GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY TEST

I. Open the brackets using the correct forms of the verbs.

A. Just a quick note before I leave for the airport. Sorry I (1) _______________ (not/be) in touch since
Wednesday,
but I (2) _____________ (be) busy getting ready all week, and I (3) _________________ (not/collect) my ticket yet from the
travel agency. As soon as I (4) __________________ (get) to Sydney I (5) ____________________ (write) you a letter. I (6)
___________ (never/be) to Australia before but I (7) _________________ (read) a lot about it lately. It (8) ____________ (sound)
great! I (9) ________________ (be) in Sydney by the end of next week, and then I (10) __________________ (travel) to
Melbourne. I (11) ______________________ (be) there for a month. By the time I (12) _______________ (get) back all my
friends (13) __________________ (forget) me!
B. I (14) ______________ (send) Patti a postcard on her birthday last week if 1 knew her address.
If I (15) _________________ (be) you, I would turn to my parents for advice.
II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence using the word given. Don't
change the words given.
Example:
MEAN
What is the meaning of the word?
What does the word mean?
1.

AWAY

2.

IN

3.

HERSELF

4.

TOUCH

5.

FAR

6.

LONG

7.

OUGHT

8.

COULD

9.

SENSE

10. LOVE
11. RATHER
12. ACCOUNT
13. SO
14. BLAME

The children get very excited on school trips.

The children ________________________ on school trips.
The voyage is going to be rough.
We _______________________ voyage.
Tracy is proud of her coin collection.
Tracy ________________________ her coin collection.
I'll try to contact Christine when I go to Paris.
I'll try _________________________________ Christine when I go to Paris.
I was extremely annoyed and 1 couldn't be polite.
I was ___________________________ to be polite.
I'll lend you the money but you must give it back to me next week.
I'll lend you the money __________________________ it back to me next week.
It's wrong that you haven't been taking the tablets that the doctor gave you.
You _________________________________ the tablets that the doctor gave you.
It's possible that she knows about this because she heard you talking about it on the phone.
She _________________________________ about this on the phone.
If you worry about things you can't change, it won't do you any good.
________________________________ worrying about things you can't change.
I really wanted to go to that concert but I couldn't get a ticket.
I __________________________________ to that concert but I couldn't get a ticket.
I don't want to think about that problem now.
I __________________________________ about that problem now.
There was an accident and traffic came to a standstill.
Traffic came to a standstill ____________________________ accident.
I tiptoed into the room because I didn't want to wake up the baby.
I tiptoed into the room _______________________________ wake up the baby.
It won't be my fault if this experiment doesn't work.
I won't ________________________________ this experiment doesn't work.

III. Insert 10 articles that are missing in the text.

Advertising has become part of everyday culture. People are exposed to hundreds of adverts every day whenever they
switch on the TV or radio or open newspaper or magazine. This means that we know all about tricks that advertisers use to sell us
their products and so they need to work harder than ever to keep us interested. Latest trend designed to do this is known as ambient
advertising. This is the practice of putting ads in unusual places to make the product stick in people's minds. It also allows the

advertisers to be flexible and to try all sorts of new approaches to advertising. Ambient ads started out on sides of taxis and backs of
bus tickets but even these have now become commonplace. One recent award-winning campaign advertised modern art agency by
putting stickers on everyday objects such as lamp-posts and paving stones, describing them as if they were works of art. Another
involved projecting images of English football team onto White Cliffs of Dover to promote brand of trainers. It seems that
wherever you go these days some advertising agency will have got there first and will be desperately trying to grab your attention.
IV. Insert prepositions/postpositions where necessary.
1. Juliet was new to the class and had to do extra work to catch _____ _____ the others.
2. If you miss school for more than a couple of days, you are in danger of falling _____ your work.
3. Simon was told _____ severely when his parents saw his school report.
4. We couldn't work _____ what was wrong with our science experiment, so in the end we had to start again.
5. Having had the same hairstyle for years, she decided she'd gone _____ it and needed a change.
6. Lynne used to love jazz but she's not really _____ it any more.
7. She was advised to cut _____ fat from her diet.
8. Since you've developed allergy _____ chocolate you should keep _____ it.
9. She can't drive a car; she's _____ age.
10. Something in the fridge is giving _____ a strange smell.
V. Read the text and insert the letter corresponding to the best choice (, , or D).
Something to Chew On
Most of us think of chewing gum as something relatively new, but archeological evidence (1) _____ that even Stone Age
man chewed lumps of tree resin, which is still the basis of (2) _____ chewing gum.
For (3) _____ of years, people in Greece and the Middle East have chewed "mastiche", resin from the bark of the mastic tree,
to sweeten their breath and (4) _____ their teeth. In Central America, the Mayan Indians chewed a resin called "chicle". From the
1860s (5) _____, several people in various parts of the USA began selling, and improving, gum made from chicle; they added sugar
and a range of flavours, and chewing gum as we (6) _____
it today was born.
The invention of bubble gum in 1928 was purely (7) _____. Walter Diemer, a 23-year-old employee of the Fleer Chewing
Gum Company, was trying to (8) _____
up with a new chewing gum recipe. He produced something which was slightly (9)
_____ from ordinary gum, and stretched more easily. He made it pink, which (10) _____ the most popular colour for bubble gum,
because it (11) _____ to be the only colour food dye he had at that moment. To help market this new (12) _____, Diemer trained
salesmen to (13) ____ the public how to blow bubbles with it. Bubble gum was an instant (14) _____
, and it became even
more popular in the 1950s when an American company (15) _____ putting sticks of bubble gum in their packages of baseball
cards.
1
A
describes

suggests
C
2
A
current

latest
discusses
D explains
C
3
A
decades

centuries
modern
D recent
C
4
A
wash

soak
ages
D thousands
C
5
A
outwards

forwards
rinse
D clean
C
6
A
know

imagine
onwards
D downwards
C
7
A
Pointless

random
realise
D remember
C
8
A
come

go
accidental
D mistaken
C
9
A
unusual

different
get
D make
C
10
A
stays

remains
strange
D other
C
11
A
used

accustomed
continues
D survives
12
A
design

gadget
occurred
D happened
C
13
A
make

show
product
D process
C
14
A
success

win
demonstrate
D prove
C
15
A
decided

agreed
fame
D achievement
C
chose
D started

VI. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that line.
In today's world of (1) _____________________ hardship, finding a job
is difficult. (2) _______________________ has reached a record high, and even
(3) ________________ qualified people find it (4) _________________ to find
work. Despite this (5) _______________ news, there are certain things a person
can do. Firstly, it is important to read the job (6) ________________________
in as many newspapers as possible. Secondly, it is (7) ____________________
to write letters to companies enclosing a copy of your CV. If your
(8) _____________________________ is successful, it is imperative to impress the
(9) ____________________. A smart (10) _________________ is essential along
with some knowledge of the company. Above all, keep trying and you are sure
to be successful.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

ECONOMY
EMPLOY
HIGH, DIFFICULTY
DEPRESS
ADVERTISE
ADVISE
APPLY
INTERVIEW, APPEAR

VII. Rewrite the following sentences correcting the mistakes.

I explained them what had happened, but they totally refused to accept what I said.
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He was made quit the job as the boss was not satisfied with his work.
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He felt himself very happy and excited as though he had won a million dollars.
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Beethoven did not let his deafness to prevent him from composing music.
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I hate to bother you, but the man is still waiting for you to be given him a definite answer.
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