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In this collection, there are more than nine thousand questions about English Grammar.
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50. Joan ________ play on Saturday.
A) going to
B) can
C) is going
D) can t
51. The bicycle is ________ the car.
A) front of
B) near of
C) next
D) behind
52. Tom gave ________ .
A) Pat the book
B) the book Pat
C) to Pat the book
D) the book a Pat
53. Sarah ________ tennis on Sundays.
A) plays never
B) never plays
C) is never playing
D) never is playing
54. When ________ football?
A) do Jim plays B) plays Jim
C) Jim plays
D) does Jim play
55. Who ________ .
A) do Tom love?
B) do love Tom?
C) does Tom love?
D) Tom loves?
56. John and I ________ school.
A) are at
B) are to
C) we are at
D) we are to
57. What color are your gloves?
A) They are some brown.
B) Some brown gloves.
C) They are color brown.
D) They are brown.
58. A) Are the big cars blue?
B) Are the cars big blue?
C) Are big the blue cars?
D) Are the big blue cars?
59. Did you see ________ people?
A) much
B) a
C) any
D) a lot
60. ________ your homework?
A) Don’t
B) Don’t do
C) Not do
D) Not to do
61. A) Go here to us!
B) Go there to they!
C) Come there to we!
D) Come here to us!
62. How ________ telephone to England?
A) do I
B) can
C) I do
D) to
63. This is ________ .
A) the question thirty.
B) the question thirteen.
C) the question thirty.
D) question thirteen.
64. Jack ________ football on Saturday afternoon.
A) looks
B) locks
C) washes
D) watches
65. ________ live in the town.
A) Somebody
B) Anybody
C) Some people D) Any people
66. Did you go to Ireland last year?
A) No, I’ve never been to Ireland.
B) No, here I have never gone.
C) No, I haven’t gone to Ireland.
D) No, I did never go there.
67. Molly hasn’t got your money. Jack hasn’t got ________ .
A) it, too.
B) them, too.
C) it, either.
D) them, either.
68. Bill and I ________ good as you.
A) are as
B) am as
C) as
D) we’re as
69. Mary’s here. She’s just ________ .
A) gone
B) been
C) got
D) come
70. Jeremy is the man ________ .
A) of the long legs
B) of the tall legs
C) with the long legs
D) with the tall legs
71. Fred’s ________ Charles.
A) much better that
B) much better than
C) very better that
D) very better than
72. Are my books on the table? No, there ________ on the table.
A) aren’t anything
B) isn’t anything
C) aren’t something
D) isn’t something
73. Have you got some brown eggs? No, but I’ve got ________ .
A) any white ones
B) some white ones
C) some white one
D) any white one
74. Whose is the table? It’s ________ .
A) of us
B) to us
C) ours
D) our
75. A) How old are you?
B) How many years are you?
C) How old you are?
D) What age do you have?
76. There wasn’t ________ on the bus.
A) no person
B) nobody
C) any person
D) anyone
77. Jim is ________ boy in the class.
A) the smaller
B) smaller
C) the smallest
D) smallest
78. Margaret is the girl ________ .
A) between my brother
B) at the back
C) on the tree
D) at the street
79. What time ________ dinner?
A) does Jane have
B) does Jane have the
C) has Jane
D) has Jane the
80. Sally will come at 8 o’clock ________ .
A) this day
B) this afternoon
C) this night
D) this evening
81. I feel fine because I went ________ .
A) to the bed early last night
B) to bed early last night
C) to the bed early tonight
D) to bed early tonight
82. What is Peter like? He ________ .
A) is very well B) is very nice
C) like football
D) is liking tennis
83. Has Jimmy got his books now? Yes, my brother ________ yesterday.
A) gave them to him
B) gave to him them
C) has given them to him
D) has given to him them
84. Arthur is beside Penny. Yes, Penny is ________ Arthur.
A) behind
B) before
C) beside
D) between
85. Are the pencils in the box? Yes, Norma ________ on Saturday.
A) put them
B) puts them
C) put them there
D) puts them there
86. ________ to Ireland last year?
A) Mary went
B) Did Mary go C) Mary was
D) Was Mary
87. It was a bad day so Mike ________ his raincoat.
A) puts on
B) put on
C) takes on
D) took on
88. Whose are these? ________ .
A) Theirs.
B) Are my sister’s.
C) It’s mine.
D) They’re her.
89. My brother ________ early.
A) often goes to home
B) goes often to home
C) often goes home
D) goes often home
90. John doesn’t like beer and ________ .
A) so I do
B) so do I
C) neither I do
D) neither do I
91. Kathie always ________ lunch in a restaurant.
A) is eating
B) take
C) has
D) has got
92. What’s that man?
A) He’s Eric.
B) It’s Bill.
C) He’s student.
D) He’s a teacher.
93. I’ve put ________ water in the bottles.
A) a lot of
B) much
C) many
D) any
94. You can’t see the sun ________ .
A) at the night B) at night
C) at the nights D) at nights
95. Are you going to school? No, ________ .
A) I take the bus.
B) I’m cycling.
C) to the shops.
D) I’m coming to school.
96. Here are three pens. ________ you like best?
A) What one do
B) What one
C) Which one do
D) Which one
97. Mary is writing ________ .
A) in paper
B) with a pen
C) by a pen
D) with pen
98. Where ________ in the summer?
A) usually Lena goes
B) goes usually Lena
C) does Lena usually go
D) usually does Lena go
99. Have you visited Edinburgh?
A) Not yet
B) Not ever
C) Already
D) Ever
100. Donald ________ sixteen tomorrow.
A) is being
B) going to be C) shall be
D) will be
Book 1 Part E
Elementary test 4
199
ELEMENTARY TEST - 5
Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.
John:
Mr. Jackson __1__ the children to the zoo yesterday. When they
got there they __2__ a bell, and when they were inside they saw
a man in the lion house.
Mary:
Why __3__?
John:
He __4__ the lions their food.
Mary:
How much __5__?
John:
The children didn’t __6__. Did you know that __7__ two
restaurants in the zoo? So people __8__ go out if __9__ eat
something.
Mary:
What time __10__ the restaurants?
John:
Oh, the children __11__ remember times. They __12__ times
aren’t important.
1.
A) was taking
B) did take
C) took
D) has taken
2.
A) heard
B) were hearing C) listened
D) were listening
3.
A) was he here
B) has he been there
C) has he been here
D) was he there
4.
A) was just giving
B) has just given
C) gave just
D) had given just
5.
A) he gave to them
B) did he give them
C) gave he to them
D) did he to them give
6.
A) tell it me
B) say me
C) tell me
D) say it to me
7.
A) are there
B) are they
C) they are
D) there are
8.
A) mustn’t to
B) mustn’t
C) don’t need to D) don’t need
9.
A) they want to B) they want
C) he wants to
D) he wants
10. A) do open
B) do they open C) are open
D) are opening
11. A) can’t
B) may not
C) aren’t able
D) couldn’t to
12. A) say to me what
B) say me which
C) tell me what
D) tell me that
13. A) How is your age?
B) How old are you?
C) What age have you got?
D) How many years you are?
14. Mary had ________ money.
A) enough
B) many
C) fewer
D) any
15. A) What shoes are they made? B) What shoes are made of?
C) What are shoes made of?
D) What are made of shoes?
16. ________ are very clever.
A) Both them
B) Both of them
C) The both boys
D) Both of boys
17. What ________ on Sundays?
A) does John usually do
B) do John usually does
C) John usually does
D) does John usually
18. There wasn’t ________ in the park.
A) some people
B) anybody
C) any people
D) no people
19. This is ________ that.
A) the same as
B) the same that
C) different that
D) the different from
20. Michael always wants ________ money.
A) a few
B) too many
C) so much
D) another
21. When ________ give her this book.
A) Alison will arrive
B) is Alison arriving
C) Alison arrive
D) Alison arrives
22. I think there are ________ in the garden.
A) nobody
B) someone
C) some people D) anybody
23. Michael stayed with us ________ three weeks.
A) since
B) in
C) for
D) through
24. Carrie is ________ Hilary.
A) pretty than
B) prettier than
C) so pretty as
D) more pretty that
25. Did you buy ________ cheese?
A) so many
B) too
C) these
D) a lot of
26. ________ the men’s a doctor?
A) What
B) Both
C) Which of
D) Who of
27. John was ________ the bus for ten minutes.
A) waiting for
B) expecting
C) attending
D) hoping for
28. Have you been to the USA? ________ .
A) Ever
B) Never
C) Already
D) Yet
29. Shall I buy some apples? Yes, ________.
A) get a kilo of big
B) bring a kilo
C) take few big ones
D) buy a lot of
30. Ken doesn’t come from London. ________.
A) Neither Tom does
B) Tom isn’t coming, too
C) Tom also
D) Nor does Tom
31. Do you need any water? No, ________ .
A) I needn’t any
B) I’ve got some
C) I don’t need
D) I haven’t got any
32. ________ lovely food!
A) Which
B) Which a
C) What
D) What a
33. I’m going to give ________ .
A) to him a record
B) him a record
C) a record him
D) some record to him
34. I don’t know who ________ chocolate.
A) is liking
B) like
C) are liking
D) likes
35. ________ we don’t get home before midnight.
A) Sometimes
B) Always
C) Never
D) Every time
36. ________ to become a film star.
A) No every child wants
B) No every children want
C) Not every child wants
D) Not every children want
37. Whose is this?
A) His
B) He’s
C) Its
D) It’s
38. Were you singing when I came in? Yes, I ________
A) sang
B) sung
C) was
D) were
39. Where’s the record?
A) There’s it.
B) He’s under the chair.
C) There’s on a chair.
D) It’s here.
40. Are you making cakes?
A) Yes, I do.
B) Yes, I am.
C) Yes, I’m doing.
D) Yes, I’m making.
41. Next month ________ seventeen.
A) I’ll be
B) shall I be
C) I’m being
D) I have
42. How’s the baby?
A) He’s Alison’s.
B) She’s very well.
C) That’s the baby.
D) She’s a girl.
43. When did you last ________ Mr. Brown?
A) meat
B) met
C) meeting
D) meet
44. Have you ever ________ the Atlantic?
A) flown along
B) flowed along
C) flown across
D) flowed across
45. Yesterday Mary ________ to me with a problem.
A) came
B) goes
C) went
D) come
46. ________ lots of trees round the house?
A) Were always there
B) Have there always been
C) Had there always
D) Were they always
47. What date is it?
A) The third of march.
B) The third march.
C) Of march the third.
D) March the third.
48. His daughter is ________ .
A) as old as yours
B) as old as your one
C) so old as yours
D) so old as your one
49. He ________ his hat and went out.
A) takes on
B) took on
C) puts on
D) put on
50. A) Was the English women old?
B) Was the English women an old?
C) Were the English women some old?
D) Were the English women old?
Elementary test 5
Book 1 Part E
200
“Peter __51__ back from the shop,” said Mr. James. “He __52__
some new football boots, but he __53__ find any that were right for
him.” “__54__ the same?” I asked. “He said they showed __55__ but he
__56__ any of them.” “What __57__ do about his boots, then?” I asked.
“Well, the shop told __58__ next week. It’s not a big problem because
he __59__ to have them before the new school term. But he __60__ to
arrange his things early. For example, he __61__ late for school.” “My
daughter is different,” I said. “I __62__ throw her out when it’s time for
school.”
51. A) has just come
B) came just
C) just went
D) was just arriving
52. A) wanted buying
B) like to buy
C) had liked to buy
D) wanted to buy
53. A) didn’t able
B) wasn’t able to
C) couldn’t to
D) mustn’t
54. A) Have all of them been
B) Were all they
C) Were they all
D) Have they all been
55. A) to him different pairs
B) different pairs for him
C) him different pairs
D) for him different pairs
56. A) wasn’t liking
B) didn’t like
C) hasn’t liked
D) hadn’t liked
57. A) Peter will
B) will Peter to
C) is Peter going
D) is Peter going to
58. A) him to come back
B) to him come back
C) him coming back
D) he could come back
59. A) needs not
B) doesn’t need
C) mustn’t
D) may not
60. A) is beginning always
B) is always beginning
C) begins always
D) always begins
61. A) is never coming
B) never is
C) has never been
D) comes never
62. A) need
B) may
C) have to
D) can
63. A) What age has she?
B) How many years she has?
C) How old is she?
D) How old she is?
64. Fred eats ________ bread.
A) too many
B) so much
C) fewer
D) any
65. A) Of what cups are made?
B) Of what are cups?
C) What cups are made of?
D) What are cups made of?
66. ________ are very good.
A) Both those boys
B) The both boys
C) Both of they
D) Both they
67. Where ________ at the weekend?
A) usually Mary goes
B) does Mary usually go
C) goes usually Mary
D) do Mary usually goes
68. There isn’t ________ at the station.
A) people
B) some persons
C) anyone
D) somebody
69. Cars are ________ lorries.
A) as different to
B) not same as
C) not as same as
D) different from
70. Mary has answered ________ questions.
A) the more
B) any
C) very much
D) a few
71. John will mend the window when ________ .
A) he comes
B) does he can C) is he coming D) he will come
72. I haven’t seen ________ this week.
A) much people
B) no people
C) someone
D) anybody
73. Next year we are going to stay in Scotland ________ two weeks.
A) on
B) for
C) through
D) in
74. Pat isn’t ________ Val.
A) so heavy as B) heavy than
C) heavier than D) so heavy than
75. They have visited ________ countries.
A) a lot of
B) so much
C) the both
D) every
76. ________ those books do you want?
A) What are
B) Which of
C) Which are
D) What
77. Mary was waiting ________ bus stop.
A) for a
B) at the
C) by
D) the
78. Have you ever been to Ireland?
A) Not yet.
B) Not already. C) Not ever.
D) Not still.
