- Sally is taller than any (another, others, other) girl in her class.
- If that doesn’t work, you’ll have to think of (other, the other, another) way of solving the problem.
- He’s made (so, such, this) much money that he doesn’t need to work (any, no, some) more.
- Nora is the only person (which, who, whose) understands me.
Task V Complete the sentences using the appropriate derivatives of the words given on the right.
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There is one particular 1___ which I find difficult to express.
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1. feel
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When I am 2___ about something, I say nothing. Once, for example, after I had bought
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2. anger
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a very 3___ jacket, I met a friend in a café who said that the jacket didn’t fit
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3. expense
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me very 4___. I was very 5___ but I said nothing. I didn’t feel like continuing
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4. good,
5. annoy
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our 6___. My friend noticed my 7___ and asked me what was wrong.
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6. converse,
7. silent
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I couldn’t tell him the 8___ I began to feel rather 9___ and left without
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8. true,
9.embarrass
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giving him an explanation. Later I felt rather 10___ of my behavior.
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10. shame
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Task VI Choose the appropriate word.
Jack Sandy is only sixteen years old and he is already the most famous golfer in the world. For some people, golf is slow, 1. (bored, boring) and not at all 2. (exciting, excited), 3.(but, and, because) it is becoming more and more popular all the time. They 4. (say, tell) that Jack, 5. (who, which) is young and good-looking, is 6.(as, like) a Hollywood star for the golfing word. 7.(However, So, In addition), Jack is not very 8. (sociable, social). In fact, he’s 9. (quite, quiet) shy, and he doesn’t like to 10. (give, talk) interviews on talk shows.
Task VII Rewrite these sentences using the word in bold.
- I finished the book in two days took
It _____ , to finish the book.
- Someone stole my car last night. had
I _____ last night.
- It’s very difficult to raise a child nowadays. bring
It’s _____ a child nowadays.
- I have never met such a kind person. kindest
He is _____ ever met.
- Shall I carry your luggage? want
Do _____ your luggage?
Task VIII If a line is correct, put a tick (V) after the number. If a line have a word which should not be there, write this word at the end of the line.
- A bank robber lost his temper on last Friday and began 1._______________
- to shout at everyone when he left from the bank which he 2. _______________
- was hoping to rob. He was annoyed that the most people 3. _______________
- in the bank began to laugh at him as he took out his 4. _______________
- gun. He screamed that nobody would never listen to him. 5.________________
- Police told reporters that a man had entered into the bank 6.________________
- and had threatened stuff and customers in there, telling 7.________________
8. them to stand still and put their hands up. However, 8________________
- everyone was much shocked to hear him shouting 9. _______________
- and had no idea what was happening. The most customers 10._______________
in the bank thought it was a big joke. 11. _______________