GRAMMAR and VOCABULARY

A. GRAMMAR ( Choose the best answer to fill in each blank )

1. The woman _________ sold me those flowers and spent twenty minutes wrapping them.
A. What B. That C. Which
2. Tom: I’ve just seen Mark.

Lisa: You _________ have seen him. He’s on holiday at the moment.

A. Can’t B. Shouldn’t C. needn't

3. He emphasised in his speech that __________ education he received when younger had
been excellent.
A. a B. An C. The
4. She takes the bus to work _________ day.
A. Early B. many C. every
5. I will call you when I ___________ home.
A. Get B. will get C. getting
6. We ate dinner and _________ we watched a film.
A. Then B. since C. so
7. We’re ________ in a beautiful holiday home at the moment.
A. Stay B. staying C. stayed
8. When I got home, Jenny _______ on the telephone.
A. Was speaking B. speaking C. speak
9. Coffee ______ to be much cheaper a few years ago.
A. Would B. has C. used
10. I’m not sure about my future. __________ I will start a business.
A. Perhaps B. Shall C. Might
11. They ate their lunch while they ______ coming home from school.
A. Were B. was C. are
12. She bought it herself, __________ she?
A. Has’t B. didn’t C. shouldn’t
13. If the dress _________ been so expensive, she would have bought it.
A. Hadn’t B. weren’t C. aren’t
14. I ___________ a great book this morning – I really want to finish it.
A. Was reading B. read C. have read
15. Excuse me? Can I try _____ this jacket to make sure it fits?
A. Under B. with C. on
16. I saw Wi Joo this morning and she __________ if you were free tomorrow.
A. Told B. asked C. said
17. When I go to university, I may ________ history.
A. Study B. to study C. studying
18. It ________ be meat free – it tastes just like chicken!
 A. Could B. can C. can’t
19. It was a dark, moonlit night when the traveller ________ at the in.
A. Arrived B. was arriving C. had arrived
20. If I hadn’t gone out last night, I ________be so tired now.
A. Won’t B. wouldn’t C. had’t
21. I _________ like mushrooms, but I can’t stop eating them now.
A. wouldn’t B. didn’t us to C. couldn’t
22. The newspaper China Today ________ published for over 60 years.
A. Is being B. has been C. was being
23. They said they ________ been studying for ages.
A. Will have B. are C. had
24. My father, _________ is a dentist, told me not to drink sugary drinks.
A. Who B. which C. that
25. _______ memory of the day I met the president is very special to me.
A. The B. a C. an

B. VOCABULARY
Task 1: Select a word from the list that has
the most similar meaning to the word on the
left.
1. Choose train
look after
2. close make
decide
3. improve take
shut
4. care propose
believe
5. practise develop
worry

Task 2: Choose the best answer to complete

each definition

6. To oppose someone is to … concern

challenge
7. To teach someone is to … instruct
appear
8. To accept something is to … worry
obtain
9. To get something is to … wish
compensate
 10. To pay someone is to … assume
appove

Task 3: Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

11. He had to walk down a long dark _______ to get to atmosphere
his room. canteen
12. The teacher should maintain _______ in the classroom ceiling
to make the lesson effective. corridor
discipline
13. She opened the _______ and took a coat out of it. envelope
fringe
14. You should cut your _______ regularly otherwise your hedge
hair will get in your eyes. museum
wardrobe
15. The local _________ has an exhibit about the history of
this area.
Task 4: Select a word from the list that has the most similar meaning
to the word on the left.

16. Timetable = line

17. Reward = jont
18. Queue = command
19. Phase = prize
20. Error = mess
Tright
Schedule
Dock
Stage
mistake

Task 5: Choose a word from the list that is most often used with the word on the left.
21. abstract + clean
club
22. athletics + efforts
food
23. congested + friends
painting
24. frantic + roads
Speed
25. housework + Status
tasks
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A. GRAMMAR:
1. B 11. A 21. B

2. A 12. B 22. B

3. C 13. A 23. C

4. C 14. A 24. A

5. A 15. C 25. A

6. A 16. B

7. B 17. A

8. A 18. C

9. C 19. A

10. A 20. B

B. VOCABULARY:
1. decide 11. corridor 21. painting
2. shut 12. discipline 22. club
3. develop 13. wardrobe 23. roads
4. look after 14. fringe 24. Speed
5. train 15. museum 25. tasks
6. challenge 16. Schedule
7. instruct 17. prize
8. approve 18. line
9. obtain 19. Stage
10. compensate 20. mistake