Pre-Intermediate: Test

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Test - 8

- Have to, must, should
- Gerunds, infinitives
- Future tense
- Ever, since, for

“Why have you got so much food?”
“Because I _____ a meal for two people.”
- A) cook
- B) am going to cook
- C) will cook
- D) had cook
“Jane told me you have a place at university.”
“That’s right. I _____ math at St. Andrews in Scotland.”
- A) studied
- B) will study
- C) study
- D) am going to study
“My car isn’t working.”
“Ask Joe to look at it. He _____ you.”
- A) will help
- B) helps
- C) is going to help
- D) helped
“I passed my driving test!”
“That’s great! I _____ some champagne to celebrate!”
- A) am going to buy
- B) will buy
- C) bought
- D) am buying
“Why have you got your old clothes on?”
“Because I _____ the grass.’
- A) had cut
- B) cutted
- C) am going to cut
- D) cut
He’s worked there _____ many years, _____ 1988, I believe.
- A) since / ever
- B) for / ever
- C) for / since
- D) ever / never
I have _____ loved anyone as much as I love you.
- A) never
- B) since
- C) for
- D) ever
We’ve known Paul _____ two years. Have you _____ met him?
- A) since / for
- B) since / ever
- C) for / ever
- D) never / ever
I’ve known him _____ we went to school together, but I’ve _____ met his parents.
- A) ever / ever
- B) for / never
- C) since / for
- D) since / never
Your hair’s too long. I think you _____ get it cut.
- A) have to
- B) should
- C) *
- D) will
Your clothes smell, and you’ve got a cough. You _____ smoke.
- A) don’t have to
- B) should
- C) shouldn’t
- D) have to
I’m going to bed. I _____ be up early tomorrow.
- A) should
- B) shouldn’t
- C) don’t have to
- D) have to
I’d like to meet your boyfriend. You _____ invite him round.
- A) must
- B) have to
- C) would
- D) don’t have to
I _____ tell my parents where I am, then they don’t worry.
- A) should
- B) don’t have to
- C) have to
- D) shouldn’t
You _____ come with me if you don’t want to. I’ll go on my own.
- A) don’t have to
- B) must
- C) should
- D) shouldn’t
Our train leaves in two minutes! We _____ hurry.
- A) would
- B) have to
- C) must
- D) don’t have to
If you need some help with your homework, you _____ go to the library.
- A) should
- B) mustn’t
- C) have to
- D) shouldn’t
If you’ve got a ticket, you _____ queue. You can go straight in.”
- A) shouldn’t
- B) don’t have to
- C) have to
- D) should
You _____ tell lies. It’s wrong.
- A) don’t have to
- B) should
- C) have to
- D) shouldn’t
Geoff works too much. I think he _____ take it easy.
- A) must
- B) have to
- C) should
- D) don’t have to
My bedroom is a real mess. I _____ clean it.
- A) have to
- B) must
- C) don’t have to
- D) should
There’s a wonderful new restaurant opened in town. You _____ go there.
- A) shouldn’t
- B) must
- C) don’t have to
- D) should
You can borrow my tennis racquet, but you _____ keep it very well. It was very expensive.
- A) don’t have to
- B) should
- C) must
- D) have to
It’s my mother’s birthday tomorrow. I _____ buy her a present.
- A) must
- B) have to
- C) shouldn’t
- D) don’t have to
Joanna Trollope _____ a lot of books. She _____ her first in 1980.
- A) wrote / wrote
- B) has written / wrote
- C) had written / wrote
- D) wrote / had written
I _____ in London for eight years, and I don’t want to move.
- A) live
- B) lived
- C) had lived
- D) have lived
What is the weather _____ in January?
- A) likes
- B) like
- C) liked
- D) don’t like

- A) sharing
- B) share
- C) shared
- D) to share
- A) to go
- B) went
- C) going
- D) to going
- A) living
- B) to live
- C) live
- D) lives
- A) to find
- B) found
- C) finding
- D) to be founded
- A) meets
- B) to met
- C) meeting
- D) to meet
- A) traveling
- B) traveled
- C) travel
- D) to traveling
You _____ have a driving license if you want to drive a car.
- A) should
- B) have to
- C) have
- D) had to
I don’t think people _____ get married until they’re 21.
- A) have to
- B) would
- C) should
- D) are
They liked the hotel because they _____ do any cooking.
- A) have to
- B) had to
- C) should
- D) didn’t have to
I _____ swim when I was three.
- A) could
- B) can
- C) have to
- D) must
She _____ work on Monday. It’s her day off.
- A) must
- B) doesn’t have to
- C) have to
- D) shouldn’t
You _____ sit so close to the TV. It’s bad for your eyes.
- A) don’t have to
- B) have to
- C) shouldn’t
- D) can
You _____ do the washing-up. I’ve got a washing machine.
- A) should
- B) have to
- C) mustn’t
- D) don’t have to
“I’m working 16 hours a day.”
“I think you _____ talk to your boss.”
- A) have to
- B) can
- C) mustn’t
- D) should
“I can’t sleep.”
“You _____ drink coffee at night.”
- A) must
- B) shouldn’t
- C) don’t have to
- D) have
“My friend is getting married.”
“I _____ go to the wedding.”
- A) think you should
- B) think you have to
- C) think you can
- D) think you may
“I’ve had a terrible toothache for weeks.”
“You _____ go to the dentist.”
- A) have to
- B) would
- C) shouldn’t
- D) should
Anne was upset because she didn’t _____ in the race. She really wanted to win.
- A) come last
- B) go up
- C) come first
- D) turn out
We always _____ for our holidays.
- A) go abroad
- B) go off
- C) go on
- D) go away
I’m _____. There’s nothing to do.
- A) annoyed
- B) interested
- C) kind
- D) fed up
If you want to do well in life you _____ believe in yourself.
- A) can
- B) don’t have to
- C) have to
- D) should
If you want to keep fit, you _____ do some sport.
- A) shouldn’t
- B) have to
- C) should
- D) don’t have to
If you want to learn English, you _____ speak your language in English lessons.
- A) should
- B) don’t have to
- C) must
- D) shouldn’t

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