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II. Use the right article.
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1. Betty was … typist in … office. 2. Everybody says it was … excellent trip. 3. You should contact … manager and tell him about … results of … experiment. 4. It is … biggest plane in … world. 5. He stole … lot of … money from this bank … last month. 6. We gave Mary … guitar for … Christmas. She is good at playing … guitar.
III. Choose the suitable preposition.
1. Betty finished her studies (in, on, at) midnight. 2. Take your hands (of, off, out of) me at once! 3. When I got (in, into, to) the room I found that the vase was broken. 4. Could you explain the meaning of the phrase (–, to, at) me? 5. David is fond (at, in, of) sports.
IV. Choose the suitable pronoun.
1. His theory is very sophisticated: very (few, a few, little) people understand it. 2. There aren’t (much, many, a lot) chairs in the room. 3. How (many, much) fellow students did you meet at the party? – (Neither, None, No). 4. I’m writing to a friend of (my, me, mine).
V. Put the words in the right order to make up a sentence.
1. anywhere / Tom / you / did / see / morning / this?
2. car / very / to / use / nice / me / it’s / of / you / let / your.
3. this / you / to / or / problem / they / are / trying / solve?
4. Victor / work / late / is / for / his / ever?
5. if / you / coat / will / don’t / you / put / a / freeze / on.
VI. Choose the appropriate word.
In summer the sun comes (up, down) early in Australia and it is already warm by 7 a.m. Most (people, peoples) live (near, nearly) a beach or a big swimming (pool, pull), so often all the family (go, come) for an early morning swim. The young mothers (which, who) don’t (work, walk) spend a lot of the day at the (beach, bench). (It, there) is a healthy (way, road) for young (children, parents) to (grow, rise) up and nearly (every, each) child can swim (good, well). It (makes, does) them a lot of good.
Test 10
I. Use the correct tense-forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. She (lie) in bed all morning yesterday. She (say), she (have) a terrible headache. 2. My brother (be) at home most time now. He (write) a novel. 3. I (be) so tired last night that I (fall) asleep as soon as I (lie). 4. I (know) exactly what you (mean). Things like that (drive) me crazy, too. 5. I (have) a bad day yesterday. – What (happen)? – First I (fail) my test, then I (drop) the book while I (walk) across the campus.
II. Use the right article.
1. They were able to finish … race. 2. … newspapers are normally delivered twice … day. 3. I’m glad you liked … steak. I’ll give you … recipe. 4. I just want … glass of … juice. 5. Do you know … name of … owner of … restaurant? 6. It’s … wonderful part of … South England and … scenery resembles … Netherlands. As … matter of … fact we had … good time there and we decided to return there again … next year.
III. Choose the suitable preposition.
1. The smell of herbs reminds me (–, of, on) my childhood. 2. He must be here (for, by, at) 9 o’clock. As soon as he turns (out, up, in) tell him to come (on, in, up) and wait (for, –, during) a few minutes (in, on, into) the office. 3. We drove (on, across, along) the road that led (to, in, at) the hill. 4. The tree was hung (by, in, with) presents (of, for) all the family.
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IV. Choose the suitable pronoun.
1. She is looking through (some, few, any) magazines now. 2. I’m sorry, I can’t tell you (nothing, something, anything). 3. There is (no, none, any) bread left. 4. The passage is taken (out, of, from) the novel (of, by, on) Dreiser (who, which, one) was published (on, at, in) 1865.
V. Put the words in the right order to make up a sentence.
1. little / train / station / the / stopped / every / at.
2. Tom / Crimea / spending / were / in / I / time / time / and / the / that / at.
3. he / how / now / feeling / now?
4. know / manages / she / so / work / I / how / to / don’t / fast.
