Тесты по английскому языку грамматика, лексика, аудирование
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GRAMMAR TESTS 41
8.We found them in _______ (far) corner of the park.
9.The _______ (hard) you work, the ______ (good) results you get.
Total 10
5. Choose and put into the gap the correct pronoun, adverb or expression of quantity.
1.It’s so dark here. I can’t see _______. (something / anything / nothing / everything)
2.I asked the question but ________ could answer it. (somebody / anybody / nobody)
3.They are having their holiday _______ in Italy. (somewhere / anywhere / nowhere)
4.Buy _______ apples, if you see _______. (some /any)
5._____ of the people in the photo is your brother? (who / which / what / whose)
6.I’m afraid they will take her advice not ______. (you / your / yours / yourself)
7.We have to hurry. We don’t have _______ time. (many / much / a lot of)
8.Tom drinks ______ milk – one liter a day. (many / a lot of / few)
9.Are there going to be ________ guests at the party? (many / much / a lot of)
10.I can’t drink this tea. There is too ______ sugar in it. (many / much / a lot of)
11.He doesn’t speak much English. Only ______ words. (few / a few / little / a little)
12.We’ve got very _____ time. (few / a few / little / a little)
13.I’ve got _______ money, I could lend you some. (few / a few / little / a little)
14.He’s not popular. He has _____ friends. (few / a few / little / a little)
Total 14
6. Arrange the jumbled dialogue.
a)Assistant: Ah! The leather one. Would you like to try it on?
b)Customer: Can you show me the leather one?
c)A: Certainly, madam.
d)A: Can I help you, madam?
e)A: Here is another leather hat, madam. It’s better than the one in the window.
f)A: How would you like to pay?
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g)A: It’s sixteen and a half.
h)A: Thank you for your purchase.
i)A: There are several hats in the window. Which one would you like?
j)C: In cash.
k)C: Let me see. Does it suit me?
l)C: Oh, what a pity. It’s too tight. I need it in a larger size.
m)C: Thank you very much.
n)C: Then I’ll take it.
o)C: I’d like to buy the hat in the window.
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7. Put in the correct preposition or particle.
1.How much is it ______ kilo?
2.I ran _____ ______ cash.
3.How would you like to pay _____ cash or _____ credit card?
4.When are you going to pay me ______?
5.He is saving money ______ a new car.
6.This car is priced ______ $18,000.
7.He is blowing all his pocket money ______ sweets.
8.They bought a fridge _______ credit.
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8. Correct mistakes.
——Why do you always late?
——It gets me 15 minutes to go to work.
——How much is it cost?
——I haven’t got many money.
——If I won’t have time, I’ll make a pizza.
——My brother was born on the twenty three of July.
——While I was swimming, my clothes was stolen.
——Can I have two loafs of bread?
——Bill’s and Jill’s house is very big.
——It’s stuffy here, I open the window.
Total 10
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Pre-Intermediate Progress Test 2
1. Open the brackets and use the verb in one of the following tenses: Present Simple, Cont., Perfect; Past Simple, Cont.; Future Simple.
Hi, Susan.
I 1______ (write) to you as I 2______ (have) great news! Guess what! We 3______ (just/buy) a tour, we 4_______ (go) to Lisbon on holiday. I 5_______ (not be) on holiday the whole year! We 6______ (leave) in three days. But I 7______ (be) afraid we 8_______ (have) to go by train again. You know, Karl 9_______ (hate) flying. Last month while he 10________ (fly) to Canada on business, he 11 _______ (suffer) from extreme airsickness during all the flight. I 12_______ (never/be) to Portugal and I 13 ______ (look) forward to visiting it. As soon as I 14______ (come) back, I 15 _______ (write) to you.
Kiss you, Maggie
Total 15
2. Put questions to the following answers.
1.— __________________? — It takes me 20 minutes to get to my work.
2.— __________________? — I moved here because I like this place.
3.— __________________? — No, I don’t know him.
4.— __________________? — Yes, I have been to Italy twice.
5.— __________________? — We are getting married next month.
Total 5
3. Complete the questions with an appropriate question tags.
a)She likes ice-cream, ______?
b)He cannot speak French, ______?
c)They have never been to Greece, ______?
d)You passed the exam, ______?
e)It was raining, ______?
Total 5
4. Fill in the gaps with few/a few/little/a little.
a)I’ve got _______ work today. We can go for a walk.
b)I’d like to ask you _______ questions.
c)There is _______ milk left, we can make _______ pancakes.
d)When I was at school, I had very _______ friends.
Total 5
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5. Put in the right article.
…Greetings from 1_____ sunny Bahamas! I’m staying at 2_____ Half Moon Hotel. 3_____ service is excellent and the hotel is right on 4_____
beach. And what 5_____ beach, what 6_____ weather — it’s like being in 7_____ paradise! 8_____ sand is white and very soft. 9_____ other day we went jet-skiing — it was fantastic! This is such 10_____ beautiful place, I just don’t want to leave!
Total 10
6.Make sentences 1–5 passive and 6–10 active.
1.He has just informed the staff.
2.She is washing the jeans at the moment.
