Grammar feladatok
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Test A
1. Underline which answer A, B, C, or D best fits each space.
e.g. I’m …C… at Dublin University.
A study B student
C a student D studied
Lucy Summers
Seventeen-year old Lucy Summers (1)…… from the United States. She was born in Carpenter in Louisiana and (2)….. to New York when she was only ten in order to go to a school for singers and actors. It was while she (3)…… in New York that she got her first big chance on an American TV show called Afternoon Club where she (4)…… the main presenter. Now she has a double career, as a TV star and a singer. At the moment she (5)…… her third CD, called Wondergirl.
Now her manager thinks she should forget about schoolwork and studying, but hardworking Lucy (6)…… . ’At first I (7)…… to think it was important to continue my studies.’ Certainly Lucy has (8)…… energy. After sixteen-hour days in the studio she usually (9)…… out to a restaurant or club and gets home around two in the morning. Does she like being famous? ’Yes and no. People often (10)…… me in the street, and that can be great, but sometimes I would like to be just normal teenager.’
1 A came B comes
C is coming D was coming
2 A arrived B was going
C moved D was arrived
3 A was living B lived
C stayed D was staying
4 A becomes B became
C was becoming D is becoming
5 A makes B is making
C is doing D records
6 A doesn’t agree B isn’t agree
C agrees D not agree
7 A didn’t use B didn’t used
C used D not used
8 A lot B lots
C lot of D a lot of
9 A is going B is getting
C goes D gets
10 A ask B recognise
C remind D remember
2. Read the text and think of a world which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. A contracted from (doesn’t, I’m, can’t, etc.) counts as one word. There is an example (0) at the beginning.
In many ways young people (0)…between… the ages of twelve and nineteen are not very different now from how they (1) ……….. to be twenty years ago. The pictures of rock stars on the bedroom walls look the same; only the names have changed:
Young people are generally healthier nowadays – every year the number of cigarettes they smoke is (2) ……… down and they (3) ……….. eat so much fast food or drink so much alcohol. However, the number of televisions and computers in teenagers’ bedrooms is (4) ………….., something that a lot of (5) ……………. worry about. Sarah Kennedy has two teenage sons, Steve and Robert. She knows that they (6) ………… a lot of time in their rooms playing computer games and she thinks that this ia complete (7) ……… of time. ’They always tell me that they’re doing their homework, but I know they (8) ………… . When I was their age, I really enjoyed (9) …………. outside with my friends, but Steve and Robert only seem (10) …………… in the latest CD Roms or what’s on television that night.’
3. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You are given the exact number of words needed in each case.
Contracted forms (isn’t, doesn’t, can’t, I’m) count as one word.
e.g. What’s your date of birth?
born
When were you born?
1 Did you enjoy yourself at the party?
have
Did you ………. ………… ………… …………. at the party?
2 What’s your job, Nick?
you
What do ……………. ……………. ………… ………….. living Nick?
3 Who was your teacher last year?
whose
………… ……….. ……………. you in last year?
4 We ate on the boat.
had
We …………….. ……………. …………… on the boat.
5 I sing well.
good
I’m ……….. ………… singing.
6 I had driving lessons when I was seventeen.
learnt
I ………… ………… …………. ………….. when I was seventeen.
7 We didn’t go abroad for our holidays when I was young.
used
We never …………… …………… …………... …………… for our holidays when I was young.
8 Our flight was over the Sahara Desert.
plane
Our ………… …………. …………… the Sahara Desert.
9 My mother always buys a newspaper when she goes into the shop.
time
My mother buys a newspaper ……….. ………… ………… ………… into the shop.
10 Can you tell me the time?
got
Have ……….. ………….. …………… time?
4. Read the text and look carefully at each line. Five of the lines are correct and five have a word which should not be there.
Tick (ü) the correct lines and underline the wrong word in the incorrect lines. There are two examples at the beginning of the next (0) and (00).
0 Dear Sir/Madam, ü
00 I am writing to you because I am unhappy with the your
1 service. I did spoke to you on the telephone last Friday
2 about my new car. I bought it from your garage a the short
3 time ago, and now the engine it is making a terrible noise
4 and I am afraid that I will have an accident. On the
5 phone last Friday you were said one of your mechanics
6 would come to my house to collect the car on Monday
7 afternoon. I stayed in all afternoon, but nobody came.