79. Shall I get some apples? Yes, ________ red ones.
A) bring some B) take a few
C) take any
D) bring a little
80. John never eats meat.
A) That does Tom.
B) Tom doesn’t too.
C) Neither does Tom.
D) Tom does neither.
81. Do you want a drink?
A) Yes, I want.
B) Yes, I do want.
C) No, I don’t.
D) No, I don’t want.
82. ________ clever idea!
A) What a
B) What
C) So
D) How
83. Mary got ________ .
A) for her birthday a pen.
B) at her birthday a pen.
C) a pen for her birthday.
D) a pen at her birthday.
84. Ask him ________ .
A) how old he is.
B) how old is he.
C) how old has he
D) how old he has
85. ________ we didn’t visit John in hospital.
A) Already
B) Sometimes
C) Never
D) Always
86. ________ to get rich.
A) Not every young man try
B) Not every young man tries
C) No every young men try
D) No every young man tries
87. Whose is this?
A) There’s.
B) There.
C) Their.
D) Theirs.
88. Who went to Paris? John ________ .
A) has
B) did
C) does
D) was
89. Where’s the dog?
A) It’s on the table.
B) There’s on the table.
C) There’s under a table.
D) It’s under a table.
90. Are you going to school?
A) No, I don’t.
B) No, I’m cycling.
C) No, to the shops.
D) No, to shops.
91. Next month Jane ________ twenty three.
A) is having
B) has
C) shall be
D) will be
92. How’s John’s sister?
A) She’s fine.
B) That’s she.
C) This is her.
D) She’s good.
93. Have you ________ the cups with tea?
A) felt
B) feel
C) filled
D) full
94. Did John ________ to drive a car?
A) teach you
B) taught you
C) learn you
D) learnt you
95. Why have you ________ to me?
A) gone
B) come
C) came
D) went
96. Last Sunday ________ thousands of people at the beach.
A) it was
B) they were
C) there was
D) there were
97. What’s today’s date?
A) Of January the second.
B) Of January second.
C) The January second.
D) January the second.
98. My daughter is older ________ .
A) that his one B) than his
C) than his one
D) that his
99. She ________ her hat and left the room.
A) takes on
B) took on
C) puts on
D) put on
100. A) Was the big car expensive?
B) Was the expensive car a big?
C) Was expensive the big car?
D) Was the expensive a big car?
Book 1 Part E
Elementary test 5
201
ELEMENTARY TEST - 6
Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.
Tom:
Hello, Ann. How are you?
Ann:
Well, I __1__ the doctor’s yesterday.
Tom:
What __2__ you?
Ann:
He said that I have a weak stomach, but I __3__ take any medicine.
Tom:
How __4__ that you were ill?
Ann:
I was teaching __5__ a bicycle, and I couldn’t run as fast as I
__6__
Tom:
Well, what __7__ tomorrow evening?
Ann:
I __8__ __9__ invite me for dinner?
Tom:
__10__ __11__ in town this week, and I want __12__ with me.
1.
A) was to
B) went to
C) have been to D) have gone to
2.
A) did he tell to
B) he has told
C) did he tell
D) has he told to
3.
A) mustn’t
B) don’t need to
C) couldn’t
D) may not
4.
A) did you notice
B) have you noticed it
C) were you noticing it
D) you noticed
5.
A) to my cousin ride
B) my cousin riding
C) my cousin to ride
D) my cousin ride
6.
A) did need
B) needed to
C) must
D) had to
7.
A) are you doing
B) are you going do
C) will you to do
D) do you
8.
A) didn’t plan anything
B) haven’t planned something
C) didn’t plan something
D) haven’t planned anything
9.
A) Do you like to
B) Are you wanting
C) Are you going to
D) You will
10. A) Not this
B) No that
C) No this
D) Not that
11. A) There are some good films
B) It’s some good film
C) There’s some good film
D) They are some good films
12. A) you going
B) that you go
C) you to go
D) that you’ll go
13. A) How old he is?
B) How many years has he?
C) What age he has?
D) What is his age?
14. Sheila put in ________ water.
A) any
B) so much
C) few
D) enough of
15. A) What are cars made of?
B) What cars are made of?
C) What off are made cars?
D) What are made of cars?
16. ________ sing beautifully.
A) These both girls.
B) Both of they
C) Both of them
D) These two girls
17. When ________ his homework?
A) Tom usually does
B) does Tom usually
C) does Tom usually do
D) usually does Tom
18. There was ________ on the train.
A) no persons
B) anyone
C) any person
D) nobody
19. Newspapers ________ magazines.
A) aren’t same that
B) are different of
C) aren’t the same as
D) are the different from
20. I spoke to ________ people at the bus stop.
A) a few
B) a pair of
C) much
D) another
21. I’ll talk to Mary when ________ time.
A) has she
B) she has
C) she have
D) she’ll have
22. There wasn’t ________ in the box.
A) any things
B) anything
C) something
D) nothing
23. Last year Joan stayed in London ________ weeks.
A) through six B) on six
C) six
D) in six
24. Jack is ________ Joe.
A) as quite than
B) so quiet as
C) more quite than
D) quieter than
25. They bought ________ bread.
A) any
B) a lot of
C) many
D) much
26. ________ these girls do you know?
A) Which of
B) Who are
C) What of
D) How many
27. Yesterday John ________ the bus.
A) waited for ten minutes
B) was expecting ten minutes
C) waited ten minutes for
D) expected for ten minutes
28. Have you ever visited Rome?
A) Ever.
B) Still.
C) Already.
D) Never.
29. What sort of car shall I get?
A) Get no English!
B) Get none English!
C) Don’t get any one English!
D) Don’t get an English one!
30. Mary doesn’t like cats. ________ .
A) So does John
B) John doesn’t either
C) John doesn’t too.
D) John also.
31. Do you want some milk? No, ________ .
A) I’ve got any
B) I don’t want
C) I haven’t got any
D) I’ve got some
32. ________ clever women!
A) Which
B) What a
C) What
D) How
33. Mary bought ________ .
A) to Peter a pen
B) a pen to Peter
C) for Peter a pen
D) a pen for Peter
34. Tell me who ________ blue eyes.
A) is having
B) are having
C) has
D) have
35. ________ work on Saturdays.
A) Sometimes didn’t I
B) Sometimes I didn’t
C) Never didn’t I
D) Never I didn’t
36. ________ to get married.
A) Not every girl wants
B) Not every girl want
C) No every girl wants
D) No every girl want
37. Whose is that? It’s ________ .
A) he’s
B) there’s
C) theirs
D) she’s
38. Were you working when I came in? Yes, ________ .
A) I was.
B) was I.
C) I did.
D) did I.
39. Where’s my cup?
A) It here
B) It’s near window.
C) He’s under chair.
D) There’s on a table.
40. Is Mary doing her homework?
A) No, she doesn’t.
B) No, she isn’t doing.
C) No, she doesn’t do.
D) No, she isn’t.
41. Next month you ________ .
A) shall be as old as I
B) will be so old as I
C) will be as old as me
D) shall be so old as me
42. How many times have you been?
A) One times.
B) Quite much.
C) Two months.
D) Twice.
43. Has Mary ________ the ring?
A) fond
B) found
C) find
D) fined
44. Mary ________ that expensive show.
A) walked and see
B) gone and saw
C) got and seen
D) went and saw
45. Did you ________ here by bus this morning?
A) go
B) went
C) come
D) came
46. At 10 o’clock yesterday ________ hundreds of people outside.
A) there were
B) there was
C) there were being
D) there was being
47. What date is it? It’s ________ .
A) July twentieth first.
B) of July twenty first.
C) the twenty first of July.
D) the twentieth first of July.
48. My car was ________ .
A) between his one
B) between his
C) beside his one
D) beside his
49. Mary ________ her boots because it was raining.
A) put on
B) puts on
C) takes on
D) took on
50. A) Was black the little dog?
B) Was the little dog black?
C) Was the little black dog?
D) Was the little dog a black?
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Ann:
Look! Tom __51__ a dress for my birthday.
Pat:
It’s lovely __52__ it at Bromley’s?
Ann:
No, he __53__ one there, but they didn’t show __54__ that he
__55__.
Pat:
That’s odd. They __56__ dresses that are all right for me. My
birthday was two months ago.
Ann:
What __57__ for you?
Pat:
He __58__ tell him something that he __59__ buy. I said, “I __60__
anything at all. I __61__ a lot of clothes.” “That’s true,” he said.
“__62__ out for dinner instead.”
51. A) gave to me
B) has given to me
C) have given me
D) has given me
52. A) Was he buying
B) Did he buy
C) He bought
D) Had he bought
53. A) tried get
B) wanted have
C) wanted to get
D) tried to have
54. A) to him something
B) anything him
C) something to him
D) him anything
55. A) was happy
B) interested
C) liked
D) pleased
56. A) are always having
B) always have
C) have often
D) do have often
57. A) did Peter buy
B) Peter bought
C) has Peter bought
D) Peter has bought
58. A) asked me
B) said me to
C) asked me to
D) said to me
59. A) could
B) was able to
C) may
D) can
60. A) needn’t
B) mustn’t need
C) haven’t to need
D) don’t need
61. A) still have got
B) already have got
C) have already got
D) have got still
62. A) We’ll be going
B) Let us to go
C) Will we go
D) Let’s go
63. A) What is your age?
B) How many years you have?
C) How old you are?
D) What age do you have?
64. John bought ________ cheese.
A) enough of
B) too many
C) fewer
D) more
65. A) What pencils made of?
B) What are pencils made of?
C) What pencils are they made of?
D) What are made of pencils?
66. ________ like music.
A) The both girls
B) Both this girls
C) Both of them
D) Both they
67. What ________ on Saturday.
A) Ken usually does
B) does Ken usually
C) usually does Ken do
D) does Ken usually do
68. There isn’t ________ in the garden.
A) anyone
B) no person
C) persons
D) any people
69. He thinks John ________ .
A) the same as I
B) is the same as me
C) is same as me
D) is the same I am
70. Cathie has read ________ French books.
A) so much
B) a few
C) the more
D) every
71. When ________, I’ll talk to him.
A) does Peter come
B) Peter will come
C) Peter comes
D) can Peter come
72. I don’t know ________ geography.
A) something about
B) anything about
C) something of
D) anything of
73. Next year we’re going to stay there ________ a week.
A) in
B) through
C) during
D) for
74. Is Chris ________ Kate?
A) taller that
B) so tall as
C) as tall as
D) taller as
75. Tom gave us ________ apples.
A) a lot of
B) so much
C) same
D) this
76. ________ those newspapers have you read?
A) What are
B) Which
C) What of
D) Which of
77. It was raining when Mary ________ the bus.
A) waited
B) expected
C) was expecting
D) was waiting for
78. Have you been to the museum?
A) Not yet.
B) Not already. C) Not ever.
D) Not still.
79. What kind of watch shall I buy? Get ________ .
A) one Swiss
B) a French
C) a Japanese one
D) some American one
80. Mary doesn’t speak Russian.
A) Laura doesn’t either.
B) Neither Laura does.
C) Laura doesn’t neither.
D) Laura doesn’t too.
81. Do you want another cake? No, thank you. I’ve still got ________ .
A) some
B) someone’s
C) some ones
D) ones
82. ________ clever people!
A) What a
B) What
C) How
D) So
83. They gave ________ .
A) the girls some books
B) to the girls some books
C) to them some books
D) some books the girls
84. I can’t say who ________ the answer.
A) is knowing
B) knows
C) are knowing D) know
85. ________ I don’t work on Saturday.
A) Always
B) Never
C) Sometimes
D) Seldom
86. ________ the homework.
A) No every students do
B) No every student does
C) Not every students do
D) Not every student does
87. Whose is this? It’s ________ .
A) yours
B) to Mary
C) of him
D) a mine
88. Have you ever been to Scotland? Yes, I ________ last year.
A) was
B) was being
C) have gone
D) went
89. Where’s the lamp?
A) The chair near the table.
B) Its there
C) It’s in the room.
D) There’s near the door.
90. Are you going to work?
A) No, to the shops.
B) No, to shopping.
C) No, I don’t.
D) No, I take the bus.
91. Next month ________ twenty-one.
A) has my sister
B) my sister will be
C) my sister shall have
D) my sister going to be
92. How’s the old man?
A) He’s sixty-five.
B) That’s him.
C) He’s much better.
D) Mr Smith is the old man.
93. Did John ________ with the band yesterday?
A) sing
B) sung
C) song
D) sang
94. Last week John ________ his leg.
A) felt and broken
B) fell and broke
C) feels and breaks
D) fallen and broken
95. When did you ________ to see me last?
A) go
B) went
C) came
D) come
96. What ________ behind the house when you were a child?
A) was there
B) there were
C) were there
D) there was
97. What date is it? It’s ________ .
A) the July fourth.
B) the fourth of July.
C) of July the fourth.
D) fourth July.
98. My car was ________ .
A) in front of the his
B) in front of his
C) in front the his
D) in front of he’s
99. Jack ________ his thick coat because it was snowing.
A) puts on
B) put on
C) takes on
D) took on
100. A) Was the big brown book?
B) Was the brown book a big?
C) Was the big book brown?
D) Was the brown a big book?
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INTERMEDIATE TEST - 1
Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.
Last June my brother __1__ a car. He had had an old scooter before,
but it __2__ several times during the spring. “What you want is a second
– hand Mini,” I suggested. “If you give me the money,” he said, “__3__
one tomorrow.” “I can’t give you the money,” I replied, “but what about
Aunt Myra. She must have enough. We __4__ her since Christmas but
she always hints that we __5__ go and see her more often.”
We told our parents where we were going. They weren’t very happy
about it and asked us not to go. So __6__ But later that same day
something strange __7__. A doctor __8__ us that Aunt Myra __9__ into
hospital for an operation. “__10__ go and see her at the same time,” said
my mother. “You two go today, but don’t mention the money.”
