Test №4

I. Complete the sentences using one of these verbs in the correct form: cause, damage, hold, include, invite, make, overtake, snow, translate, write.

1. Many accidents ___ by dangerous driving.

2. Cheese ____from milk.

3. The roof of the building ___in a storm a few days ago.

4. There is no need to leave a tip. Service ____ in the bill.

5. You ___to the wedding. Why didn't you go?

6. A cinema is a place where films___.

7. In the United States every four years the elections ____ .

8. Originally the book ___in Spanish and a few yeas ago it__into English.

9. We were driving along quite fast but we ___ by lots of other cars.

II. Put the verb into the correct form Present Simple or Past Simple (Active or Passive).

1. Water__(cover) most of the Earth's surface.

2. These shops ___ (close) at 7p. m. every evening.

3. The letter (post) a week ago and it (arrive) yesterday.

4. I was born in Taganrog but I (grow up) in Moscow.

5. While I was on holiday my camera (steal) from my hotel room.

6. I saw an accident last night. Somebody (call) an ambulance but nobody( injure) so the ambulance (not/need).

7. Where __(these photographs take)? In London___(you/take) them?

8. The poem (to write) last year and (to publish) in this magazine.

9. His parents (die) when he was very young. He and his sister (bring up) by their grandparents.

10. When the television (invent)?

III. Rewrite these sentences instead of using "somebody" or "they", write a passive sentence.

1. Somebody has cleaned the room. The room ......... .

2. They have postponed the concert. The concert ......... .

3. Somebody is using the computer at the moment. The computer ......... .

4. When we got to the stadium we found that they had cancelled the game ......... .

5. They are building a new ring road round the city......... .

6. They have built a new school near my house......... .

7. Somebody accused him of stealing money......... .

8. They advised us not to go out alone......... .

9. They told the children to stay at home because the weather was rainy and cold......... .

10. They don't go to the tennis courts very often......... .

Test №5

Write the correct preposition in the following sentences.

1 the summer, we went 2 the beach every day.

We stayed 3 a lovely motel right 4 the beach.

5 the morning we would get up 6 9.30, have breakfast, and then spend four hours 7 the pool 8 all the other guests 9 1.00. We would have lunch 10 our room.

11 lunch we would eat something light like sandwiches and fruit.

12 the afternoon we would return 13 the pool area and sit 14 the sun 15 a while.

16 night we would take long walks 17 the beach or visit some friends who lived 18 520 Volusia Avenue 19 Daytona Beach.

Most of people were 20 Ohio.

21 time 22 time we would eat out 23 a nice restaurant, where we did not have to wait long 24 the waitress to serve us.

25 July it is usually very crowded, but this year 26 least, it was not as crowded as 27 the past.

Once we went 28 the movies, 29 the theater 30 the corner 31 Castillo Avevue.

We arrived there 32 time and sat 33 the middle 34 the theater 35 the twelfth row.

The movie started 36 7 o'clock sharp, so we got there just 37 time to buy some popcorn and find our seat 38 it started.

39 first, I thought I would not enjoy it, but 40 the end it turned 41 to be a very interesting movie.

We decided to get a Coke 42 43 the machine, but unfortunately it was 44 45 order.

So 46 place 47 the Coke we decided to get some ice-cream.

48 returning 49 our motel, I decided to finish reading my novel.

This book deals 50 a group 51 archeologists who go 52 Egypt 53 hopes 54 discovering some pharaoh's tomb.