8 Unfortunately, I cannot remember me the name of the
9 person who spoke to me on the phone last Friday, but I
10 am going to write your Head Office to complain.
Yours faithfully,
Alan Morgan.
5 Read the text below. In each space, put the verb in capitals at the end of each line into the past tense. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Nicholas Evans was a child genius. He (0) ….was…. born be
in 1980 and his mother (1) …………. Him how to read teach
when he was eight months old. He (2) ………… his read
first book when he was only one. His father (3) ………. buy
him a piano for his third birthday and he (4) ………….. begin
playing immediately. He (5) ……….. his first piece of write
music soon after. By the age of seven he (6) ………….. speak
three languages fluently and he (7) ……….. understand can
two others. He (8) ………… sports more difficult. He find
(9) …………. his arm the first time he played football break
and he always (10) ………… any races he took part in lose
Test B
1 Underline which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.
e.g. I’m ..C… at Dublin University.
A study B student
C a student D studied
First Around The World in a Hot Air Balloon!
Yesterday, after twenty-one days and 29,000 miles in a balloon, Brian Jones (1) ………… to do two things when his balloon finally (2) ……….. in the Egyptian desert: first to (3) ………… a wash and second to (4) …………. some time with his family.
Jones, a fifty-one-year-old Englishman and grandfather, and Bertrand Piccard who (5) ……… from Switzerland, are the first people to fly round the world non-stop in a balloon. Yesterday they tried to land the balloon twice before it eventually (6) ………. to the ground at 05.52. An Egyptian helicopter (7) …….. for them in the desert and immediately (8) ………… them back to Cairo.
’We have had a (9) ………. time’, said Piccard. ’We were in another world in our balloon and we had no problems at all.’ The two (10) ………… are now going to have a big party with their colleagues before they make any new plans for future adventures.
1 A wanted B would like
C was wanting D liked
2 A was landing B came
C landed D was coming
3 A do B have got
C have D take
4 A make B pass
C do C spend
5 A comes B was coming
C came D is coming
6 A felt B felled
C waited D waits
7 A waiting B was waiting
C waited D waits
8 A brought B bought
C was taking D taking
9 A big B excellent
C great D terrible
10 A relatives B acquaintances
C partners D strangers
2 Read the text and think of a word which best fits each space. Use only one world in each space. A contracted form (doesn’t, I’m, can’t, etc.) counts as one word. There is an example (0) at the beginning.
Name: Ben Harris Profession: Actor
Date of Birth: 11th March 1972
Parents: My father (0) ….was…. a teacher and my mother worked in a shop.
Education: I started school when I was five and I (1) ……….. school when I was fourteen.
First Job: When I was a boy my father sold vegetables in an outdoor market at the weekends. On Saturdays, I (2) ……….. to go and help him because I wanted to earn some Monday. It was hard work because you couldn’t sit down, but I really (3) …………. it. It was a fantastic way to meet girls!
Free time: I don’t hae much free time, but I’m very interested (4) ……….. motor bikes. I know quite a lot (5) ……………. them and I collect them. I (6) ……………… got about thirty different models. At the moment I’m (7) ………… a course in motorbike maintenance and repairs.
Favourite food: I can’t cook and my wife, Sheila, (8) …………. like cooking, so we usually eat (9) …………. at a little French restaurant hear our house.
What next?: Well, after I finish the new TV shows, Sheila and I are going to (10) ………. a break. We’re going to Italy for a couple of weeks to do nothing, just sit in the sun and eat good food.
3 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You are given exact number of words neededin each case.
Contracted forms (isn’t, doesn’t, can’t, I’m) count as one word.
e.g. What’s your date of birth?
born
When …were… …you… …born…?
1 Is English the only language you speak?
apart
Do you speak any other ……….. ………….. ……….. English?
2 I think differently from you.
agree
I ………… …………… …………. you.
3 My English is improving.
getting
My English ………….. …………… …………… .
4 I play tennis well.
good
I’m ………….. …………… tennis.
5 It’s impossible to find time to practise the piano.
enough
I don’t ………… …………. …………. to practise the piano.
6 Jenny looks like my sister.
reminds
Jenny …………… …………….. …………….. my sister.