When we __11__ Aunt Myra __12__ “I’m not seriously ill,” she said,
“but the doctor insist that __13__ to drive my car. You can have it if you
promise __14__ me to the seaside now and again.” We agreed, and now
we quite enjoy our monthly trips to the coast with Aunt Myra.
1.
A) wanted to buy
B) wanted buying
C) liked to buy
D) liked buying
2.
A) was breaking down
B) was breaking up
C) had broken down
D) had broken up
3.
A) I get
B) I’m going
C) I’m going to get
D) I’ll get
4.
A) are not seeing
B) haven’t seen
C) didn’t see
D) don’t see
5.
A) should
B) shall
C) would
D) will
6.
A) that we haven’t
B) that we didn’t
C) we haven’t
D) we didn’t
7.
A) occurred
B) took the place
C) passed
D) was there
8.
A) rang for telling
B) rang to tell
C) rung for telling
D) rung to tell
9.
A) had gone
B) had been
C) has gone
D) has been
10. A) We may not all
B) We can’t all
C) All we can’t
D) All we may not
11. A) have come there
B) were arriving
C) got there
D) came to there
12. A) was seeming quite happily
B) was seeming quite happy
C) seemed quite happily
D) seemed quite happy
13. A) I’m getting so old
B) I’m getting too old
C) I get so old
D) I get too old
14. A) taking
B) bringing
C) to take
D) to bring
15. Can this camera ________ good photos?
A) make
B) to make
C) take
D) to take
16. Who was the first person ________ today?
A) spoke to you
B) you spoke to
C) you spoke
D) whom you spoke
17. I can’t find the book ________ .
A) nowhere
B) everywhere C) anywhere
D) somewhere
18. There was a house at ________ .
A) the mountain foot
B) the foot of the mountain
C) the feet of the mountain
D) the mountain’s foot
19. A person who talks to ________ is not necessarily mad.
A) himself
B) oneself
C) yourself
D) itself
20. I’ll be 13 tomorrow, ________ ?
A) am I
B) aren’t I
C) won’t I
D) will I
21. Did you hear ________ Julie said?
A) what
B) that
C) that what
D) which
22. Spanish people usually speak ________ than English people.
A) quicklier
B) more quicklier
C) more quickly
D) more quicker
23. That old lady can’t stop me ________ the tennis match on my radio.
A) to listen
B) listening
C) listen to
D) listening to
24. I haven’t got a chair ________ .
A) to sit
B) for to sit on
C) to sit on
D) for sitting
25. ________ at the moment, I’ll go to the shops.
A) For it doesn’t rain
B) As it doesn’t rain
C) For it isn’t raining
D) As it isn’t raining
26. Bill drinks ________ whisky.
A) any
B) none
C) too many
D) so much
27. ________ are very intelligent.
A) Both of them B) Both them
C) Both they
D) The both
28. In a shop ________ customers.
A) it is important pleasing
B) it is important to please
C) there is important pleasing
D) there is important to please
29. Don’t leave your shoes on the table.
A) Put off them!
B) Take them off!
C) Pick them off!
D) Pick up them!
30. ________ in my class likes the teacher.
A) All persons
B) All pupils
C) Everyone
D) All people
31. We expected about 20 girls but there were ________ people there.
A) another
B) others
C) some
D) more
32. Your bicycle shouldn’t be in the house!
A) Take it out!
B) Get out it!
C) Put it off!
D) Take away it!
33. What time does the bus ________ Bradford?
A) go away to
B) go away for C) leave to
D) leave for
34. She ________ be Canadian because she’s got a British passport.
A) can’t
B) isn’t able to C) mustn’t
D) doesn’t need
35. “Our daughter ________”, they said.
A) was born since three years
B) is born for three years ago
C) was born three years ago
D) has been born since three years ago
36. When ________ English?
A) has he begun to study
B) has he begun study
C) did he begin to study
D) did he begin study
37. Do you want some cheese? No, ________ .
A) I’ve some still
B) I still haven’t much
C) I don’t want
D) I’ve still got much
38. Brenda likes going to the theatre and ________ .
A) so do I
B) so go I
C) so I like
D) so I am
39. ________ from London to Edinburgh!
A) How long there is
B) What a long way it is
C) What distance is there
D) How long is
40. He’s a good guitarist, but he plays the piano ________ .
A) quite well
B) too hardly
C) very good
D) much better
41. When you go to the shops, bring me ________ .
A) a fruit tin
B) a fruits tin
C) a tin of fruit
D) a tin of fruits
42. Molly doesn’t eat fish.
A) So doesn’t John.
B) Neither does John.
C) John doesn’t too.
D) John doesn’t that either.
43. The airport is five miles ________ .
A) away from here
B) from here away
C) far from here
D) far away from here
44. Please ask ________ and see me.
A) to Bill come B) Bill to come C) to Bill come
D) Bill come
45. She always buys ________ my birthday.
A) anything nice to
B) anything nice for
C) something awful to
D) something awful for
46. Aren’t they friends ________ ?
A) of yours
B) of you
C) to yours
D) to you
47. She hardly ever eats ________ potatoes.
A) or bread or
B) bread or
C) neither bread or
D) neither bread nor
48. This is the record we ________ .
A) like so much
B) are liking so much
C) like it much
D) are liking it much
49. She’s going to buy ________ new trousers.
A) some pair of B) some
C) a couple of
D) this
50. Is she going to school? No, ________
A) she doesn’t
B) she’s cycling
C) she gets by bus
D) to the shops
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Nowadays __51__ quite early what kind of work they would __52__.
When I was at school, we had to choose what to study when we were
fifteen. I chose scientific subjects. “In the future, scientists __53__ a lot of
money,” my parents said. __54__ to learn physics and chemistry, but in
the end I decided that I would never be a scientist. It was a long time
__55__ my parents that I wasn’t happy at school. “I didn’t think you
were,” said my mother. “__56__,” said my father. “Well, the best __57__
now is to look for a job.”
I talked about it with my friends Frank and Lesley. Neither of them
__58__ suggest anything, but they promised that they __59__ their friends.
A few days later while I __60__ bed, someone telephoned. “Is that Miss
Jenkins?” a man’s voice asked. “I understand your hobby is photography
and I’ve got a job that might interest you in my clothes factory. My name
is Mr. Thomson.” He seemed pleasant on the phone so I went __61__. I
was __62__ I almost forgot to say goodbye. “Good luck!” my mother
__63__ me.
I arrived a bit early and when Mr. Thomson came he asked me if
__64__ for a long time. “No, not long,” I replied. After talking to me for
about twenty minutes he offered me a job – not as a photographer
though, as a model!
51. A) the most people decide
B) the most people decides
C) most people decide
D) most people decides
52. A) like to do
B) like to make C) do
D) make
53. A) shall I earn
B) will earn
C) going to earn D) are earning
54. A) During three years I’ve tried B) During three years I tried
C) For three years I’ve tried
D) For three years I tried
55. A) that I didn’t tell
B) before I told
C) when I wasn’t telling
D) before telling
56. A) Nor I did
B) I didn’t neither
C) I didn’t either
D) I didn’t too
57. A) to do
B) you should do
C) thing to do
D) thing that you do
58. A) may
B) might
C) can
D) could
59. A) should ask
B) would ask
C) were asking
D) have asked
60. A) was still in
B) still was in
C) was still in the D) still was in the
61. A) that I should see him
B) for seeing him
C) to see him
D) for to see him
62. A) so excited than
B) so excited as
C) so much excited
D) so excited that
63. A) told
B) said
C) told to
D) said to
64. A) I had been waiting
B) I had been expecting him
C) I have been waiting
D) I have been expecting him
65. Is her ________ than mine?
A) shorter hair
B) hair shorter
C) hair more short
D) more short hair
66. Phone me when you get ________ .
A) to home
B) at home
C) in home
D) home
67. When ________ a game of football?
A) had you last
B) did you last have
C) last had you
D) did you have last
68. I can’t find the book ________ .
A) nowhere
B) everywhere C) anywhere
D) somewhere
69. There’s not much news in today’s paper, ________ ?
A) isn’t it
B) are there
C) is there
D) aren’t there
70. Fred doesn’t like babies ________ Jill.
A) Nor does
B) So doesn’t
C) So does
D) Nor doesn’t
71. He often tells stories ________ .
A) what people laugh at
B) which people laugh
C) that people laugh at
D) at what people laugh
72. Let’s not ________ tonight. There’s a good film on television.
A) to go somewhere
B) go to somewhere
C) go nowhere
D) go anywhere
73. The baby is crying! Will you ________ while I prepare his milk?
A) tear him up
B) look after him
C) care him
D) make him up
74. A secretary’s job isn’t always easy ________ .
A) of to do
B) for doing
C) of doing
D) to do
75. ________ was fine, I sat out in the garden.
A) For it
B) As it
C) For there
D) As there
76. While we were traveling ________, it started to rain.
A) towards London in my car
B) towards London by my car
C) against London in my car
D) against London by my car
77. Jack brought us ________ cheese.
A) enough of
B) too many
C) some more
D) a lot
78. ________ draw very well.
A) These both children
B) Both of they
C) Both them
D) Both these girls
79. To travel from England to Scotland you ________ a passport.
A) mustn’t have B) haven’t got
C) don’t need
D) needn’t
80. Your pen’s on the floor.
A) Pick it up!
B) Pick up it!
C) Take it up!
D) Take up it!
81. I like bacon and eggs ________ .
A) for breakfast
B) for the breakfast
C) with breakfast
D) with the breakfast
82. Do you like the cakes? I don’t like ________ .
A) all them
B) them all
C) every
D) everyone
83. Children shouldn’t leave their toys on the floor. They should ________.
A) put out them
B) put off them
C) put them away
D) put them off
84. Where can we get a ball? Let’s ________ .
A) lend one from John
B) lend John’s one
C) borrow one of John
D) borrow one from John
85. I ________ home at half past six.
A) was at
B) come at
C) arrive in
D) go to
86. I ________ early, but on Sundays I stay in bed late.
A) usually go up
B) usually get up
C) used to go up
D) used to get up
87. When ________ Mr. Jones?
A) you have met
B) you did meet
C) you met
D) did you meet
88. The girls ________ talked to were quite happy.
A) we
B) which we
C) those we
D) what we
89. Tony likes walking in the country and ________ .
A) also does Mary
B) so does Mary
C) Mary likes also
D) so Mary likes
90. ________ it is from Bristol to Glasgow!
A) What long a way
B) What distance
C) How long way
D) How far
91. I ________ meet her every day.
A) used to
B) wanted
C) liked
D) am not able
92. You said the books were on the desk, but ________ there.
A) there was no one
B) there were none
C) there were no ones
D) was none
93. Have you got a ________, please?
A) fishes tin
B) fish tin
C) tin of fishes
D) tin of fish
94. John’s not been to New York.
A) Neither has Ben.
B) Ben hasn’t also.
C) Nor is Ben.
D) Ben isn’t too.
95. How ________ have you been to America?
A) much time
B) many times C) long for
D) long ago
96. Tell ________ back tomorrow.
A) Pam to come
B) Pam come
C) to Pam to come
D) to Pam come
97. There was a lot of post today but ________ you.
A) it’s nothing for either of
B) it’s nothing for either
C) there’s nothing for either of
D) there’s nothing for either
98. He doesn’t ________ English.
A) neither speak or write
B) neither speak nor write
C) speak or write
D) speak nor write
99. Is that the man ________ yesterday?
A) you’ve met
B) has met you
C) you met
D) met you
100. The restaurant had plenty of tables but ________ .
A) one only empty
B) only one empty
C) no one empty
D) no ones empty
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INTERMEDIATE TEST - 2
Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.
“Hello, Jill. How nice to see you here,” said Jack. “__1__ here often?”
“Not as much as I’d like. I often used to meet my friends here, but now I
live a long way away,” Jill explained. “In fact, it’s exactly three years
__2__” “Well,” said Jack, “tell me what __3__ here today, then.” “Last
week my mother had an accident in her car. She __4__ when it happened.
Suddenly a motorcycle came out of another street and she __5__ stop
very quickly, and she __6__ another car from behind. She banged her
head on the car roof.” “__7__ her safety belt on at the time?” Jack asked.
“No, she never wears one. I don’t think __8__ in that car,” Jill explained.
“I hope your mother __9__” said Jack. “No, thank goodness, but the
doctor said she __10__ stay in hospital __11__ completely better,”
explained Jill. “And so you __12__ see her now?” Jack wanted to know.
“Yes,” said Jill, “every day someone goes to the hospital __13__. She’s a
lot better now.” “I’m glad to hear that,” said Jack. “Anyway __14__ coffee.”
1.
A) Are you coming
B) Are you going
C) Do you come
D) Do you go
2.
A) since then we moved
B) since we moved
C) that we moved us
D) that we move
3.
A) you’re doing
B) you do
C) do you do
D) takes you
4.
A) went the Oxford Street along
B) was going Oxford Street along
C) was going along Oxford Street
D) went along the Oxford Street
5.
A) must
B) had to
C) ought to
D) had better
6.
A) was beaten with
B) was hit with
C) was beaten by
D) was hit by
7.
A) Was she having
B) Did she have
C) Has she put
D) She was wearing
8.
A) they were any
B) there were any
C) they were any ones
D) there were any ones
9.