3.They will buy a bottle of champagne.
4.You must do it right now.
5.He was doing his homework from 6 to 7.
6.A new chain of restaurants has been opened by this company.
7.This house hasn’t been lived in for 10 years.
8.The ring was found under the bed.
9.The kids are woken up by their granny every morning.
10. This mixture should be drunk twice a day.
Total 10
7. Fill in the gaps with ONE word only.
——Harry, 1_______ have a party!
——That’s a great 2_______. What do we 3_______ for that?
——4_______ you go shopping and buy some food? I want to 5_______ a cake but we 6______ out of flour.
——How 7_______ shall I buy?
——I think a packet will do.
——Anything else? Do we need 8______ fruit?
——Oh, yes. Buy 9______ bananas, kiwis, apples. And we’ve got 10_______
bread 11______. Will you get 12______?
——Sure. What about wine?
——Well, buy a 13______ bottles of dry wine, 14________ red and white.
——OK then. How 15_______ is it going to cost?
——Take a five-thousand-rouble 16______, that will be 17______.
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8. Combine the words and prepositions or particles to fill in the gaps in the sentences.
suffers aching treated |
operated |
apply |
went |
gargle taken |
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1.My grandfather ________ ________ rheumatism.
2.Doctors ________ him ________ quinsy but he had pneumonia.
3.You should _________ a mustard plaster _______ your chest.
4.Susan has just been ________ _______ hospital.
5.When are you going to be ________ ________?
6.The doctor prescribed me to ________ my throat _______ this mixture.
7.I’m ________ all _______.
8.She has broken her leg and now she is _________ _______ crutches.
9.Sue _______ _______ with pneumonia.
10. These drugs are for the ________ _________ tropical diseases.
Total 10
9. Arrange the jumbled dialogue.
a) Assistant: Here is your ham, sausages, milk. Anything else?
b) Customer: Excuse me, can I have half a pound of ham and eight beef sausages?
c)A: Here you are. The date is printed at the top.
d)C: Yeah, one thing slipped my mind. A dozen of eggs, please.
e)A: Is that all? Do you need a plastic bag?
f)C: Yes, please. And I need a carton of milk. What is the expiry date?
g)C: Here you go. Thank you.
h)A: Sure. Shall I slice ham?
i)C: Can I have a look?
j)A: Oh, don’t worry. It’s fresh. We had it delivered today.
k)C: I’d rather have one.
l)A: So, it’s $20.05.
m)C: OK, I’ll take it.
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10. Correct mistakes.
1.When did she born?
2.Have you ever gone to Canada?
3.It never rains in Sahara.
4.How many rooms are in your flat?
5.He has never driven a car, hasn’t he?
6.I not very liked this film.
7.I’d like going for a walk.
8.How long it take you to get to work?
9.How much does it costs?
10. Five kilometers are a long way to go.
Total 10
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Pre-Intermediate Progress Test 3
1. Open the brackets and use the verb in the required tense.
Dear Ann,
I 1_______ (write) to you from Manchester. It 2______ (rain) all day today. I suspect it always 3______ (rain) on Sundays in England. Anyhow, it 4______ (rain) every Sunday since I 5______ (come) here three months ago.
I 6 ______ (stay) in a boarding house in Manchester at the moment, but before that I 7_______ (stay) in a hotel. If my dad 8______ (send) me some money, I 9_______ (rent) a flat.
I 10______(already/meet) a lot of interesting people, who 11______
(come) from all over the world. Like me, they 12______ (study) English here. Some of them 13______ (live) here for quite a long time but even they 14_______ (not all speak) English very well.
In a few weeks, I 15______ (have) my first exam. If I 16______(be) lucky, I 17_______ (not have) any troubles. I 18_______ (already/pick up) enough English to be able to understand native speakers, but I still 19______ (have) some problems with spelling. I 20_______ (constantly/ forget) how the words are written!!!
Sincerely yours, Alice
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2. Put questions to the following answers.
a)__________________? — Yes, it often rains in Saint Petersburg.
b)__________________? — Yes, it’s just stopped raining.
c)__________________? — I go to the dentist four times a year.
d)__________________? — It took me two hours to get to the place.
e)__________________? — It cost me $100.
Total 5
3. Choose the correct option.
a)Jane finds her job boring/bored. She wants to do something different.
b)Do you easily get embarrassing/embarrassed?
c)Please, don’t go up that ladder. It doesn’t look safe/safely.
d)She looked at me angry/angrily when I interrupted her.
e)The eagle was soaring high/highly in the sky.
f)I tried hard/hardly to remember his name, but I couldn’t.
g)It was very dark in the room. I could hard/hardly see anything.
h)Don’t walk so fast/fastly. Can’t you walk more slowly?
i)We’ve had a lot of problems late/lately/later.
j)How are you today? — I’m very good/well, thanks.
Total 10
4.Make sentences 1–5 passive and 6–10 active.
1.He has just called the police.
2.She is doing the stairs at the moment.
3.We will take 5 exams.
4.You must drink it immediately.
5.She was cooking dinner from 6 to 7.
6.A new school is being built in our area.