7 Rosie’s hair was very long when she was a child.
used
Rosie …………… …………….. …………….. …………….. …………….. hair when she was a child.
8 Mr. Todd was my driving instructor.
how
Mr. Todd ……………. …………….. …………… to drive.
9 My father last went to the cinema three years ago.
time
The ………… ……………. ……………. …………….. .
10 Alastair and Susie are going to Africa three weeks from now I think.
time
Alastair and Susie are going to Africa
……………… ……………… …………….. ……………, I think.
4 Read the text and look carefully at each line. Five of the lines are correct and five have a word which should not be there.
Tick (ü) the correct lines and underline the wrong word in the incorrect lines. There are two examples at the beginning of the next (0) and (00).
0 Dear Sophie, ü
00 Do you remember me? I was your a student four years ago
1 in Riyadh. Last week I found a photograph of our intermediate
2 English class and it reminded me of you and all my classmates.
3 I got married one year after I was arrived back home in Libya.
4 For us marriage it is very important and I was very happy to
5 find a good husband. His name is Ahmed and he’s a doctor.
6 I am work very hard at home. I’ve got two boys and a new baby
7 girl called Kedra. She’s very beautiful, she’s got big brown
8 eyes and a black curly hair. I try to speak to my children in
9 English sometimes. I used to go to classes in Tripoli but I don’t
10 used any more, so I decided to write to you to practise!
Please write back and tell me how you are.
With best wishes,
Nagait
5 Read the text below. In each space, put the verb in capitals at the end of each line into the past tense. There is an example at the beginning (0).
My First Boots
I (0) ……got…… my first pair of football boots when I was ten. get
They (1) …………… me almost 100GBP and I remember cost
it (2) ……….. me almost one year to save up enough take
money to buy them. I remember I (3) ……………. On try
twenty different styles before I (4) …………. The ones I choose
wanted. They were HIKE system 2000. I (5) ………….. pay
for them and (6) ………….. the bus home. The next catch
day I (7) ……….. them for the first time in a match wear
against a local school. We (8) ………….., 3 – 0. That win
night I didn’t want to take them off and I (9) ………….. sleep
in them! After one year my feet (10) …………….. too big grow
for them, but I still keep those first, lucky boots.
Test C
1 Underline which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.
e.g. I’m …C… at Dublin University.
A study B student
C a student D studied
I (1) …….. to Italy only three times in my life and the third time, in 1963, was (2) ……… because it was then that I finally (3) ……… Laura to be my wife and we got married in one of the most beautiful cities (4) ……… the world, Florence. We then toured the country, one night staying in a beautiful little town (5) ………… the River Tiber and another in Ferrara (6) …………. The west of the country.
Then back to England where I (7) ………… my first job. I (8) ………. The next seven years as a salesman working for the family business before I (9) ……….. writing books. I (10) ………… to return to Italy and I think in my heart that perhaps one day when I retire, I will spend my last days there.
1 A went B came
C have been D have come
2 A the best B very good
C better D the better
3 A have asked B was asking
C asked D would like
4 A at B in
C over D of
5 A on B at
C next D nearby
6 A in B by
C on D at
7 A have got B started
C have started D had got
8 A have passed B passed
C have spent D spent
9 A began B have began
C was beginning D have begun
10 A always wanted B have always wanted
C have always D was wanting
been wanting
2 Read the text and think of a word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. A contracted form (doesn’t, I’m, can’t, etc.) counts as one world. There is an example (0) at the beginning.
Kota: Hello, is (0) …that…. Daniel?
Daniel: Yes, Kota? Where are you?
Kota: I’ve (1) ………… arrived at the airport. Should I take a taxi to your house?
Daniel: No, catch a bus, it’s (2) ………… cheaper. Have you got a map?
Kota: No, I (3) ………….. it at home in Tokyo, by mistake. Can you remind me how to (4)…….. to your place?
Daniel: Yes, get (5) ………….. a number forty-one bus and get (6) ………… after six stops. It’s not a problem if you miss the stop because the next one’s okay, but the first one is a (7) ……………. Nearer, for minutes’ walk instead of five minutes.
Kota: Okay, so that’s the seventh or eights bus stop. Do you want me to bring anything, any food or wine?
Daniel: No, I went to the shop a short time (8) ……… and I’ve got plenty of food. Anyway, we’re going out for a (9) …………. Tonight. I know a good place to (10) …………. Just near here.
