Test 1

______ a fluent speaker of English?
- A) Is her
- B) He
- C) Does she
- D) Is she
This is a desk, and ______ tables?
- A) those are
- B) these
- C) that are
- D) that is
This is ______ boyfriend?
- A) hers
- B) of her
- C) to him
- D) her
There are ______ people in the office.
- A) the
- B) little
- C) some
- D) any
______ money on Helens table?
- A) There is some
- B) There is any
- C) Is it some
- D) Is there any
A: Where’s Helen?
B: She ______ in the office
- A) is sitting
- B) sit
- C) sitting
- D) sits
She ______ French and English, so she has got a good job.
- A) speak
- B) speaks
- C) speaking
- D) is speaking
A: What _____ ?
B: She is writing a letter.
- A) does she do
- B) does she
- C) is she doing
- D) she is doing
She ______ speaks no foreign languages.
- A) is not
- B) ___
- C) doesn’t
- D) don’t
A: Are Peter and Mary still sitting in the office?
B: No, _____
- A) they don’t sit
- B) they standing
- C) there aren’t
- D) they aren’t
What language _____?
- A) do you speak
- B) you speak
- C) you are speaking
- D) speak you
A: Are there any people in the bar?
B: No, ______
- A) any
- B) there aren’t
- C) there isn’t
- D) are there
Helen has got only ______ money.
- A) any
- B) a little
- C) no
- D) few
A: Do you want some tea?
B: No, I don’t want _____ thank you.
- A) nothing
- B) none
- C) anything
- D) something
I’m sorry, but I ______ the test yet.
- A) don’t finish
- B) haven’t finished
- C) didn’t finish
- D) aren’t finished
______ English before?
- A) Have you
- B) Do you study
- C) Are you studying
- D) Have you studied
Marry ______ to the bank on Monday.
- A) go
- B) going
- C) gone
- D) went
Marry ______ hasn’t telephoned Peter.
- A) yet
- B) still
- C) always
- D) never
Peter ______ in the living room when the phone rang.
- A) was sitting
- B) has been sitting
- C) at
- D) has she wanted
A: What ______?
B: She wanted to talk to him.
- A) wanted she
- B) did she want
- C) she wanted
- D) has she wanted
Peter can’t speak Italian, ______?
- A) isn’t
- B) can’t he
- C) does he
- D) can he
Jack ______ Turkish soon.
- A) goes to learn
- B) learns
- C) is going to learn
- D) is learning
He asked her friend to speak ______ on the telephone.
- A) clear
- B) more clearly
- C) very clear
- D) too clearly
“What ______ this evening?” Marry asked.
- A) you will do
- B) do you
- C) very clear
- D) are you doing
She enjoys ______ to parties.
- A) to go
- B) that they go
- C) going
- D) go
His girlfriend _______ while he was still having a bath.
- A) was arriving
- B) has arrived
- C) arrived
- D) is arriving
“If I _______ quickly, we wont be late for the party,” said Peter.
- A) drive
- B) will drive
- C) drove
- D) would drive
She asked him where ______.
- A) the party is
- B) the party was
- C) was the party
- D) is the party
“If I _____ the way to the house, we wouldn’t be so late.” He replied
- A) knew
- B) know
- C) would know
- D) had know
Peter wanted ______ a policeman.
- A) that Mary would ask
- B) Mary asking
- C) Mary should ask
- D) Mary to ask
Marry said she _____ him driving fast, and asked him to slow down.
- A) isn’t liking
- B) hasn’t liking
- C) didn’t like
- D) doesn’t like
When they finally arrived, they _____ the car and went in.
- A) had parked
- B) were parking
- C) parked
- D) have parked
They were _____ that they didn’t get anything to eat.
- A) such late
- B) so late
- C) too late
- D) very late
Peter made Mary _____ all night.
- A) to dance
- B) that she danced
- C) dance
- D) dancing
When you _____ him tomorrow, you will think he is ten years older.
- A) see
- B) will be
- C) would see
- D) are going to see
He promised his wife they _____ here earlier next time.
- A) will get
- B) get
- C) shall get
- D) would get
_____ Peter nor I was able to drive home.
- A) Either
- B) Not only
- C) Nor
- D) Neither
Helen found a good job, and _____ Peter.
- A) also
- B) too did
- C) so did
- D) so
The milk ______ at 8 o’clock the following morning.
- A) was delivering
- B) delivered
- C) was delivered
- D) is delivered
“If I’d known I’d feel so ill, I _____ to party,” Peter moaned.
- A) would go
- B) wouldn’t have gone
- C) didn’t go
- D) would have gone
He heard on the morning news that a family of 6 _____ in an explosion.
- A) were being injured
- B) had injured
- C) have injured
- D) had been injured
The family had just had a new gas cooker _____ in their kitchen.
- A) fitted
- B) fitting
- C) to be fitted
- D) for fit
The man who fixed it must ______ a mistake with the connections.
- A) have made
- B) to have made
- C) to made
- D) made
He ______ his job properly because a lot of gas escaped.
- A) shouldn’t do
- B) must have done
- C) was able to do
- D) can’t have done
After Peter ______ his breakfast, he went to work.
- A) finishing
- B) was finishing
- C) had finished
- D) has finished
He thought he ______ able to read about the explosion when he got home.
- A) will be
- B) is
- C) would be
- D) was
“By the time I get home the story _____ in the evening newspaper,” he thought.
- A) appears
- B) would be
- C) will have appeared
- D) has appeared
Peter ______ spending weekends alone.
- A) didn’t use to
- B) wasn’t used to
- C) hadn’t used to
- D) used not to
He wished she ______ have to spend so much time away.
- A) didn’t
- B) hadn’t
- C) doesn’t
- D) couldn’t
He suggested _______ him on Tuesday evening.
