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domingo, 5 de julio de 2015

INTERMEDIATE TEST (3)

1.- Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.

a) I had bought / bought the wine when they called me. I didn't know they wanted wine !

b) I had bought / bought the wine when they called me. So, I told them we didn't need any more.

c) I haven't talked to him since / for a long time.

d) They are learning English to please / for pleasing their parents.

e) This is a machine for milking / milks cows.

f) A waiter is a person what / who works in a restaurant.

g) This is the cinema which / where I saw my first film.

h) This is the student whose / that mother wanted to talk to you.

i) I will / would call you if I needed your help.

j) He said / told me that he wasn't angry.

k) You are such / so nice children !

l) It was such a / so big sandwich that we couldn't eat it all.

m) It was such a / so incredible person !

n) I would like going / to go on a holiday before the summer.

o) They'd enjoy playing / to play with their causins.

p) You need to take / make an exam at the end of the year.

q) Have you got central heatting / heating?

r) He referred / refered to his last visit to Mexico.


2.- Complete the sentences with When, As Soon As, While.

a) ___ they arrived in their room, they took off their shoes.

b) They had breakfast ___ they were waiting for the taxi.

c) I really don't care what shoes you buy. I will look in the sports department ___ you try on the last three pairs.

d) Come and find me ___ you finish.

e) She phoned her family _ she knew the results of the test.


3.- Use the cues to make complete sentences.

a) When / she / arrive / home / he / already / leave

b) I / call / you / before / plane / leave

c) A vet / person / look after / animals

d) This / is / place / we / said / we / going to / meet

e) They / want / money / buy / new house


4.- In each case, complete the second sentence so that it retains the same meaning as the first sentence. Write ONE word in each gap.

a) They killed him because they wanted to steal his money.
     They killed him ___ ___ his money

b) "When do you finish work?", he said.
     He wanted to know when ___ ___ ___.

c) You don't love her because you don't want her to be happy.
     If you ___ ___ ___ ___ __ her to be happy.

d) "Don't take my car", he said.
    He told me ___ ___ ___ his car.

e) "We'll see you tomorrow", they said.
    They said ___ ___ ___ ___ us next week.

f) "Put the suitcase in the car", she asked me.
    She told ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ in the car.

g) They are such cute babies !
     These babies ___ ___ cute !


5.- Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs.

Get Up - Give Up - Go Down - Look After - Look For - Look Forward To

a) We usually ___ at ten at the weekends.

b) I'm ___ a new pair of shoes for the party.

c) He doesn't smoke anymore. He ___ two months ago.

d) I am really ___ seen you again.

e) Our neighbours ___ our fish when we go on holiday.

f) The price of petrol is finally ___.


6.- Complete the text by putting one word in each gap.

I was sitting in the living-room ___ I heard a strange noise upstairs. I was alone in the house, so I knew it wasn't the children. I ___ off the TV and went ___ the stairs. ___ I entered my bedroom, I noticed that something was wrong. The floor was ___ cold ! I switched ___ the lights __ check that the windows were closed. Then I saw ___ there was water on the floor. ___ strange ! Finally, I heard a meow. It was Fuzzy, the cat. It ___ always doing this kind of things. Once he _y favourite vase and I was tempted to kick ___ out of the house. But, of course, I ___.


domingo, 18 de enero de 2015

INTERMEDIATE TEST (2)

Este es el segundo test de nivel intermedio que aquí publicamos. Para resolverlo, necesitará copiarlo y pegarlo en un archivo WORD o similar.

Si lo desea, puede pedir las respuestas vía e-mail o mediante un comentario.

I.- Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.

1) All / None the students are having a break now.

2) Barcelona has a higher / the highest population than Valencia.

3) Both / All Susan and Peter are taking part in the competition.

4) Don't touch this body ! He's death / dead.

5) He isn't as big / the same big as his brother.

6) I find going to the cinema a lot more interesting / the most interesting than watching tv.

7) I haven't got much / many time to waste.

8) In my opinion, Scotland has more beautiful / the most beautiful countryside in the world.

9) Is the baby still / yet sleeping? No, he's just woken up.

10) Is there any / anything we can do for you?

11) Most of / Most my students speak two languages.

12) Our trip to Mallorca last year was one of the more enjoyable / most enjoyable holidays we've never / ever had.

13) Some / Any of my friends have a driving license.

14) The police nearly / near discovered the criminal.

15) There isn't somewhere / anywhere to park in this area.

16) There was a bank robbery / rob at 8 pm yesterday.

17) There were a lot / few of people at the party.

18) I've had an argument with my boyfriend. We're not speaking to ourselves / each other.

19) Your computer isn't so good / better as mine.

20) He's very good at / in painting.

21) All / Everyone I invited came to my party.

22) Both Frank and Paul has / have a lot of spare time.

II.- Fill in the gaps with the correct preposition.

1) Bats are animals that sleep ___ the day and fly ___ night.

2) He is such an adventurer ! He has travelled all ___ the world.

3) My brother has been ill ___ a week.

4) I always leave the key ___ the doormat when I leave home.

5) I have a cut ___ my knee and it really hurts.

6) I've just bought some apples but there isn't a good one ___ them.

7) Keep your shoes ___ the rug, please. I don't want it to get dirty.

8) My son keeps his toys ___ a big box ___ a corner of the room.

9) Take those papers ___ of the drawer and give them to me.

10) The alarm clock fell ___ the bedside table but it didn't break.

11) The car was driving ___ the station ___ the end of the street but it stopped in front of my restaurant.

12) Suddenly, a rabbit ran ___ the road in front of the car.

III.- Put the following words in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence.

1) behind / The / in / was / angrily / man / the / shouting / car

2) She / home / as / she / walked / back / quickly / could / as

3) like / that / looks / and / house / Peter / Fiona's

4) curly / She's / wears / got / long / hair / glasses / and

5) river / is / deep / This / swim / enough / to / not / in

6) the / whole / He / asleep / film / was / during

IV.- Fill in the gaps with one of the following words.

a, all, another, both, every (x2), few, her, neither, none, other, the (x2), their

When Michelle got to ___ bus stop, there was ___ woman there too. After a ___ minutes they started chatting and get on the same bus to the city centre. Soon, they realised they were ___ going to the same place. The ___ woman was also on ___ way to Millicent Computers for ___ job interview. ___ of them knew much about the company or the position offered. They had seen it advertised in ___ Sunday papers. They both bought the papers ___ Sunday to look for work, but ___ of the job ads were very interesting. In the case of this job, it seemed you had to work ___ weekends and almost ___ night. As they were getting to ___ stop, they saw a long queue of people waiting at the entrance door to Millicent Computers.