Test

Part one – grammar (40 points)

1. Put the verbs in the right form:
I .........we are going to be late so please, hurry!
thinks am thinking thing think
2. .........for the bus station?
do you look are you looking do you looking are you looking
3. I have to admit that i really ..........this programme.
am hating hate hates am hate
4. I .......Karen is getting married.
am hearing hears hear
5. It ........in the paper that there is a rail strike tomorrow.
is saying is saing say says
6. What.....? I don’t know Spanish.
do the note says is the note saying does the note says does the note say
7. Here .......the postman!
come is coming comes is comming
8. I hereby.........-you man and wife!
declare am declaring am declarring declar
9. What ........to the problem, Sir?
Seem is seeming sems seems
10. Who ......to?
is this car belongin do this car belong does this car belongs does this car
belong
11. She .... well these past few days.
doesn’t feel didn’t feel hasn’t feel
12. I didn’t ask him where he ....that hat from.
had bought bought buys
13. My grandmother ...by things like that.
impresses always is always impressed should impress always
14. Emily ....dinner when her daughter came home.
cooks has cooked had cooked
15. Peter .....never .....football before he went to university.
’d ...played has played would play
16. I ...threedriving lessons so far this week.
have have had had
17. your sister ....the book yet
Hasn’t finished didn’t finish doesn’t finish
18. They ...here since ten o’clock.
are have been were
19. Lucy ....TV all morning.
watches is watching has been watching
20. When I ....the woman, I ....her immediately.
saw; have recognized saw;recognised saw;had recognised
21. I ….my thumb while I was trying to slice some onion for the soup. What …I
should do?
cut; you think have cut;did you think cut;do you think
22.Many students want to go to the mall on their free time; only a minority …to
read books now.
wants is wanting are want
23. You …about the bush for days. You’d better stop now and tell me the truth.
are beating had been beating have been beating
24. She used to prefer the classic style and always …black when she was invited to
a party.
wears wore is wearing
25. The maps hanging on the wall are torn; the kids …in the classroom again
during the break.
have been running were running are running
26. The latest news ….quite worrying, I would say.
are is there are there is
27. No ….were at the zoo at that time.
wolfes wolves wolfs wolf
28. Measles …a childhood disease that requires much attention.
are is it is there is
29. The UK …becoming a popular touristic destination all the year round, despite
the cold climate.
is are there are it is
30. That …is dangerous for the child.
pair of scissors scissors scissorses
31. Your trousers …lying on the floor.
was are is
32. Every piece of ….should be handled carefully.
luggages luggage lugage
33. To our surprise, his …couldn’t have been closer to the truth.
theses thesises thesis
34. What ….of transport are available in your area?
mean meens means
35. Do you honestly believe in ….supernatural ….?
these; phenomenon these; phenomena this;phenomena
36. To avoid a possible ….they took measures beforehand.
crises crisis crise
37.I am going to take these …to the laundry.
sheet sheets shets
38. The place was full of proofs of early population left by the ….on the inside
walls.
cavemen cavesman cavernmen
39. There are too many….waiting at the booking offices so that we gave up going
to the theatre that evening.
peoples persons people
40. There are several ….in this fish tank.
fish fishes fishs

Part two – vocabulary. (10 points)

Make sentences with the following words: buffalo, wart, kitten, terrible

Part three (40 points)

Write a short essay to talk about a country you would like to visit.