‘HALFTIME’ TEST – INTERMEDIATE

1) Irregular verbs

Stick

Dig

Bend

Spoil

Sink

Hide

Lay

Rise

Hang

Fight

Shine

Lead

Lie

Lend

Shake

2) Describe and explain how does a typical family look like in your country (at least 15
sentences)
 3) Write a sentence with the following expressions with prepositions

Tax on

Solution to

Sentence to

Cope with

Intention of

4) Dictionary

Conquer

Tricky

Reckon

Gadget

Rake

Rage

Hallow

Rivalry

Spread

Testify

Külváros

Széles körben

Folyosó

Vakmerő

Suttog

Szalmaszál

Gőz

Kábult

Evakuál

Árvíz
 5) Give an explanation to the following words IN ENGLISH

Vertebrate

Close-knit

Frail

Infectious

Weightlessness

6) Please put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense

1. This noise in unbearable! Where ....................... it ........................... (come) from?

2. This weekend my parents and I .............................................. (visit) my grandparents in Lyon.

3. We usually ...................................... (spend) our holidays at the seaside but last summer
we ............................... (decide) to visit the Alps.

4. A: ............................. you ever ............................ (be) in New York? B: No, I .............................

never ...................... there. I am not sure, but I hope I ................................... (go) there in a few years.

5. ................................ you ................... (go) to the theatre with me? I ......................... (have) two
tickets for Romeo & Juliet.

6. A: You look tired! B: I know. I ..................................................................... (work) in the garden for

the whole day.

7. Yesterday when I ...................................... (cook), my best friend ................................... (phone)

me, because she ........................................ (not know) what to do.

8. When Mary ................................................. (run) down the hill she ................................... (break)
her left arm.

9. I .................................................. (not see) him for three years. I wonder where he is.

10. He can't .................................... (open) the door. He ............................................ (have) a shower.

11. She ............................................... (not get) married until she ................................... (be) 25.

12. A: Mum, we .................................................. (not/have) any milk in the fridge! B: Ok,

I .................................... (buy) some later. I .............................................. (do) shopping in the
evening.

13. If I ................................. (be) you, I would talk to her more politely. Perhaps
she ............................... (agree) then.

14. If you ...................................... (not/be) so impolite, I would enjoy your company.

15. I ........................................................ (write) these sentences since 9 o’clock.
I ..................................... (need) a break.

16. Unless he ........................................ (pass), he ............................................. (not/get) to the

medical university.

17. Young children would learn to speak better if they .......................................................... (watch)
less television.

18. If your son ....................................... (watch) violent television programmes,

he .............................. (become) aggressive.

19. A: Are you ready to order? B: Yes. I ....................................... (have) pizza with double cheese,
ham and mushrooms, and a glass of diet Coke.

20. As soon as I ............................................. (finish) reading this book, I .......................................

(lend) it to you.

21. A: I .................................. just ................................... (tell) one of my biggest secrets. B:

I .......................................... (tell) it to anyone, I promise!

22. A: Look at the cat! It ............................................... (fall) from the tree. B: Don’t worry!
I ........................................ (catch) it.

7) Write true sentences about using the following idioms

Kick up a fuss

Bed of roses

Go over someone’s head

Pull someone’s leg

See eye to eye

8) You are on a holiday abroad. Write a postcard to a friend of yours