ENGLISH PRACTICE TEST

1. What types of word classes do we have? Give examples and explain one.

2. What types of compound nouns do we have? Write examples.

3. What is the difference between passive and active voice?

4. What types of multi-word verbs do we have?

5. How do we make comparatives?

6. What are modal verbs? What do we use them for?

7. Match the proper pairs to make compound nouns.

shelf ware room board skating

book______
ice_______
bed_______
black_____
soft_______

8. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the phrasal verbs down below.

CATCH UP - COME ACROSS - DROP OFF - HEAD FOR - SHOW UP - TAKE UP

When I retire I'll ____________ some new hobbies like fishing or playing golf.

When we looked through the old albums we _____________ a photo of my aunt.

He tried really hard and ran as fast as he could but simply couldn't ___________ with the best
runners.

We waited for over an hour but they simply didn't _________. Something might have
happened to them.

I am going home anyway so I can ________ you ___________ wherever you want.

We decided to __________________ the south because the weather was much better there.
 9. Fill in the correct prepositions to make the correct prepositional verbs.

Talk ______ her if you have a problem.

I love listening ________ her music.
Please turn _______ the volume of the TV.
They complained _________ the dirty table cloth.
He is thinking ________ going to Paris next week.

10. Choose the correct modal verb when talking about a deduction in the past.

Sarah looked very happy. She __________ passed her driving test.

I can't believe Jim hasn't arrived yet. He _________ taken the wrong train.

He still hasn’t answered. Maybe he was busy or he __________ been in the shower.

I don’t know where they are but they __________ gone to the museum.

11. Turn the active sentences into Present or Past Continuous Passive. If the active
sentence in the present, make the passive sentence in the present continuous passive
as well.

I was making lunch.

Who was picking the flowers?
My brother is not making dinner.
Is Emma singing a song?
They are not writing essays.

12. Complete the sentences using the comparative adjective or adverb form of words from
down below.

efficient frequent strong quick susceptible

Maintaining blood sugar levels helps you to work ____________.

People who work out regularly have a __________ immune system.
People who eat a healthy diet are ____________ to illness.
Skipping meals means that you eat snacks _______________.
If you do too much exercise when you are ill, you will recover ___________.
 13. Match the word with the definition.

cell want something very much

diabetes return something to a good condition

immune an illness in which the body cannot control the level of sugar in the blood

crave protected against a disease

restore the smallest living part of an animal or plant