Tests

in English Grammar

Australia

has … area of about eight million square kilometers.

a) the b) an c) –

2.          … continent of Australia is mostly … great plain with mountains in the east and south-east.
a) a                                b) –                         c) the
a) –                                b) the                      c) a

3. Agriculture is … main occupation in Australia.
a) – b) a c) the

Australia

is famous for its sheep.
… great sheep-farms are called … sheep stations.
a) – b) the c) a
a) the b) a c) –

Australia

has … parliament in each state and … Federal Parliament of … Commonwealth at Canberra.
a) a                                 b) the                      c) –
a) –                                 b) a                         c) the
a) the                              b) –                         c) a

Australia

is … federation of six states and two territories.
a) the b) a c) –

7. Australia is … world’s largest country
a) a b) – c) the

8.          … west of Australia consists of … broad plateau.
a) the                              b) a                        c) –
a) –                                b) the                      c) a

9. Like the United States, Canada began as … agricultural country.
a) – b) an c) the

10. Among … Canada’s wealth of natural resources are minerals and forests.
a) the b) – c) a

11.    … Maple Leaf has been … symbol of Canada for over 200 years.
a) a                                 b) –                         c) the
a) the                              b) a                        c) –

12. July 1, 1867 is … date of Canada’s birthday.
a) the b) – c) a

13.    … school system of … most of … provinces has 12 grades
a) a                                 b) the                      c) –
a) the                              b) a                        c) –

a) a b) the c) –

14.   … Prime Minister directs … government.
a) a                                 b) –                         c) the
a) a                                 b) the                      c) –

15. … Canada’s constitution is partly unwritten and partly written.
a) – b) the c) a

16.

New Zealand

is … Island Nation.
a) the b) an c) –

17. New Zealand is dominated by … Nature, with magnificent beaches, lakes and mountains.
a) – b) the c) a

18. … mountainous nature of New Zealand is one of its most striking physical characteristics.
a) a b) – c) the

19.

New Zealand

has … oceanic climate, without extremes of heat or cold.
a) the b) an c) a

20.   … kiwi is … rare flightless bird native to New Zealand, and is … symbol of New Zealand .
a) a                                 b) –                         c) the
a) the                              b) a                        c) –
a) –                                 b) a                         c) the

21. The news … at 9 o’clock.
a) is following b) follows c) follow

22. What … your news?
a) are b) be c) is

23. The police … five arrests.
a) has made b) have made c) makes

24. Militia … always ready to help people.
a) are b) is c) be

25. He gave me some pieces of …
a) a good advice b) good advices c) good advice

26. The cattle … in the yard.
a) are b) is c) be

27. He has some grey … .
a) hair b) hairs c) hairing

28. We have … on this subject.
a) a very little information.
b) very little informations.
c) very little information.

29. … cheap in summer.
a) Fruit is b) Fruits are c) Fruit are

30. On the table there are apples, plumps and other … .
a) fruit b) fruits c) pieces of fruits

31. This is my room and … .
a) Peter’s b) Peter c) Peter’s room

32. It was … walk along a dry road.
a) three-miles b) a three-mile c) three-mile

33. We drove for … of miles.
a) hundred b) the hundred c) hundreds

34. I wear size … shoes.
a) the thirty-sixth
b) thirty-six
c) a thirty-six

35. … schoolchildren were present at the meeting.
a) Five hundred b) The five hundred c)Five hundreds

36. May … is my sister’s birthday.
a) twenty-third b)the twenty-third c) twenty-three

37. … his father … his mother was like other people.
a) Either … or b) Neither … nor c) Nor … or

38. This film is … interesting … that one.
a) so … as b) as … as c) not … as

39. … the wheat … the barley will be shipped tomorrow.
a) As …as b) So … as c) Both … and

40. We object … to the terms of payment, … to the time of delivery.
a) not only … but also

b) either … or

c) both … and

41. He will do it … he comes home.
a) as long as b) as soon as c) since

42. What have you been doing … I last saw you?
a) as b) since c)as soon as

43. I shall go to the cinema tomorrow … I am too busy.
a) lest b) if c) unless

44.   Walter Scott was greatly interested … the past … his country and studied it … documents, history and legends.
a) on                               b) at                                c) in
a) of                        b) for                      c) at
a) by                               b) with                    c) in

45. I put the letter … my pocket.
a) in b) to c) into

46.   Florence was looking … him … silence.
a) to                        b) for                       c) at
a) in                        b) at                         c) with

47. I have thought … you so often.
a) about b) of c) on

48. Florence went up to Uncle Sol and kissed him … the cheek.
a) at b) on c) in

49. Joe Larrabee dreamed … becoming a great artist.
a) about b) by c) of

50.   They fell … love … each other, and … a short time they married.
a) to                        b) in                        c) at
a) with                    b) to                        c) among
a) withing                       b) after                    c) in

51. I cannot take such a rich gift. I shall pay you its weight … gold.
a) with b) by c) in

52.   I ran … him till the crowd hid him … my sight.
a) behind                 b) after                    c) with
a) from                    b) of                                c) out

53. He made a speech … nature protection.
a) about b) of c) on

54.   The car was standing … the edge of the road … the shadow of some pines.
a)on                        b) in                         c) at
a)in                         b) at                         c) within

