PRACTICE TEST (2023)

I. VERB TENSES
1/ In most countries a child (start) school at six and (stay) for about fives years in a primary school. Then he (move) to a secondary
school. At 17 or 18 he (take) an exam; if he (do) well in this exam he can (go) on to a university if he (wish).
2/ One of the first novels in history of literature (be) written in England in 1719. It (be) Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Dofoe. He (bear) in
London in a rich family. When Daniel (be) a schoolboy, he (begin) to write stories. After (leave) school he (work) in his father's shop
and (write) articles for newspapers. Dofoe (visit) many countries and (meet) many people. That helped him much in his writings.
3/ Rob Fellow (come) from England. He (come) to Paris six months ago to learn French. He (start) (learn) French at school in England
when he was eleven so he (learn) it nearly for ten years. He just (take) an exam. If he (pass), he (move) into the next class. He (be)
excited today because his parents (come) tomorrow to stay with him for a few days.
4/ Dear Jill,
Here I am in New York! I (be) here for two weeks now and it (be) very interesting. My friend, Nancy, whom I (meet) in London in
1982, (live) in New York for three years, so she (know) all about it. Yesterday, we ( go) to China town and (eat) hot dogs there. We
(visit) the Statue of Liberty this Sunday.
5/ Jack London (bear) in San Francisco on January 12, 1876. He (begin) his education at the university of California, but (not/finish) it
there, he (write) a lot of adventure books. He (travel) much, and his experience in his strips (help) him write many famous books.
6/ John hasn't got a job. He (be) unemployed for six months. He (work) for a textile firm which (have) to close because it (not/have)
enough orders.
7/ Today there (be) more than 3000 different (speak) languages in the world. English (be) the most widely spoken language, over 350
million people (speak) it but more people speak Chinese. You may wonder why English (more widely/ speak) although more people
who (speak) Chinese are found in China but English (speak) by people (find) in almost every corner of the world.
8/ Short after the war, my brother and I (invite) to spend a few days' holiday with an uncle who (just/return) from abroad. He (rent) a
cottage in the country, although he rarely (spend) much time there.
We (understand) the reason for this after our arrival. The cottage (have) no comfortable furniture in it, many of the windows (break) and
the roof (leak), making the whole house damp.
9/ At first I (enjoy) (listen) to him but after a while I got tired of (hear) the same story again and again.
10/ She apologized for (borrow) my bike without (ask) permission and promised never (do) it again.
11/ Because of the bomb scarce, no one (allow) in the building. People (prevent) from (open) this front door by a guard who was
stationed there.
12/ I woke up one Sunday morning and (discover) that my sandals (miss). I (search) high and low for them when my brother (rush) into
my room (exclaim):" Come quickly! the neighbour's dog (take) all the shoes!". Upon (see) the dog, we gave chase. Unfortunately, we
could not catch it and to this day nobody (know) what happened to our shoes.
13/ When we (return) our holidays, we (find) our house in a mess. What (happen) while we (be) away? A burglar (get) into the house
and (steal) a lot of our things. The burglar (get) in through the kitchen window. He (have) no difficulty in forcing it open. Then he (go)
into the living room.
14/ In the past travel (consider) an essential part of education. Poets and writers (realize) the value of travel and (go) out to other
countries in search of knowledge. A man's education (not/ complete) until we (visit) foreign lands.
15/ Our university (send) 21 students to study in the other countries last year. In total, we (send) 186 students abroad over the last ten
years.
16/ Wood (not/ sink) in water.
17/ (See) photographs of the place, he had no desire to go there.
18/ (Infuriate) by the interruptions, the speaker refused to continue his speech.
19/ (Find) the money, they began quarrelling about how to divide it.
20/ When the painter felt the ladder (begin) (slip) he grabbed the gutter (save) himself from (fall).
21/ You shouldn't get Jack (type) this letter. He's a careless man.
22/ The teller (make) (lie) down on the floor.
23/ I (say) that last night? I (be) absent-minded.