A) wasn’t badly hurt
B) wasn’t hurt bad
C) wasn’t so much hurt
D) wasn’t too much hurt
10. A) need
B) ought
C) should
D) would rather
11. A) until she is
B) until when she will be
C) until she will be
D) until she’s going to be
12. A) just were at
B) just were in
C) have just gone to
D) have just been to
13. A) for seeing her
B) for to see her
C) that we see her
D) to see her
14. A) let me pay you your
B) let me to pay your
C) let me pay for your
D) let me to pay for your
15. Where ________ yesterday?
A) went you
B) was you
C) have you been
D) were you
16. I’ve just finished ________ my shopping.
A) to make
B) doing
C) to do
D) making
17. The girl ________ the bicycle is Jane.
A) riding on
B) driving in
C) driving on
D) riding in
18. He’s lived in London ________ .
A) for some time
B) since he is born
C) since a long time
D) since some time
19. At the post office he asked ________ .
A) stamps
B) some stamps
C) four stamps
D) for four stamps
20. The girl ________ house he visited was Elizabeth.
A) of which
B) of whom
C) which
D) whose
21. I have a ________ paper in my desk.
A) lot
B) little
C) loss
D) little of
22. “Can’t you read?” Mary said ________ to the notice.
A) and pointed angry
B) angrily pointed
C) pointing angrily
D) and angrily pointing
23. Tom is waiting ________ the doctor.
A) to see
B) for to see
C) for seeing
D) for see
24. I’m not sure which restaurant ________ .
A) to eat on
B) eating at
C) to eat at
D) for eating
25. ________ the weather was fine, I opened all the windows.
A) As
B) For
C) Because of
D) Since that
26. I’ve just seen Mary ________ the village.
A) to walk towards
B) to walk against
C) walking towards
D) walking against
27. Sally didn’t put in ________ water.
A) no
B) so much
C) enough of
D) few
28. ________ like ice-cream.
A) Every children
B) Every child
C) All of children
D) All children
29. When you go abroad, do you ________ take your passport?
A) have to
B) ought to
C) need
D) must
30. You don’t need your hat.
A) Put off it!
B) Put it off!
C) Take off it!
D) Take it off!
31. How many elephants did you see? ________ .
A) None
B) No one
C) Not many ones D) No many
32. We’re going to go ________ car.
A) in France in John’s
B) in France by John’s
C) to France in John’s
D) to France by John’s
33. It’s dark without the lights. Let’s ________ .
A) switch on them
B) turn them on
C) to turn on them
D) to switch them on
34. What time does the train ________ Bristol?
A) arrive into
B) come at
C) go into
D) get to
35. How ________ here?
A) long you stay
B) often you stay
C) long are you staying
D) often are you staying
36. Everybody ________ in bed.
A) has to spend some time
B) have to spend some time
C) has to spend sometimes
D) have to spend sometimes
37. These are nice apples. How ________ in a kilo?
A) much are there
B) many are there
C) much are they
D) many are they
38. Paul’s ill, so he ________ a doctor tomorrow.
A) is going to be visit
B) goes to meet
C) is going to see
D) goes to tell
39. How ________ from Leeds to Liverpool?
A) far is there
B) long is there C) far is it
D) long way is
40. She’s ________ singer in England.
A) most known
B) the most known
C) most famous
D) the most famous
41. ________ to finish quickly.
A) No every student wants
B) No every student want
C) Not every student wants
D) Not every student want
42. My mother usually has ________ bed.
A) the breakfast in
B) breakfast in
C) the breakfast in the
D) breakfast in the
43. Beryl isn’t going to the dance.
A) Neither Pat is.
B) Pat isn’t too.
C) Pat also.
D) Nor is Pat.
44. Who taught you ________ a car?
A) driving
B) to drive
C) riding
D) to ride
45. A lot of letters and cards came today, but ________ you.
A) there wasn’t anything for
B) there wasn’t something for
C) it wasn’t anything for
D) it wasn’t something for
46. Sarah hardly ever goes to ________ the theatre.
A) neither the cinema or
B) neither the cinema nor
C) either the cinema nor
D) the cinema or
47. ________ the girls came on the trip.
A) Neither
B) Nobody of
C) None of
D) No one of
48. I’ve thrown away my old trousers. I’ll have to buy ________ .
A) a new pair
B) a new one
C) some new
D) some new pair
49. Kim and Tony weren’t the only people in the garden. There ________.
A) were some other ones
B) were some others
C) was another
D) was someone more
50. I want to leave my car. Can you tell me ________ near here?
A) if there’s a car park
B) is there a car park
C) if there’s a parking
D) is there a parking
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I work at Poleson Ltd. __51__ there since 1967. Last month the
manager asked __52__ one morning __53__ time. He was new so I
wondered __54__. When I went to see him, he said “I’d like __55__ me
with a special project. I’ve heard that you speak German.” He said that a
factory in Germany wanted a specialist for six months. “Tell me __56__
go.” I __57__ a few days to think about it. “All right,” he said, “and if you
want all the details, my secretary __58__ them to you.” So I asked his
secretary __59__ give me the papers. “I don’t know where they are,” she
said. “When I __60__ them, I’ll phone you. Oh! Here they are. Let me
__61__ them back after you’ve read them.”
When I told my friends about it they all said, “__62__!” “__63__,” I
said. But next day I told the manager I wanted to go and he said, “I
hoped __64__.”
51. A) I’m working
B) I’ve been working
C) I am worker
D) I have been worker
52. A) I should see him
B) me see him
C) that I saw him
D) me to see him
53. A) when I should have
B) then I should have
C) when I had
D) the I had
54. A) how he would be
B) how he should be
C) what he would be like
D) how he should like me
55. A) that you will help
B) that you should help
C) you to help
D) you helping
56. A) if you may
B) if you can
C) may you
D) can you
57. A) explained him I liked
B) explained him I’d like
C) told him I liked
D) told him I’d like
58. A) will give
B) is going to give
C) gives
D) is giving
59. A) please
B) to
C) please to
D) that she
60. A) am going to find
B) will find
C) find
D) am finding
61. A) to have
B) have
C) to get
D) get
62. A) It looks to be marvelous
B) It looks marvelously
C) It seems marvelous
D) It seems marvelously
63. A) didn’t yet say that yes
B) haven’t said yes yet
C) haven’t yet said that yes
D) didn’t yet say yes
64. A) that you’d agree
B) that you agreed
C) for you to agree
D) you to agree
65. Must we ________ this homework tonight?
A) to do
B) to make
C) do
D) make
66. My piano is magnificent ________ since I was 18.
A) I got it
B) I’ve got it
C) I have it
D) I’ve had it
67. The last time ________ to the library was last week.
A) I have gone B) I have been C) I was
D) I went
68. My parents ________ in this evening.
A) are both
B) all are
C) both are
D) are all
69. I don’t want ________ .
A) that anybody saw me
B) anybody to see me
C) that anybody sees me
D) anybody see me
70. Can I ________ this book back to you?
A) to take
B) to bring
C) take
D) bring
71. Why is there ________ traffic on the streets in February than in May?
A) less
B) fewer
C) few
D) little
72. ________ it’s raining, we’ll stay at home.
A) As
B) Like
C) How
D) Because of
73. Tim sat near the fire ________ warm.
A) for to get
B) for get
C) to get
D) for getting
74. I don’t know where ________ .
A) the lavatory to be
B) is the lavatory
C) be the lavatory
D) the lavatory is
75. We watched carefully ________ the houses.
A) during she walked against
B) during she walked towards
C) while she walked against
D) while she walked towards
76. Jane had ________ furniture for her room.
A) enough
B) many
C) all
D) any
77. I like ________ two records.
A) these both
B) both these
C) all these
D) these all
78. To drive a car safely it is ________ good brakes.
A) essential with
B) essential having
C) essential to have
D) essential have
79. If you’ve read my book, please ________ to me.
A) give it again B) give again it C) give it back
D) give back it
80. ________ people came than I expected.
A) Other
B) Fewer
C) Another
D) Few
81. In some countries children normally go ________ bikes.
A) to school on
B) to the school on
C) to school by
D) to the school by
82. You’ll get cold without your coat.
A) Take on it!
B) Take it on!
C) Put on it!
D) Put it on!
83. We haven’t got a record player. Let’s ________ .
A) to borrow the Mary’s
B) borrow Mary’s
C) to lend one of Mary
D) lend Mary’s one
84. Mary ________ be in Paris because I saw her in town only an hour
ago.
A) mustn’t
B) isn’t able to C) can’t
D) may not
85. The station? Take the second turning ________ .
A) to left, then go straight on
B) to the left, then go straight on
C) to left, then go right forward D) to the left, then go right forward
86. Simon ________ the club.
A) often plays tennis at
B) often plays tennis on
C) plays often tennis at
D) plays often tennis on
87. Do you want another cake? No, thank you, ________ .
A) I still have got some left
B) I’ve still got some left
C) I still have some ones
D) I have still some ones
88. The men ________ were all office workers.
A) which I talked
B) to those I talked
C) those I talked to
D) I talked to
89. ________ is Oxford from Cambridge?
A) How far
B) How long
C) How long away
D) What distance
90. She ________ the cinema, but her husband doesn’t go with her.
A) used to go
B) usually sees
C) often goes to
D) visits sometimes
91. We’ve looked ________ for the keys we lost.
A) in all places B) at all places C) over all
D) everywhere
92. There’s something wrong with the table. Yes, I can ________ .
A) feel it that it’s moving
B) touch its moves
C) touch it moving
D) feel it moving
93. Sally never goes to pubs.
A) Tom doesn’t that either.
B) Tom doesn’t too.
C) Neither does Tom.
D) Tom does neither.
94. Agnes was the first girl ________ when you got here.
A) you talked to whom
B) you talked to
C) whom you talked
D) who talked you
95. Many parents allow their children ________ own decisions.
A) making their B) making the
C) to make their D) to make the
96. The teacher says that Mary ________ work hard next year.
A) will have to
B) has better
C) would rather to
D) had rather
97. The American film I saw was ________ .
A) not very funny
B) not much funny
C) not very fun
D) not too much fun
98. Try to find me ________ scissors.
A) a pair
B) two
C) some
D) one
99. Teresa wasn’t the only one in the car ________
A) It was some other.
B) It was someone else.
C) There was some other.
D) There was someone else.
100. I’d like to leave my car near here. Where’s the ________ please?
A) nearest parking
B) next parking
C) nearest car park
D) next car park
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INTERMEDIATE TEST - 3
Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.
I __1__ to your letter, which __2__ before __3__ for Rome. __4__
yesterday that the company __5__ me there next week for a business
conference. If I __6__ about it earlier I would have told you. Anyway, I’ll
ring you as soon as I __7__ there.
John Marshall came into my office while I __8__ the arrangements
for my flight to Rome. You __9__ him last year when you were in England.
If you __10__ him, you would remember him because he is over two
meters tall. He told me that he __11__ for the previous two months on
the plans for the new factory in Naples. He __12__ very hard because he
looked very tired. By the time I come to Rome he __13__ them so I’ll
bring them with me.
1.
A) like to reply
B) would like replying
C) would like to reply
D) am wanting to reply
2.
A) arrived two days ago
B) has arrived two days ago
C) arrived since two days
D) has arrived since two days
3.
A) to go out
B) to leave
C) leave
D) leaving
4.
A) I was said
B) It was said me
C) I was told
D) It was told me
5.
A) shall have sent
B) is going to send
C) shall be sending
D) shall send
6.
A) knew
B) had known
C) would have known
D) would know
7.
A) get
B) will get
C) shall get
D) will have got
8.
A) made
B) did make
C) had made
D) was making
9.
A) can have met
B) may have met
C) can meet
D) may meet
10. A) meet
B) met
C) were meeting D) would meet
11. A) has worked
B) has been worked
C) had been worked
D) had been working
12. A) must have worked
B) had to work
C) need have worked
D) needed to work
13. A) will finish
B) will be finished
C) will have finished
D) has finished
14. Take an umbrella ________ it rains.
A) in any case
B) in case
C) because
D) for
15. I ________ have coffee than tea.
A) like more to B) prefer
C) would rather D) had better
16. He didn’t thank me for the present. That is ________ annoyed me.
A) the which
B) that which
C) the thing what
D) what
17. I’ll have to buy ________ trousers.
A) a
B) two
C) a pair of
D) a couple of
18. She looks ________ .
A) pleasant
B) to be pleasant
C) that she’s pleasant
D) pleasantly
19. When you ________ the furniture, please tell me.
A) will finish to move
B) finish to move
C) will finish moving
D) have finished moving
20. The reason ________ I’m writing is to tell you about a party on
Saturday.
A) because
B) why
C) for
D) as
21. Don’t make him ________ it if he doesn’t want to.
A) do
B) to do
C) doing
D) that he do
22. He’s ________ to know the answer.
A) likely
B) probable
C) maybe
D) probably
23. She came ________ because her car has broken down.
A) walking
B) by foot
C) with foot
D) on foot
24. That’s the man ________ yesterday.
A) which I was talking to
B) what I was talking to
C) I was talking to
D) with who I was talking
25. I’ve been looking for you ________ .
A) everywhere B) anywhere
C) for all places D) in all places
26. ________ he was tired he went on working.
A) Even
B) Yet
C) Although
D) In spite
27. Send him to the baker’s ________ the bread.
A) to buy
B) in order he buys
C) for to buy
D) for buying
28. Wanda is ________ Jane.
A) a lot pretty than
B) a lot prettier that
C) much more pretty that
D) much prettier than
29. He didn’t know ________ or go home.
A) to wait
B) if that he should wait
C) if to wait
D) whether to wait
30. ________ me ________ .
A) Tell / what is this
B) Tell / what this is
C) Say / what is this
D) Say / what this is
31. If you ________ help you, you only have to ask me.
A) want me to
B) want that I
C) want I should
D) are wanting me to
32. “I’m going to the theatre tonight.” “So ________ ”
A) will I
B) I will
C) am I
D) do I
33. How ________ is it from here to New York?
A) long way
B) long
C) far
D) much far
34. I wish I ________ what to do.
A) knew
B) have known C) know
D) would know
35. He likes playing ________
A) the football B) football
C) at football
D) at the football
36. My brother, ________ lives in Iceland, is coming to visit us.
A) which
B) that
C) whom
D) who
37. He’s already about ________ his father.
A) so tall than
B) as tall than
C) as tall as
D) so tall as
38. ________ him go out if he wants to.