55. I have come to you to ask … information.
a) about b) for c) of

56. It’s a long time … I have seen her.
a) since b) when c) while

57. It’s nice … you to say so.
a) to b) for c) of

58. He would stop … nothing now.
a) to b) at c) for

59. I know it … certain.
a) for b) to c) with

60. The Volga is … river in Europe.
a) longer b) the longest c) the most long

61. It is not often that even … writers are like their … characters.
a) better b) the best c) good

a) the best b) better c) best

62. This is … novel I have ever read.
a) interesting
b) more interesting
c) the most interesting

63.   I am tall, my … brother is … than I, my … brother is … of us three.
a) elder                    b) older           c) old
a) more tall              b) tallier           c) taller
a) oldest                  b) eldest          c) the eldest
a) the most tall        b) the tallest     c) tallest

64. The Volga is … than the Dnieper.
a) the longer b) longer c) a longer

65. She is … member of our circle.
a) the activer b) the most active c) more active

66. I shall do it with … pleasure.
a) the greatest b) the most great c)more great

67. … discussion will follow.
a) far b) farther c) further

68. Baikal is … freshwater lake in Europe and Asia.
a) the most large b) the largest c) larger

69.   This is … street in the town.
a) the narrowest
b) the most narrow
c) narrower

70. I could not permit him to take so … labour upon himself.
a) many b) a few c) much

71. We’ll rest … minutes and go back.
a) few b) a few c) a little

72. … of what he says is true.
a) many b) a few c)much

73. I have very … time.
a) little b) few c) a few

74. Please give me … water.
a) a little b) little c) few

75. I have … books.
a) little b) a few c) a little

76. There is … chalk in the box.
a) little b) many c) few

77. Give me … ink.
a) no b) any c) some

78. Have you brought … water?
a) some b) any c) no

79. It’s … invention, and he wants to give it do our country.
a) some b) any c) no

80. Will you have … biscuits?
a) some b) any c) no

81. … three hundred delegates will gather in our city.
a) any b) some c) no

82. All molecules have the same average energy at … given moment.
a) any b) some c) no

83. If you want to slow a molecule, let it do … work.
a) no b) some c) any

84. … child knows about it.
a) any b) some c) no

85. Would you like … coffee?
a) no b) some c) any

86. I do not have … English books.
a) some b) any c) no

87.   I can explain … to …, and I like doing it.
a) anything              b) something           c) nothing
a) somebody           b) anybody             c) nobody

88. I wasn’t risking ….
a) something b) nothing c) anything

89. I can’t see …, it’s too dark.
a) something b) anything c) nothing

90. Is … all right?
a) anything b) everything c) something

91. Will you have … apple?
a) other b) another c) some

92. I read the book ….
a) oneself b) by me c) myself

93. Camilla told …it was ridiculous to feel nervous.
a) herself b) oneself c) by her

94. Don’t talk so loudly. Behave … .
a) themselves b) yourselves c) one another

95. Be careful! Don’t cut … .
a) oneself b) herself c) yourself

96. They said so … .
a) ourselves b) themselves c) oneself

97. Don’t hurt …, Bill!
a) yourself b) himself c) oneself

98.   This is … book and this is … .
a) mine                    b) my              c) yours
a) yours                  b) your            c) my

99. Is it your car? – Yes, it is … .
a) my b) me c) mine

100. We’ve got a new TV set too. But … is much better.
a)their b) your c) yours

101.   Will you join … team or …?
a) their                    b) theirs                   c) their’s
a) our’s                   b) ours                     c) our

