Choose the best word
He gave me a malignant look. = a) He looked at me mildly; b) He gave me a look of hatred; c) His look showed that he misunderstood me; d) He looked magnificent.
His behaviour was disgusting: a) very disappointing; b) very unpleasant; c) desperate, without hope; d) dangerous.
He saw anguish in her eyes: a) pain; b) anger; c) anxiety; d)astonishment.
When a building is gradually falling to pieces from old age or pollution, we say it is: a) crumbling; b) crashing; c) crawling; d) crushing.
I don’t want it in my kitchen. It has nothing to do with cooking: a) a grater; b) a colander; c) a hammer; d) a rolling-pin.
Use the right form of the word
I'll keep asking him to help me until he (agree) _____________.
(You ever - beat) __________ by your parents when you were a child?
I (meet) _______________ such people before. I know what to expect of them.
I decided not to do anything until my enemy (make) ______________the fist move.
I (sit) ____________ still for an hour when I saw a big deer come out into the clearing.
(It - rain) ______________ for a whole week now!
Is his leg really broken? How (he manage) ___________ to break it?
(She – still cook)) _____________when you went to the kitchen fifteen minutes ago? When will it be ready, I wonder?
He said that, from then on, dogs would not be allowed to walk in the park unless they (be) __________ on a leash.
I (not drive)_________a car for a long time - I only got my driving license two weeks ago.
I (not drive) ____________a car for a very long time, because of my illness. So I feel I am out of practice.
(You - ever be)_______________ in a dangerous situation when you travelled in Africa?
(You -ever drink) _______________wine before you came of age?
Transform the sentences into the direct speech
He inquired whether there would be another train that afternoon.
He apologized for being late.
He denied having been there the night before.
He asked me whether the news had already reached his wife.
She asked me whether her hair looked better with the new hair-do.
Use the right preposition. If you don't need any, write a minus
These apples cost 30 pence ....... a pound.
I congratulated him ......... his miraculous escape.
Could you take care … my dog while I am away?
We arrived ...... the station when the train had left already.
Why don’t you divorce if you no longer care … each other?
Use the right form of the verb
(She - ever be) _______________ abroad?
(She - ever catch a cold) _______________ when she was a little girl?
(She - ever drive) ________________ a car before she got one of her own?
You naughty boy! Why didn't you open the door at once? What (you do) _____ in my room?
She hoped that her disease (cure) ___________________in a month or so.
Her father ordered the girl to be silent at table and not to say a word until she (speak to) __________.
While the customer in front of me (serve) _________________ I chose a good present for my wife.
He promised that all the mistakes (correct) ____________ by Tuesday afternoon.
It's too difficult for me. I need a (гораздо проще) _______________ book.
You are the (самый ленивый и в то же время самый талантливый) ___________________student I've ever had.
How about (сходить на рыбалку) ________________ tomorrow morning?
If you (знал бы) ______________ any French, you ( понял бы) _____________ at once that the young man didn't mean to hurt your feelings.
We didn't ask for help. We did all the work (сами) ___________________.
Our school is a little larger than (у них)_______, but (наша) ______does not any modern equipment.
(Бесполезно изучать) ______________English if you don't have a good memory.
(Были когда-нибудь) _________________ volcano eruptions in this part of the country before?
They (женаты недавно)____________so they are still madly in love with each other.
(Ему дадут) __________________ all the necessary instructions.