24/ I resented (unjustly,accuse) and asked him (apologize)
25/ While I (walk) to the bus-stop, I realized I (leave) the cooker on.
26/ Danny's train (arrive) tomorrow morning at 6.00 so we (meet) him at the station.
27/ It's high time the local government (do) something about the sewage system which (not/ upgrade) for years.
28/ It is advisable that we (be) economical in the economic recession.
29/ The telephone, which is considered (be) one of the most useful scientific achievements of the century, is said (invent) by A. Bell.
30/ They didn'n come. They (not/be) absent. They were supposed (sit) for an important test during the afternoon.
31/ The population (increase) rapidly in Vietnam nowadays.
32/ I'll phone you at eight.-No, I (watch) a football match then.
33/ His doctor advises that he (eat) less meat.
34/ We have postponed (tell) anyone the news until someone considers (do) something about our matter.
35/ He happened (stand) outside the bank, and he witnessed the robbery (take) place.
36/ If you are (catch) the first train, it will mean (get) up at 5.00.
37/ The accident (report) (cause) by a reckless motorist.
38/ Look! The rain (spoil) our furniture. You (close) all the window last night.
Oxford for 15 years, then (7.move) to London in 1970. They now (8.live) in Cadogan Square in central London
39/ Paul Carrack is a musician and a singer. He (1.be) in the music business for over 20 years. He (2.start) playing professionally while
he (3.be) at school. He (4. Travel) all over the world. He (5.have) his first hit record in 1974. So far he (5.make) a lot of records. Young
people in America and Britain (7.know) his name and they never (8.forget) his number one song “ The Living Years”.

40/ If you’d like to meet the president, I (arrange) it.

41/ someone offered you to buy one of those rings, which you (choose)?
42/ If I (see) a tiger walking across Hyde Park I (climb) a tree.
43/ Let's go to the beach. No, it's too cold. If it (be) warmer, I wouldn't mind going to the beach.
44/ Why do you read newspapers? Well, if I (not/ read) newspapers, I wouldn't know what was happening in the world.
45/ I'm not tired enough to go to bed yet. I (not/sleep).
46/ I would be grateful if you (send) me your brochure as soon as possible.
47/ Liz gave me this ring. She (be) very upset if I (sell) it.
48/ If I (be) a bird, I (not/ live) in a cage.
49/ Most people know that oil (float) on water. If you (pour) oil on water, it (float).
50/ If you scream, I (kill) you.
51/ If you (finish) using the typewriter, I'd like to borrow it for a while, so that I can get used to typing with that machine.
52/ If you (write) the letter I will post it.
53/ If you (swim) this afternoon, you shouldn't eat too much now.
54/ You (see) I am right if you look into the matter from my point of view.
55/ "I'd be very grateful if you (keep) me informed", he said.
56/ I think there are too many cars. If there (not/be) so many cars, there (not/ be) so much pollution.
57/ If you (not/ live) so far away, we (visit) you more often.
58/ This soup isn't very good. It (taste) better if it wasn't so salty.
59/ It's very cold. Mr Taylor, who has been ill recently, is walking along the road without a coat. He (wear) a warm coat.
When I (tell)41 my teacher that I (have)42 a little difficulty with conditional sentences at the moment, he (ask) 43 me (come)44 and (see)45
him the following afternoon. After he (give) 46 me a brief explanation, he (ask) 47 me several questions and then (give) 48 me a short
written test. I (be)49 delighted (find)50 that I (not make)51 a single mistake.
While we (speak)52, his wife (enter)53 and (ask)54 whether I (like)55 something (drink)56. It (be)57 possible that if I (not go)58 (see)59 my
teacher yesterday, I (may fail)60 in yesterday's test. Although our papers (not yet be returned) 61 to us , I (have)62 nothing (worry)63 about.
My teacher (tell)64 me a few minutes ago that I (do)65 very well.
60/ It has been suggested that the government (assist) the poor in improving their living condition.
61/ The programmes for hunger elimination and poverty alleviation (improve) living condition in remote regions.
