Practice test 1 I/Put the verb into the correct tense and form. 1.I think she is the most beautiful person I ever (meet). 2.We wish the neighbours (not play) music loudly every night. 3.We (not see) her since she(get) married. 4.Think carefully.I’m sure you (remember) his name. 5.I don’t mind (wait). I’d rather (be) too early than too late. 6.Why don’t you have your room (repaint)? 7.He’s used to (take) to the cinema by his parents. 8.I think your house needs (redecorate) II/Give the correct word form. 1.Every woman nowadays seems to want to lose (weigh) 2.It has become almost a (day) topic of conversation. 3.Is it really a fact that slim women are only really (attract) ones? 4.No, In some parts of the world a husband would be (shame) to be seen with a thin wife. 5.She is one of the greatest (perform) to appear in this theatre. 6.He lost the game because of his (care). 7.We can buy milk (produce) from this supermarket at a low price. 8.The keys were locked inside the car, (luck) a side window was opened. 9.I felt so (sleep) I’m going to bed. 10.Those apples are (poison) Don’t eat them. III/Rewrite these sentences. 1.I didn’t arrive in time to catch the first bus.-->I wasn’t early……… 2.We couldn’t sleep because of the hot weather.-->The hot weather…………… 3.A ferry leaves at six every morning.-->There is………………… 4.I haven’t read this novel before.-->This is the………………………… 5.He began his present book 3 weeks ago.-->He has………………… 6.Someone repaired my car yesterday.-->I had…………………… 7.I’d rather not go to the cinema tonight.--> I don’t feel………………… 8.The only thing that interests her is English.-->She is…………………… 9.It took them five hours to walk to the station.-->They spent…………… 10.The weather was so ugly that all of us felt ill.-->It was such…………………… IV/Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition. 1.Mary is absent………….class yesterday. 2.He is always angry……… little things. 3.My mother is always busy…………. doing the cooking. 4.He is clever………….history. 5.He’s used……………coming to class in time. 6.Our shirts are different……………their sizes. 7.The teacher is not satisfied………….our work. 8.Instead………… cycling to school as usual, he walked there. 9.The house was……….fire. Luckily, the firemen came in time to put it out. 10.My father gave………….smoking after he had a bad cough last year. V/Complete each sentence by putting a word that gives the definition. Example: A place where films are shown is a………………=>cinema 1.A place where games and sports are staged is a……………. 2.A place where wild animals are kept and exhibited is a……………… 3.A person who writes books is an……………… 4.A person who looks after sick or injured people in hospital is a………………. 5.A person who cuts and makes clothes is a………… VI/Put one suitable word into each gap. The Browns lived………… door to me. They were interesting and intelligent people, but they…………always getting into some sort of trouble. It was usually either illness……… accident, but there were other things too. Their house was………… fire twice, and twice the whole family had to stay………….me while repairs were made. The Browns were always losing things, important things…………money or key. Pictures often fell…… the walls in their house; the children often fell out of their beds at………… I used to wake………… in the morning and think: “What strange things will happen……….that family today?”