Kota: Okey, see you soon. Bye.
Daniel: Bye.
3 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change word given. You are given the exact number of words needed in each case.
Contracted forms (isn’t, doesn’t, can’t, I’m) count as one word.
e.g. What’s your date of birth?
born
When …were… …you… …born…?
1 Your brother is younger than you.
as
Your brother ………. …………. …………. ……….. you.
2 It is three years since I saw Kevin.
Kevin
I …………. …………… ………….. …………. three years.
3 We used to get 3 cm of rain here and now we get about 4 cm.
slightly
It’s …………. ……………. here than it used to be.
4 This is my fourth visit to Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe
I …………. …………… …………… ………….. three times before.
5 There are more students in the morning than in the afternoon.
students
There ………… ……………… ………….. in the afternoon than in the morning.
6 There is only one river longer than the Amazon.
second
The Amazon is ………… ………… ……………. ………….. ………… the world.
7 Maria and I have bought the same car. It’s the same colour and the same engine size.
exactly
Maria’car ……………. ………… ………….. …………… …………… mine.
8 Dickens wrote more books than Tostoy.
as
Tolstoy didn’t write ………… …………. ………….. ………….. Dickens.
9 I’ve never been to a hotter place than the Australian Red Desert.
ever
The Australian Red Desert is the …………. ……….. …………. ……….. been to.
10 Tanya’s mother couldn’t go to the dinner so Tanya went instead of her.
her
Tanya’s mother couldn’t go to the dinner so Tanya …….. ………… ………. place.
4 Read the text and look carefully at each line. Five of the lines are correct and five have a word which should not be there.
Tick (ü) the correct lines and underline the wrong word in the incorrect lines. There are two examples at the beginning of the next (0) and (00).
Excursions from Lisbon: The Estoril Coast
0 If you are looking for the pollution free
swimming, you should
00 definitely try Guincho on the open Atlantic, but also the famous town ü
1 of Estoril itself is about twenty-four kilometres
from Lisbon and is worth a
2 visiting. It takes about half an hour from Lisbon by train and
3 the journey is very more comfortable than going
by car because
4 of the terrible traffice jams on the coastal road.
5 Estoril is famous
6 While you are in the area you really must to
7 visit Sintra which is
8 again and again. From the Pena Palace you can
see a beautiful
9 scenery and views from the Atlantic Ocean to Lisbon.
10 Don’t forget the Royal Palace where Portugese
kings lived before Portugal became a republic.
5 Read the text below. Use the word give in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Nowadays our weather is (0) …changing… all over the world. change
In some parts it’s (1) ………. Much better, far far get
(2) ………….. and more pleasant, but in other places sun
the climate is becoming much (3) ……………: for example, bad
some of the (4) ………… places in the world are receiving dry
even less rain and some countries are (5) ………….. experience
disastrous hurricanes, earthquakes and floods.
So where will be the (6) ……….. place to live in a hundred safe
years’ time? Well (7) ……….. northern Scotland will be probable
as good as anywhere. Its summers will be (8) …………. same
to the summers in the Sough of France and (9) …………. complete
different from the (10) ………… wet summer weather it has now. type
Test D
1 Underline which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.
e.g. I’m …C… at Dublin University.
A study B student
C a student D studied
Living in the country
Jenny Cousins, 42, Artist
’I really hat the country. I was brought up in the city but every weekend we (1) …….. to the country and I thought it was a complete waste of time. There was nothing to do and nowhere to go. People weren’t (2) ………… in the city and it was (3) ………… there. Also, I (4) …… very lonely there. Since those days I (5) ……… the country and I never go there if it’s not necessary.’
Peter Sinclair, 9
’I (6) ………. In the country all my life and I don’t think I’ll ever want to move. It’s beautiful and peaceful here. Last year my sister (7) ………… me to stay at her (8) ………. In the city for a week and I absolutely hated it. It was (9) …….. and (10) ……. Than here. I like looking at the stars at night, but in cities you can’t see them.’