62/ After (climb) for six hours, we managed (reach) the summit.
63/ I don't mind you (use) my bike provided that you (take) care of it.
64/ Were the paintings genuine? It (be) worth thousands of pounds.
65/ My uncle would rather that I (not/ leave) yesterday.
66/ If I (not/stay) up late last night, I (not/feel) sleepy now.
67/ We (wait) for 20 minutes when he came.
68/ I’d rather he ( not/ write) that letter.
69. I used to.....................(think) that life ended at 30.
70.I’m not used to..........................(think) so hard this early in the morning.
71. Jane was never a very reliable friend. If I were you, I’d try.......................(forget) her.
72.If your clothes don’t seem very white after you’ve washed them, try.........................(soak) them in a little bleach.
73. Please stop.........................(make) such a terrible noise!
74.After half an hour, we stop........................(make) a cup of tea.
75. I remember.........................(see) him in the part of Hamlet at the Academy Theatre.
76.Did you remember...........................(see) Tim and tell him that we can’t come on Saturday?
77. I started..........................(read) classical literature at the age of six.
78.Oh, look! It’s starting......................(rain)
79. He went on.......................(write) his essay despite the noise.
80.The lecture began very badly, but the professor went on......................(make) some interesting points.
81. I couldn’t help them........................(find) what they were looking for as I was in too much of a hurry.
82.Harry looked so funny that I couldn’t help.....................(laugh).
83. I like........................(pay) bills quite promptly. It’s so easy to get behind.
84I like.......................(be) the centre of attention.
85. Do you like......................(cook)?
86.When we have a dinner party, I like.......................(cook) something really exotic that nobody’s ever had before.
87.What a shame! I'd rather you ( not/dismiss)______________________ like that.
88.When I noticed the blank stare he ( give)___________________________ me, I (realize)that he didn't understand me.
89.Would you be so kind as ( switch off)_______________________________the lightswhen leaving?
90.Just inside the outer later of the earth's atmosphere (be) the elements necessary to protect it from ultraviolet rays, extreme
temperatures, and threatening foreign substances.
91.The Swedish scientist, Alfred B. Nobel, left money (6. award)_________________________to people who have done something
important to help humankind.
92.It's imperative that the wildlife program (broadcast)_______________________tomorrow.
93.The President ( deliver)_____________________________a speech, but in the end he (change) his mind.
94.He has five outstanding students, each (deserve)_____________________(give)_ a scholarship.
95.I can't understand why he (be) ____________________________ so selfish. He isn't usually like that.

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT EXERCISE

I. Choose the best answer:
1. Mumps ( is, are) not common among adults.
2. Viruses from third world countries ( is, are) a major concern.
3. Most of the sand ( is, are) wet from the high tide.
4. Either the two kittens or the puppy ( sits, sit) in my lap while I watch television.
5. A subject of great interest ( is, are) rainforests.
6. Hansel and Gretel ( is, are) a famous children's story.
7. The team members ( is, are) arguing over the defense tactics.
8. The economics of the trip ( was, were) pleasing.
9. Why ( is, are) your parents going to Africa for a vacation?
10. The mayor and the governor ( hopes, hope) that the bill will soon become a law.
11.John, along with twenty friends, (is/are) planning to have a party.
12.The picture of the soldiers (brings/bring) back many memories.
13.The quality of these recordings (is/are) not very good.
14.If the duties of these officers (isn’t/aren’t) reduced, there will not be enough time to finish the project.
15.The effects of cigarette smoking (have/has) been proven to be extremely harmful.
16.The use of credit cards in place of cash (have/has) increased rapidly in recent years.
17.Advertisements on television (is/are) becoming more competitive than ever before.
18.Living expenses in this country, as well as in many others, (is/are) at an all-time high.
19.Mr. Jones, accompanied by several members of the committee, (have/has) proposed some changes of the rules.
20.The levels of intoxication(vary/varies) from subject to subject.
21.Neither Bill nor Mary (is/are) going to the play tonight.