102. Ann is having … music lesson.
a) hers b) her’s c) her

103. … pleased her there.
a) nothing b) no c) neither

104. … could answer the question.
a) no b) nobody c) nothing

105. … answer was correct.
a) nothing b) neither c) none

106. There is … harm in doing that.
a) nothing b) neither c) no

107. I saw … interesting there.
a) no b) nothing c) none

108. Is there a cinema in your street? No, there is … .
a) no b) nothing c) none

109. … of us knew about his return.
a) none b) no c) neither

110. … the pupils have passed the examination.
a) both b) all c) every

111. … my sisters are students.
a) all b) every c) both

112. She spends … her free time in the reading-room.
a) every b) all c) everything

113. … graduated from the University last year.
a) both of them b) both c) all

114. What … do you need?
a) any more b) else c) still

115. He didn’t … look up.
a) yet b) still c) even

116. We’ll have to think of something … to do.
a) any more b) else c) still

117. … now he won’t eat fish.
a) even b) still c) yet

118. He … hasn’t come.
a) still b) yet c) else

119. I play … a bit.
a) yet b) else c) still

120. It is cold in Lapland … in July.
a) even b) yet c) still

121. And, … worse, he forgot his money.
a) still b) yet c) even

122. It has …to be decided.
a) even b) yet c) still

123. He may surprise us all … .
a) yet b) else c) still

124. Need you go ...?
a) already b) still c) yet

125. Even when it rains he … goes out for a walk.
a) still b) yet c) else

126. I am not going … .
a) still b) yet c) else

127. It rained … harder.
a) yet b) still c) else

128. I … a letter yesterday.
a) write b) wrote c) have written

129. We shall not have supper until mother … .
a) came b) will come c) comes

130. I can help you if you … it.
a) will like b) like c) liked

131. … let him do it.
a) not b) no c) don’t

132. … take care of yourself.
a) to b) do c) not

133. You … your own business!
a) mind b) let mind c) not mind

134. Just … here for a minute, will you?
a) coming b) to come c) come

135. And … me, Daniel.
a) not call b) not calling c) don’t call

136. There … 800,000 Indians in the United States now.
a) is b) are c) has been

137. There … a hotel not far away.
a) are b) is c) has been

138. There … a lecture next Friday.
a) is b) has been c) will be

139. There … always a lot of tourists here.
a) are b) is c) will be

140. There … some brilliant students here last year.
a) was b) had been c) were

141. … there anyone to replace him?
a) are b) has been c) is

142. There … always something to talk about.
a) was b) is c) has been

143. Who … there to advise us?
a) are b) is c) has been

144. There … something about him I don’t like.
a) will be b) has been c) is

145. There … doctor in the village.
a) is not b) is no c) is no a

146. There … apples at the market.
a) are no b) are not c) are not the

147. There … one for me to talk to.
a) was not b) was no the c) was no

148. There … stopping him.
a) is not b) is no c) are no

149. There … soul to be seen.
a) was not a b) was not c) has not

150. The United States of America … one of the largest countries in the world.
a) are b) is c) has been

151. Approximately two-thirds of the population … in urban areas.
a) have lived b) has lived c) live

152. Throughout London people … by buses or by underground trains.
a) have travelled b) travel c) are travelled

153. The British Parliament … in Westminster Palace.
a) does sit b) sit c) sits

154. The steamer … tomorrow.
a) sails b) will sail c) is sailing

155. Let’s eat before we … .
a) start b) are starting c) will start

156. It … again.
a) rains b) is raining c) are raining

157. She … quite well now.
a) feels b) is feeling c) felt

158.   They … this text, and … it now.
a) understand          b) are understanding       c) is understanding
a) have translated    b) are translating     c) translate

159. What … Nick … at so attentively?
a) does … look b) has … looked c) is looking

160.   I … a man, he … the street.
a) am seeing            b) see                      c) have seen
a) is crossing           b) crosses                        c) cross

161. I … many books by Dickens.
a) read b) had read c) have read

162. You … at all.
a) didn’t changed b) haven’t changed c) aren’t changing

163.   So much … since I … you last.
a) happened            b) happens              c) has happened
a) have seen            b) saw                     c) had seen

164.   You … otherwise after you … the film yourself.
a) think                   b) will think            c) thought
a) have seen            b) will see               c) saw

165. … you … to the theatre lately?
a) had … been b) have … been c) were … been

166. I … hard all day today.
a) have worked b) worked c) had worked

167.   We … to wait for Tom, he … yet … his task.
a) will have             b) had                      c) have
a) hasn’t … finished
b) didn’t … finished
c) isn’t … finishing

168.   I … English for two years already.
a) studied
b) have studied
c) have been studying

169.   I am tired, I … in the garden all day long.
a) worked
b) was working
c) have been working

170.   He … since 6 this morning.
a) was travelling
b) is travelling
c)has been travelling

171.   Show me the book you … just … .
a) have … been reading
b) have … read
c) was … reading

172. Let’s take a walk. I … around all day.
a) was sitting b)have been sitting c) is sitting

173.   What … here?
a) did you do
b) had you done
c) have you been doing

174. “You …?” she accused. “Your eyes are red”.
a) have been crying b) cried c) was crying

175. I only hope she … sensible.
a) was b) will be c) would be

176.   We … tomorrow.
a) should have rain
b) shall have rain
c) are having rain

177. The … here in ten minutes.
a) will be b) shall be c) are

178. That …, thank you.
a) is do b) will do c) was do

179. … I … the sentence into English?
a) Will … translate
b) Shall … translate
c) Should … translate

180.   … you … for dinner?
a) Will … stay
b) Will … be staying
c) Would … stay

181. Helen … an English book when I return home.
a) will be reading b) will read c) has read

182. I … you at 4 o’clock sharp.
a) shall expect
b) shall be expecting
c) shall have expected

183.   I … when you come with my things.
a) shall clean up
b) would clean up
c) shall be cleaning up

184. It’s no use trying to see our English teacher at 11. He … a lesson at that time.
a) will give b) will be giving c) would give

185. She … while I … my notes in order.
a) will be typing b) will type c) would type

a) will put b) will be putting c) am putting

186.   When you … our things I … arrangements about the tickets over the telephone.
a) will be packing   b) are packing                 c) would pack
a) shall be making   b)am making           c) would make

187. She … for London tomorrow.
a) will leave b) is leaving c) leaves

188.   Betty … this text today.
a) is going to translate
b) will translate
c) translates

189. Our neighbours … to a new flat in a week.
a) will move b) move c) are moving

190. Flowers … without water.
a) are going to die b) will die c) are dying

191. Helen … her exam tomorrow.
a) will take b) is going to take c) is taking

192. Ann … the final answer before he returns.
a) will give b) gives c) will have given

193. … you … your dinner by 3 o’clock?
a) Will … have had b) Will … have c) Have … had

194. By the end of the term we … two English books.
a) shall read b) shall have read c) read

195.   You … me by then.
a) will forget
b) have forgotten
c) will have forgotten

196.   I hope you … by that time.
a) will have had a good sleep
b) will have a good sleep
c) have had a good sleep

197. I have not learnt the poem yet but I … it by the evening.
a) shall have learnt b) shall learn c) have learn

198.   Nora … a book for two hours when I come.
a) will be reading
b) will have been reading
c) will read

199.   By next year we … in the town for six years.
a) shall live
b) shall have lived
c) shall have been living

200.   By 2006 he … at the plant for ten years.
a) will have been working
b) will be working
c) will have worked

201. When mother returns home at five o’clock, I … in the garden for six hours.
a) shall work
b)shall be working
c) shall have been working

202. There are many theories about why dinosaurs … .
a) have died out b) died out c) had died out

203.   One of the worst hurricanes in American history, Camille (1969) … over 250 deaths and … great damage.
a) had caused          b) has caused          c) caused
a) did                      b) had done             c) was doing

