A.

Grammar
Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.
EXAMPLE. John __________ not here today.
are

be

is

am

The correct answer is: 'is'.

1. __________ any wine left? ...

Is it
Is there
Has there
Is

2. ... No, __________ gone.

its all
all it's
all of it's
it's all

3. I don't like tea; can I have __________

something else?
something other?
something either?
other thing?

4. It was a long film: __________

it bored.
I was bored.
I was boring.
it was bored.

5. I've just bought __________ table.

a big old square
an old big square
a big square old
a square big old

6. Please speak a little more __________.

slow.
slowly.
slower.
slowlier.

7. How big is your family?

We are seven.
It is seven people.

There are seven of us.

We have seven people.

8. I __________.
was there last night.
have been there last night.
was last night there.
have been there last night.

9. I love cheese.
Me not.
I don't.
I don't either.
So I don't.

10. What time do you have lunch?

__________ at one thirty.

Hardly
Usual
Exact
Generally

11. He lives there __________ his own.

for
by
on
at

12. The newsagant's is __________ the church.

across
over
in face of
opposite

13. My mother is too old to look __________ herself.

after
for
to
on

14. We went __________ church.

into the
into
in
in the

15. Are you fond __________ cats?

in
for

from
of

Which sentence is NOT correct?

EXAMPLE
Quietly he left the room.

He quietly left the room.

He left quietly the room.

He left the room quietly.

The correct answer is: C: "He left quietly the room" is not a correct sentence; all the other three
are correct.

16. Why __________ come with you?

can I not
can't I
am I not able to
can I not able to

17. __________ leave so soon?

Have you to
Do you have to
Must you to
Must you

18. When __________ give her an answer?

need you to
will you have to
do you need to
must you

19. __________ you tell me something?

Can
Do

Will
Could

20. I like __________ on Saturdays.

not doing anything
to do nothing
do anything
doing nothing

21. You __________ to watch so much television.

mustn't
don't need
don't have
haven't

22. Please __________ about this.

don't tell nobody

don't tell anybody
tell nobody
tell no one

23. You can play in the house, but __________ play outside.
don't
you haven't
you can't
you mustn't

24. Give me __________ a coke.

either a beer or
a beer or
or a beer or
a beer or give me

25. __________ call the police.

Either you leave at once or I'll
Leave at once, or I'll
You either leave at once, or I will
Or you leave at once, or I

B. Everyday questions and responses

Choose the question or response which fits the situation.
EXAMPLE
Joe: How are you?.
Sue: Not very well, I'm afraid.
What's wrong?

Joe;

Good for you.

Where did you go?
That's nice!

The correct answer is: 'What's wrong?' The other choices do not make sense.

26. Joe: Where do you work?

Sue: In a travel agency.
Joe

That must be interesting.

What for?
It is so.
When?

27. Joe: I'm going to orwell tomorrow?

Sue: Where's Orwell?
He's a famous writer, isn't he?.

Joe

About forty miles.

I have to visit my uncle.
It's near Cambridge.

28. Joe: This coffee's too sweet for me.

Sue: Have mine. I haven't put any sugar in.
Why don't you?

Joe

No thanks, I don't feel like a coffee anyway.

Where's the sugar?
That's not mine.

29. Joe: Would you like to come to my party?

Sue: Is your brother going too?
Joe

I don't think so.

Do you think so?
Yes, we are?
I'm thinking of it.

30. Joe: Is that a new dress?

Sue: Yes, do you like it?
Where from?

Joe

No, it isn't.
Yes, it suits you.
Of course I am!

C. Vocabulary
Which class do the words belong to?
EXAMPLE: England, Switzerland and Qatar are:
cities

countries

regions

capitals

The correct answer is: 'countries'.

31. Shirts, trousers and skirts are:

clothes

dresses

suits

wardrobes

32. Bread, cake and potatoes are:

vegetables

meals

cooking

food

33. Football, chess and tennis are:

matches

games

plays

athletics

34. Hammers, screwdrivers and saws are:

instruments

tools

utensils

machines

dialects

speech

35. Arabic, Farsi and Japanese are:

languages

idioms

36. Stamp-collecting, bird-watching and wind-surfing are:

sports

jobs

pastimes

games

37. Aunts, uncles and cousins are:

neighbours

parents

families

relations

38. Clouds, fog and sunshine are examples of:

weather

summer

climate

times

39. Winter, spring and summer are:

times

stations

seasons

quarters

40. Nursing, teaching and engineering are:

works

lines

titles

professions