A) Allow
B) Leave
C) Let
D) Permit
39. I didn’t hear what he was ________
A) telling
B) saying
C) talking
D) speaking
40. I ________ watching this program because it is very interesting.
A) amuse
B) please
C) delight
D) enjoy
41. That student ________ his hand every time I ask a question.
A) gets out
B) gets up
C) rises
D) puts up
42. I ________ hands with him when he came in.
A) gave
B) greeted
C) shook
D) offered
43. He wants to get a better ________ and earn more money.
A) job
B) work
C) employ
D) employment
44. ________ the children for me while I’m out.
A) Look after
B) Look to
C) Take care
D) Care
In this series of questions, three words have the same sound but
one does not. Choose the one that does not.
45. A) ball
B) call
C) fall
D) shall
46. A) freeze
B) piece
C) please
D) trees
47. A) lose
B) chose
C) rose
D) nose
48. A) what
B) cat
C) sat
D) fat
49. A) fair
B) wear
C) hear
D) their
50. A) days
B) says
C) ways
D) plays
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I __51__ asleep while I was working because it took me a long time
to realize that the telephone __52__. When I answered it, my girl friend
__53__ “__54__ that we __55__ to the cinema tonight? __56__. If you
__57__ soon, we’ll miss the film.”
I suddenly remembered that __58__ for the first performance of a
new film. If I __59__ so much work to do, I would have taken her out to
dinner before __60__ to the cinema. I said: “by the time I get there, the
film __61__. __62__ out to dinner instead.” “You are a nuisance,” she
said. “I __63__ the tickets. Anyway, I’ve already had dinner.”
51. A) should fall
B) ought to fall
C) had to fall
D) must have fallen
52. A) rang
B) was ringing
C) has rung
D) has been ringing
53. A) said
B) told
C) was saying
D) was telling
54. A) Aren’t you remembering
B) Aren’t you remembered
C) Doesn’t you remember
D) Don’t you remember
55. A) would go
B) go
C) are going
D) will be going
56. A) It’s half an hour I am waiting here.
B) I’m waiting here since half an hour
C) I’ve been waiting here for half an hour.
D) I’ve been waiting here since half an hour.
57. A) aren’t coming
B) don’t come
C) won’t come
D) wouldn’t come
58. A) Sarah had been given some tickets
B) some tickets to Sarah had been given
C) to Sarah some tickets had been given
D) they had been given some tickets to Sarah
59. A) should not have
B) would not have
C) had not have
D) would not have
60. A) to go
B) go
C) going
D) I was going
61. A) will have started
B) shall have started
C) has started
D) has to start
62. A) Let’s going B) Let’s go
C) Will we go
D) Would we go
63. A) hadn’t accept
B) mustn’t have accept
C) didn’t need to accept
D) needn’t have accepted
64. Take hold of it firmly ________ in falls.
A) because
B) for
C) in case
D) in any case
65. He looks ________ .
A) to be sad
B) sad
C) sadly
D) that he’s sad
66. Would you like some more coffee? There’s still ________ left.
A) a little
B) little
C) a few
D) few
67. I gave her ________ stocking for her birthday.
A) a pair of
B) a couple of
C) a
D) any
68. Frank plays ________ Alex.
A) a lot more better that
B) much more better that
C) a lot better than
D) much more well than
69. How ________ is your house from here?
A) long
B) far
C) much far
D) long way
70. You can’t rely ________ him to do the job properly.
A) to
B) with
C) in
D) on
71. I’d never allow my children ________ like that.
A) that they behaved
B) behave
C) to behave
D) behaving
72. I can’t stop. I ________ .
A) am going running
B) am at a run
C) am in a hurry
D) have a hurry
73. He asked me ________ stay.
A) how long I was going to
B) how long was I going to
C) how long time I was going to
D) how long time was I going to
74. ________ he worked all day, he couldn’t finish the job.
A) Although
B) Even
C) In case
D) In spite
75. That’s the hotel ________ last year.
A) which we stayed
B) at which we stayed at
C) where we stayed at
D) where we stayed
76. I’ll leave him a note ________ he’ll know where we are.
A) so that
B) that
C) in order
D) for
77. You ________ drive carefully. The roads are wet.
A) had rather
B) would rather C) had better
D) would better
78. She broke a ________ while she was washing up.
A) glass wine
B) wine glass
C) glass for wine D) glass of wine
79. I’m going to the hairdresser’s to ________ .
A) cut my hair
B) have my hair cut
C) have cut my hair
D) cut me my hair
80. He couldn’t help ________ that his wife was worried.
A) except notice
B) notice
C) to notice
D) noticing
81. He wanted to know the reason ________ I was late.
A) as
B) for
C) why
D) because
82. I’m bad ________ remembering faces.
A) at
B) in
C) with
D) on
83. She ________ read her a story.
A) wants that I
B) wants me for
C) is wanting that I
D) wants me to
84. He hasn’t been here ________ .
A) three weeks ago
B) since three weeks
C) during three weeks
D) for three weeks
85. He is ________ a horse.
A) as strong like
B) as strong as
C) so strong as
D) so strong than
86. “Which is your sister?” “She’s the girl ________ is wearing the green
dress.”
A) who
B) who’s
C) which
D) what
87. There’s no one to ________ .
A) look the children after
B) look after the children
C) take care the children
D) care the children
88. I wanted to go there by plane but I hadn’t enough money to pay for
the ________ .
A) journey
B) travel
C) voyage
D) fly
89. He failed the examination three times but ________ he passed.
A) at the end
B) at finish
C) at last
D) at least
90. She ________ the cups and some of them broke.
A) dropped
B) fell
C) let
D) let fall
91. Tennis is a ________ invented by an Englishman a hundred years
ago.
A) game
B) play
C) toy
D) match
92. He got a job in a furniture ________ .
A) society
B) industry
C) fabric
D) factory
93. He has spent a large ________ of money on his new house.
A) deal
B) amount
C) number
D) piece
94. His parents died when he was young so he was ________ by his
aunt.
A) brought out B) grown up
C) brought up
D) grown
In this series of questions, three words have the same sound but
one does not. Choose the one that does not.
95. A) word
B) lord
C) heard
D) bird
96. A) run
B) done
C) none
D) won
97. A) great
B) beat
C) treat
D) seat
98. A) tries
B) wise
C) twice
D) buys
99. A) town
B) grown
C) shown
D) known
100. A) head
B) bed
C) said
D) paid
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INTERMEDIATE TEST - 4
Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.
When I went to bed last night, I __1__ asleep immediately. I __2__
tired because I __3__ so hard for several hours. So I forgot to close the
windows before __4__ into bed. If I had remembered, the thief __5__.
But __6__ a perfect opportunity to enter the house. The next time I __7__
late I will lock the house carefully.
A policeman came to see me about the theft. “__8__ investigate,”
he said. “So I __9__ ask you some questions. First, how __10__?” I told
him that I __11__ the window open. “You __12__ more careful,” he said.
“If people __13__ their houses properly, we wouldn’t have so much
work to do.”
1.
A) fell
B) did fell
C) was falling
D) have fallen
2.
A) had to be
B) ought to be
C) must have been
D) needed to be
3.
A) have been working
B) had been working
C) have being working
D) had being working
4.
A) getting
B) to get
C) going
D) to go
5.
A) has not got in
B) had not got in
C) would not get in
D) would not have got in
6.
A) it was given to him
B) there was given to him
C) he has been given
D) he was given
7.
A) shall work
B) will work
C) work
D) will be working
8.
A) I’ve been said to
B) I’ve been told to
C) It has been said to me
D) It has been told me
9.
A) would
B) would to
C) am wanting to
D) want to
10. A) the thief got in
B) was the thief getting in
C) has the thief got in
D) did the thief get in
11. A) had let
B) had left
C) was letting
D) was leaving
12. A) would be
B) ought be
C) should be
D) had to be
13. A) looked after
B) looks after
C) have looked after
D) should look after
14. There are so many cars ________ nowadays.
A) for all places
B) in all the place
C) anywhere
D) everywhere
15. Ask him to go to the post office ________ some stamps.
A) to get
B) for getting
C) in order he gets
D) that he gets
16. The reason ________ I can’t come is that I have to work late.
A) because
B) for
C) as
D) why
17. She cut the cloth with ________ scissors.
A) a couple of
B) a pair of
C) two
D) a
18. ________ me ________ .
A) Tell / where are you going
B) Tell / where you are going
C) Say / where are you going
D) Say / where you are going
19. The children ________ play with them.
A) want that I
B) want me for
C) want me to
D) are wanting that
20. He may be able to come to the party. ________ the other hand, he
may be too busy.
A) On
B) In
C) By
D) For
21. I haven’t seen him ________ .
A) last week
B) during last week
C) for last week
D) since last week
22. I’m fond ________ good music.
A) to the
B) to
C) of the
D) of
23. John is ________ .
A) a friend of me
B) a friend mine
C) a friend of mine
D) one friend of mine
24. She’s the girl ________ .
A) whose money was stolen
B) the which money was stolen
C) whose money was robbed
D) the which money was robbed
25. It’s the ________ film I’ve ever seen.
A) more interesting
B) most interesting
C) more interested
D) most interested
26. He doesn’t know the answer ________ I’ve told him several times.
A) in spite
B) even
C) while
D) although
27. ________ English?
A) How long time are you studying
B) How long do you study
C) How long have you been studying
D) How long time have you studied
28. The little boy keeps the insect in a ________ .
A) match box
B) box of matches
C) box of the matches
D) box match
29. She’s going to the photographer’s ________ .
A) to take her photograph
B) to have taken her photograph
C) to have her photograph
D) that he takes her photograph
30. He looks ________ .
A) to be unhappy
B) unhappily
C) unhappy
D) that he’s unhappy
31. Where have you been? I’ve been playing ________ .
A) the tennis
B) at tennis
C) at the tennis D) tennis
32. It’s very kind ________ invite me.
A) from you to B) of you to
C) by you to
D) that you
33. I can’t break. It’s ________ iron.
A) as hard as
B) so hard as
C) as hard than
D) so hard than
34. I didn’t know ________ him or not.
A) whether to help
B) if to help
C) to help
D) if that I should help
35. ________ of them knew about the plan because it was secret.
A) Some
B) Any
C) No one
D) None
36. Mont Blanc, ________ we visited last summer, is the highest
mountain in Europe.
A) where
B) which
C) that
D) what
37. This question is ________ difficult for me.
A) so much
B) too much
C) too
D) enough
38. It ________ the village where we spent our holidays last summer.
A) reminds me of
B) remembers me of
C) reminds me to
D) remembers me to
39. Living here at the top of the mountain with no one else near you
must be very ________ .
A) sole
B) alone
C) only
D) lonely
40. The tailor made him a new ________ .
A) clothes
B) suit
C) dress
D) wear
41. The clock ________ and we realized it was two o’clock.
A) hit
B) struck
C) turned
D) rang
42. Good ________ ! I hope you win the race.
A) sort
B) wish
C) luck
D) chance
43. My car ________ so I had to come by bus.
A) fell down
B) fell over
C) broke down
D) broke up
44. Look what Father ________ me when he came home from work.
A) brought
B) took
C) carried
D) fetched
In this series of questions, three words have the same sound but
one does not. Choose the one that does not.
45. A) force
B) sauce
C) horse
D) worse
46. A) good
B) wood
C) blood
D) stood
47. A) but
B) put
C) cut
D) shut
48. A) lost
B) most
C) post
D) ghost
49. A) talk
B) pork
C) fork
D) work
50. A) mass
B) pass
C) grass
D) class
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I went to the doctor’s yesterday. I __51__ for half an hour before he
__52__ see me. “I __53__ abroad next week,” I said. “I __54__ to Africa
on business. But __55__ two days. __56__ I’ll be well enough to go?”
“When I __57__ you, I’ll be able to tell you,” the doctor said.
“I __58__ in the garden when I suddenly felt the pain,” I told the
doctor. “If I __59__ immediately, it would have been all right, I suppose.
But I __60__ any exercise in my job so I went on working.” After __61__
me carefully, the doctor said: “You __62__ a bone in your back. I __63__
you to hospital for an X-ray.”
51. A) must wait
B) had to wait
C) should wait
D) ought to wait
52. A) can
B) may
C) might
D) could
53. A) shall be go
B) will be go
C) am going
D) go
54. A) am sent
B) am being sent
C) am send
D) be sent
55. A) I’ve had a pain for
B) I’ve had a pain since
C) I’m having a pain for
D) I’m having a pain since
56. A) Do you think
B) Are you thinking
C) Does you think
D) You are thinking
57. A) am examining
B) will examine
C) will have examined
D) have examined
58. A) worked
B) have worked
C) was working
D) have been working
59. A) had stopped
B) would have stopped
C) stopped
D) would stop
60. A) never get
B) don’t get ever
C) am never getting
D) am not ever getting
61. A) examine
B) to examine
C) examining
D) that he had examined
62. A) can be hurt
B) may be hurt
C) can have hurt
D) may have hurt
63. A) would send
B) would like to send
C) am wanting to send
D) will like to send
64. It’s ________ I expected.
A) much bigger than
B) much bigger that
C) a lot more big than
D) a lot more big that
65. They’ll hurt ________ if we don’t stop them fighting.
A) one to another
B) one the other
C) each the other
D) each other
66. I’ve brought you ________ flowers for your birthday.
A) few
B) a few
C) little
D) a little
67. He didn’t know ________ or stay at home.
A) to go
B) if that he should go
C) if to go
D) whether to go
68. Would you mind ________ the window?
A) that I open
B) open
C) to open
D) opening
69. Are you interested ________ tennis tomorrow?
A) in playing
B) for playing
C) on playing
D) to play
70. I wouldn’t rely ________ him if I were you.
A) to
B) for
C) on
D) in
71. Her father didn’t let her ________ out with him.
A) to go
B) go
C) going
D) that she went
72. Don’t wait for me if you ________ .
A) have a hurry
B) are in a hurry
C) have speed
D) are in a speed
73. ________ beautiful flowers!
