22. Is your friend British or American?
2004 variant
1-15 grammar questions
Tom sat down on … chair nearest … door.
A) the/- B) -/- C) a/the D) the/the E) a/a
2. The letters … yesterday.
A) will be sent B) were sent C) are sent
D) will send E) is sent
3. Helen … marry him if she wanted to.
A) must B) could C) can D) need E) am to
4. Paula sat in the sofa … a magazine.
A) reading B) is reading C) read D) had read
E) reads
5. The Italian city of Florence is … its art
treasures.
A) similar to B) tired of C) impressed by
D) keen on E) famous for
6. John died three years ago … a sudden heart
attack.
A) at B) in C) on D) by E) of
7. Have you packed …?
A) everybody B) nobody C) anybody
D) everything E) someone
8. That was … work he’d ever done. He hated it.
A) worst B) - C) bad D) the worst E) worse
9. You have read all Navoi’s books, …?
A) haven’t you B) isn’t it C) not you
D) aren’t you E) have you
10. We … ready when you … home.
A) shall be/will come B) will be/came
C) are/will come D) shall be/come
E) are/come
11. I can’t meet you on Friday. I … work.
A) may B) need C) must not D) have to
E) can
12. … Great Lakes are situated in … North
America.
A) -/the B) a/- C) -/- D) the/- E) the/the
13. The farm … fruit-tree on the basis of
intensive technologies for 20 years by April.
A) had been growing B) will have grown
C) is growing D) will grow E) has been growing
14. Can … help me with this work today?
A) nobody B) no one C) anybody D) something
E) everything
15. My aunt is very good at … poetry.
A) having written B) writing C) to write
D) write E) to be written
16. Ben’s … horse was bigger than … rest.
A) -/the B) the/a C) -/a D) -/- E) a/the
17. I … this man at all.
A) don’t know B) doesn’t know C) knew
D) have known E) know
18. Helen … come to school today. She isn’t very
well.
A) had to B) ought to C) can’t D) should
E) mustn’t
19. Do you know .. this word means?
Yes, it means ‘continue’.
A) that B) what C) who D) why E) when
20. The word ‘Germans’ was … to be frightened
of.
A) anything B) someone C) somebody D) any
E) something
21. To call … spade … spade.
A) a/- B) -/the C) a/a D) -/an E) a/the
… He is Australian.
A) Neither B) Nor C) Either D) Both of E) Both
23. Look, those boys … in the garden are my
nephews.
A) playing B) are playing C) played D) play
E) to play
24. You … always … your things. Put them away
more carefully.
A) has/lost B) had/lost C) are/losing
D shall/lose E) -/lost
25. Grandmother wants him … to the village
during the holidays.
A) to go B) gone C) goes D) going E) go
26. Can’t you type …?
A) hardly B) completely C) shortly D) nearly
E) more carefully
27. Tom and Ann stood in front of the mirror and
looked at …
A) each other’s B) them C) each other
D) themselves E) both
28. At present pollution is a big problem … some
parts … the world.
A) of/to B) from/behind C) on/of D) with/for
E) in/of
29. … I have a beer juice, please?
A) Could B) Need C) Will D) Shall E) Must
30. You have a bad headache, …?
A) does it B) won’t we C) isn’t it D) have you
E) don’t you
31. Hamzaobod in my opinion is … place for rest.
A) - B) better C) good D) the best E) best
32. It’s … pity that my birthday comes only once
… year.
A) a/a B) -/a C) a/- D) an/the E) the/a
33. … coal is … material.
A) the/the B) -/a C) a/a D) -/- E) a/the
34. There’s no need to hurry. We have got …
A) plenty of time B) few of time C) many of time
D) little of time E) much all time
35. One should never … a secret to a person who
gossips.
A) keep B) speak C) chat D) talk E) tell
36. I have never been to England.
-…
A) Neither have I B) So have I C) Me so
D) Neither did I E) Neither was I

2004 variant
1-15 grammar questions
Tom sat down on … chair nearest … door.