204.   Once Walt Irvine and his wife Madge, who … in a small cottage in the mountains, … a dog.
a) had lived             b) were living          c) lived
a) had found           b) found                  c) has found

205.   A party of three men … for spring, when the river … free of ice.
a) were waiting       b) waited                 c) had waited
a) was                     b) would be             c) had been

206.   Captain Webb … the first man who … across the English Channel.
a) had been             b) was                     c) would be
a) was swimming    b) had swum           c) swam

207. In 1902 a young woman … to go over the Niagara Falls in a barrel.
a) decided b) had decided c) would decided

208.   In the old days when ships … the seas and oceans under sails, every trip … an adventure.
a) were crossing      b) had crossed         c) crossed
a) had been             b) was                     c) would be

209. Nobody knows if such a man as Robin Hood really … .
a) lived b) was living c) had lived

210. In July, 1883, Captain Webb came up to the Niagara River and jumped into the water. Many people … him from the banks.
a) watched b) had watched c) were watching

211. Thousand of eyes … at the river, but the man did not come up.
a) were looking b) looked c) had looked

212. In 1872 an American ship … the Atlantic from New York to Portugal.
a) crossed b) was crossing c) had crossed

213. It … all day yesterday.
a) snowed b) was snowing c) had snowed

214. The light went out while we … supper.
a) were having b) had c) had had

215.   – What … you … all day yesterday?
– All that time I … for my examination.
a) did you do          b) were you doing   c) had you done
a) prepared              b) would prepare     c) was preparing

216.   While my mother … a book I … the piano.
a) was reading         b) read                    c) had read
a) played                 b) was playing        c) would play

217. It … hard when I woke up.
a) rained b) had rained c) was raining

218. At two o’clock yesterday I … a book.
a) was reading b) read c) had read

219. By ten Sarah … all the work.
a) finished b) had finished c) was finishing

220. When they reached their camp the sun … .
a) set b) was set c) had set

221. Nick … the book by the time I came.
a) read b) had read c) was reading

222. I … hardly … more than the first three chapters when my attention was diverted by a conversation.
a) had … read b) read c) would read

223. Lucy … scarcely … her head on the pillow when she fell asleep.
a) would … put b) was … putting c) had … put

224. He did as you … him.
a) told b) had told c) were telling

225.   The news didn’t surprise me for I … it for some time past.
a) has been expecting
b) had expected
c) had been expecting

226.   He turned off the electric light. The electric light … all night.
a) had been burning
b) had burned
c) was burning

227. I was very tired when I went to bed for I … hard all day.
a) had worked
b) had been working
c) was working

228. Perry shut the magazine she … and glanced up at the clock.
a) had been reading b) had read c) was reading

229.   I took the book which he … .
a) was reading
b) had read
c) had been reading

230.   They … for an hour and a half when Alan said that he could no longer work.
a) had worked
b) had been working
c) was working

231.   Jim told me he … never … the same mistake.
a) will … repeat
b) would … have repeated
c) would repeat

232.   I was sure that he … next week.
a) would return
b) will be returneding
c) would have returned

233.   She thought that I … all day.
a) shall work
b) shall be working
c) should be working

234.   I was sure she … as usual.
a) would be late
b) will be late
c) would have been late

235. William asked me if I could help him and I said that I … him willingly.
a) will help b) would help c) would be helping

236. Nelly said that she … an English lesson at 11 o’clock.
a) would be having b) would have c) will be having

237.   Mike said that he … the text by 5 o’clock.
a) should have copied
b) should copy
c) should be copying

238.   He said that by the first of April he … at that plant for fifteen years.
a) would work
b) would have worked
c) would have been working

239.   We thought we … from hunger when at last we came to a small village.
a) would be dying
b) would die
c) would have died

240. A lot of pillows … into the barrel and the girl got into it.
a) was put b) were put c) are put

241. Veteran cars are those which … before 1904.
a) had been made b) were made c) were being made

242. You … French next year.
a) will be taught
b) will have been taught
c) are being taught

243.   The work … already.
a) was finished
b) has been finished
c) has being finished

244.   I … for by my friends.
a) am waited
b) have been waited
c) am being waited

245.   Dinner … by the time you return.
a) will be cooked
b) would be cooked
c) will have been cooked

246. The book … to me before it appeared on sale.
a) had been promised
b) was promised
c) had bein promised

247. He said that the house … next year.
a) will be built b) would be built c) has been built

248.   This important question … at the meeting now.
a) is being discussed
b) is discussed
c) has been discussed

249. The problem … when I entered the room.

a) was discussed
b) had been discussed
c) was being discussed

250.   She said that the article … by four o’clock.
a) will be translated
b) would be translated
c) would have been translated

251. She … at by everybody.
a) is laughed b) is laughing c) is been laughed

252.   I am sure the work … by the time you return.
a) will be completed
b) would be completed
c) will have been completed

253. He said he … the letter himself.
a) will post b) would post c) posts

254. My brother said that he … her for several years.
a) knew b) knows c) had known

255. Biologists say that Lake Erie … not less than twenty years to clean itself of undecayed wastes if all pollution is stopped now.
a) will take b) has taken c) takes

256. Scientists say that we … a lot about dinosaurs.
a) knew b) will know c) know

257. Mendeleyev said that the vacant places in his table … by yet unknown elements.
a) will be filled b) would be filled c) are filled

