FINAL TEST pre-intermediate level
Name _______________________________________________________
Date_______________________
I PRESENT SIMPLE and PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1. The train is never late. It _______________ (always/leave) on time. 2. “How is your English?” “Not bad. It _______________ (improve) slowly.” 3. Look at the river. It _______________ (flow) very fast today. 4. _______________ (you/listen) to the radio at the moment? 5. Usually I _______________ (enjoy) parties, but I ___________ ____ (not/enjoy) this one. 6. Let’s go out. It _______________ (not/rain) now. 7. Julia is very good at languages. She ______ _________ (speak) four languages very well. 8. _______________ (you/listen) to the radio every day? 9. The river Nile ____________ ___ (not/flow) into the Mediterranean. _______/10 II PAST SIMPLE and PAST CONTINUOUS
1. Sue _______________ (not/be) very hungry so she _______________ (not/eat) anything. 2. How fast _______________ (you/drive) when the accident _______________ (happen)? 3. We couldn’t afford to keep our car, so we _______________ (sell) it. 4. I _______________ (walk) along the street when suddenl y I _______________ (hear) footsteps behind me. Somebody ______ _________ (follow) me. I was frightened and I _______________ (start) to run. 5. He _______________ (fall) down the stairs yesterday. _______/10
III PRESENT PERFECT and PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
1. How long _______________ (you/wait) for me? 2. I _______________ (know) Jane since childhood. 3. _______________ (you/see) Tom lately? 4. It _______________ (rain) for hours. _______/4 IV PAST SIMPLE and PAST PERFECT
1. We _______________ (arrive) at the office this morning and _________ ______ (find) that somebody _______________ (break) into the office during the night. 2. The house was quiet when I got home. Everybody ______ _________ (go) to sleep. 3. I felt very tired when I got home so I _______________ (go) straight to bed.
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V PASSIVE (present, past, future)
1. The milk _______________________ (bring) to my door every morning at 7 o`clock. 2. Last night the sick man ___________ ____________ (take) to the hospital. 3. Electricity _______________________ (use) as fuel for cars in future. 4. Normally, things from supermarkets _______________________ (steal) every day. 5. “The bridge on the Drina” _______________________ (write) by Ivo Andric. 6. A new car park _______________________ (build) in the next few months. _______/6
VI REPORTED SPEECH (tell or say)
1. Jack: “John hopes the letter will arrive soon.” ________________________________________ __________________________. 2. Mary: “I don’t believe it will be possible.” ________________________________________ __________________________. 3. Jack to Mary: “You wore the most beautiful shoes last week ” ________________________________________ __________________________. ________/6 VII PREPOSITIONS (circle the right preposition)
1. The World Health Organization spent 20 million dollars on/for AIDS research last year. 2. Don`t ask me! I am not very good in/with numbers. 3. Mary often borrows things from/to me, but she never gives them b ack from/to me! 4. It took our grandparents 20 years to save up with/for an apartment. 5. The Titanic was found at the bottom/at the top of the sea. ________/6 VIII MODAL VERBS (can/can’t, have to/don’t have to, should/shouldn’t, may/might)
1. He_______________ lose weight because he doesn’t feel well. 2. She has an exam tomorrow, so she___________________ go out. 3. __________ I leave the lesson earlier? 4. You_______________ to check, because I’ve already checked. 5. He ___________ be angry with me, because he doesn’t call me so often.
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IX VOCABULARY
1. You need two racquets, a yellow ball and a net to play _______________. 2. My new hair cut was horrible. I felt too embarrassed/excited to go out. 3. Do you invest/bet your money on ho rse races? 4. A general name for chairs, tables, sofas etc is _______________. 5. Sonya has been working as a nurse for over 20 years. She is experienced/sympathetic. 6. If you see a ghost in the middle of the night in your room you might be _______________. 7. Ouch! I’ve cut/bumped/burnt my finger on a knife and now it’s bleeding. 8. Sicily is surrounded by water on all sides so it must be an _______________. 9. When you get out of sho wer you use towel/napkin to dry yourself. 10. Parts of your body without which you can’t walk ___ ____________ and _______________. ________/10 X RELATIVE PRONOUNS WHO/WHICH (match and write full sentences)
1. Medicine is stuff
you give to waiters and taxi drivers.
2. A souvenir is something
is not polite.
3. A tip is extra money
you take when you are ill.
4. A rude person is someone
you buy from another country to help you remember it.
1. _____________________________________________________________________. 2. _____________________________________________________________________. 3. _____________________________________________________________________. 4. _______________________________________ ______________________________.
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XI ARTICLES: a, an, the, x
_____ New York City is situated on _____ Hudson and _____East rivers. It is wise for _____ traveller to go first to the top of _____ Empire State Building, which was _____ highest in _____ world for many years. After _____ long working day one can have _____dinner at one of New York’s fine _____ restaurants. ________/10 XII PREPOSITIONS
to
for
in
with
from
at
on
at
on
above
I am Peter and I live _____ Germany. I enjoy travelling ___Italy because of the weather and the people there. Last summer I took a plane _____ Munich to Rome. The plane landed _____ 8 o `clock _____ Monday on time. While I was waiting _____ my cousin _____ the airport I sat _____ the bench and watched the sky _____. Then I ordered an espresso _____ milk just to feel Italy again! ________/10 XIII SECOND CONDITIONAL
1. If he ____________ (be) a young man, he ____________ (walk) faster. 2. If we ____________ (win) a lottery, we ____________ (travel) the world. 3. If we ____________ (live) in Mexico, we ____________ (speak) Spanish. 4. We ____________ (come) to diner, if we _____ _______ (have) more time. 5. You ____________ (lose) weight if you _ ___________ (eat) less. ________/5
XIV FIRST CONDITIONAL
1. If you ____________ (not study), you ____________ (fail) the test. 2. We ____________ (die) if we ____________ (not get) help soon! 3. If you ____________ (look) in the fridge, you ____________ (find) some cold drinks. 4. If there ____________ (be) no oil in the engine, the car ____________ (break) down. 5. I ____________ (lend) you m y umbrella if you ____________ (need) it. ________/5 XV WH-QUESTIONS
1. She went home because she was tired. _____________________________________. 2. I like my coffee black and hot. _____________________________________. 3. Mary lives in Berlin now. _____________________________________. 4. A man with a black mask robbed a bank yesterday. _____________________________________. ________/4
TOTAL___________/100
