I. Use the correct tense-forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. It (rain) hard this morning when I (wake up). It (seem) the rain (fall) the whole night.
2. I never (be) to India, but I (go) to Pakistan last summer.
3. When I (be) a child, my parents never (let) me watch TV after 8 p.m.
4 She (be) sixteen now but I thought she (be) older.
c fhey (try) to find a solution to this problem ever since I (get) to know them.
6 When the lake (freeze) it'll be safe for ice-skating.
7. Yesterday I (tell) that you (have) a vacancy for a computer operator in a couple of months.
II. Use the right article.
1. She sometimes gets ... letters from her friends abroad.
2.... government ought to do something about housing.
3. ... knife shouldn't be used as ... screwdriver.
4. ... plane crashed while it was being tested.
5. Some people believe in ... life after ... death.
6. ... music which excites me is 1930s jazz.
7. While they were sailing up ... west coast, they ran out of... food.
III. Choose the suitable preposition.
1. A strange thing happened (to, with, at) me the other day.
2.1 didn't have enough money to pay (-,for, on) the meal.
3. I'm waiting (-, to, for) the rain to stop. I must go (at, to, on) the post-office.
4.1 was upset that I had done so badly (in, with, at) the exam.
5. The driver of the car was injured (at, in, on) the accident.
IV. Choose the suitable pronoun.
1. You don't need to go shopping - we've got enough food for supper - (few, little, a few) eggs and (a few, a little, little) bread and cheese.
2. Don't say (nothing, something, anything).
3. (Each, Every, All) chair and table looks freshly painted.
4. (Some, Both, Many) magazines and that book were left in the study hall.
5. Don't blame (myself, me, oneself). Blame (you, yourself, ourselves).
V. Put the words in the right order to make up a sentence.
1. nervous/examinations/feel/you/before/do?
2. of/boring/I/ever/he/one/most/the/is/people/met/have.
3. unpleasant/near/living/sometimes/be/very/life/must/ people/airports/for.
4. Friday/wedding/place/the/took/last.
VI. Choose the right variant.
1. Where's the money? 2. Mary dislikes mushrooms.
a) I've spent them. a) So do we.
b) Here they are. b) Neither do we.
c) It's in the purse. c) Neither we do.
VII. Choose the best response.
1. We are going to a disco. 2. Is Jack still in hospital?
a) It's up to you. a) I don't care.
b) It doesn't matter. b) Never mind.
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c) Have a nice time. c) I'm afraid so.
VIII. Choose the appropriate word.
I am (interested, interesting) in sport, (especially, specially) athletics, and I (run, race) seven or eight kilometres (every, some) day. I particularly (entertain, enjoy) cross-country running where you have to run along fields, jump (over, above) streams and so on. (While, During) I'm running I think about (all, every) sorts of things and at the (end, finish) of a run I'm (surprising, surprised) to (find, learn) that I've managed to (solve, save) a problem (that, what) was on my (mind, brain).
TEST 15
I. Use the correct tense-forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. The children (stop) chattering as Miss Hughes (enter) the classroom. Then they (stand up).
2. When I (start) practising as a physician 1 (live) in a small community on the east coast of Lake Huron.
3.1 (give) you a lift to the station tomorrow if you (like).
4. Tropical fruits often (fly) to northern cities by jet.
5. At the party he (make) a speech. He (thank) all those who (support) him at that difficult moment of his life.
6. He (be) out of job for half a year already.
7. We had to go on holiday because our house (redecorate).
II. Use the right article.
1.1 have ... terrible cold and I am staying in ... bed today.
2. Paul spent half of his life in ... Far East.
3. ...Smiths had ... son and ... daughter. ... son was in ... Army and ... daughter was training to be ... teacher.
4. She was ... first woman to cross ... Atlantic in ... canoe.
5.1 don't like ... milk in my coffee, and I take only ... little sugar.
6. ... person riding ... bicycle on ... sidewalk is ... hazard for... pedestrians.
III. Choose the suitable preposition.
1. Brian is well able to care (at, of, for) his younger brother.
2. Don't put (of, off, away) till tomorrow what you can do today.
3. Will you turn (on, down, up) the music? Little Kitty is sleeping.
4. You must apologize (on, for, of) disturbing them.
5. He doesn't want to take part (at, on, in) any more conferences.
6. You must sew (in, on, up) those loose buttons.
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IV. Choose the suitable pronoun.
1. There are too (much, many, plenty) mice in the barn.
2. She became (that, so, such) scared that she began to cry.
3. There isn't (many, a lot, much) room for so (many, plenty few) people.
4. There was (not, none, no) chance of escape.
5. I hate opera and they don't like it (too, neither, either)
6. (Either, Both, Neither) Joe or Lola writes the sports column (each, every, any) week.
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