258.   The man asked … about further news.
a) to be informed
b) to being informed
c) to have being informed

259. I was asked … in time.
a) coming b) to come c) come

260. You are required … at 9 o’clock.
a) to have been b) to be c) be

261. When you cross the street … very attentive.
a) are b) to be c) be

262. As soon as you are ready we … .
a) shall start b) have started c) start

263. If it … last Sunday, we should have gone to the country.
a) hadn’t rained b) wasn’t raining c) didn’t rain

264. She knew that somebody … her as soon as anything was known.
a) will phone b) would phone c) phones

265. I … you on Sunday unless I hear to the contrary.
a) would expect b) expect c) will expect

266. Whenever I see him, he … that hat.
a) is wearing b) will wear c) would wear

267. He … if you called.
a) will come b) would come c) came

268. I … the heating if it gets colder.
a) shall turn on b) turn on c) would turn on

269.   If we hadn’t wasted time, we … the train.
a) wouldn’t miss
b) wouldn’t have missed
c) wouldn’t be missing

270. I … more sympathetic if she hadn’t accused me of lying.
a) would be b) will be c) would have been

271.   I … my job if I had known how difficult it is to find another one.
a) didn’t leave
b) wouldn’t have left
c) were not leaving

272. If there hadn’t been an accident on the motorway I … here in really good time for the meeting.
a) would have been b) would be c) was

273.   Had I known he was ill, I … never … at him.
a) would … shouted
b) did … shout
c) would … have shouted

274. I wish it … spring now!
a) was b) were c) is

275. He would have come if he … .
a) wasn’t ill b) weren’t ill c) hadn’t been ill

276. It is time I … it out from the beginning.
a) thought b) think c) would think

277. Here will I stand till Caesar … along.
a) will pass b) pass c) passes

278. It’s strange that you … all this.
a) say b) should say c) will say

279. … his banner unconquered.
a) Be b) To be c) Will be

280. He described South America so vividly as if he … there himself.
a) was b) were c) had been

281. I wish I … old enough to be a space traveller.
a) was b) have been c) were

282. I still suggest that you … .
a) have wait b) wait c) will wait

283. I … the text if I had a dictionary.
a) shall do b) should do c) do

284. If only I … it then.
a) had known b) knew c) would know

285.   … he … there if he had been asked.
a) Would … go
b) Will … go
c) Would … have gone

286. He looked at me as if he … me for the first time.
a) has seen b) had seen c) saw

287.   It is a pity you … so many lessons.
a) missed
b) should have missed
c) had missed

288. The teacher suggested that Nick’s behaviour … at the meeting.
a) should be discussed

b) will be discussed
c) be discussed

289. She went to bed early last night as if nothing … .
a) happened b) had happened c) would happen

290. I am fond … travel books.
a) to read b) in reading c) of reading

291. … the room she immediately noticed that something was wrong.
a) By entering b) On entering c) Entered

292. You can improve the article … the end.
a) by changing b) having changed c) with changing

293. I remember … him somewhere.
a) to see b) seeing c) having seen

294. There was no hope … tickets for the performance.
a) in getting b) getting c) of getting

295. … the bell she quickly opened the door.
a) To hear b) On hearing c) By hearing

296. I hope to see you before … the town.
a) my leaving b) leave c) shall leave

297. I am looking forward … to London.
a) to going b) for going c) to having gone

298.   We thought …, but it was too late.
a) of having telephoned
b) of telephoning
c) to telephone

299. We can get there faster … a bus.
a) having taken b) with taking c) by taking

300. His hobby is … .
a) to collect b) collecting c) having collected

301. What do you think … a cup of tea?
a) of drinking b) to drink c) having drunk

302. He dreamed … an architect.
a) to become b) of becoming c) about becoming

303. He looked up at the … windows.
a) shone b) shining c) being shone

304. The cars … the street moved very slowly.
a) to fill b) being filling c) filling

305. … all hope of finding his room, Mr. Pickwick suddenly saw an open door.
a) Lost b) Having lost c) Losing

306.   … an answer to his letter, he dispatched a telegram to his relative.
a) Not having received
b) Without receiving
c) Not receiving

307. He stood looking at the … door.
a) closing b) closed c) close

308. We read a letter … from our pen-friends in England.
a) receiving b) been received c) received

309. Abraham was back at the end of three weeks, … an extra eighty miles.
a) riding b) having ridden c) rode

310. There were four girls, … on the wooden benches.
a) sitting b) sat c) having sat

311. They worked in silence between the tables, now … with books.
a) been loaded b) loaded c) having loaded

312. When … what he believed in, he answered that he believed in the republic.
a) been questioned b) questioned c) questioning

313. … alone I went on with my work.
a) Being left b) Left c) Having left

314.   … the wrong direction he lost his way.
a) Been shown
b) Having been shown
c) Being shown

