I must (write, to write) at once to thank you for your (lovely, lively) present. I like it (so, such) much! I can’t (tell, say) you what I (fell, felt) when I opened the parcel and (found, found out) a (pair, couple) of beautiful socks. I am (particularly, particular) touched because I can (see, look) at a (glance, sight) that they are (home, house)-knitted. You can’t (buy, sell) socks (as, like) that in the shops!
Test 13
I. Use the correct tense-forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. I hear there (be) a picnic last Saturday. You (have) a good time? 2. You (use) your mobile telephone after dinner? Can I take it? 3. Which man (be) your husband? – The man in a grey hat. He (read) a newspaper now. 4. I (travel) round Europe when I (meet) Ted. 5. I (help) you with cooking? – Do, please. 6. When she (be) a child she (use) to go running.
II. Use the right article.
1. She sings like … angel. 2. … rain is getting heavier and heavier. 3. They say … industrious person works like … bee. 4. … milk in the cup is too cold. Don’t drink such … cold milk! 5. … tiger is … large carnivorous animal. 6. In … summer … whole family meet at … Maxim’s in … Paris.
III. Choose the suitable preposition.
1. Can you look (for, at, up) a word in the dictionary (for, to, by) me? 2. Are you listening (at, on, to) me? Why are you looking (out of, up, to) the window all the time? 3. I hate travelling (in, on, by) train. 4. I thought I left my umbrella (in, at, on) home but in fact I had been carrying it all day (in, into, on) my bag. 5. You mustn’t go (by, on, in) a bus without a ticket.
IV. Choose the suitable word.
1. The (fewer, fewest) cars there are the (least, fewer, less) pollution there will be. 2. I don’t hear (nothing, something, anything). 3. Sorry, but there is (no, any, neither) time to talk. 4. This coat is (more, much, most) cheaper than (my, mine). 5. (Their, theirs) house is half as large as (our, ours). 6. The toy doesn’t work. Give me (another, other, the other), please.
V. Put the words in the right order to make up a sentence.
1. the / was / salary / I / to / low / decided / job / the / accept / although
2. car / happy / you / with / are / your / new?
3. play / Mike / well / does / chess?
4. name / eating / of / is / you / fruit / what / the / are / the / now?
VI. Choose the appropriate word.
I went to (study, teach) medicine in London as a pupil to a famous (surgeon, sergeant) and (while, during) in London I started to study navigation (because, that’s why) I had always wanted to travel. (Soon, Sooner) I was (offered, suggested) a (job, work) as a ship’s doctor and I (accepted, rented) it. At (first, the first) the (journey, hiking) was (pleasant, pleasantly), but in the Pacific we ran into a storm, the ship (sank, drowned) and (every, everybody) on board (except, besides) me was drowned. I managed to swim to an (isle, island), but I was (so, such) tired when I reached (land, soil) that I fell (fast, fastly) asleep on the sand.
Test 14
I. Use the correct tense-forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. When I (be) a child my parents never (let) me watch TV after 9 p.m. 2. She (be) 18 now but I thought she (be) older. 3. When the lake (freeze) it (be) safe for skating. 4. I (have) trouble with this exercise. – Don’t worry. I (help) you. 5. I (need) to give a message to Sue. – I (see) her in the office this afternoon.
II. Use the right article.
1. I’ve never met … child who doesn’t like … chips. 2. … government should take … care of … unemployed. 3. Some people believe in … life after … death. 4. … music which excites me is … jazz. 5. They met at … Chicago Airport … morning after he had left home to live in... USA.
III. Choose the suitable preposition.
1. A strange thing happened (with, to, at) me yesterday. 2. I didn’t have enough money to pay (for, –, on) the meal. 3. I’m waiting (–, to, for) the rain to stop. I have to go (in, on, to) the shop. 4. She was upset so badly (in, on, at) the exam. 5. Why are you laughing (on, by, at) me?
IV. Choose the suitable pronoun.
1. He has given (me, I, my) (anything, everything, – I asked. 2. (Each, Every, All) chair looks freshly painted. 3. (Either, Both, Neither) the magazines and that book were left in the study hall. 4. Don’t blame (myself, oneself, me). Blame (you, yourself, ourselves). 5. She married a friend of (me, my, mine) brother’s.
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. Friday / married / they / to / going / on / are / get.
4. you / evening / met / where / going / when / you / were / yesterday / I?
5. walks / college / he / a / Jack / to / but / riding / usually / the / motorbike / today.
VI. Choose the appropriate word.
I am (interested, interesting) in sport, (especially, specially) athletics, and I (run, race) 7 or 8 kilometres (every, some) day. I particularly (enjoy, entertain) 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).