1. I don’t have (something, anything, nothing) to do today. 2. Some of (them, they, their) have to pay for (theirs, their, they) studies. 3. The Allens don’t have (much, many, plenty) of money. 4. She goes to the library (some, all, every) week. 5. One boy played the guitar while two (others, other, another) sang. 6. Is this scarf (your, you, yours), Jane?
V. Put the words in the right order to make up a sentence.
1. washes / week / three / Kate / hair / times / a / her.
2. Boston / was / in / Jack / lived / when / a / he / child.
3. rang / I / the / a / phone / was / shower / when / having.
4. leaving / they / Rome / tomorrow / are / for / the Browns / aren’t?
VI. Choose the appropriate word.
A lot of (Japan, Japanese) parents arrange (marriages, weddings) for their children. This is because they (feel, fill) that marriage (affects, effects) not only the young (pair, couple) but the (whole, all) family. They believe that (there, it) is important that the young (men, people) have the (same, alike) interests and that they (go, come) from the same social (background, platform). A lot of (arranging, arranged) marriages are (success, successful) and (help, aid) the tradition of the Japanese family to continue.
Test 9
I. Use the correct tense-forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. If you (not, stay) in bed for a couple of days at least, you never (feel) better. 2. Helen (stand) in front of the mirror when somebody (knock) at the door. 3. Who you (think) (win) the competition? 4. They (redecorate) the flat, so it was all in a mess. 5. The telephone (ring). Somebody (want) to speak to you. 6. We (not, go) to the park yesterday because it (rain) heavily. 7. Slow down. You (go) too fast. There (be) a speed limit of 50 kilometres.
II. Use the right article.
1. Betty was … typist in … office. 2. Everybody says it was … excellent trip. 3. You should contact … manager and tell him about … results of … experiment. 4. It is … biggest plane in … world. 5. He stole … lot of … money from this bank … last month. 6. We gave Mary … guitar for … Christmas. She is good at playing … guitar.
III. Choose the suitable preposition.
1. Betty finished her studies (in, on, at) midnight. 2. Take your hands (of, off, out of) me at once! 3. When I got (in, into, to) the room I found that the vase was broken. 4. Could you explain the meaning of the phrase (–, to, at) me? 5. David is fond (at, in, of) sports.
IV. Choose the suitable pronoun.
1. His theory is very sophisticated: very (few, a few, little) people understand it. 2. There aren’t (much, many, a lot) chairs in the room. 3. How (many, much) fellow students did you meet at the party? – (Neither, None, No). 4. I’m writing to a friend of (my, me, mine).
V. Put the words in the right order to make up a sentence.
1. anywhere / Tom / you / did / see / morning / this?
2. car / very / to / use / nice / me / it’s / of / you / let / your.
3. this / you / to / or / problem / they / are / trying / solve?
4. Victor / work / late / is / for / his / ever?
5. if / you / coat / will / don’t / you / put / a / freeze / on.
VI. Choose the appropriate word.
In summer the sun comes (up, down) early in Australia and it is already warm by 7 a.m. Most (people, peoples) live (near, nearly) a beach or a big swimming (pool, pull), so often all the family (go, come) for an early morning swim. The young mothers (which, who) don’t (work, walk) spend a lot of the day at the (beach, bench). (It, there) is a healthy (way, road) for young (children, parents) to (grow, rise) up and nearly (every, each) child can swim (good, well). It (makes, does) them a lot of good.
Test 10
I. Use the correct tense-forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. She (lie) in bed all morning yesterday. She (say), she (have) a terrible headache. 2. My brother (be) at home most time now. He (write) a novel. 3. I (be) so tired last night that I (fall) asleep as soon as I (lie). 4. I (know) exactly what you (mean). Things like that (drive) me crazy, too. 5. I (have) a bad day yesterday. – What (happen)? – First I (fail) my test, then I (drop) the book while I (walk) across the campus.
II. Use the right article.
1. They were able to finish … race. 2. … newspapers are normally delivered twice … day. 3. I’m glad you liked … steak. I’ll give you … recipe. 4. I just want … glass of … juice. 5. Do you know … name of … owner of … restaurant? 6. It’s … wonderful part of … South England and … scenery resembles … Netherlands. As … matter of … fact we had … good time there and we decided to return there again … next year.
III. Choose the suitable preposition.
1. The smell of herbs reminds me (–, of, on) my childhood. 2. He must be here (for, by, at) 9 o’clock. As soon as he turns (out, up, in) tell him to come (on, in, up) and wait (for, –, during) a few minutes (in, on, into) the office. 3. We drove (on, across, along) the road that led (to, in, at) the hill. 4. The tree was hung (by, in, with) presents (of, for) all the family.
IV. Choose the suitable pronoun.
1. She is looking through (some, few, any) magazines now. 2. I’m sorry, I can’t tell you (nothing, something, anything). 3. There is (no, none, any) bread left. 4. The passage is taken (out, of, from) the novel (of, by, on) Dreiser (who, which, one) was published (on, at, in) 1865.