Test iz engleskog jezika 1
_____ the red dress that I want, not the
1. Families like _____ Rockefellers have
become synonymous with wealth.
a) a b) an c) the d) –
2. _____ Air and Space Museum has the
highest attendance record of all the museums
in the world.
a) A b) An c) The d) –
3. Psychiatrists believe that the most important
thing for children is _____ by others.
a) to be loving b) to have loved
c) to be loved d) to have been loved
4. The weather is _____ at this time of year
than in the spring.
a) calm b) the calmest
c) calmer d) more calmer
5. When allowed to sleep, volunteers who
were kept awake as many as one hundred
hours dreamed ___ than usual.
a) more considerably b) considerably more
c) most d) most considerably
6. If Mary _____, tell her I will call her back as
soon as I return.
a) calls b) called
c) will call d) is going to call
7. Had the damage been worse, the insurance
company _____.
a) would pay b) paid
c) would have paid d) had paid
8. The baby _____ cries if he cannot get his
way.
a) screams b) screams and
c) screams neither d) nor screams nor
9. The Empire State Building is quite tall,
_____ the World Trade Center.
a) and so is b) and as is
c) as d) as so is
10. The chemist placed the bowl _____ the
two test tubes.
a) among b) between c) into d) through
11. _____ my mind, this is a complete
nonsense.
a) In b) According to c) To d) On
12.
black one.
a) It was b) Its c) It's d) Its being
13. They taught _____ to read Latin from an
old grammar book.
a) themselves b) they c) their d) there
14. The president urged that all citizens _____
to the polls on election day.
a) goes b) went c) would go d) go
15. It is high time _____.
a) you get married b) you got married
c) to get married d) for getting married
16. _____ is his own decision.
a) When leaving b) When does he leave
c) When he leaves d) When did he leave
17. The president refused to accept the
decision _____.
a) which the committee proposed
b) that proposed the committee
c) what the committee proposed
d) which proposed the committee
18. John wanted to take the exam _____.
a) we shall fail b) failing us
c) that failed d) that we failed
19. _____ the rain has stopped, the field will
dry out.
a) Though b) While
c) Even if d) Now that
20. The letter _____ our guest's intention to
visit came after their arrival.
a) that had been announced
b) had announced
c) announcing
d) having announced
21. The sailor, home at last, is happy _____.
a) to have been sitting in the garden
b) whenever sitting in the garden
c) in the garden sitting
d) whenever he sit in the garden
22. _____ his soup, he rushed out of the
house.
a) Eating b) While eating
c) Having eaten d) Having been eaten
23. The major _____ were reported by the
press without bias.
a) eventual b) eventfully
c) eventful d) events
24. Only when it rains _____.
a) does the river overflow
b) the river does overflow
c) overflow does the river
d) the river overflows
35. Could you give me _____ advice?
a) an b) one c) the d) some
36. He has never been able to give _____
smoking.
a) out b) off c) in d) up
37. Mr. Smith didn't turn _____ at the meeting
yesterday, so we left him a message.
a) down b) off c) in d) up

25. The prisoner _____ on his bed all day long. 38. The doctor asked how _____.
a) lays b) were lying c) lies d) laid a) did I feel b) I feel
c) I felt d) am I felling
26. The soldier _____ the flag before sunrise
every day. 39. What _____ since you left your home
a) rises b) raises c) is raising d) is rising town?
a) did you do
27. The students were _____ slow to b) you are doing
understand the message of the story. c) you have been doing
a) quiet b) quietly c) quite d) quit d) have you been doing

28. She looks very different _____ her younger
sister.
a) than b) with c) from d) that
29. There's no use _____ her the question;
she doesn't know anything.
a) to ask b) to have asked
c) having asked d) asking
40. When she phoned I didn't have much time
to talk, because _____ for London in two
hours.
a) I am leaving b) I was leaving
c) I'll have left d) I had been leaving

30. He'll accept the job unless the salary

_____.
a) is too low b) is not too low
c) will be too low d) won't be too low

31. The children were punished _____.

a) for being naughty
b) to have been naughty
c) to be naughty
d) being naughty

32. I haven't read any Dickens. _____.

a) I have neither b) Neither have I
c) Either have I d) I have either

33. Mother wouldn't let me _____ the night at

my friend's house.
a) to stay b) staying
c) stay d) to have stayed

34. I've lived in London for five years now, so I

_____ the traffic.
a) used b) have used
c) was used to d) am used to