1 A were going B stayed
C used to go D visited
2 A as nicer as B so nice
C as friendly as D nice like
3 A just as dirty B by far more dirty
C much dirty D most dirty
4 A have felt B was feeling
C felt D fell
5 A have never liked B never have liked
C was never liking D never liked
6 A have lived B have passed
C lived D passed
7 A have invited B has invited
C has asked D asked
8 A accommodation B place
C space D residence
9 A much noise B mucu noisier
C lot noisier D as noisy
10 A polluted B pollution
C more polluted D much polluted
2 Read the text and think of a world which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. A contracted form (doesn’t, I’m, can’t, etc.) counts as one world. There is an example (0) at the beginning.
Interview with Mel
’What’s your (0) …favourite… place in the world?’
’Anyhere hot with a nice beach.’
’You are quite tall. Would you go out with a boy who was (1) ………. Than you?’
’Only if I was a (2) ………… bigger than him, or we’d look silly.’
’What was your first job when you (3) ………. School?’
’I was a dentist’s receptionist. It was an okay job.’
’Who’s the (4) ………. Famous person in your address book?’
’Nelson Mandela. I (5) ………… him four years (6) ………… .’
’Have you ever (7) ………….. long hair?’
’Yeah, I (8) …………. To have it very long when I was much younger, and I’m thinking about growing it again.’
’(9) …………… you ever sent flowers to a boy?’
’I (10) …………… some last week, but I’m not going to tell you who to!’
3 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given.You are given the exact number of words needed in each case.
Contrated forms (isn’t, can’t, I’m) count as one word.
e.g. What’s your date of birth?
born
When …were… …you… …born…?
1 We moved here ten years ago and we’re still here.
lived
We ……… ……………. …………. ……….. ten years.
2 The pollution is worse in the North than in the South.
pollution
There ………… …………. ………… in the North than in the South.
3 I think Polish is easier than English.
as
I think Polish isn’t ……….. ………….. ………….. English.
4 Cape Town is much much more beautiful than any other city in the world.
far
Cape Town is by …………… …………… ……….. ………… city in the world.
5 It is five months since I spoke to Jack.
Jack
I …………… ………….. …………… …………. …………. Five months.
6 My eyesight isn’t as good as it used to be.
than
My eyesight …………. ……………. ………… ………….. used to be.
7 Yesterday it was 29 degress and today it’s 37 degrees.
lot
It’s ………….. …………. ……………. ………… …………. It was yesterday.
8 I’ve never seen a better film thatn Titanic.
ever
Titanic is ………….. ………….. ………… ………. ………… seen.
9 My cake recipe uses more sugar than yours.
as
Your cake recipe doesn’t use ………….. …………. ………….. ………… mine.
10 After the party there were empty glasses everywhere.
all
After the party there were empty glasses ………… ………… ………… place.
4 Read the text and look carefully at each line. Five of the lines are correct and five have a word which should not be there.
Tick (ü) the correct lines and underline the wrong word in the incorrect lines. There are two examples at the beginning of the text (0) and (00).
0 Petr Rostov, thirty-six, describes himself as a cheerful and a good
00 talker. He has a log of confidence in himself and says that his ü
1 life has changed incredibly this year
2 After he left the school he started work immediately in
3 St. Petersburg. He fell in love with Ilean, a colleague at the
4 import-export company where he was working, and they got
5 married two years later than. They settled down and bought an
6 apartment together just outside town. He used to work the long
7 hours and get to home after midnight every night. Last year he
8 decided to change everything. Six months ago he and Ilena
9 have sold their apartment and they moved to a much smaller
10 place. They have just started a company hiring bicycles to tourists and so far they are
doing very well.
5 Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits the spae in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Dear Margaret,
How are you? I’m (0) …having… a really wonderful time here have
in Poland. We’ve just (1) ……….. from Krakow where return
we had a (2) ………… time. I absolutely loved the city, fantasy
it’s very (3) ………. With lots of old buildings and streets history
and great restaurants. The only trouble is the (4) ………… pollute
at some times of the day.
There’s a big (5) ………….. area near the city, but people industry
say it used to be much (6) …………… than it is now. dirty
I’m now sitting in a more (7) ………… place, the Tatra peace
mountains on the border with Slovakia. The (8) ………… scene
is magnificent.. We’re staying in quite a (9) ……………. tour
place called Zacopane which seems to be very (10) …………… people
with Polish people as well as foreigners. It’s brilliant!
I’ll phone you when I get back home.
Love,
Janet
