Use of English

Circle the correct alternative in each sentence.



(2)0. My aunt lives in London, south of Thames/the Thames.

(1)1. He saw an accident when he was driving/drove home.

(1)2. I haven't done my homework yet/already.

(1)3. I need to have a bath/the bath first.

(2)4. I didn't see/haven't seen my friend recently.

(1)5. When my mother heard the news she was beginning/began to cry.

(1)6. I won/have won three table-tennis tournaments when I was at school.

(1)7. Fiona is very talented. She plays the piano/piano very well.

(1)8. How many times have you travelled/did you travel by plane?

(2)9. I don't like going to a cinema/the cinema.

(2)10. What did you do/were you doing when you got to school yesterday?



Read the text and put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple, the Past Continuous or the Present Perfect.



I ______ (meet) Carmela two years ago when I ______ (be) in madrid on a business trip.

I ______  (sit) in a cafe with some business partners when a beautiful young waitress ______ (come up) to us to take the order.

I ______ (speak) to her in my broken Spanish and we ______(fall) in love with each other at first sight.

This year she ______ (visit) me in Poland twice.



met was sitting (came up) spoke fell (has visited)



Complete the paragraph with a , an, the or nothing if no article is needed.



Mark is ______ journalist and lives in ______ United States.

He has ______ flat in New York and shares it with his girlfriend, Liz.

Each morning he leaves ______ flat at 7 o'clock and goes to ______ work by train.

He works very hard all day writing ______ articles.

At 6 p.m. he meets Liz at ______ station and they go home together.

They usually have ______ dinner at 8 p.m., watch TV, and go to ______ bed early.



answer : a the a the (empty) (empty) the (empty) (empty)



Match the multi-part verbs with their definitions.



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(f)run out of       a. to return

(k)come from        b. to arrive at a place

(i)go out           c. to leave a bus

(j)run into         d. to leave your bed after you have woken up

(a)come back        e. to stop trying to do something

(c)get off          f. to have no more of something

(d)get up           g. to climb into a bus or train

(e)give up          h. to stop sleeping

(g)get on           i. to leave your home for a few hours

(b)get to           j. to hit something with a car or to meet a person by accident

(h)wake up          k. to be born or made somewhere

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Complete the sentences with appropriate word. The first letter of each word is given.



(victory)     0. I know from my history lessons that Nepoleon won a famous v______ in the Battle of Austerlitz.

(honest)      1. Tom is very h______, you can always leave your money with him.

(rights)      2. Many organisations in the world fight for animal r______.

(sensitive)   3. Don't criticise him, he will start crying. Don't you know he is very s_____.

(violence)    4. I think there is too much v______ on TV. Most films are about wars or fighting.

(generous)    5. My aunt is a very g______ person. She always gives money and helps the poor.

(calm)        6. When we saw a python, everybody panicked except John. He stayed c______.

(cruel)       7. My little brother is very c______ to animals. He always kicks and hits them.

(influence)   8. Mary has a lot of i______ over her cousin. He does what she tells him to do.

(kind)        9. My boyfriend is very k______, he always helps me carry heavy bags.

(overrated)  10. I'm afraid their new record is o______. It is not as good as people say.