A) What a
B) What
C) How
D) So
74. I’m going to the passport office ________ .
A) to stamp my passport
B) for stamping my passport
C) to have stamped my passport
D) to have my passport stamped
75. Who is responsible ________ the arrangements?
A) for make
B) to make
C) to making
D) for making
76. Speak to him slowly ________ he will understand you better.
A) in order
B) so that
C) for
D) that
77. He wanted to know ________ there.
A) how long time I had been
B) how long had I been
C) how long time had I been
D) how long I had been
78. He works too hard. That is ________ is wrong with him.
A) that which
B) the what
C) what
D) the thing what
79. I know it’s not important but I can’t help ________ about it.
A) except to think
B) thinking
C) think
D) to think
80. He finally ________ the driving test after failing three times.
A) succeeded in passing
B) succeeded to pass
C) could pass
D) managed passing
81. She’s very fond ________ modern art.
A) of the
B) of
C) to the
D) to
82. “I went to the cinema last night.” “So ________ ”
A) I have
B) have I
C) I did
D) did I
83. I won’t allow you ________ for the meal.
A) pay
B) paying
C) to pay
D) that you should pay
84. She hasn’t written to me ________ .
A) for last month
B) during last month
C) since last month
D) a month ago
85. It was ________ that we felt tired when we arrived.
A) a so long travel
B) such a long travel
C) such a long journey
D) a so long journey
86. Is this ________ looking for?
A) you were
B) that you were
C) what were you
D) what you were
87. That’s the man ________ killed my cat.
A) whose dog
B) the dog of whom
C) which dog
D) the which dog
88. I learnt how to ________ a bicycle when I was six years old.
A) drive
B) ride
C) conduct
D) lead
89. I don’t think I could ________ another night without sleep.
A) stand
B) support
C) put up
D) carry
90. They ________ on holiday in Switzerland and became good friends.
A) found
B) knew
C) met
D) encountered
91. They were very happy when they ________ the end of their journey.
A) arrived
B) arrived to
C) arrived at
D) reached at
92. He ________ .
A) robbed me my coat
B) stole me my coat
C) robbed my coat from me
D) stole my coat from me
93. ________ at the door before you come into the room.
A) Hit
B) Knock
C) Touch
D) Strike
94. If you don’t ________ smoking you’ll never get better.
A) give off
B) give out
C) give from
D) give up
In this series of questions, three words have the same sound but
one does not. Choose the one that does not.
95. A) love
B) move
C) above
D) glove
96. A) gone
B) bone
C) stone
D) own
97. A) want
B) plant
C) aunt
D) can’t
98. A) weak
B) peak
C) break
D) speak
99. A) low
B) cow
C) grow
D) slow
100. A) eyes
B) rise
C) price
D) dies
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INTERMEDIATE TEST - 5
Choose the correct Answer. Only one answer is correct.
My wife and I went to the Airport to meet some friends. Their plane
landed but they weren’t on it.
“__1__ if there is a massage for us,” my wife said.
“They __2__ the plane. Or perhaps they __3__ from coming for
some reason.”
After __4__ information At the information desk without success, I
had an idea” __5__ their letter?” I asked my wife. She found it in her
handbag.
“Here you Are,” she said. “We __6__ at 10 o’clock on the 7
th
and
__7__ us.”
“But today’ s the 6th,” I said. “We should have looked at the date
before. If we had, we wouldn’t have had this journey for nothing.”
“How silly!” my wife said. “ I __8__ this letter around for days
without looking at it.”
1.
A) Let’s see
B) Let’s to see
C) Will we see
D) We are seeing
2.
A) can have missed
B) may have missed
C) can have lost
D) may have lost
3.
A) would be prevented
B) would be avoided
C) have been prevented
D) have been avoided
4.
A) asking for
B) to ask for
C) asking
D) to ask
5.
A) Do you yet have
B) Do you already have
C) Have you yet got
D) Have you still got
6.
A) Are arriving
B) would arrive
C) will be arrive
D) will be arrived
7.
A) want you to wait
B) want that you look for
C) would like you to meet
D) would like that find
8.
A) am carrying
B) have been carrying
C) carry
D) must carry
9.
I’ve often ________ at hotel.
A) remained
B) rested
C) stayed
D) passed
10. I didn’t know what do but then an idea suddenly ________ to me.
A) happened
B) entered
C) occurred
D) hit
11. When they arrived at the crossroads, he went the wrong ________.
A) way
B) direction
C) route
D) street
12. Your work has been ________ so we’re going to give you a rise in
salary.
A) regular
B) well
C) satisfactory
D) available
13. That’s the best horse in the ________ .
A) career
B) run
C) rate
D) race
14. The weather ________ says it will rain tomorrow.
A) provision
B) forecast
C) advertisementD) advise
15. There are a lot of mistakes in this exercise. I’ll have to ________ it
again with you.
A) come though B) go over
C) repass
C) instruct
16. If there are no buses, we’ll have to take a taxi. We must get there
________ .
A) somehow or other
B) somewhere or other
C) on one way or another
D) anyway or other
17. ________ I read, the more I understand.
A) The more
B) So much
C) How much
D) For how much
18. ________ he does his work, I don’t mind what time he arrives at the
office.
A) So far as
B) So long as
C) In case
D) Meanwhile
19. ________ entering the hall, he found everyone waiting for him.
A) At
B) While
C) On
D) In
20. It’s years ________ a picture.
A) that I don’t paint
B) that I didn’t paint
C) since I painted
D) ago I painted
21. I found the first question ________ .
A) to be easy
B) the easy
C) that it was easy D) easy
22. ________ an empty seat at the back of the bus.
A) She happened to find
B) She happened to meet
C) It happened her that she found
D) It happened her that she met
23. It was raining, ________ was a pity.
A) what
B) that
C) the which
D) which
24. Your car is ________ mine.
A) the same that
B) as
C) similar to
D) alike
25. I’m going away for a ________ .
A) holiday of a week
B) week holiday
C) holiday week
D) week’s holiday
26. Why ________ ? It’s not very important.
A) to worry
B) worry
C) you are worried
D) you worry
27. I don’t like ________ at me.
A) them shouting
B) them shout
C) their shout
D) that they shout
28. It often snows ________ January.
A) on
B) in
C) for
D) at
29. I’ll meet you again ________ the weekend.
A) by
B) on
C) at
D) for
30. It’s the first turning ________ the left after the traffic lights.
A) on
B) in
C) by
D) for
31. He wasn’t ________ to lift the case.
A) too strong
B) enough strong
C) strong enough
D) so strong
32. He can climb trees ________ a monkey.
A) as
B) like
C) the same that D) similarly than
33. He ________ lives in the house where he was born.
A) already
B) yet
C) still
D) every
34. It’s ten o’clock in the morning so he’s still ________.
A) at the bed
B) at bed
C) in bed
D) in the bed
35. He was a good swimmer so he ________ swim to the river bank
when the boat sank.
A) could
B) might
C) succeeded to D) was able to
36. She’s been very kind, ________ ?
A) isn’t she
B) hasn’t she
C) wasn’t she
D) doesn’t she
37. He was left alone, with ________ to look after him.
A) someone
B) anyone
C) not one
D) no one
38. I pulled the handle ________ I could.
A) so hardly as B) as hardly as C) so hard as
D) as hard as
39. Have you got match? I’ve left my ________ at home.
A) cigarette lighter
B) cigarettes lighter
C) cigarette’s lighter
C) lighter for cigarettes
40. That’s the dog ________ .
A) we’ve been looking after
B) after which we’ve been looking
C) what we’ve been looking after
D) we’ve been taking care for
41. I made him ________ what I had told him.
A) repeating
B) that he repeated
C) repeat
D) to repeat
42. I was ________ tired that I had to rest.
A) so much
B) so
C) enough
D) too
43. He ________ live in the country than in the city.
A) prefers
B) likes better to
C) had better
D) would rather
44. He ________ his sister.
A) remembers me of
B) remembers me
C) reminds me of
D) reminds me
45. Put on your raincoat ________ it rains.
A) because
B) for
C) in any case
D) in case
In this series of questions, three words have the same sound but
one does not. Choose one that does not.
46. A) raise
B) trays
C) says
D) stays
47. A) crown
B) thrown
C) brown
D) town
48. A) prove
B) move
C) groove
D) love
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49. A) were
B) spare
C) chair
D) pair
50. A) water
B) porter
C) daughter
D) laughter
My wife’s mother was taken ill two days ago so my wife had to go
and look after her. Before __51__ my wife said, “I had better tell you
where everything is or you __52__ know what to do. But my train is
leaving in half an hour’s time and I must get to mother‘s house as soon
as I __53__”
“__54__,”I said. “I can look after myself.”
Now I realize that I __55__ for a map of the house. If I __56__, I
would have found all the food I needed.
But when my wife __57__ back tomorrow, she won’t have any dirty
dishes to wash up because I __58__ in restaurants since she went away.
51. A) she was leaving
B) that she left
C) leaving
D) to leave
52. A) shan’t
B) shouldn’t
C) wouldn’t
D) won’t
53. A) can
B) may
C) could
D) might
54. A) Not to mind
B) Don’t worry
C) Not to import
D) Don’t mater
55. A) had to ask
B) ought to ask
C) must have asked
D) should have asked
56. A) had
B) have
C) did
D) would
57. A) comes
B) come
C) shall come
D) will come
58. A) am eating
B) eat
C) have been eating
D) ate
59. He’s ________ his sister.
A) much taller than
B) much taller that
C) much more tall than
D) much more tall that
60. She had three sons, all ________ became doctors.
A) of which
B) which
C) of whom
D) who
61. You ________ go now. It’s getting late.
A) had rather
B) would rather C) would batter D) had better
62. I’m going to spend a few days with some ________ of mine, who
live in the north of Scotland.
A) relatives
B) familiars
C) neighbors
D) companies
63. The ________ outside the house said “No Parking”
A) advice
B) single
C) label
D) notice
64. He has no ________ of winning.
A) occasion
B) luck
C) opportunity
D) chance
65. Those people over there are speaking a language I don’t understand.
They must be ________ .
A) foreign
B) strange
C) rare
D) outlandish
66. I didn’t write it. That is not my ________ on the cheque.
A) mark
B) letter
C) firm
D) signature
67. The actors have to ________ before they appear in front of the strong
lights on television.
A) cover up
B) paint up
C) make up
D) do up
68. It is a difficult problem but we must find the answer ________
.
A) by one way or other
B) somehow or other
C) anyhow or other
D) anyway or other
69. I want ________ immediately.
A) That this work is made
B) this work made
C) That this work is done
D) this work done
70. He’s used to ________ in public.
A) be speaking
B) the speaking
C) speaking
D) speak
71. You can fly to London this evening ________ you don’t mind
changing planes in Paris.
A) provided
B) except
C) unless
D) so far as
72. It’s ages ________ him.
A) that I don’t see
B) that didn’t see
C) ago I saw
D) since I saw
73. He made me ________ .
A) angry
B) be angry
C) to be angry
D) that I got angry
74. Do what you think is right, ________ they say.
A) however
B) whatever
C) whichever
D) for all
75. He arrived late, ________ was annoying.
A) what
B) that
C) which
D) the which
76. His job is ________ yours.
A) the same that
B) as
C) alike
D) similar to
77. He needs a ________ .
A) few days’ rest
B) few days rest
C) little days’ rest
D) little days rest
78. Do you know ________ the repairs?
A) to do
B) how to do
C) to make
D) how to make
79. We usually have fine weather ________ summer.
A) at
B) on
C) in
D) while
80. My flat is ________ the third floor of the building.
A) by
B) at
C) in
D) on
81. They live ________ the other side of the road.
A) in
B) on
C) for
D) by
82. He isn’t ________ to reach the ceiling.
A) so tall
B) as tall
C) enough tall
D) tall enough
83. They treated him ________ a king when he won all that money.
A) as
B) as being
C) like
D) like he was
84. I’ve told him several times but he ________ doesn’t understand.
A) yet
B) already
C) no longer
D) still
85. ________ did you go in the car this morning?
A) How far
B) How much far
C) How long
D) How much
86. He’d done that before, ________ ?
A) wouldn’t he B) shouldn’t he C) hadn’t he
D) didn’t he
87. ________ of them understood him.
A) None
B) No one
C) anyone
D) someone
88. It’s ________ mountain in the world,
A) the more high
B) the higher
C) the highest
D) the most high
89. I’m going to a concert tomorrow evening. So ________ .
A) I am
B) am I
C) I will
D) will I
90. That’s the firm ________ .
A) what we’ve been dealing with
B) we’ve been dealing with
C) We’ve been treating with
D) what we’ve been treating with
91. She let the children ________ to play.
A) going out
B) that they went out
C) to go out
D) go out
92. It was ________ that he couldn’t finish it alone.
A) a so difficult work
B) a so difficult job
C) such a difficult job
D) such a difficult work
93. I ________ photographs.
A) enjoy taking
B) enjoy to take
C) amuse taking
D) amuse to take
94. I ________ me what happened.
A) would like you tell
B) would like you to tell
C) would like you telling
D) would like that tell
95. ________ he wasn’t hungry, he ate a big meal.
A) Although
B) In spite
C) Unless
D) Even
In this series of questions, three words have the same sound but
one does not. Choose one that does not.
96. A) cleared
B) feared
C) beard
D) heard
97. A) shoes
B) goes
C) blows
D) knows
98. A) wait
B) state
C) great
D) heat
99. A) among
B) wrong
C) rung
D) sung
100. A) broad
B) load
C) showed
D) road
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Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.
