Тесты на определение уровня

Тест №1

1. Every year John ___ a lot with his parents during summer vacations.
   travelled
   was travelling
   has traveled
   

2. This year he ___ to visit an old castle on the seaside.
   is going
   was going
   were going
   

3. The castle ___ one thousand years old.
   is
   was
   are
   

4. John ___ the newspaper when the telephone rang.
   was reading
   read
   had been reading
   

5. He answered ___ the phone.
   to
   -
   on
   

6. “Listen ___ me, John,”- said a voice.
   at
   for
   to
   

7. “I want ___ you something.
   tell to
   tell with
   to tell
   

8. “When you arrive to the castle, be aware that you ___ in danger”
   are
   is
   will be
   

9. John looked ___ the room.
   at
   for
   around
   

10. There was a frightened expression ___ his face.
    in
    over
    on
    

11. Suddenly he noticed ___ envelope on the table.
    an
    the
    a
    

12. When John ___ the letter, he began to scream.
    finished to read
    finishes reading
    finished reading
    

13. He was overwhelmed ___ terror.
    by
    at
    with
    

14. He heard somebody ___ the stairs, John asked “Who is there?”
    comes up
    did come up
    coming up
    

15. And his ___ voice answered: “Honey! It’s time to get up!”
    mothers
    mothers’
    mother’s
    

16. “It’s 10 o’clock in ___ morning already.”
    -
    a
    the
    

17. John ___ that it was just a dream.
    understood
    realizes
    realized
    

18. A friend of ___ was coming to stay with me for a while.
    mine
    me
    my
    

19. I liked living ___ my own, but I was glad to see him.
    with
    on
    by
    

20. Working ___ his company involved travelling a lot, so I didn’t see him very often.
    at
    for
    in
    

21. I took my grandfather with me and he told me all the way: “If you ___ driving like that, you’ll have an accident.”
    keep
    are keeping
    will keep
    

22. “You are always ___ about, why don’t you concentrate more?” – repeated he every other minute.
    rushing
    rush
    rushed
    

23. It annoyed me greatly, I was about to get ___ .
    off control
    out of control
    from control
    

24. Soon we got stuck in a traffic jam ___ to the airport.
    on the way
    by the way
    during the way
    

25. Although the traffic was bad, we arrived ___ .
    on time
    in time
    by the time
    

26. Hardly ___ home, when we received an invitation for a party.
    we returned
    had we returned
    we had returned
    

27. As I wanted to have a rest, I was ___ the party.
    looked forward to
    looking forward for
    looking forward to
    

28. There were plenty of people at the party, most of them I ___ before.
    had met
    met
    was meeting
    

29. Suddenly I saw an old lady; she was sitting in a corner talking ___.
    to herself
    on herself
    with herself
    

30. That brought ___ some events that had happened to me.
    for mind
    on mind
    to mind
    

31. Five years ago I ___ and she decided to thank me by telling me where I could find a lot of money.
    did to her a favour
    did her a favour
    did with her a favour
    

32. As the conversation went ___ , she became talkative.
    on
    over
    by
    

33. The fact was that several years before she had found ___ box with a huge sum of money.
    the
    a
    an
    

34. The box had been hidden in one of the houses in ___ countryside.
    the
    a
    -
    

35. She gave me some more information, most of ___ was useless.
    whose
    which
    that
    

36. But if she ___ me directions, I wouldn’t have found the house.
    hadn’t given
    didn’t give
    hasn’t given
    

37. She didn’t know if ___ was still living in that house.
    anybody
    nobody
    none
    

38. When I arrived, I began to look ___ the house.
    at
    for
    on
    

39. I wasn’t sure whether I came to the right one, there was no number ___ it.
    in
    over
    on
    

40. The lock of the front door had been tampered ___.
    to
    with
    by
    

41. Noticing the door was open, I decided ___ in which turned out to be a mistake.
    going
    having gone
    to go
    

42. I found nothing, because somebody ___ there before.
    were
    had been
    was
    

43. The people who lived nearby called ___ help.
    for
    on
    to
    

44. Not only ___ to find the money, but also had some problems with the police.
    did I fail
    I failed
    I did fail
    

45. As people get older, they always suffer from some kind of ___of memory, don’t they?
    lapse
    waste
    slip
    

46. Did the box with the money really ___ ?
    exist
    existed
    was existed
    

47. There was ___ there who knew the answer.
    anybody
    nobody
    nothing
    

48. Had ___ what would happen, I wouldn’t even have listened to the old lady.
    I realize
    realized I
    I realized
    

49. When I came home, I ___ so tired that I went asleep immediately.
    was feeling
    felt
    feel
    

50. Supposing you found 1 million dollars, what ___ you do?
    would
    will
    do