- A) her to meet
- B) she should meet
- C) she meeting
- D) that her meeting
You ______ have worried because the test wasn’t difficult, was it?
- A) could
- B) needn’t
- C) must
- D) wouldn’t
Now it’s time ______ a short composition.
- A) you write
- B) for to write
- C) you are writing
- D) you wrote
He ______ ill for a long time.
- A) has had
- B) has been
- C) is
- D) were
I had two eggs for breakfast and ______ of them was fresh.
- A) either
- B) neither
- C) no
- D) none
A: Have you passed the test?
B: ___________
- A) I don’t doubt
- B) Yes, I doubt it
- C) I doubt
- D) I doubt it
I usually watch TV, but at present I ______ to the radio.
- A) am listening
- B) listened
- C) listen
- D) will listen
He speaks English well ______ he has never been to England.
- A) however
- B) even
- C) so
- D) although
How long _______ Mr. Brown?
- A) do you know
- B) did you know
- C) have you known
- D) will you known
Jane is ______ than Mary.
- A) very tall
- B) taller
- C) the tallest
- D) tallest
While I _______ my car I heard a scream.
- A) was parking
- B) will park
- C) park
- D) have parked
Turkish is easy, but English ________.
- A) is
- B) does not
- C) is not
- D) is not, either
_____ are broken.
- A) The legs of the table
- B) Table’s leg
- C) One leg of the table
- D) One of the legs of the table
There is _____ we can do to help you.
- A) nothing
- B) anything
- C) somewhere
- D) any
My brother is very _____ musician
- A) the most talented
- B) talented
- C) more talented
- D) talent
He wrote a _______ book last year.
- A) good
- B) the worst
- C) worst
- D) very
The detective has not solved the mystery ______.
- A) still
- B) yet
- C) already
- D) therefore
He ______ in Africa this time tomorrow.
- A) is traveling
- B) was traveling
- C) will be traveling
- D) has been traveling
My brother is _______ young to be a team leader.
- A) enough
- B) too
- C) yet
- D) much
______ of his books do you like best?
- A) Which
- B) What
- C) Who
- D) Whom
My friend asked me _____ I wanted to drink anything.
- A) what
- B) which
- C) if
- D) that
______ read any good book recently?
- A) Have you
- B) Do you
- C) Did you
- D) Are you
She doesn’t have _____ money.
- A) many
- B) much
- C) no
- D) very
George enjoys _____ in the sea.
- A) from swimming
- B) swim
- C) to swim
- D) swimming
Can you tell me _____ ?
- A) where does Jack live
- B) where Jack lives
- C) where is Jack living
- D) where is Jack
Did you see the pencil ______ two days ago?
- A) I bought it
- B) which I bought it
- C) that I bought it
- D) which I bought
He would buy a new car if he ______ more money.
- A) had
- B) would had
- C) would have
- D) have had
Alice is the same age _______ David.
- A) with
- B) like
- C) as
- D) by
Who _____ the dinner?
- A) did cook
- B) cooked
- C) was cook
- D) is cooked
How many times a week did you do English at school?
- A) Four times in a week
- B) Twice in a week
- C) Once in a week
- D) Twice a week
She is staying with her parents _____ the time being because she can’t afford to rent an apartment.
- A) during
- B) for
- C) since
- D) in
The children want me to ______ them a story now.
- A) say
- B) talk
- C) tell
- D) speak
He _____ hard because he answered all the questions in the exam.
- A) must have studied
- B) should study
- C) should have studied
- D) ought to study
His aunt died three months ago. Since then he ____ to Ankara twice.
- A) went
- B) has gone
- C) is going
- D) was gone
She married ______ an Englishman.
- A) by
- B) with
- C) to
- D) too
They met some people _____ sons were all football players.
- A) who
- B) who’s
- C) whom
- D) whose
They really don’t know ______.
- A) when does the football game begin
- B) when the football game begin
- C) when begins the football game
- D) when the football game begins
He _____ difficulty on the last test he took.
- A) had
- B) has
- C) is having
- D) will have
After _____ his coffee, he left the restaurant.
- A) drinking
- B) drank
- C) drink
- D) to drink
She only takes ____ sugar in her tea.
- A) few
- B) a lot
- C) a little
- D) a few
The teacher’s book, _____ lives of great men and women, has 500 pages.
- A) who contains
- B) which contains
- C) which is contain
- D) whose contains
They ______ earlier than the others, but they arrived later.
- A) are leaving
- B) leave
- C) had left
- D) left
You can travel ______.
- A) neither by train or by bus
- B) either by train or by bus
- C) either by train nor by bus
- D) or by train nor by bus
They will leave the house as soon as they _____ lunch.
- A) finish eating
- B) will finish to eat
- C) finish to eat
- D) will finish eating
____ all her efforts, she could not please her family.
- A) In spite of
- B) Nevertheless
- C) Although
- D) However
We _____ helped you even if we had wanted to because we did not know how to do it.
- A) may not have
- B) can’t have
- C) might not have
- D) couldn’t have
I should have called him right away if I _____ his telephone number.
- A) have know
- B) will know
- C) had known
- D) would know
_____ coffee after dinner.
- A) I’m used to drinking
- B) I used to drinking
- C) I’m used drinking
- D) would know
They were speaking so loudly that I couldn’t help _____ what they said.
- A) to overhear
- B) overhearing
- C) overhear
- D) but to overhear
He seems to be director. I remember ______ in school.
- A) saw him
- B) seeing him
- C) him to see
- D) to see him
To travel in the European Community, Dutch people ______ a passport.
- A) haven’t got
- B) don’t need
- C) mustn’t get
- D) shouldn’t get

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