22.Anything (is/are) better than going to another movie tonight.
23.Skating (is/are) becoming more popular every day.
24.A number of reporters (was/were) at the conference yesterday.
25.Everybody who (has/have) a fever must go home immediately.
26.Your glasses (was/were) on the bureau last night.
27.There (was/were) some people at the meeting last night.
28.The committee (has/have) already reached a decision.
29.A pair of jeans (was/were) in the washing machine this morning.
30.Either John or his wife (make/makes) breakfast each morning.
31.After she had perused the material, the secretary decided that everything (was/were) in order.
32.The crowd at the basketball game (was/were) wild with excitement.
33.Each student (has/have) answered the first three question.
34.A pack of wild dogs (has/have) frightened all the ducks away.
35.The jury (is/are) trying to reach a decision.
36.The army (has/have) eliminated this section of the training test.
37.The number of students who have withdrawn from class this quarter (is/are) appalling.
38.There(has/have) been too many interruptions in this class.
39.Every elementary school teacher (has/have) to take this examination.
40.Neither Jill nor her parents (has/have) seen this movie before.
II. Put the verb in bracket in the correct form:
1. Do you know how to play bocce? The game (do) not require any special athletic abilities.
2. There is a new bocce league at the recreational center. There (be) several teams in the league.
3. I have a new set of bocce balls. My friend (have) a new pallino ball.
4. Bocce is a game for people of all ages. I (be) going to show you how to play.
5. The players take turns rolling a ball down the court. Each of the players [take] one ball and aims for the pallino.
6. We try to get our balls as close to the pallino as possible. Rick often (try) to bounce his ball off the side of the court.
7. Nobody enjoys playing bocce more than I do. Everybody who plays bocce (enjoy) the game.
8. There are four players on each team. There (be) a tournament at the end of the season.
9. The winners of the tournament carry home a trophy. Everyone (carry) home good memories.
10. I am ready to play a game now. You and your friends (be) welcome to join us.
11. Both candidates oppose increased defense spending. Neither of the two candidates (oppose) the war in Iraq.
12. Not one of these cell phones belongs to me. One of the phones (belong) to Merdine.
13. Most students take all of their classes in the morning. Nobody (take) classes after 2:00.
14. One of my hobbies is collecting shopping bags. My hobbies (be) unusual.
15. Gus and Merdine want a trial separation. Neither one (want) to move out of the apartment.
16. Neither of the players admits that he made an error. Both players (admit) that somebody made a mistake.
17. Both the manager and her assistant have been fired. Neither the manager nor her assistant (have) been notified.
18. Where is your little brother? Several pages from my journal (be) missing.
19. Professor Legree often goes for long walks in the rain. The lights in his house (go) on at midnight.
20. The students in the back of the room play poker during breaks. The student who sits next to the refreshments (play) solitaire.
III. The following paragraph contains six errors in subject-verb agreement. Find and correct each of the six verb errors. Remember to stay in the
present tense, and be guided by our four tips for agreement and our three special cases.
Santa
According to legend, Santa Claus is a fat old man who visits every house on our planet in about eight hours on one of the coldest nights
of the year. Santa, as everybody knows, stop for a glass of milk and a cookie at each house along the route. He prefer to work unnoticed,
so he wears luminous red suit and travels with a pack of bell-jangling reindeer. For reasons that most people does not understand, this
jolly old man enters each house not by the front door but through the chimney (whether you has a chimney or not). He customarily gives
generously to children in wealthy families, and he usually remind poorer children that it's the thought that counts. Santa Claus is one of
the earliest beliefs that parents try to instill in their children. After this absurdity, it's a wonder that any child ever believe in anything
again.