VI. Choose the appropriate word.
I (be) from Brazil. (It, there) is 8 years (since, from) I started to learn English. My (bigger, biggest) problem is pronunciation. (I’d love, I love) listening to English pop music (which, what) is a (great, large) (way, road) of learning new (vocabulary, dictionary). My dad (be) a businessman and he (uses, used to) English all the (time, period). He (speaks, talks) it (fluent, fluently). He (want) me to speak it (good, well) enough so that I can (join, enjoy) his (company, campaign).
Test 11
I. Use the correct tense-forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. My train (leave) Manchester at 6.30, so I am in a hurry. 2. Shakespeare (be) born in 1564 and (die) in 1616. He (live) in Stratford for most of his life but he (live) in London when Queen Elizabeth (die) in 1603. 3. When I (wake) up tomorrow morning, it probably (snow). 4. Sam (want) to be a lawyer when he (grow) up. 5. Yesterday I (meet) Jane at the café. At first, I (not, recognize) her because she had lost at least 50 pounds.
II. Use the right article.
1. … question was difficult. None of … students could answer it. 2. All … first three runners received … prize. 3. That’s … house where I was born. 4. How wonderful … weather is! I’m going to … beach. 5. Tim looks as if he enjoys … party. 6. I play … football nearly … every day.
III. Choose the suitable preposition.
1. Why can’t you cut the cake (onto, into, by) ten pieces? 2. We’ll send you a letter and invite you (on, in, to) an interview. 3. A car arrived (to, in, at) the Swan Hotel and a young lady got (from, out, through). 4. Very few people live (to, in, –) the age of 100 nowadays. 5. Why are you so angry (to, on, with) us? 6. He insisted (at, with, on) leaving the room.
IV. Choose the suitable pronoun.
1. (No, None, Not) two people look alike. 2. (My, Mine, Me) room is as hard to clean as (your, you, yours). 3. Sorry, but I haven’t got (any, some, no) phones. 4. You can’t wear this shirt for (other, another, others) day. (She, It) is dirty. 5. Would you like (a few, a little, little) wine?
V. Put the words in the right order to make up a sentence.
1. looks / in / Sally / after / hospital / patients / in.
2. you / to / do / going / enjoy / concerts?
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3. for / Monday / Scotland / I’m / to / a / next / going / holiday / short.
4. London / brilliant / did / several / they / performances / in / give?
5. street / of / is / a / the / there / store / on / other / side / the.
6. room / another / bag / you / have / do / book / your / in / for / enough?
VI. Choose the appropriate word.
I am in my early (fifties, fiftieth). I am very (tall, high) and (quite, quiet) heavily built. I (have) straight (hair, hare), but I’m going (bald, bold), so (it, there) isn’t much of (it, them) left. I (have, has) a grey (beard, brow) and moustache. My eyes (is, are) blue and I (wear, dress) glasses. I don’t think I am very (well, good-looking), (and, but) I am (not, no) bad-looking (also, either). I (probably, probable) (look, see) younger than I (do, am).
Test 12
I. Use the correct tense-forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. What you (read) when I (see) you in the library yesterday? 2. If Kate (stay) here till the end of the week, I (take) her to the theatre. – That’s OK. She (leave) next Tuesday. 3. That evening I (have) dinner with a friend of mine. There I (see) a woman whose face (seem) familiar to me. 4. Wake up! You still (sleep). It (be) time for you to get up.
II. Use the right article.
1. Have you got … few minutes. I’d like to have … chat with you. 2. I prefer cooking with … oil, as it’s better than … butter. 3. It was … luxurious hotel, … best I’ve ever stayed at. 4. … students will be writing … test in … Room 104. 5. … head of … department made … brief report. 6. … government is going to help … poor.
III. Choose the suitable preposition.
1. Who is the old lady all dressed (on, in, to) grey? 2. Are you still interested (in, at, on) History? 3. Can you help me to look (after, through, for) my glasses? 4. We’ve known each other (since, during, for) a long time. 5. I look forward (to, in, by) your next visit. 6. If you are not satisfied (at, with) the service (in, on) the hotel, you should complain (for, of, to) it (for, to, on) the manager.
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