TEST (12) (con risposte corrette e spiegazione registrata in basso)
1. The computer broke down last week but it ______________ yet.
a) hasn’t been repaired
b) isn’t been repaired
c) isn’t been repairing
d) hasn’t been repairing
2. Ann: You can sing well, can’t you? Bob: Yes, I ___________ lessons since I was a teenager.
a) am taking
b) have taking
c) have been taking
d) take
3. Ann: ___________ house did you have the party in? Bob: Ours, because it’s bigger.
a) Whose
b) In what
c) In who’s
d) Whom
4. Bulgaria is not only beautiful but it’s one of _____________ I’ve been to.
a) cheapest countries
b) the cheapest countries
c) cheapest country
d) the cheapest country
5. ____________ people are estimated to have died in the First and Second World Wars.
a) Seventy-five millions
b) Seventy-five millions of
c) Seventy-five million
d) Seventy-five million of
6. Ann: We booked the hotel yesterday. Bob: What hotel __________ at?
a) are you been staying
b) will you stay
c) do you stay
d) are you staying
7. Why didn’t you call us? We could _____________ you.
a) helped
b) have helped
c) have help
d) help
8. My mother can’t come with us because she’s going to ____________
a) get her hair cut.
b) have cut her hair.
c) have hair cut.
d) get hair cut.
9. The trains weren’t running because there was ___________snow.
a) too
b) too much
c) a lot
d) very much
10. I’ve got two ____________ - one is my mother’s sister, the other is my father’s sister.
a) cousins
b) aunts
c) uncles
d) nieces
11. When he said that, my husband and I looked ____________ and smiled.
a) each other
b) at one another
c) one another
d) at each others
12. Ann: How were you dressed? Bob: I ___________ a suit and a pair of black shoes.
a) wore
b) wear
c) worn
d) weared
13. Ann: I’m coming home now. Bob: Remember to_______ some bread.
a) bring
b) take
c) pick
d) carry
14. We’re going to my brother’s house _____ New Year’s Eve.
a) on
b) at
c) by
d) in
15. I’m going to a meeting in London with ________________
a) a my colleague.
b) a mine colleague.
c) a colleague of mine.
d) one of my colleague.
16. Ann: How often do you play tennis? Bob: I __________ twice a week; now I can only play once a week.
a) am used to play
b) used to playing
c) was used to play
d) used to play
17. It’s more difficult than they expected – they __________ able to finish it by tomorrow.
a) won’t
b) aren’t being
c) aren’t
d) won’t be
18. Their daughter was hungry so they stopped ____________ lunch on the way.
a) for have
b) having
c) to have
d) for having
19. If they don’t want to travel by __________, we’d be happy to go with them.
a) themself
b) theirselves
c) themselves
d) their own
20. I found working here difficult at first but I ____________ now.
a) am getting used to
b) got used
c) have got used to it
d) am getting used
21. _____________ you when you were at school?
a) Were your friends ever helping
b) Have you friends ever been helping
c) Have your friends ever helped
d) Did your friends ever help
22. __________ between these two words?
a) What difference is
b) What difference is there
c) Which difference is there
d) Which is difference
23. I remember that occasion very clearly because I ________________ for my last exam.
a) was studying
b) studied
c) have been studying
d) had study
24. This must be the worst movie I _____________ - it was awful!
a) never saw
b) have ever saw
c) have ever seen
d) have never seen
25. She _________ captain of her team after she’d been playing with them for 2 years.
a) become
b) became
c) has became
d) has become
26. Ann: Your brother’s been in Paris for years, _____ he? Bob: Yes, he moved there 6 years ago.
a) isn’t
b) hasn’t
c) wasn’t
d) doesn’t
27. _____________ the temperature, the more we need to drink.
a) More high
b) The higher
c) Higher
d) The more high
28. We liked everything – the first course, the main course and the side dish, _________ the dessert!
a) despite
b) unless
c) not to mention
d) however
29. Ann: What shouldn’t I eat? Bob: You _____________, so eat whatever you like.
a) can eat anything
b) can’t eat anything
c) can’t eat nothing
d) can eat nothing
30. Ann: Where are you? Bob: I’m ________ at the station waiting for the bus – there are no trains today.
a) yet
b) quite
c) almost
d) still
31. Ann: I can’t finish it by this evening. Bob: What about ______________ Mark to help you?
a) asking
b) if you ask to
c) to ask
d) you ask
32. Ann: We’re running out of milk. Bob: _____________ some when I go to the supermarket later?
a) Am I getting
b) Will I get
c) Shall I get
d) Do I get
33. We’ve got two cats - _____________ are Podgy and Paddy.
a) there names
b) their names
c) they’re names
d) they names
34. Ann: What time did your sister say she ______________ today? Bob: At around 12.
a) would has arrived
b) would arrived
c) was going to arrive
d) would be arrived
35. Ann: Have you seen the forecast for tomorrow? Bob: Yes, it _______________ all day, unfortunately.
a) is going to rain
b) is raining
c) will rain
d) rains
36. I don’t think you should _______________ anything – it’ll make matters worse.
a) tell them
b) tell to them
c) say them
d) say to them
37. It wasn’t boring – it was actually __________
a) much interesting.
b) enough interesting.
c) interesting enough.
d) quite interesting.
38. We only have time to visit either the Louvre ________ the Quai d’Orsay before we leave this afternoon.
a) or
b) either
c) both
d) and
39. It’s up to you how much you spend – it can be as much as 100 euros or __________ 10 euros.
a) as least as
b) as little as
c) as less as
d) as fewer as
40. I found my wallet in the street – it _____________ out of my pocket while I was getting out of the car.
a) was felt
b) felt
c) was fallen
d) had fallen
Risposte:
1.A 2.C 3.A 4.B 5.C 6.D 7.B 8.A 9.B 10.B 11.B 12.A 13.A 14.A 15.C 16.D 17.D 18.C 19.C 20.C 21.D 22.B 23.A 24.C 25.B 26.B 27.B 28.C 29.A 30.D 31.A 32.C 33.B 34.C 35.A 36.A 37.D 38.A 39.B 40.D
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