The First Parcial Test - English Grammar and Vocabulary - Intermediate level

Name: ________________________________
Teacher: Marija Jovanovic
Points: _______ / 100

GRAMMAR

I Choose between Present Simple and Present Continuous Tense. (10)

1. My dad always _______________ (play) his guitar for hours.

2. A: What __________________ (you/think) about this book? B: I think it’s
absolutely fantastic!
3. Please be quiet! I __________________ (read) a very interesting book.
4. _______________________ (he/believe) in ghosts?
5. I can’t come to your party. We _______________________ (go) to South Africa next
weekend.
6. My grandpa usually __________________ (buy) newspaper in the store, but today he
______________________ (not buy) it.
7. Did you know that Pete’s cousin Sarah ____________________ (do) yoga?
8. George and Terry _______________________ (not speak) Portuguese. They speak
English.
9. Pay attention, Philip! _____________________ (you/listen) to me?
10. You will not find Jerry at home. He ____________________ (not be) there at the
moment.

II Choose between Past Simple and Past Continuous. (10)

1. She _______________________ (surf) alone when the shark

_____________________(attack) her.
2. When I __________________(get back) my mum _________________ (cook)
dinner.
3. What ______________________ (you/do) yesterday at 5 a.m?
4. While my sister ______________________ (do) her homework, me and my brother
____________________ (wash) dishes. Our parents _________________ (be) in
their bedroom and they _______________________ (read).
5. I ______________________ (not like) the movie very much. I
___________________ (fall) asleep while I _____________________ (watch).
6. My boss _______________________ (come) to the meeting and
___________________ (tell) us that we’re having an important project soon.
7. We ___________________________ (play) volleyball with Mary, when you
___________________________(call) me.
 8. As I ___________________________ (walk) in the streets of Holland, I
___________________________ (meet) an old friend of mine.
9. My uncle ___________________________ (take) me to the airport yesterday.
10. I ___________________________ (see) the thief while he
___________________________ (get) into my neighbor’s house.

III Choose between Past Simple and Present Perfect. (10)

1. The children _________________ (break) a window in the school last week.

2. Lucy _________________ (break) her leg, so she can’t come skiing.
3. I _________________ (know) about the problem for months, but I
_________________ (not / find) a solution yet.
4. Jack _________________ (break) his arm when he _________________ (fall) off a
horse in 2005.
5. My grandma _______________________ (never see) the sea before.
6. She _________________ (be) a teacher for ten years, and she still enjoys it.
7. The postman ___________________ (bring) the letter from Jenny last week.
8. They _______________ (start) building their new house 18 months ago.
9. Mark Spitz ________(win) seven Olympic gold medals in 1972.
10. We ________ (not speak) to your sister for a long time.

IV Choose between Past Simple and Past Perfect. (5)

1. My aunt flew to Paris last year. She ____________ (never / go) on a plane before that.
2. Helen ____________ (split up) with John before she met Paul.
3. She didn’t want to go to the cinema because she ____________ (already / see) the
film.
4. He ____________ (feel) very ill because he ____________ (not sleep) well.
5. The Vikings ________ (sail) to North America a thousand years ago.

V Choose between BE GOING TO and WILL. (10)

1. A: We don’t have any bread. B: I know. I __________________ get some from the
shop.
2. A: We don’t have any bread. B: Really? I __________________ get some from the
shop then.
3. A: Why do you need to borrow my suitcase? B: I __________________ visit my
mother in Scotland next month.
4. A: I’m really cold. B: I __________________ turn the heating on.
5. A: Are you going to John’s party tonight? B: Yes. Are you going too? I
__________________ give you a lift.
6. A: Are you ready to order? B: I can’t decide … Okay, I __________________ have
the steak, please.
 7. A: Are you busy tonight? Would you like to have coffee? B: Sorry. I
__________________ go to the library. I’ve been planning to study all day.
8. (The phone rings) A: I __________________ get it!
9. A: Why are you carrying a hammer? B: I __________________ put up some pictures.
10. A: What are your plans after you leave university? B: I __________________ work in
a hospital in Africa. I leave on the 28th .

VII Choose the tense: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Past Simple,
Past Continuous, Past Perfect, be going to + infinitive, will + infinitive. (15)

1. He met his wife when he __________ (work) in Brussels.

2. We __________________ (meet) them at a restaurant last week.
3. I ______________________ the contract tomorrow. I’m too tired to do it now.
4. Our cows usually ______________________ (give) a lot of milk.
5. Since his departure to France I ______________________ (not hear) any news from
him.
6. I ______________________ (show) you my new house some time next week.
7. She ______________________(lose) her keys. She has been looking for them since
Monday but she ______________________ (not find) them yet.
8. The girl ______________________ her mother to New York the day before
yesterday.
9. George ______________________ off the ladder yesterday.
10. My black shirt isn’t in my room. ________________________ (you/wear) it?
11. When I went out, I realized I ______________________ (forget) my keys on the
table.
12. If you don’t know how to solve this problem, I _________________ (help) you.
13. We normally ___________________ (get up) at 7 o’clock.
14. Congratulations! You _______________________ (have) a baby!
15. As I _____________________ (drive), I saw a red light and I stepped on brakes.

VIII Make comparative form. (9)

Matt: My phone is working _________________ (badly) than ever! And it’s

_______________ (old) than all the other phones I see, too. I want a ______________
(modern) phone!
Lara: Take a look at my phone. It was _____________ (cheap) than my last phone, and I’m
much _____________ (happy) with it. I wanted a phone with ______________ (big) memory
card because my old phone had smaller one.
Matt: Wow, it’s much _______________ (nice) than mine! The screen is a much
___________ (large), too. I want one like that!
Lara: Yeah, you need a big screen, because you watch videos on your phone
__________________ (frequently) than I do.
IX Make superlative form. (6)

1. Trash is one of _______________________ (bad) problems on Mount Everest now.

2. Many climbers consider K2, a mountain between Pakistan and China, to be
_______________________ (difficult) mountain to climb, not Mount Everest.
3. That was ______________________ (easy) mountain I’ve ever climbed.
4. Danny climbs ______________________ (quickly) of all of us.
5. Mount Everest is _______________________ (high) mountain on Earth.
6. That company has ________________________(good) guides.