315. He is known … a good sportsman.
a) being b) to be c) be

316. She is expected … any minute.
a) to have come b) to be coming c) to come

317. The delegation is reported … tomorrow.
a) to arrive b) to have arrived c) arriving

318. The plane was reported … safely.
a) to land b) to have landed c) to be landing

319.   He is supposed … for two hours.
a) to work
b) to have been working
c) to be working

320. We happened … him yesterday.
a) to meet b) to have met c) to be meeting

321. Nobody appears … her mistakes.
a) to notice b) to have noticed c) to be noticing

322. The earth was believed … in ancient times.
a) to have been flat b) to be flat c) being flat

323. All bodies are known … weight.
a) to be possessing
b) to have possessed
c) to possess

324. He is sure … there.
a) to send b) to be sent c) to be sending

325. I’d like you … my friend Jack.
a) to have met b) to meet c) meet

326. Do you think him … a good friend?
a) to be b) be c)to have been

327. We saw him … along the street.
a) walk b) to walk c) to be walking

328. He ordered the boat … .
a) be unloaded b) to be unloaded c) to be unloading

329. Do you want me … the text?
a) translate
b) to have translated
c) to translate

330. I don’t believe this … true.
a) be b) to be c) being

331. We know electrons … from the cathode to the anode.
a) to travel b) travel c) travelling

332. She did not want him … .
a) be laughed at b) to laugh at c) been laughed at

333. Eric watched him … from group to group.
a) to go b) go c) going

334.   He carried the wounded … from the field of battle.
a) to carry away
b) to be carried away
c) to have carried away

335. I made him … the rule.
a) to repeat b) to have repeated c) repeat

336. I just wanted Fleur … where I lived.
a) to see b) see c) to have seen

337. I believed you … letters in the morning.
a) to write b) to be writing c) to have written

338. I heard him … in the next room.
a) speak b) to speak c) to be speaking

339. Go and get Bessie … you some tea, Tony.
a) to give b) give c) giving

340. He heard the town clock … .
a) to strike b) strike c) striking

341. They let me … educational work.
a) take up b) to take up c) taking up

342. You … find him in a crowd.
a) cannot b) may not c) must not

343. She thought it … rain and took her umbrella.
a) might b) may c) can

344. If you were older, you … understand the parent’s feelings.
a)could b) might c) were able to

345. I hope you … join us later.
a) can b) may c) will be able to

346. How … I have forgotten!
a) can b) might c) could

347. They … have failed to finish their work.
a) can’t b) may not c) might not

348. She … be very rude if she wants to.
a) may b) might c) can

349. You … have told me sooner.
a) could b) can c) might

350. It must be done as soon as … be.
a) can b) may c) might

351. I asked when it … be ready.
a) can b) could c) might

352. We arrived at 6, or it … have been a bit later.
a) must b) can c) may

353. You … be seated.
a) may b) can c) might

354. You … at least have offered to help.
a) may b) might c) could

355. It is vital we … be there.
a) should b) must c) ought to

356. We … leave right now.
a) must b) should c) are to

357. You simply … see this play.
a) must b) should c) are to

358. You … be more careful.
a) should b) ought to c) must

359. You … have seen the look on her face!
a) must b) should c) ought to

360. You … have been joking, but he for sure wasn’t.
a) might b) may c) could

361. He said that he … go to the Zoo on Sunday.
a) may b) might c) could

362. I telephoned him from London. He … be here any minute.
a) should b) must c) may

363. It became dark in the room, and he … switch on the light because he wanted to read.
a) must b) had to c) should

364. You … have done it.
a) shouldn’t b) mustn’t c) needn’t

365. He realized that Christine … already … the newspaper.
a) was … reading b) had … read c) would … read

366.   He knew that Rosa … in the factory for about two years.
a) worked
b) was working
c) had been working

367.   They knew that I … them.
a) should expect
b) will expect
c) would have expected

368. I felt sure they … the same problem when I called.
a) will be discussing
b) would discuss
c) would be discussing

369. I wondered whether they … the place by noon.
a) would reach
b) would be reaching
c) would have reached

370. I wondered how long they … by the time I returned.
a) would have been packing
b) would pack
c) would have packed

371. He promised to write to me after he … her.
a) saw b) has seen c) had seen

372. I thought you … England.
a) left b) had left c) were leaving

373. We knew that you … us.
a) will understand
b) would understand
c) would be understanding

374. The situation was delicate, and I felt I … courage.
a) will need b) would need c) need

375. I knew that he … for a long time.
a) had been ill b) was ill c) has been ill

376. I hoped that I … him at home.
a) will find b) found c) would find

377. I thought that you … this film.
a) saw b) had seen c) was seen

378. I thought that he … at that plant for a long time.
a) had worked
b) had been working
c) worked

379. He wired to us that the ship … .
a) arrived b) was arriving c) had arrived

380. I don’t know what you … about.
a) are talking b) talk c) is talking

381. When we reached my flat, he … at me with an unpleasantly confident smile.
a) had looked b) looked c) was looking

382. Early one morning when I … in the garden, I saw Daniel Peggotty opening the gate and coming towards me.
a) walked b) was walking c) had walked

383. No one knows where he … from.
a) came b) comes c) had come

384. I never thought I … you again.
a) shall see b) see c) should see

385. All I know is what I … in the press.
a) saw b) have seen c) had seen

386. A friend of mine will help you when you … the city.
a) will reach b) are reaching c) reach

387.   After he retired to his study, she … softly on the door and … it.
a) had knocked               b) knocked              c) has knocked
a) had opened         b) has opened          c) opened

388. Whatever weather it … the airplane will start early in the morning.
a) be b) is c) will be

389. What you … is that he will never agree to this plan.
a) don’t understand
b) will not understand
c) are not understanding

390. Can you tell us … road leads to the station?
a) what b) which c) that

391. Tom’s brother … lives in London is an engineer.
a) that b) what c) who

392. We enjoyed the film, … it was rather long.
a) however b) though c) as

393. The boy … is playing the guitar is my brother.
a) what b) that c) who

394. I watched TV … I finished my homework.
a) past b) after c) afterwards

395. I was out … I would have phoned you.
a) or else b) otherwise c) differently

396. She gave … a book.
a) the boy b) to the boy c) for the boy

397. He spoke … some days ago.
a) to me b) with me c) me

398. I think … necessary to wait a few days.
a) this b) it c) that

399. I spent a lot of money … .
a) for books b) to books c) on books

400. He followed … .
a) his friend b) for his friend c) after his friend

401. Never had he felt such a deep hatred … .
a) to the enemy b) with the enemy c) for the enemy

402. He described … the village where he had spent his childhood.
a) for his friends b) to his friends c) his friends

403. That fact is decidedly worth … .
a) know b) to know c) knowing

404. … you give me anything to read?
a) Do b) Can c) Are

405. … the USA a highly developed industrial country?
a) Are b) Does c) Is

406. … there a number of public holidays in the USA celebrated every year?
a) Do b) Are c) Is