I had been sitting __1__ in my usual compartment __2__ at least ten
minutes, waiting __3__. The trains from Littlebury never seemed to start
__4__ and I often thought that I could have __5__ in bed a little longer or
had __6__ cup of tea before __7__ Suddenly I heart someone shouting
__8__ the platform outside. A young girl was running towards the train.
The man __9__ put out his hand to stop her but she run past him and
opened the door of my compartment. Then the whistle blew and the
train started.
“I nearly missed it, __10__?” the girl said. “How long does it take to
__11__ London?”
“It depends on the __12__” I said. “Some days it’s __13__ others.”
“I’ll have to __14__, __15__ late again tomorrow,” she said. “It’s my first
day __16__ with a new firm today and they told me that the man __17__
is very strict. I __18__ him yet so I don’t know __19__ but he sounds a bit
frightening.
She talked about her new job __20__ the way to London and before
long, I realized that she was going to work for my firm. My __21__
secretary had just left so I must be her new boss __22__ only fair to tell
her.
“Oh, dear,” she said.” __23__ mistake! I wish I __24__”
“Never mind,” I said. “At least you’ll know when your train’s late
that __25__”
1.
A) for myself
B) only myself
C) by myself
D) in my own
2.
A) for
B) during
C) since
D) meanwhile
3.
A) the train to start
B) for the train start
C) the train’s start
D) for the train to start
4.
A) on their hour
B) on time
C) at their hour
D) at time
5.
A) lain
B) laid
C) lied
D) lay
6.
A) other
B) some other
C) another
D) one other
7.
A) I had left the home
B) leave from home
C) leaving home
D) to leave home
8.
A) at
B) by
C) in
D) on
9.
A)at place
B) on duty
C) for control
D) in post
10. A) haven’t I
B) don’t I
C) wasn’t I
D) didn’t I
11. A) get to
B) arrive to
C) reach to
D) make to
12. A) driver to the engine
B) driver engine
C) engine’s driver
D) engine driver
13. A) far slower that
B) much slower than
C) a lot more slow than
D) a great deal more slow than
14. A) mend me the watch
B) mend me my watch
C) have my watch mended
D) have mended my watch
15. A) in order not are
B) so as not to be
C) for not being
D) so that it’s not
16. A) at job
B) in job
C) in work
D) at work
17. A) I’m going to work for
B) what I’m going to work for
C) for which I’m going to work D) which I’m going to work
18. A) didn’t meet
B) haven’t met
C) didn’t know
D) haven’t known
19. A) what he is like
B) what is he like
C) how he is
D) how is he
20. A) through
B) by
C) on
D) in
21. A) proper
B) own
C) same
D) self
22. A) There was
B) That was
C) It was
D) Was
23. A) What a terrible
B) What terrible
C) How terrible
D) So terrible a
24. A) had known
B) have known
C) knew
D) would have known
25. A) so will the mine be
B) the mine will be, too
C) So will mine
D) mine will be, too
Hello, Mary! I __26__ you before now but I __27__ so hard at the
office that I didn’t have time. My boss __28__ to holiday tomorrow and
he __29__ arrange everything before he __30__ If he had given me
sensible instruction I could have done the work next week. But you __31__
the same problems with your boss. Anyway, __32__ two tickets for the
new play at the Grand Theatre on Saturday __33__ and see it together?
26. A) should have rung
B) must have rung
C) had to ring
D) ought to ring
27. A) must work
B) must have worked
C) have had to work
D) ought to work
28. A) will go
B) is going
C) shall go
D) shall be going
29. A) wants that I
B) would that I
C) would like that I
D) wants me to
30. A) leaves
B) shall leave
C) will leave
D) is leaving
31. A) have to have
B) can have
C) ought to have
D) must have
32. A) they have been given to me B) I have been given
C) I am given
D) they are given to me
33. A) May we go
B) Do you like to go
C) Shall we go
D) Will we go
34. The lift is out of _____ so we’ll have to walk.
A) function
B) order
C) running
D) work
35. Dinner will be ready _____ but we have time for a drink before than.
A) currently
B) lately
C) presently
D) suddenly
36. What do you _____ to do about the problem now that this solution
has failed.
A) attempt
B) think
C) pretend
D) intend
37. We have _____ for a new secretary but we haven’t had any replies
yet.
A) advertised
B) advised
C) announced
D) noticed
38. I’ve _____ for the job and I hope I get it.
A) appointed
B) applied
C) presented
D) succeeded
39. He threw the box out of the window and it fell to the _____ outside.
A) flat
B) floor
C) plain
D) ground
40. 100 competitors had _____ the race.
A) put their names for
B) entered for
C) put themselves for
D) taken part
41. I’m very _____ to you for your help.
A) grateful
B) agreeable
C) pleased
D) thanks
42. He’s so mean that he wouldn’t give a beggar a _____ of bread.
A) peel
B) shell
C) crust
D) skin
43. Will you be able to come to the party? I _____ .
A) believe yes
B) am afraid not
C) don’t hope so
D) don’t expect
44. I never expected you to turn _____ at the meeting. I thought you
were abroad.
A) A round
B) on
C) in
D) up
45. The plane is just going to take _____.
A) away
B) out
C) off
D) up
In this series of questions, three words have the same sound but
one does not. Choose one that does not.
46. A) knees
B) peace
C) freeze
D) keys
47. A) home
B) sum
C) crumb
D) come
48. A) straighter
B) greater
C) water
D) later
49. A) ache
B) shake
C) steak
D) weak
50. A) another
B) bother
C) brother
D) mother
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I __51__ don’t believe in ghosts __52__ my experience at the
Rose Inn. __53__ I have never seen one. But ghost stories have made
me __54__ uncomfortable since then I __55__ the inn late at night
and asked __56__.
“ There’s nothing left,” he said, “__57__ to sleep in Number7.”
“ Why not?” I said. “What’s wrong with it?”, I was so tired that I
would have slept __58__.
“Nothing,” he said slowly. “ but something happened there a few
months ago.”
Every old inn has __59__ strange stories, so I thought that __60__
he told me about it, the better. I was willing to listen to anything for
__61__ a bed to sleep in.
“A man came here late at night, __62__ you,” the landlord said. “I
thought there was something odd __63__ him because he kept looking
__64__ his shoulder while he was signing his name in the book. He
asked me __65__ have and I offered __66__” “__67__ a man who has
said he’ll kill me,” he said suddenly. “With a knife.” He looked __68__
that I thought I had better __69__ him to his room. I locked the door and
left him __70__. The next day we __71__ him dead, with a knife beside
him. He had __72__” the landlord said. “or someone else had done it.
Do you mind sleeping there now you know the story?”. “Well,” I said.
“__73__ is following me. But I wish you __74__ the story in morning
__75__ I’ll sleep here on the bar if you’ve got a couple of blankets.”
51. A) Already
B) Yet
C) no longer
D) still
52. A) Even though B) even after
C) although
D) in spite
53. A) At least
B) At last
C) At first
D) At once
54. A) To feel
B) feel myself
C) feel
D) that I feel
55. A) arrived to
B) arrived at
C) reached to
D) reached at
56. A) room of the landlord
B) room from the landlod
C) the landlord a room
D) the landlord for a room
57. A) If you didn’t like
B) If you don’t like
C) Unless you are liking
D) Unless you’d like
58. A) anywhere
B) somewhere
C) nowhere
D) in whatever place
59. A) his
B) its
C) their
D) the
60. A)so soon as
B) as soon as
C) the soonest
D) the sooner
61. A) the sake of
B) the lack of
C) the need of
D) the wish of
62. A) as
B) like
C) the same that D) similar with
63. A) with
B) of
C) about
D) around
64. A) through
B) back
C) over
D) after
65. A) what room could he
B) what room he may
C) which room could he
D) which room he could
66. A) to him the number 7
B) to him number 7
C) him number 7
D) him the number 7
67. A) It’s
B) There’s
C) That’s
D) He’s
68. A) to be so frightened
B) so frightened
C) with such fright
D) with such fright
69. A) to bring
B) to take
C) bring
D) take
70. A) by himself
B) by his self
C) only himself
D) in his own
71. A) met
B) knew
C) found
D) uncovered
72. A) cut himself the throat
B) himself cut the throat
C) his throat cut
D) cut his throat
73. A) None
B) No one
C) Anyone
D) Any one
74. A) told me
B) had told me
C) would tell me
D) would have told me
75. A) As it is
B) Like it is
C) Being like that
D) Being as that
“Darling! There’s hardly any petrol left in the tank. I __76__ it up
before we left home. __77__ a garage quite near but I __78__ drive
carefully until we __79__ there. If only I __80__ the petrol before we
started out! Damn! I __81__ this to happen for the last ten minutes. I’ll
have to push the car to the side of the road because we __82__ if we
leave it here. But I can’t imagine what __83__ to let this happen.
76. A) must have filled
B) should have filled
C) would have filled
D) had to fill
77. A) There may be
B) It may be
C) There can be
D) It can be
78. A) like better
B) would better
C) had better
D) prefer
79. A) shall get
B) will get
C) are getting
D) get
80. A) checked
B) would have checking
C) had checked
D) have checked
81. A) am expecting
B) expect
C) have been expecting
D) was expecting
82. A) will be fined
B) will fine
C) will be being fined
D) will be fining
83. A) was I thinking about
B) I was thinking about
C) did I think about
D) I thought about
84. He _____ me by two games to one
A) beat
B) conquered
C) gained
D) won
85. His office is on the third _____ of the building.
A) floor
B) flat
C) ground
D) level
86. How long are you thinking of _____ in this country?
A) reminding
B) staying
C) resting
D) inhabiting
87. I don’t want to go into the sea. I’d rather lie on the _____.
A) coast
B) beach
C) bank
D) seaside
88. I’m _____ . I didn’t pass the examination but I’ll do better next time.
A) deceived
B) despaired
C) disillusioned D) disappointed
89. The lecture was so _____ that everyone went to sleep.
A) boring
B) bored
C) tiring
D) tired
90. I _____ an answer to my letter within a few days.
A) hope
B) wait
C) look forward D) expect
91. When he _____ he wants to be an architect.
A) ages
B) grows
C) grows up
D) increases
92. It’s on the top shelf, out of _____.
A) distance
B) reach
C) touch
D) attempt
93. He’s worked so _____ that he deserves a rest.
A) roughly
B) intensive
C) hardly
D) hard
94. They’re staying with us _____ the time being until they find a place
of their own.
A) during
B) in
C) since
D) for
95. I‘ll call _____ you at 8.30 and give you a lift to work.
A) in
B) for
C) at
D) up
In this series of questions, three words have the same sound but
one does not. Choose one that does not.
96. A) blood
B) stood
C) flood
D) mud
97. A) word
B) third
C) stirred
D) lord
98. A) war
B) bar
C) far
D) star
99. A) eyes
B) prize
C) lies
D) buys
100. A) build
B) mild
C) wild
D) child
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Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.
I can clearly remember the first time I __1__ Mr. Andrews, my old
headmaster, __2__ __3__. During the war, I had been __4__ school in
the north of England but my family had just returned to London. __5__ for
children to go to and my father had to go from __6__ asking them __7__
__8__ pupil. I used to go with him but he had __9__ hard time trying to
persuade people __10__ him that I seldom had to do __11__. We had
been to all the schools __12__ we lived, but __13__ my father argued,
the more impossible it became. In the end, we went to a school __14__
from home. The headmaster __15__ for at least an hour. While we were
waiting, I looked round that the __16__, __17__ was one of those old
Victorian structures, completely __18__ but still standing. I could hear
the boys playing in the playground outside. When the headmaster’s
secretary finally let us __19__ his office, Mr. Andrews spoke to me first .
“Why do you want to come here?” he said. I had been thinking __20__
something about studying but I couldn’t help __21__ the boys outside.
“I don’t know __22__ in London,” I said.” I’d like __23__ with the other
boys. I read a lot of books, too” I added. “All right,” Mr. Andrews said.
“We have one place free, __24__”
My two years at that school were among the __25__ of my life.
1.
A) met
B) knew
C) found
D) discovered
2.
A) even
B) nevertheless C) although
D) in spite
3.
A) it’s now since over 20 years
B) it’s over 20 years ago now
C) it’s since more than 20 years now
D) it makes more than 20 years now
4.
A) in the
B) in
C) at
D) at the
5.
A) There were not enough schools left
B) There were not still enough schools
C) There didn’t stay enough schools
D) Not enough schools rested
6.
A) one to another
B) each to other
C) one to other
D) the ones to the others
7.
A) that they took me
B) for taking me
C) for to take me
D) to take me
8.
A) as
B) as a
C) like
D) like a
9.
A) such
B) such a
C) so
D) a so
10. A) just for seeing
B) just for to see
C) even seeing
D) even to see
11. A) no test
B) one test
C) any test
D) some test
12. A) near where
B) near
C) near to
D) near the place there
13. A) the most
B) the more
C) how much
D) for how much
14. A) at five miles
B) five miles long
C) about five miles away
D) about five miles far
15. A) kept us to wait
B) kept us waiting
C) made us to waiting
D) made us waiting
16. A) building of the school
B) building school
C) school’s building
D) school building
17. A) which
B) that
C) what
D) it
18. A) of the old time
B) outside its time
C) past its date
D) out of date
19. A) to enter
B) to pass in
C) to come into D) into
20. A) of saying
B) to say
C) of telling
D) to tell
21. A) to remember
B) remembering
C) to remind
D) reminding
22. A) no one
B) none
C) someone
D) anyone
23. A) that I played B) the play
C) to play
D) playing
24. A) in truth
B) it’s the truth C) in fact
D) it’s fact
25. A) happier
B) happiest
C) more happy
D) most happy
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“Excuse me, Mrs. Jones. Would you mind __26__ me a favor? I __27__
shopping. But as soon as I shut my front door I realized I had left my key
in the house. So when I __28__ back I __29__ get in. It was very silly of
me. I __30__ at all because all the groceries __31__ I only wanted some
mustard. __32__ come in and climb over the fence into my back garden?