A) the/- B) -/- C) a/the D) the/the E) a/a
2. The letters … yesterday.
A) will be sent B) were sent C) are sent
D) will send E) is sent
3. Helen … marry him if she wanted to.
A) must B) could C) can D) need E) am to
4. Paula sat in the sofa … a magazine.
A) reading B) is reading C) read D) had read
E) reads
5. The Italian city of Florence is … its art
treasures.
A) similar to B) tired of C) impressed by
D) keen on E) famous for
6. John died three years ago … a sudden heart
attack.
A) at B) in C) on D) by E) of
7. Have you packed …?
A) everybody B) nobody C) anybody
D) everything E) someone
8. That was … work he’d ever done. He hated it.
A) worst B) - C) bad D) the worst E) worse
9. You have read all Navoi’s books, …?
A) haven’t you B) isn’t it C) not you
D) aren’t you E) have you
10. We … ready when you … home.
A) shall be/will come B) will be/came
C) are/will come D) shall be/come
E) are/come
11. I can’t meet you on Friday. I … work.
A) may B) need C) must not D) have to
E) can
12. … Great Lakes are situated in … North
America.
A) -/the B) a/- C) -/- D) the/- E) the/the
13. The farm … fruit-tree on the basis of
intensive technologies for 20 years by April.
A) had been growing B) will have grown
C) is growing D) will grow E) has been growing
14. Can … help me with this work today?
A) nobody B) no one C) anybody D) something
E) everything
15. My aunt is very good at … poetry.
A) having written B) writing C) to write
D) write E) to be written
16. Ben’s … horse was bigger than … rest.
A) -/the B) the/a C) -/a D) -/- E) a/the
17. I … this man at all.
A) don’t know B) doesn’t know C) knew
D) have known E) know
18. Helen … come to school today. She isn’t very
well.
A) had to B) ought to C) can’t D) should
E) mustn’t
19. Do you know .. this word means?
Yes, it means ‘continue’.
A) that B) what C) who D) why E) when
20. The word ‘Germans’ was … to be frightened
of.
A) anything B) someone C) somebody D) any
E) something
21. To call … spade … spade.
A) a/- B) -/the C) a/a D) -/an E) a/the
22. Is your friend British or American?
… He is Australian.
A) Neither B) Nor C) Either D) Both of E) Both
23. Look, those boys … in the garden are my
nephews.
A) playing B) are playing C) played D) play
E) to play
24. You … always … your things. Put them away
more carefully.
A) has/lost B) had/lost C) are/losing
D shall/lose E) -/lost
25. Grandmother wants him … to the village
during the holidays.
A) to go B) gone C) goes D) going E) go
26. Can’t you type …?
A) hardly B) completely C) shortly D) nearly
E) more carefully
27. Tom and Ann stood in front of the mirror and
looked at …
A) each other’s B) them C) each other
D) themselves E) both
28. At present pollution is a big problem … some
parts … the world.
A) of/to B) from/behind C) on/of D) with/for
E) in/of
29. … I have a beer juice, please?
A) Could B) Need C) Will D) Shall E) Must
30. You have a bad headache, …?
A) does it B) won’t we C) isn’t it D) have you
E) don’t you
31. Hamzaobod in my opinion is … place for rest.
A) - B) better C) good D) the best E) best
32. It’s … pity that my birthday comes only once
… year.
A) a/a B) -/a C) a/- D) an/the E) the/a
33. … coal is … material.
A) the/the B) -/a C) a/a D) -/- E) a/the
34. There’s no need to hurry. We have got …
A) plenty of time B) few of time C) many of time
D) little of time E) much all time
35. One should never … a secret to a person who
gossips.
A) keep B) speak C) chat D) talk E) tell
36. I have never been to England.
-…
A) Neither have I B) So have I C) Me so
D) Neither did I E) Neither was I