407. … Americans celebrate Veterans’ Day on November 11?
a) Do b) Does c) Are

408. Did you … did your brother win the first prize at the chess tournament?
a) if b) and c) or

409. What conductors offer more resistance: long ones … short ones?
a) either b) and c) or

410. Which is she doing: resting … working?
a) and b) or c) either

411. Did you speak to them, … did the manager?
a) if b) and c) or

412. You could not do it, …?
a) did you b) could you c) didn’t you

413. I didn’t say that, …?
a) did I b) did you c) didn’t you

414. You are very tired, …?
a) are you b) aren’t you c) do you

415. You want some money, …?
a) do you b) will you c) don’t you

416. Let’s go to the disco tonight, …?
a) shall us b) shall we c) will you

417. Don’t be in a hurry, …?
a) will you b) do you c) don’t you

418. You have worked here for a long time, …?
a) haven’t you b) have you c) didn’t you

419. Who … the radio?
a) did invent b) had invented c) invented

420. Whose works on chemistry … the Nobel Prize?
a) did win b) had won c) won

421. How long … you … her?
a) did … know b) have … known c) are … known

422. Whose children … in the yard?
a) do play b) are playing c) play

423. What types of programmes … sport?
a) include b) do include c) does…include

424. Where … the rocket Apollo 11 … in 1969?
a) was … gone b) did … go c) had … go

425. Where … Charles Darwin … to develop his Theory of Evolution in the 1830s?
a) was started b) was starting c) did start

426. Where … you … most progress this year?
a) have … made b) did … make c) are … making

427. How … you … your English in future?
a) shall … use b) will … use c) should … use

428. Which of the TV programmes … you laugh?
a) make b) makes c) do make

429. When … Captain Robert Scott … to the Antarctic for the first time?
a) was … go b) did … go c) had … gone

430. How long … you to translate this text?
a) was it taken b) did it take c) it took

Keys

1. b The Article

2. c, c

3. c

4. b, c

5. a, c, a

6. b

7. c

8. a, c

9. b

10. b

11. c, b

12. a

13. b, c, b

14. c, b

15. a

16. b

17. a

18. c

19. b

20. c, b, b

21. b The Noun

22. c

23. b

24. a

25. c

26. a

27. b

28. c

29. a

30. b

31. a

32. b

33. c The Numeral

34. b

35. a

36. b

37. b The Conjunction

38. b

39. c

40. a

41. b

42. b

43. c

44. c, a, a The Preposition

45. c

46. c, a

47. b

48. b

49. c

50. b, a, c

51. c

52. b, a

53. c

54. c, a

55. b

56. a

57. c

58. b

59. a

60. b Degrees of Comparison

61. c

62. c

63. a, c, b, b

64. b

65. b

66. a

67. c

68. b

69. a

70. c Quantative Pronoun

71. b

72. c

73. a

74. a

75. b

76. a

77. c Indefinite Pronoun

78. b

79. a

80. a

81. b

82. a

83. b

84. a

85. b

86. b

87. a, b

88. c

89. b

90. b

91. b

92. c Reflexive Pronoun

93. a

94. b

95. c

96. b

97. a

98. b, a Possessive Pronoun

99. c

100. c

101. a, b

102. c

103. a Negative Pronoun

104. b

105. b

106. c

107. b

108. c

109. a

110. b Distributive Pronoun

111. c

112. b

113. a

114. b Adverbs, expressing “ще”, “навіть”

115. c

116. b

117. a

118. a

119. c

120. a

121. c

122. b

123. a

124. c

125. a

126. b

127. a

128. b Indicative Mood

129. c

130. b

131. c Imperative Mood

132. b

133. a

134. c

135. c

136. b There is (was), there are (were)