That is very kind of you. I wish I __33__ give you so much trouble.”
26. A) making
B) doing
C) to make
D) to do
27. A) have just been
B) have just gone
C) would just go
D) was just going
28. A) get
B) am getting
C) shall get
D) will get
29. A) can’t
B) won’t be able to
C) haven’t been able to
D) couldn’t
30. A) needn’t have come out
B) didn’t need to come out
C) mustn’t have come out
D) hadn’t to come out
31. A) have already been delivered B) already have delivered
C) are being delivered already
D) already are being delivered
32. A) Shall I
B) Will I
C) May I
D) Do you want me to
33. A) don’t have to
B) haven’t to
C) hadn’t to
D) didn’t have to
Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.
34. Would you ______ holding this box for me while I open the door?
A) like
B) matter
C) mind
D) object
35. He is ______ dark glasses to protect his eyes from the sun.
A) carrying
B) fitting
C) bearing
D) wearing
36. He has told to get off the bus because he couldn’t pay the ______.
A) bill
B) journey
C) travel
D) fare
37. They have put the bird in a cage to ______ it from flying away.
A) avoid
B) prevent
C) hinder
D) resist
38. He has some very ______ habits. He always has a bath with his
clothes on.
A) strange
B) rare
C) uneven
D) foreign
39. The ______ outside the house said “Private”.
A) advice
B) label
C) notice
D) signal
40. If the boss sees you doing that, you’ll get into ______.
A) trouble
B) nuisance
C) mess
D) problem
41. I was so ______ by the news that I don’t know what to say.
A) admired
B) marveled
C) amazed
D) wondered
42. He’s ______ because he has won the prize.
A) nervous
B) satisfying
C) excited
D) exciting
43. He likes lying in bed. He still wasn’t ______ when I rang him at 10
o’clock.
A) out
B) away
C) up
D) in
44. If you don’t know how to spell a word, look it ______ in the
dictionary.
A) up
B) after
C) out
D) for
45. He carries ______ as if he were the boss.
A) through
B) off
C) out
D) on
In this series of questions, three words have the same sound but
one does not. Choose one that does not.
46. A) dull
B) bull
C) wool
D) pull
47. A) earth
B) birth
C) worth
D) north
48. A) done
B) none
C) won
D) son
49. A) warn
B) dawn
C) scorn
D) barn
50. A) wise
B) cries
C) rice
D) sighs
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We arrived __51__ Spain for the first time __52__. And I decided
to buy a car because we had sold __53__ we had in England before
leaving. Yesterday the office rang us __54__ the car was ready. I had
tried out a model __55__ it before but as I was __56__ in this city, my
wife didn’t __57__ it on my own so we went together to __58__. We
paid __59__ and signed the papers. They told us that __60__ us to a
garage, __61__ we could fill up. The __62__ the office was __63__
and we got there safely. But when I turned into the main road I
suddenly saw a lot of cars racing towards me. I got __64__ __65__ by
backing into the garage __66__ and the man behind me shouted at
me. “__67__ problem to __68__ on the right, isn’t it?” my wife said.
“Yes, if only I __69__ a few lessons for practice” I replied. “You
__70__ go carefully __71__ home,” my wife said. “You’d be sorry if
you had an accident __72__ the first day, __73__ “Would you __74__
me when you are thinking of leaving? Or are you going to sit in your
car __75__ day?”
51. A) to
B) in
C) at
D) on
52. A) few weeks since
B) since a few weeks
C) few weeks ago
D) a few weeks ago
53. A) that
B) which
C) the one
D) the one what
54. A) for saying
B) to say
C) for telling
D) to tell
55. A) as
B) like
C) the same that D) similar
56. A) no longer used to driving
B) still not used to drive
C) not yet used to driving
D) already not used to drive
57. A) want me to collect
B) like me to collect
C) want that I collected
D) like that I collected
58. A) bring it
B) take it
C) fetch it
D) carry it away
59. A) the car
B) the car for
C) for the car
D) how much the car
60. A) there was enough petrol to take
B) there was enough petrol for taking
C) it was enough petrol to take
D) it was enough petrol for taking
61. A) where at
B) there
C) there where
D) where
62. A) nearest garage at
B) nearest garage to
C) garage most near
D) most near garage to
63. A) at 100 yards away
B) at 100 yards far
C) about 100 yards away
D) about 100 yards far
64. A) away from their way
B) away from their road
C) out of their way
D) out their road
65. A) as far as I could
B) so fast as I could
C) as fast s I may
D) so fast as I may
66. A) once more
B) one more time
C) one other time
D) another time
67. A) It’s so much
B) It’s such a
C) That’s such a
D) That’s so much a
68. A) remind to drive
B) remind driving
C) remember to drive
D) remember driving
69. A) would have
B) would have had
C) was having
D) had had
70. A) had better
B) would better
C) had rather
D) would better
71. A) in the way to
B) on the way to
C) in the way
D) on the way
72. A) in
B) on
C) at
D) by
73. A) hadn’t you?
B) shouldn’t you
C) wouldn’t you?
D) won’t you?
74. A) mind to tell
B) object telling
C) mind telling
D) upset to tell
75. A) every
B) each
C) all the
D) all
“ I wonder why __76__ yet. I told Jim how to get here but
perhaps I __77__ a map. The traffic __78__ them, of course. But I’m
sure they would have telephoned us if they __79__ lost.”
“Yes, but by the time they __80__ here , the dinner __81__. What a
nuisance! I __82__ to all this trouble. __83__ getting everything ready.”
76. A) they didn’t arrive
B) didn’t they arrive
C) they haven’t arrived
D) haven’t they arrived
77. A) should have given him
B) had to give him
C) ought to give him
D) must have given him
78. A) can delay
B) may delay
C) can have delayed
D) may have delayed
79. A) would get
B) had got
C) would have got
D)would be got
80. A) will get
B) would get
C) get
D) are getting
81. A) has been spoilt
B) will be spoilt
C) shall be spoilt
D) is spilt
82. A) needn’t have gone
B) didn’t need to go
C) mustn’t have gone
D) hadn’t to go
83. A) I am working for hours
B) I have been working for hours
C) It’s hours I’m working
D) It’s hours I’ve been working
Choose the correct Answer. Only one answer is correct.
84. He was killed in a car ______.
A) blow
B) crash
C) shock
D) hit
85. All the hotel in the town was full up so we stayed in a ______village.
A) close
B) neighbor
C) near
D) nearby
86. He won the first ______ in the competition.
A) prize
B) price
C) reward
D) premium
87. Sixty per cent of television viewers chose him as their ______ actor.
A) popular
B) preferred
C) favorite
D) favored
88. We‘ve been ______ with that firm for many years.
A) treating
B) making business
C) dealing
D) supplying
89. I can‘t give you an answer yet. I’d like ______ more time to consider
my decision.
A) quite
B) fairly
C) hardly
D) rather
90. I learnt to ______ a bicycle when I was six years old.
A) drive
B) ride
C) guide
D) conduct
91. The lady who had invited us heard me telling my wife that the dinner
was terrible so I was ______.
A) confused
B) nervous
C) shameful
D) embarrassed
92. Sometimes a bus ______ gets on the bus and checks the tickets.
A) inspector
B) agent
C) conductor
D) officer
93. Where do you ______ the writing paper? In this desk.
A) keep
B) hold
C) maintain
D) guard
94. PTO stands ______ “Please turn over”— the page, of course.
A) as
B) like
C) for
D) by
95. He’ll soon get ______ his disappointment and be quite cheerful again
by the morning.
A) over
B) out of
C) away
D) through
In this series of questions, three words have the same sound but
one does not. Choose one that does not.
96. A) case
B) phrase
C) base
D) lace
97. A) eight
B) height
C) weight
D) freight
98. A) wrong
B) young
C) sung
D) tongue
99. A) lower
B) shower
C) tower
D) power
100. A) sound
B) ground
C) drowned
D) owned
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ADVANCED TEST - 3
Choose correct answer. Only one answer is correct.
One crossing of the Atlantic is very much like __1__; and people
who cross it frequently do not __2__ for the __3__ of its interest. Most of
us are quite happy when we feel __4__ to go to bed and pleased when
the journey __5__. On the first night this time I felt especially lazy and
went to bed __6__ earlier than usual. When I __7__ my cabin, I was
surprised __8__ that I __9__ a companion during my trip. I had expected
__10__ but there was a suitcase __11__ mine in the opposite corner. I
wondered who __12__. Soon afterward he came in. He was the sort of
man you might meet __13__, except that he was wearing __14__ good
clothes that I made up my mind that we would not __15__, __16__, and
did not say __17__.
I suppose I slept for several hours because when I woke up it was
the middle of the night. I felt cold but covered __18__ __19__ and tried
to __20__. Then I realized that a draught was coming from somewhere.
I got up __21__ the door but found it already locked from the inside.
The cold air was coming from the window opposite. I crossed the room
and __22__ the moon shone through it on to the other bed. __23__
there. It took me a minute or two to __24__ the door myself. I realized
that my companion __25__ through the window into the sea.
1.
A) other
B) the other
C) another
D) one other
2.
A) make the travel
B) make the voyage
C) do the travel
D) do the voyage
3.
A) reason
B) motive
C) cause
D sake
4.
A) tired enough
B) enough tired
C) ourselves tired enough
D) our selves enough tired
5.
A) is achieved
B) finish
C) is over
D) is in the end
6.
A) quite
B) rather
C) fairly
D) somehow
7.
A) arrived in
B) reached to
C) arrived to
D) reached at
8.
A) for seeing
B) that I saw
C) at seeing
D) to see
9.
A) am to have
B) should have had
C) would have
D) ought to have
10. A) being lonely B) to be lonely C) being alone
D) to be alone
11. A) like
B) as
C) similar than
D) the same that
12. A) could he be and how he would be
B) he could be and what he would be like
C) could he be and what would he be like
D he could be and he would be
13. A) in each place
B) for all parts
C) somewhere
D) anywhere
14. A) a so
B) so
C) such a
D) such
15. A) treat together well
B) pass together well
C) get on well together
D) go by well together
16. A) whoever he was
B) whoever was he
C) however he was
D) however was he
17. A) him a single word
B) him not one word
C) a single word to him
D) not one word to
18. A) up me
B) up myself
C) up to myself D) myself up
19. A) so well as I could
B) as well as I could
C) so well that I might
D) as well that I might
20. A) go back to sleep
B) go back to sleeping
C) put myself to sleep again
D) put myself for sleeping again
21. A) to shut
B) for shutting
C) in order that I shut
D) so as for shutting
22. A) while doing like that
B) as I did like that
C) as I did so
D) at doing so
23. A) It was no one
B) There was no one
C) It any one
D) There was any one
24. A) remind to lock
B) remember to lock
C) remind locking
D) remember locking
25. A) had to jump
B) was to have jumped
C) must have jumped
D) could be jumped
“__26__ I ask the waiter for the bill, darling, when you __27__ your
coffee?”
“Yes I think you __28__. I __29__ this film for such a long time that I
__30__ any of it.”
“Waiter! The bill, please. Oh dear, I haven’t got my wallet. I __31__
it in my other jacket. I wish I __32__ it before we came out.”
“Good heaven! Now I suppose they’ll make us __33__”
26. A) Shall
B) Will
C) Am I going
D) Ought
27. A) will finish
B) shall finish
C) will have finish
D) have finished
28. A) had rather
B) would rather C) had better
D) would better
29. A) am looking forward to seeing
B) am looking forward to see
C) have been looking forward to seeing
D) have been looking forward to see
30. A) wouldn’t like that we miss
B) wouldn’t like to miss
C) wouldn’t miss
D) wouldn’t like that we missed
31. A) must have left
B) had to leave
C) should have left
D) ought have left
32. A) would check
B) have checked
C) would have checked
D) had checked
33. A) to wash up
B) wash up
C) washing up
D) the washing up
34. He ______ out of the window for a moment and then went on
working.
A) glanced
B) viewed
C) glimpsed
D) regarded
35. It’s the ______ in this country to go out and pick flower on the first
day of spring.
A) use
B) custom
C) habit
D) normal
36. He made a swift ______ from his illness.
A) repair
B) survival
C) relief
D) recovery
37. It gave me a strange feeling of excitement to see my name in ______.
A) news
B) print
C) publication
D) press
38. You’d better add it up. I am no good at ______.
A) counters
B) characters
C) summaries
D) figures
39. Our main concern is to raise the voters’ ______ of living.
A) standard
B) capacity
C) degree
D) condition
40. I’d like to take ______ of this opportunity to thank you all for your
cooperation.
A) profit
B) benefit
C) advantage
D) occasion
41. He ______ to hit me if I didn’t do as he said.
A) pretended
B) thought
C) threatened
D) warned
42. He does not feel like playing tennis because he’s ______.
A) out of condition
B) off condition
C) off fitness
D) out of fitness
43. He’s been working too hard and he’s ______. He needs a rest.
A) broken apart B) broken up
C) run down
D) run over
44. We went to the station to ______.
A) see them out
B) see them off
C) goodbye them
D) say them goodbye
45. New problems are always ______ in the factory.
A) raising
B) going up
C) waking up
D) coming up
In this series of questions, three words have the same sound but
one does not. Choose the one that does not.
46. A) spear
B) wear
C) dare
D) prayer
47. A) spread
B) tread
C) bread
D) bead
48. A) blow
B) allow
C) owe
D) sew
49. A) goose
B) prose
C) flows
D) knows
50. A) crime
B) limb
C) climb
D) rhyme
Advanced test 3
Book 1 Part E