7.This place hasn’t been visited for a long time.
8.The glasses were left on the windowsill.
9.The kids are met from school by their granny every day.
10.This medicine should be taken twice a day.
Total 10
5. Put in the correct article.
Marylivesin1______USA.Shewasbornin2_____countryandchristened at 3______ church. Her family lived on 4______ river Mississippi. When she was six, she went to 5______ school, after college she entered 6______
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university. Then she moved to 7______ town. Now she lives in 8______
biggest city of 9______ world — in New York. She has 10______ flat in 11______ skyscraper on 12______ 55th floor. 13______ flat costs her a lot but she can afford that as she is 14______ senior manager at 15______ Maxwell Inc. Every day Mary gets up at 8 in 16_____ morning, has 17______ breakfast and goes to 18______ work by 19______ car. She comes home late at 20______ night.
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6. Fill in the gaps with ONE word only.
A six-year-old girl nearly drowned 1_____ a pond in the Central Park yesterday afternoon. The accident happened 2______5:15 3______ she was playing 4_______ the edge of the pond. When she fell 5_____ the pond, her brother, 6_______ couldn’t swim, ran to help her. They 7_______
were saved by a park warden.
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7. Make the following direct sentences indirect.
Jane said, ‘I work as a sales manager.’
‘But I’m not working at the moment. I’m on holiday.’ ‘I got this place a year ago.’
‘I’ve never been abroad yet.’
‘If I get promotion, I’ll certainly go to France next year.’
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1. The train ________ arrive in five minutes. |
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4. The bus we took didn’t go up the hill and we ________ walk. |
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9. Arrange the jumbled dialogue.
a)Receptionist: Here’s your key. That’s room 405 on the fourth floor. Enjoy your stay.
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b)Traveller: Timothy Findley.
c)R: How long would you like to stay?
d)T: Yes, I’d like a wake-up call for 6:30.
e)R: How will you be paying?
f)T: Two nights.
g)R: It will cost $50 per night. Can I have your name, please?
h)T: I’d like a room, please.
i)R: Sure. Would you like a wake-up call?
j)T: A single, please.
k)R: Would you like a single or a double?
l)T: Can I pay by credit card?
m)R: Welcome to the Europe Hotel. How can I help you?
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10. Correct mistakes.
a)He decided to save some money and put them in the bank.
b)If I have a car, I would travel a lot.
c)They arrived in the airport just in time.
d)Nobody knows when it last has snowed in Sri-Lanka.
e)Everyone has to answer for their actions, haven’t they?
f)These women over there all speak Chinese.
g)Let’s buy a bar of chocolate and a carton of yogurt, do we?
h)I’ve always been wanting to visit this beautiful country.
i)I’ve got two TV-sets. One is in the living-room, and another is in the kitchen.
j)I will tell you a secret if you won’t tell anyone else.
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Final Pre-Intermediate Test
1. Open the brackets and use the verb in the required form (Pr. Simple, Pr. Cont., Pr. Pf., Pr. Pf. Cont., Past Simple, Past Cont., Past Pf., Future Simple; Complex Object).
Hi, Sue!
I 1_______ (write) to you from Manchester. I 2_______ (stay) here for two weeks. I 3________ (work) hard since I 4________ (arrive).
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Before I came to Manchester, I 5_______ (stay) in London. I 6_______
(rob) there. While I 7______ (look) in the shop window, I felt my shoulder bag 8_______ (move). I 9_______ (look) down at it and realized someone 10_______ (take) my wallet out of my bag.
I 11_______ (stay) in a small hotel at the moment. But my colleague Bill, who 12_______ (live) in Manchester, 13______ (offer) me to share his flat with him. It’s a bit untidy at the moment because it 14_______
(redecorate), but I 15_______ (be) sure it 16_______ (be) OK. We 17____
(already/arrange) everything and I 18_____ (move) next week.
I’d like you 19________ (come) here. When you 20________ (make up) your mind, let me know. If you 21________ (come), we 22________
(have) a great time.
Loving you Mike
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2.Choose the word from the brackets to fill in the gaps.
1.I hate _______ my homework. (doing/making/training)
2.You shouldn’t _________ to your mother like that. (tell/speak/say)
3.Hehasbeen________in languages since earlychildhood.(interesting/ interested)
4.She is ________ for a place to live at the moment. (finding/looking)
5.I couldn’t _________ well what they were talking about. (listen/ hear)
6.Tell Jim that I’ll call him ________. (late/later/lately)
7.Jane finds her job _________. She wants to do something different. (boring/bored)
8.Please, don’t go up that ladder. It doesn’t look _________ (safe/ safely).
9.How are you today? — I’m very ________, thanks. (good/well)
10.We can’t make a cake. We have _________ flour left. (little/a little/ few/a few)
11.He was almost nude. There were very ________ clothes on him. (little/a little/few/a few)
12.Would you like _________ coffee? (some/any/no)
13.This glass is very dirty. Give me _________ one. (other/the other/ another)
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3. Put in the right article.
James lived in 1______ United Kingdom. He was born in 2_____ country, on 3______ river Thames. When he was six, he went to 4______ school and