Name Class

Use of English 01A

A Underline the correct alternative in each sentence.
(3 points)
0 I feel /am feeling that I understand the process very well.
I!d prefer to ma"e/ma"ing an appointment now.
# I don!t thin"/am not thin"ing you should invite him to your wedding.
3 $he!d love to help/helping you %ut she is very %usy at the moment.
& I can!t stand to wait/waiting for latecomers.
' (y %rother hates to wear/wearing formal clothes.
) *ou loo"/are loo"ing a%solutely terrific today+
B Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple, the Present ontinuous or the
Present Perfect.
(, points)
0 -e regularly ...meet ... (meet) to play the guitar together.
I .......... (visit) three natural history museums so far.
# -e .......... (move) to a %igger flat. Could you help us transport our furniture/
3 I can!t ma"e a ca"e %ecause 0om .......... (forget) to %uy eggs.
& *ou shouldn!t wear this old1fashioned hat2 you .......... (need) a new one.
' 0he crime rate in New *or" .......... (go down) in the past ten years.
) 3rofessor 4rown is an e5pert on 6ree" philosophy. 7t the moment he .......... (write)
an article on the life of $ocrates.
, It .......... (not snow) here a lot at this time of year.
omplete the sentences !ith the correct form of the !ord in brackets.
(' points)
0 8e is a ..successful.. (success) writer.
8e tal"ed a%out his friend!s accident with great .......... (sad).
# 4ad grades at school have a .......... (disaster) effect on her motivation.
3 (y sister is a very .......... (am%ition) student. $he always wants to %e the %est.
& (y grandfather got a medal for his .......... (%rave) during -orld -ar II.
' 7na has great .......... (difficult) in understanding her Italian friend.
" #ead the te$t belo! and use one !ord to fit each space.
(' points)
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I am a good mi5er2 so I tend to (0) ...make ... friends =uite easily and have a lot of people
around. (any of them are very interesting2 %ut no%ody really compares with 7lice. $he
is fifty1three years old and still very active. $he can!t () .......... leading a %oring
life and (#) .......... up a new activity every year. $he has already tried diving and
%ungee (3) .......... and now she is very much (&) .......... car racing. 4ut one
of her greatest dreams is to get into 0he 6uinness 4oo" of >ecords for spending the
longest time on a (') .......... island. I seriously dou%t if she will ever succeed
%ecause she is a very socia%le person and needs people to live.
%otal
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