PROGRESS TEST 1

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1. I ... The Avengers last evening, but I ... asleep, so I didn’t finish it.

a) Watched/ fell

b) Watched/ was falling

c) Was watching/ fell

d) Was watching/ was falling

2. They dealt with the problem swiftly.

a) The problem has been dealt with swiftly.

b) The problem was dealt with swiftly.

c) The problem was dealt swiftly.

d) The problem was being dealt swiftly.

3. My house is as clean as … .

a) A new pin

b) Whistle

c) The moon

d) The ocean

4. I can’t bear ... at you in this moment.

a) Having looked

b) Looking

c) To looking

d) To look

5. The prisoners broke ... the wall and escaped.

 a) Through

b) Loose

c) Even

d) Free

6. This change was brought … by the industrial revolution.

a) In

b) After

c) About

d) Up

7. The pupil cheated during the test even though he knew that if the teacher
caught him, there would be ... .

a) Visits to pay

b) Hell to pay

c) Sins to pay

d) Devils to pay

8. I love her having given me a massage.

a) I love to have had a massage given by her.

b) I love having had a massage given by her.

c) I love having a massage given by her.

d) I love to have a massage given by her.

9. Her public comments brought … strong reactions from the viewers.

a) Forth

b) Up

c) Around

d) Forward

10. “As I was driving home, a big branch fell in the middle of the road,” the
man said.
a) The man said that as he was driving home, a big branch had fallen in the middle of the road.

b) The man said that as he had been driving home, a big branch had fallen in the middle of the road.

c) The man said that as he was driving home, a big branch had fell in the middle of the road.

d) The man said that as I was driving home, a big branch fell in the middle of the road.

11. “The little girl was playing while her elder brother was watching a film,”
he said.

a) He said that the little girl had played while her elder brother was watching a film.

b) He said that the little girl had been playing while her elder brother was watching a film.

c) He said that the little girl had been playing while her elder brother had been watching a film.

d) He said that the little girl is playing while her elder brother was watching a film.

12. He threw some lunch ... fast because his girlfriend and her parents were
coming to visit.

a) Out

b) Up

c) Together

d) In

13. His jokes always fell ... no matter how hard he tried.

a) apart

b) flat

c) behind

d) afoul

14. In timp ce ti se va pregati cina, camera ta va fi fost curatata si masa va fi

fost pusa.

a) As your dinner is prepared, your room will have been cleaned and the table will have been laid.

b) As your dinner will be prepared, your room will be cleaned and the table will be laid.

c) As your dinner has been prepared, your room will have been cleaned and the table will have been lain.
 d) As your dinner is going to be prepared, your room will be cleaned and the table will have been laid.

15. Ea mi-a spus ca a fost la cumparaturi.

a) She told me that she has been shopping.

b) She told me that she was shopping.

c) She told me that she went shopping.

d) She told me that she had been shopping.

16. Critics took aim ... both the Senator and the President.

a) For

b) About

c) To

d) At

17. We didn’t account ... the weather when we went ... the mountains.

a) For / at

b) Of / to

c) With / in

d) For / in

18. Rodney came … last night and confessed his preferences to his parents.

a) Out

b) Together

c) In

d) Apart

19. “When did you notice that the money was missing?”

a) He asked me when I noticed that the money had been missing.

b) He asked me when had I noticed that the money had been missing.

c) He asked me when I had noticed that the money had been missing.
 d) He asked me when I had noticed that the money was missing.

20. His policies have been ... from conservatives.

a) Coming to terms

b) Coming under attack

c) Coming to their senses

d) Coming into view

21. He tried to eat French cheese but the taste brought it … .

a) off back

b) back in

c) up forth

d) back up

22. I did try … her … sense, but she wouldn’t listen.

a) Making/ seeing

b) Making/ to see

c) To make/ to see

d) To make/ see

23. The government is going to bring … new legislation to make such

practices illegal.

a) In

b) Up

c) Forth

d) Forward

24. He’s been arrested because he tried to pay ... the policeman who wanted
to give him a fine.

a) Out

b) In
 c) Back

d) Off

25. That storm has … a lot of damage to our roof.

a) had

b) done

c) made

d) provoked

26. Such rude words are simply not called ... .

a) Out

b) In

c) For

d) Off

27. I came back home very late last night so I have to think ... a reason for
not respecting my curfew.

a) Up

b) Over

c) Back

d) At

28. The lilacs have begun to come ... flower.

a) About

b) Down

c) After

d) Into

29. “My sister is visiting me later,” she said.

a) She just told me that her sister visited her later.

 b) She’s just told me that her sister is visiting her later.

c) She just told me that her sister is visiting her later.

d) She’s just told me that her sister was visiting her later.

30. Her vase came ... in my hands when I touched it.

a) Out

b) Apart

c) Off

d) By

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