137. b

138. c

139. a

140. c

141. c

142. b

143. b

144. c

145. b

146. a

147. c

148. b

149. a

150. b Present Simple

151. c

152. b

153. c

154. a

155. a

156. b Present Continuous

157. a

158. a, b

159. c

160. b, a

161. c Present Perfect

162. b

163. c, b

164. b, a

165. b

166. a

167. a, a

168. c Present Perfect Continuous

169. c

170. c

171. a

172. b

173. c

174. a

175. b Future Simple

176. b

177. a

178. b

179. b

180. b Future Continuous

181. a

182. b

183. c

184. b

185. a, c

186. b, a

187. b How Future is expressed

188. a

189. c

190. b

191. a

192. c Future Perfect

193. a

194. b

195. c

196. a

197. a

198. b Future Perfect Continuous

199. c

200. a

201. c

202. b Past Simple

203. c, a

204. c, b

205. b, a

206. b, c

207. a

208. c, b

209. a

210. c Past Continuous

211. a

212. b

213. b

214. a

215. b, c

216. a, b

217. c

218. a

219. b Past Perfect

220. c

221. b

222. a

223. c

224. b

225. c Past Perfect Continuous

226. a

227. b

228. a

229. c

230. b

231. c Future in the Past

232. a

233. c

234. a

235. b

236. a

237. a

238. c

239. b

240. b Passive Voice

241. b

242. a

243. b

244. a

245. c

246. a

247. b

248. a

249. c

250. c

251. a

252. c

253. b Reported Statements

254. c

255. a

256. c

257. b

258. a Reported Commands and Requests

259. b

260. b

261. c Conditional Sentences

262. a

263. a

264. b

265. c

266. a

267. b

268. a

269. b

270. c

271. b

272. a

273. c

274. b Subjunctive Mood

275. c

276. a

277. b

278. b

279. a

280. c

281. c

282. b

283. b

284. a

285. c

286. c

287. b

288. a

289. b

290. c The Gerund

291. b

292. a

293. b

294. c

295. b

296. a

297. a

298. b

299. c

300. b

301. a

302. b

303. b The Participle

304. c

305. b

306. a

307. b

308. c

309. b

310. a

311. b

312. b

313. a

314. b

315. b The Subjective Infinitive
Construction

316. c

317. a

318. b

319. b

320. a

321. b

322. b

323. c

324. b

325. b The Object with the
Infinitive Construction

326. a

327. a

328. b

329. c

330. b

331. a

332. b

333. b

334. b

335. c

336. a

337. b

338. a

339. a

340. b

341. a

342. b Modal Verbs

343. a

344. b

345. c

346. c

347. a

348. c

349. a

350. a

351. b

352. c

353. a

354. b

355. a

356. b

357. a

358. b

359. c

360. b

361. b

362. a

363. b

364. c

365. b Sequence of Tenses

366. c

367. a

368. c

369. c

370. a

371. c

372. b

373. b

374. b

375. a

376. c

377. b

378. b

379. c

380. a Complex Sentences

381. b

382. b

383. a

384. c

385. b

386. c

387. b, c

388. b

389. a

390. b

391. c

392. b

393. c

394. b

395. a

396. b Object

397. a

398. b

399. c

400. a

401. c

402. b

403. c

404. b General Questions

405. c

406. b

407. a

408. c Alternative Questions

409. c

410. b

411. c

412. b Disjunctive Questions

413. a

414. b

415. c

416. b

417. a

418. a

419. c Special Questions

420. c

421. b

422. b

423. c

424. b

425. c

426. a

427. b

428. a

429. b

430. bTHE SUSTEM OF THE ENGLISH TENSES

Active voice

	*Present*	*Past*	*Future*	*Future-in-the-Past*
S i m p l e (I n d e f i n i t e)	usually, always, every day, often, sometimes, as a rule, from time to time, generally I (you, we, they) ask. He (she) asks. ? Do I	yesterday, last night, last week (month, year), the day before yesterday, ago I (he, she, we, you, they) asked. ? Did I	tomorrow, in two days, the day after tomorrow, next day (week, month) I (we) shall ask. You (he, she, they) will ask. ? Shall I	should / would + V I (we) should ask. You (he, she, they) would ask. ? Should I
C o n t i n u o u s	now, at this time, at this moment I am asking. He (she) is asking. You (we, they) are asking. ? Am I	from 5 till 6, all day, at that moment, at 5 o'clock yesterday I (he, she) was asking. You (we, they) were asking. ? Was I	at 5 o'clock tomorrow I (we) shall be asking. You (he, she, they) will be asking. ? Shall I be	should / would + to be + Ving I (we) should be asking. You (he, she, they) would be asking. ? Should I be
t o h a v e + V i n t h e 3 f o r m ( P a s t P a r t i c i p l e )
P e r f e c t	already, just, resently, ever, never, yet, since, lately, this week I ( we, you, they ) have asked. He (she) has asked. ? Have I	by, before, by the 1 of September last year I (he, she, we, you, they) had asked. ? Had I	by the 1 of September next year, before the bell, by that time, by the end of the year I (we) shall have asked. You ( he, she, they ) will have asked. ? Shall I have	should / would + have + V in 3 f. I (we) should have asked. You (he, she, they) would have asked. ? Should I have
P e r f e c t C o n t i n u o u s	for 2 hours, since 1856 I ( we, you, they ) have been asking. He (she) has been asking. ? Have I been	for 2 hours, all his life, all day, for a long time, since I (he, she, we, you, they) had been asking. ? Had I been	for 2 hours, all my life I (we) shall have been asking. You ( he, she, they ) will have been asking. ? Shall I have been	should / would + have + been + Ving I (we) should have been asking. You (he, she, they) would have been asking. ? Should I have been

Passive voice

	*Present*	*Past*	*Future*	*Future-in-the-Past*
S i m p l e (Indefinite)	am, is, are + V in3 f. I am asked. He (she) is asked. We (you, they) are asked. ? Am I	was, were + V in 3 f. I (he, she) was asked. We (you, they) were asked. ? Was I	will / shall + to be + V in 3 f. I (we) shall be asked. He (she, you, they) will be asked. ? Shall I be	should / would + to be + V in 3 f. I (we) should be asked. He (she, you, they) would be asked. ? Should I be
C o n t i n u o u s	am, is, are + being + V in 3 f. I am being asked. He (she) is being asked. We (you, they) are being asked. ? Am I being	was, were + being + V in 3 f. I (he, she) was being asked. We (you, they) were being asked. ? Was I being
P e r f e c t	have / has + been + V in 3 f. I ( we, you, they ) have been asked. He (she) has been asked. ? Have I been	had + been + V in 3 f. I (he, she, we, you, they) had been asked. ? Had I been	shall / will + have / has + been + V in 3 f. I (we) shall have been asked. He ( she, you, they ) will have been asked. ? Shall I have been	should / would + have + V in 3 f. I (we) should have been asked. He (she, you, they) would have been asked. ? Should I have been

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