IV. Create tags for the following questions.
1. I think you shouldn’t invest all your savings in gold,……………………………?
2. He never worries about money,…………………………….?
3. I am on the phone,…………………………..?
4. It’s a pity that they didn’t warn her of the danger in advance,……………………….?
5. There is a roundabout in the city centre,……………………………….?
6. This is your brother’s car,…………………………?
7. Do have another bowl of rice,…………………………?
8. Let’s go out for a walk tonight,……………………………?
9. You need to spend at least two hours a day practising English,……………………………..?
10. Don’t leave the child alone in the house,……………………………?
11. There used to be a church near here,……………………………?
12. She has to look after her old parents and five children,………………………………..?
13. He hardly ever lets anybody smoke in his room,………………………………?
14. You have never commited a crime,…………………………….?
15. These are your sister’s children,…………………………..?
16. You didn’t go out last night,……………………………….? ( How do you answer if you went out last night?)
……………………….
17. I don’t think he is intelligent enough to answer such a difficult question,………………………….?
18. A sea monster might have attacked the ship,……………………………?
19. It must have taken the Ancient Egyptians hundreds of years to build their pyramids,…………………………..?
20. You are concealing something from me,……………………………….?
V. Put a or an if necessary
1 My neighbour is . . . photographer; let's ask him for . . . advice about colour films.
2 We had . . . fish and . . . chips for . . . lunch. That doesn't sound . . . very interesting lunch.
3 I had . . . very bad night; I didn't sleep . . . wink.
4 He is . . . vegetarian; you won't get . . . meat at his house. He'll give you . . . nut cutlet. Last time I had . . . nut cutlet I had . . .
indigestion.
5 . . . travel agent would give you . . . information about . . . hotels.
6 We'd better go by . . . taxi—if we can get . . . taxi at such . . . hour as 2 a.m.
7 . . . person who suffers from . . . claustrophobia has . . . dread of being confined in . . . small space, and would always prefer . . . stairs
to . . . lift.
8 Do you take . . . sugar in . . . coffee?
I used to, but now I'm on . . . diet. I'm trying to lose . . . weight.
9 . . . man suffering from . . . shock should not be given anything to drink.
10 You'll get . . . shock if you touch . . . live wire with that screwdriver.
Why don't you get . . . screwdriver with . . . insulated handle?
11 It costs fifty-five and . . . half pence and I've only got . . . fifty pence piece.
You can pay by . . . cheque here. But can I write . . . cheque for . . . fifty-five and . . . half pence?
12 . . . Mr Smith is . . . old customer and . . . honest man. Why do you say that? Has he been accused of . . . dishonesty?
13 I'm not . . . wage-earner; I'm . . . self-employed man. I have . . . business of my own. Then you're not . . . worker; you're . . . capitalist!
14 When he was charged with . . . murder he said he had . . . alibi.
15 . . . friend of mine is expecting . . . baby. If it's . . . girl she's going to be called Etheldreda.
What . . . name to give . . . girl!
16 I have . . . hour and . . . half for lunch. I only have . . . half . . . hour—barely . . . time for . . . smoke and ... cup of coffee.
17 I hope you have . . . lovely time and . . . good weather. But I'm not going for . . . holiday; I'm going on . . . business.
18 He looked at me with . . . horror when I explained that I was . . . double agent.
19 I wouldn't climb . . . mountain for Ј1,000! I have . . . horror of . . . heights.
20 I have . . . headache and . . . sore throat. I think I've got . . . cold. I think you're getting . . . flu.
21 . . . Mr Jones called while you were out (neither of us knows this man). He wants to
make . . . complaint about . . . article in the paper. He was in . . . very bad temper.
22 If you go by . . . train you can have quite . . . comfortable journey, but make sure you get . . . express, not . . . train that stops at all the
stations.
23 . . . few people know (hardly anyone knows) that there is . . . secret passage from this house to . . . old smugglers' cave in the cliffs.
24 I'm having . . . few friends in to . . . coffee tomorrow evening. Would you like to come?
I'd love to, but I'm afraid I'm going to . . . concert.
25 It's time you had . . . holiday. You haven't had . . . day off for . . . month.
26 He broke ...leg in... skiing accident. It's still in . . . plaster.
27 I want . . . assistant with . . . knowledge of French and . . . experience of . . . office routine.
28 I see that your house is built of . . . wood. Are you insured against ... fire?
29 The escaping prisoner camped in . . . wood but he didn't light . . . fire because . . .
smoke rising from the wood might attract . . . attention.
