LEVEL TEST 1
Choose the correct answer.
1. … name is Jane.
A. This girls’ B. These girls’ C. This girl’s D. This girl
2. … must be a lot of noise here.
a. It b. This c. There d. Its
3. We decorated this room… .
a. ourself b. yourself c. ourselves d. yourselves
4. My left arm is … than my right one.
a. stronger b. more stronger c. more strong d. strongest
5. I … a decision yet.
a. made d. haven’t made c. am making d. will make
6. I … Dick since 1985.
a. hadn’t seen b. didn’t see c. haven’t seen d. never saw
7. I … you’ll come to the party.
a. hoped b. hope c. will hope d. am hoping
8. People … on the right in Britain.
a. have driven b. are driving c. had driven d. drive
9. Last year we … the States.
a. visited b. have visited c. had visited d. used visiting
10. John … in the same house since 1962 and is going to live there.
a. has lived b. lived c. was living d. is living
11. We … our report yet.
a. had written b. haven’t written c. wrote d. write
12. Mr. Smith … for me when I arrived.
a. waited b. has waited c. was waiting d. waits
13. Peggy … the glass when she was having lunch.
a. broke b. was breaking c. has broken d. breaks
14. … long to write this book?
a. Did you take b. how much c. Took it d. Did it take you
15. What magazine …. When I met you?
a. did you look at b. you looked through c. were you looking through d. were you looked through
16. I’m so stupid, … I?
a. aren’t b. am not c. won’t d. amn’t
17. You wouldn’t like it, … you?
a. wouldn’t b. should c. shouldn’t d. would
18. She’s got beautiful eyes, … she?
a. doesn’t b. hasn’t c. does d. isn’t
19. The children had a good time, …?
a. did they b. they did c. didn’t they d. they didn’t
20. You are going to school tomorrow, …?
a. you’re not b. aren’t you c. are you d. you are
21. Penny asked if I … her letter.
a. will post b. am posting c. had posted d. was posting
22. He said that he … for several years.
a. knows b. will know c. had known d. would know
23. The old man told me he … in the country all his life.
a. has lived b. lives c. is living d. had lived.
24. The words “To be or not to be” … Hamlet.
a. spoke b. were speaking c. were spoken by d. are spoken by
25. I … a letter by an unknown person yesterday.
a. gave b. have been given c. was given d have given
26. – When…? - In 1950.
a. are you born b. were you born c. have you been born d. did you born
27. The door must … open.
a. is left b. leave c. be to leave d. be left
28. If anyone … you this news don’t believe it.
a. tell b. will tell c. tells d. had tell
29. We’ll be late if the bus … .
a. doesn’t arrive b. won’t arrive c. hasn’t arrived d. don’t arrive
30. If it … sunny tomorrow, I’ll go out.
a. is b. will c. will be d. is going
Read the text and do the tasks below.
April Fools’ Joke
A few years ago 1… was a very unclear photograph of a man on the front page of the Guardian newspaper. The article said that it was the first picture ever taken and that it was 2… seventy or more years older that any other photo in the world. Somebody in Japan discovered it hidden in a cave where it had been untouched for over two centuries. Apparently an unknown Japanese scientist had invented a special technique for making photographic negatives before anybody in Europe.
A special exhibition was arranged just for one day for the public to view it in London. The reason for that short viewing was because the negative was so old and 3… in the light for very long. When people went there, there was nothing to see.
The article had been written 4… of April, which is April Fools’ Day, the day when people 5… their friends.
Choose the correct answer and fill in the gaps in the text:
1. a. it b. there c. their d. -
2. a. at least b. at the least c. at last d. last
3. a could be b. could not be c. could d. be
4. a. in the first b. since the first c. at the first d. on the first
5. a. in jokes b. jokes on c. with jokes about d. jokes in
Choose the best answer to each question:
6. Which of the following is not true?
a. According to the Guardian, the first photo in the world was taken in Asia.
b. According to the Guardian, the first photo was first discovered and then invented in Japan.
c. According to the Guardian, an unknown Japanese scientist had invented a special technique for making photographic negatives before anybody in Europe.
d. According to the Guardian, a special exhibition was arranged just for one day for the public to view it in London.
7. Why could not the public see the photo in London?
a. The public couldn’t see the photo because it didn’t exist.
b. The public couldn’t see the photo because the negative was old and couldn’t be left in the light for very long.
c. The public couldn’t see the photo because the exhibition lasted only one day.
d. The police didn’t let the public see the photo in London.
8.Why was the article about the photo published in the Guardian newspaper on the first day of April?
a. On this day the first photo in the world was take.
b. It’s the traditional day for jokes.
c. Photo exhibitions are arranged on this day.
d. On this day people read newspapers.
9. What photograph was there in the newspaper? – It was the photograph of … .
a. the author of the article
b. Japanese scientist who invented technique for making photographic negatives
c. an unknown man
d. The Guardian’s editor
10. How old was the photo in the Guardian, according to the article?
a. Seventeen years old
b. less than seventy years old
c. seventy years old
d. seventy or more years older than any other photo in the world
LEVEL TEST 2
Choose the correct answer.
