Lexico-Grammar Test 3

1. Choose the right word.

1) Can I get you ( some/any) coffee? I’ve just made some/any. 2) I doubt that there’s ( something/anything) we can do now. 3) Never trust ( someone/anyone) who has a perfectly tidy desk.

2. Fill in less, the least, fewer, the fewest.

1) Of all British cars, this one uses ___________ petrol. It also needs ____________ repairs. 2) ________ girls than boys do mathematics at university. This may be because girls get____________ encouragement to study maths at school. 3) As the years went by, they had ____________ things to say, and _________ interest in talking to each other. 4) Do you want more time and _________ money, or more money and _________ time? 5) Liz is very clever, but she has got ___________self-confidence of anyone I know. 6) I’ve had _________ days off work of anybody in the office.

3. Put in the articles where necessary.

Do you see (1) _________ man standing near (2)_________ door? He works as (3) _______assistant in (4) _________same shop as I do. Well, I saw him the other day and he was driving (5)________ big red Porsche. And do you see (6)________expensive clothes he’s wearing? Where does he get ( 7) _________ money to pay for it all? (8) ________ month ago he hadn’t got (9)________ penny. I told you about (10)________burglary that we had at (11)_________shop, didn’t I? Do you think I should go to (12)_________ police?

4. Put in they, them, their, theirs or another pronoun.

1) Someone’s left me a note, but __________ haven’t signed it. 2) The person who phoned wouldn’t give ____________ name. 3) Nobody in the club has paid ___________ annual subscription (годовая подписка) yet. 4) I can’t help anybody unless ________ bring all the right documents with ________. 5) If I find out who’s made this mess in the kitchen, I’ll kill ____________. 6) Judy says somebody’s stolen _________ lecture notes. 7) Some idiot has taken my bag and left me ______________. 8) If anyone can fill in this form, ___________’re brighter than me. 9) Nobody will believe me unless I show ____________ the picture. 10) That woman I was talking to had ____________ car stolen yesterday.

6. Put in than, as,or that.

1) It’s ___________ warm ___________ toast in here. 2) It’s later _____________ I thought. 3) I think ____________ she’s Czech. 4) I feel stronger ___________ I did. 5) Can’t you eat faster _________ that? 6) He’s funny _____________ toothpaste. 7) It’ll cost the same ____________ before. 8) The car _________ I saw was too small. 9) The cat seems better ___________ yesterday. 10) There’s the boy____________ broke the window. 11) It’s not as cold ______________ yesterday. 12) She’s got the same job ________ me.

7. Open the brackets using the correct form of the verbs.

Stephanie MacGuire, the writer, has had an unusual life.

When she was very young Stephanie’s parents 1) ______ (murder) by guerrillas in South East Asia, and she herself 2) ______ (bring up) among them for several years.

When she was ten, she 3) ______ (find) by aid workers, who 4) ______ (arrange) for her to return to the UK, where she 5) ______ (receive) by her only living relatives, her aunt and uncle. They 6) ______ (agree) to look after her, and though she 7) ______ (not, maltreat), they 8) ______ (not, give) her any affection.

At first Stephanie 9) ______ (hate) England, partly because she 10) ______ (not, speak) English at all well.

After two years she 11) ______ (send) to a well-known boarding school, where fortunately she 12) ______ (befriend) by a highly sensitive teacher, Jayne Abbott, who 13) ______ (understand) that she 14) ______(throw) into an alien environment.

Under Jayne’s influence Stephanie 15) ______ (adapt) to life in England; indeed, her knowledge of English 16) ______ (grow) so fast that by the time she 17) ______(reach) her sixteenth birthday, her first short stories 18) ______ (already, publish) in the Rambler.

Since then her literary career 19) _____ (be) a great success. Six of her novels 20) _____ (publish) so far; the first one 21) ______ (deal) with her childhood experiences in South East Asia, and all her subsequent novels 22) ______ (base) in England. Last year she 23)______ (short-list) for the Booker Prize.

We are sure that in the coming years many people 24) ______ (inspire) by her influence, for even today she 25) ______ (regard) as one of the great courageous women among her contemporaries.