30 I had . . . amazing experience last night. I saw . . . dinosaur eating . . . meat pie in . . .London park.
You mean you had . . . nightmare. Anyway, dinosaurs didn't eat . . . meat.
31 I'll pay you . . . hundred . . . week. It's not . . . enormous salary but after all you are . . . completely unskilled man.
32 If you kept . . . graph you could see at . . . glance whether you were making . . . profit or . . . loss.
33 . . . little (hardly anything) is known about the effect of this drug; yet . . . chemist will sell it to you without . . . prescription.
34 I have . . . little money left; let's have dinner in . . . restaurant.
35 Would it be . . . trouble to you to buy me . . . newspaper on your way home?
36 . . . man is . . . reasoning animal.
37. ……………man who lives ……….next door to me is …………….geographer.
38. I bought …………hat and…………shirt when I went shopping. …………..shirt was more expensive than ……………hat.
39. I prefer watching ……………..TV to listening to……………..radio.
40. She got married to ……………one-eyed man.
41. ………………blue whale is in danger of extinction.
42. I was invited to ……………..dinner given to welcome…………..new ambassador.
43. Could you please turn off …………………television before you go to bed.
44. Can you tell me how many continents and oceans there are on …………………earth?
45. They hired the car by ………………….hour.
VI. Exercise of would rather.
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in the following sentence.
1. We would rather ________ (stay) at home tonight.
2. Mr. Jones would rather ________ (stay) at home last night.
3. The policeman would rather ________ (work) on Saturday than on Sunday.
4. Maria would rather that we ________ (study) more than we do.
5. George would rather ________(not study) tonight.
6. The photographer would rather ________ (have) more light.
7. The photographer would rather that we ________ (stand) closer together than we are standing.
8. Carmen would rather ________ (not cook) for the entire family.
9. She would rather that you ________ (not arrive) last night.
10. John would rather ________ (sleep) than worked last night.
VII.Change these sungular into plural ones:
1. a horse…………………….. 2. a duck………………………3. a fish …….……………..4. a crisis……..……………..
5. a phenomenon ……………………………6. a wolf ………………………..7 . a thief …………………………………
8. a wharf …………………………………….9. m ………………..10. a brother-in-law ………………………………….
11. a flower …………………………..12. a sheep …………………………………13. a man driver ……………………..
14. a wife …………………………15. a brush ………………………….16. a donkey……………………………………
17. a squid………………….18. a city……………………..19. a kilo ……………………20. a salmon…………………..
21. a whale……………………….22. a memorandum ………………………………..23. a hoof…………………………
24. a deer………………………..25. a bacterium……………………………..26. a break-in……………………………..
27. Mary………………………..28. a tree ……………………………29. boy……………………..30. a shelf…………...
31. a tomato……………….………..32. a glass…………………….………33. a language……………………………….
34. a oasis…………………………35. a piano………………………………..36. a UFO………………………………..
37. a leaf…………………………..38. a kitchen………………………………..39. a potato…………………………..….
40. a kimono………………………41. a passer-by………………………………42. a fly…………………………..……
43. a roof………………………….44. a scarf…………………………………….45. a terminus……………………..…..
46. one hundred => five………………………… 46. hundred => …………………….of .47. a half…………………….
48. a shoe => …………………………49. a craft ………………………..50. a crab………………………………….…….
51. lady – in – waiting =>………………………………….,52. self =>……………………,53. handkerchief => ………………
54. a ward of court =>……………………………. 55. a runner – up => ………………………. 56. a mouse =>……………….
57. a goose => ……………………….. 58. a tooth ……………………… 59. a louse =>……………………….
60. an ox =>………………………. 61. Mary => ………………………… 62. woman teacher => …………………………..
63. ashtray => …………………..64. radius => ……………………… 65. sheaf => ………………………………