Lexical-Grammar Test -7th Form
41 points
1. Use the correct tense-forms in the dialogue that follows:
-You (1.look )_____ tired, Polly. You (2.sleep) ____well last night?
-No, not really. There (3.be)_____an accident at home last night.
-Oh. What (4.happen) _____?
-Tim (5.break) _____his leg.
-Oh, no. How he (6.do) _____that?
-Well, I (7.have) _____a bath when the phone (8.ring) _____.Tim (9.run)_____downstairs to answer the phone but he (10.slip) _____and (11.fall) _____.
-Oh , no.
-Oh, yes, when I (12.reach) _____the hall he (13.lie ) ____on the floor screaming. It was terrible.
-So, what you (14.do) ____?
-I (15.call)____dad at once and he (16.phone) ____for an ambulance.
-And your mum?
-Oh, she (17.teach) ____an evening class at college and she (18.not know) ____anything about it.
-What a terrible evening. Poor you!
18 points
2. Put the given words in the right order to make correct sentences:
1.I/behaved/am/very/afraid/stupidly/you/.
2the/most/ever/met/I have/ person/is/intelligent/she/.
3.idea/ask/to/a/it/the/was/good/way/him/.
4. visiting/you/worth/is/London/think/do?
4 points
3. Choose the right preposition:
1.I’ve been waiting......nearly an hour.
2.The father is very proud ......his son.
3.Your mother is very good .....cooking, isn’t she?
4. We went to Moscow.....train.
5.It doesn’t depend......me.
5 points
4. Give the English equivalents for the Russian fragments in brackets:
1. They all spoke French ____ ( плохо ) but Patrick was ____( хуже ) of them all.
2. Most of the children behave quite (хорошо) there are ____(нет) serious discipline problems.
3. I have got ____( меньше ) time today than yesterday.
4. My neighbour told me ____(что) had happened.
5. Ann says____ (что) she is very lazy.
6. It's 9 o'clock and it's ____(ещё) dark.
8 points
5. Match the problems with the solutions:
My moped is broken.
I’m afraid I’m going to bed late.
My car is gone.
I’ve got a blocked nose.
I’ve burnt my hand.
Would you like me to open the window?
Yes, that’s very kind of you.
You must phone the police immediately.
You should be more careful.
Why don’t you take mine?
Let’s go to the chemist’s for some nasal spray.
I can give you a lift.
6 points