1. The house lost … roof in the storm.
a. his b. its c. it’s d. theirs
2. … is nothing to do here.
a. It b. Here c. This d. There
3. Boys hurt … when they fell.
a. themselves b. ourself c. ourselves d. themselves
4. The smaller the garden is, … it is to look after.
a. the easier b. more easy c. easier d. more difficult
5. I …. Bananas since I was a child.
a. dislike b. disliked c. have disliked d. will dislike
6. I … to talk to you now.
a. wanted b. am wanting c. have wanted d. want
7. Excuse me, but …. for someone?
a. do you wait b. are you waiting c. were you waiting d. have you waited
8.Michiel offered me another drink but I decided I … enough.
a. drank b. had drunk c. am drinking d. have drunk
9. Last night someone … a van in Baker Street.
a. was stealing b. has stolen c. stole. d. had stolen
10. Picasso … pictures.
a. was painting b. had painted c. painted d. has painted
11. Mr. Johnson … in the same place for thirty years and he is not planning to retire yet.
a. worked b. has worked c. works. D. is working
12. Mrs. Grant was nervous because she … before.
a. hasn’t flown b. didn’t fly c. hadn’t flown d. wasn’t flying
13. Peter usually phones me on Sundays but he … last Sunday.
a. doesn’t phone b. was not phoning c. not phoned d. didn’t phone.
14. We can’t go out now. It … hard.
a. rains. b. is raining c. rained d. was raining
15. I’m here to help you, … I?
a. aren’t b. am not c. don’t d. amn’t
16. Brandon had to have the car’s engine completely replaced, … he?
a. hadn’t b. had c. didn’t d. did
17. Carl will always remember this birthday, …?
a. won’t they b. will he c. he won’t d. won’t he
18. There aren’t any pencils left, …?
a. aren’t there b. are there c. aren’t they d. there are
19. The children had fun, …?
a. didn’t they b. hadn’t they c. they did d. they hadn’t
20. She told me she… to America.
a. never was b. had never been c. will never be d. would never be
21. They told me that she … there in half an hour.
a. was b. will c. would be d. had been
22. James said that he… a horse before.
a. never rode b. has never ridden c. had never ridden d. would never ridden
23. The policeman asked me if I … the car accident.
a. have seen b. saw c. had seen d. had been seen
24. Your drinks … in a moment.
a. will be brought b. will bring c. brought d. would bring
25. The house … the storm.
a. destroys b. is to destroy c. was destroyed by d. destroyed
26. When …?
a. has the letter posted b. has the letter been posted c. was the letter posted d. did the letter post
27. The rule must … to everyone.
a. have known b. be known c. know d. be knowing
28. Computers can … in many fields.
a. use b. be used c. have used d. is used
29. When we … a big city, I’ll send you a postcard.
a. got b. will get c. would get d. get
30. If the bus … come soon, I’ll be late.
a. doesn’t b. won’t c. will d. wasn’t
Read the text and do the tasks below.
What happened while the train was in the tunnel?
In the compartment of a train traveling through the countryside, there were four people – a young girl, an old lady, an army officer and a young cockney. Suddenly the train went into a tunnel: for a half a minute 1… was in complete darkness, and in the darkness came the sound of a large kiss 2… almost immediately by a loud slap.
When the train emerged and it was light again, everybody saw the officer with a bleeding nose and a swollen eye. The old lady thought that the young girl hit the officer 3… stealing a kiss.
The young girl thought it was strange that the officer kissed the old lady and not her. The poor officer thought that cockney kissed the girl and the girl hit him. And the cockney laughed silently at the trick he 4… . “I’m a clever chap”, he thought 5… . “I kissed the back of my hand, hit the officer in the face and nobody said a word.”
Choose the correct answer and fill in the gaps in the text:
1. a. the trolley b. the truck c. the carriage d. the locomotive
2. a. preceded b. following c. preceding d. followed
3. a. because b. in spite of c. for d. to
4. a. had smiled b. was playing c. got d. had played
5. a. oneself b. to himself c. himself d. to him
Choose the best answer to each question:
6. Which of the following is not true?
a. Both the kiss and the slap were in complete darkness.
b. as soon as the train left the tunnel there was a kiss and then a slap
c. the kiss was followed by the slap.
d. the slap followed the kiss.
7. What actually happened in the tunnel?
a. The young lady hit the officer because he dared to kiss her.
b. The officer kissed the old lady and she hit him.
c. The cockney kissed the girl and the girl hit the officer.
d. The cockney kissed the back of his hand and hit the officer in the face.
8. Why did the cockney hit the officer?
a. He hated officers.
b. He wanted to kill the officer.
c. He accidentally hit the officer.
d. He wanted to play a joke.
9. How did four passengers react to what happened in the tunnel?
a. Everybody except cockney was at a loss – they didn’t really know what had happened.
b. Nobody noticed it.
c. There was a scandal as soon as the train emerged out of the tunnel.
d. Everybody like the situation.
10. Who was surprised at the thought that the officer kissed the old lady?
a. the cockney
b. the old lady
c. the young lady
d. everybody
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