Part 3 Grammar pronouns

I. Choose the correct word or phrase.

1. The staff never takes ________ colleagues’ things without asking.

a) theirs

b) this

c) their

d) them

2. The boss hardly ever listens to ________.

a) her

b) she

c) here

d) he

3. ________ are our partners.

a) This

b) That

c) Those

d) There

4. What are those people?

a) They are technicians

b) Those are technicians

c) Those are the Blacks

d) They are the Blacks

5. There aren’t any files on the shelf. There are ______ on the desk, either.

a) some

b) few

c) neither

d) none

6. They have two computers. ________ of them are seven-year old.

a) Some

b) All

c) Both

d) One

7. She doesn’t know ________ about economics.

a) something

b) anything

c) nothing

d) none

8. I prefer to do everything ________.

a) by oneself

b) myself

c) oneself

d) for my own

9. What’s that woman?

a) It’s an engineer

b) It’s Mary Smith

c) She’s an engineer

d) She’s Mary Smith

10. What are these?

________ are my papers.

a) They

b) Its

c) These

d) This

11. What’s that?

________ is our new device.

a) It

b) That

c) This

d) Its

12. They don’t have ________ new ideas.

a) no

b) many

c) much

d) a lot of

13. I think ________ took your briefcase.

a) anyone

b) everyone

c) one

d) someone

14. John and Max don’t like ________.

a) each other

b)one another

c) neither

d) none of it

15. I was offered a hammer or an axe, but ________ tool suited me.

a) no

b) neither

c) none

d) all

Verb active voice

Simple Tenses

І. Choose the correct form of the verb.

1. Nokia ________ mobile phones.

a) manufactures

b) manufacture

c) to manufacture

d) manufacturing

2. He ________ in the same company for forty years.

a) worked

b) work

c) working

d) had worked

3. There ________ a hotel opposite the station but it closed a long time ago.

a) use to be

b) get to used to

c) is used to be

d) used to be

4. ’You’ve left your computer on.’ – ‘Oh, I ________ and switch it off.’

a) go

b) will go

c) went

(d) goes

5. ________ I type your report?

a) Shall

b) Will

c) Would

d) Do

Continuous tenses

ІІ. Choose the correct form of the verb.

1. Please don’t make so much noise I ________.

a) am working

b) was working

c) working

d) is working

2. Some colleagues of mine ________ in this project.

a) is taking part

b) take part

c) is taking part

d) are taking part

3. The population of the world ________ very fast.

a) rise

b) is rising

c) are rising

d) will rise

4. We ________ in half an hour.

a) leaving

b) leave

c) are leaving

d) to leave

5. This time last year he ________ a holiday.

a) is having

b) was having

c) had

d) has

6. The phones ________ and people ________ through the offices: it was the start of a typical business day.

a) rang/ rushed

b) ring/ rush

c) are ringing/are rushing

d) were ringing/ were rushing

7. She ________ typing letters when her boss came back.

a) was finishing

b) finishing

c) finished

d) is finishing

8. ________ your car this evening? If not, can I borrow it?

a) Using

b) Were you be using

c) Will you be using

d) Would you be using

Perfect tenses

ІІІ. Choose the correct form of the verb.

1. I ________ him since my youth.

a) know

b) have known

c) know

d) have been knowing

2. ________ the postman ________ this morning?

a) Has/come

b) Did/come

c) Have/come

d) Had/come

3. She ________ only three calls since morning.

a) have made

b) has been making

c) has made

d) had made

4. He ________ at the university for thirty years before he retired.

a) had worked

b) has worked

c)have worked

d) has been working

5. He ________ the project by September.

a) finished

b) have finished

c) has finished

d) had finished

6. We ________ all the problems by then.

a)have discussed

b) will have discussed

c) will discuss

d)have discussed

Perfect Continuous tenses