A. Grammar
Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct. EXAMPLE. John __________ not here today. are be is am The correct answer is: ‘is’. |
1. If I hadn’t __________ by an expert, it wouldn’t look so nice.
had it done
done it
have it done
have done it
2. __________ say anything more.
I’d rather not
I hadn’t rather
I rather didn’t
I’d rather not to
3. Mr Jones says you are all to __________ an extra day off.
have given
being given
be given
give
4. Which sentence is closest in meaning to the sentence underlined?
My daughter has married a ninety-year old man. It doesn’t bear thinking about.
It’s difficult to think about it.
I never thought of that.
I don’t want to think about it.
Whatever made her decide to do that?
5. __________ popular opinion, many Welsh people do not speak Welsh.
Despite
Against
Contrary to
Opposite
6. Three of these verbs have the same form for past tense and past participle, like sit – sat – sat. Which one is different?
wring
sting
hang
ring
7. Is it possible to be inoculated __________ the illness called love?
for
against
in
to
8. I should like to emphasize __________ the difference between hope and wish.
on
for
–
to
9. Can I please have a room __________ my own when I grow up?
for
by
to
of
10. Payment of this invoice should be made __________ thirty days.
within
before
by
up to
11. They __________ lip service to the issue, but they won’t do anything about it.
show
make
pay
do
12. Doctor, what’s this lump on my head?
Let me __________ your mind at rest. It’s nothing serious.
turn
bring
make
set
13. Was I asleep? I must have __________ off.
slipped
fallen
dipped
nodded
14. Please don’t walk so quickly. I can hardly keep __________ you.
next to
up with
aside of
along with
15. The strikers refused to accept the management’s offer, but decided instead to stick __________ better working conditions.
out for
on to
up with
back on
B. Vocabulary
Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct. EXAMPLE. How long did it __________ you to knit that scarf? take need bring make The correct answer is: ‘take’. |
16. The tap is __________ . It probably needs a new washer.
watering
dripping
trickling
dropping
17. The guerillas attacked the village. Nobody was left alive: they __________ every one of the inhabitants.
assassinated
slaughtered
decimated
disposed
18. She divorced him on the __________ of cruelty.
grounds
basis
reasons
causes
19. The play was badly under-rehearsed. Finally the audience started booing and __________ the players.
sneering
sniggering
jeering
clapping
20. Parks, swimming pools and libraries are all examples of public __________ .
conveniences
entertainments
provisions
amenities
21. There are a lot of crooked people in big cities. If you don’t want to be cheated, you’ll need to keep your __________ about you.
mind
wits
head
brains
22. If you want to marry the boss’s daughter, you’ll have to go in and tell him straight: go on, be a man: take the bull by the __________ !
tail
horns
teeth
hair
23. It was supposed to be a social occasion, but my wife and her boss talked __________ all through the meal.
shop
through their hats
off the cuff
in turns
24. How do you calculate the distance to the horizon?
As a __________ , it’s 7 miles + 1 mile per 100 ft above sea level.
trick of the trade
golden rule
free hand
rule of thumb
25. Nobody’s seen him since the day he got up and walked out. He just vanished __________ .
behind the scenes
under the counter
into thin air
like a shot in the dark
C. Word building
Choose the correct ending which forms a noun related to the word given. Only one ending is correct. EXAMPLE. ‘explain’. expla- -inment expla- -nation expla- -inure expla- -nity The correct answer is: ‘explanation’. |
26. Choose the ending which forms a noun related to the word ‘revive’.
reviv-Â Â Â Â Â -acity
reviv-Â Â Â Â Â -ation
reviv-Â Â Â Â Â -al
reviv-Â Â Â Â Â -eliness
27. Choose the ending which forms a noun related to the word ‘seize’.
seiz-Â Â Â Â Â -ement
seiz-Â Â Â Â Â -ure
seiz-Â Â Â Â Â -al
seiz-Â Â Â Â Â -e
28. Three of these words make their opposite by adding the prefix im-, e.g. mutable=> immutable. Find the one which does not.
plausible
perceptible
palatable
passable
29. Only one of these words can be changed to another by changing -ful to -less, e.g., hopeful => hopeless. Which one is it?.
stressful
woeful
fearful
eventful
30. Three of these words make their opposite by adding the prefix dis-, e.g., reputable=> disreputable. Find the one that does not.
fire
appear
continue
allow
D. Reading comprehension
Fill in the gaps in the passage with the words which make sense. Only one answer is correct. EXAMPLE. If you have broken both your legs, (1)__________ on a skiing holiday. After all, (2)__________ much fun watching others enjoying themselves on the ski slopes. 1. everyone enjoys going what a good idea it would be to go why don’t you go there’s not much point in going The correct answer is ‘there’s not much point in going’. 2. what would be you wouldn’t have you could have there would be The correct answer is: ‘you wouldn’t have’. |
(31)__________ the last joke had been told, every one of the twelve people attending the reading out of Henry’s will was sitting perfectly still. desperately holding in the laughter that was bursting to get out. The suppressed laughter (32)__________ a pressure that it was like a volcano ready to erupt. Silence. Painful silence. Suddenly the lawyer sneezed. Then he took out a large red spotted handkerchief and blew his nose. Bbbrrrrrrppp. That was enough. Someone burst out laughing, (33)_________ to hold it any longer. That started the others off. (34)__________ they were all doubled up, tears streaming from their eyes, their shoulders heaving with laughter. Of course, they were not just laughing at the sneeze, nor even at the jokes. No, they were laughing at themselves (35)__________ that Henry had led them into his last, and funniest, practical joke, setting their need to laugh against their greed for money.
31.
By the time
It was not until
For several minutes after
Nevertheless
32.
was so
had built up such
produced
caused everyone to feel
33.
unable
waiting till the last moment
hoping to be able
as there was no time
34.
Sooner or later,
As it happens,
In no time,
After all,
35.
although they could see at last
because there was no fear
while it was clear as daylight
as it dawned on each one of them
D. Phonology
In three of the four words, the underlined part is pronounced the same; in the fourth word, the underlined part is pronounced differently. Find the fourth word. EXAMPLE. learn bird heart worth The correct answer is: ‘heart’. |
36.
surgeon
thorough
questions
tough
37.
practice
device
service
office
38.
title
destiny
divine
align
39. Where does the stress fall in the word ‘administrative’?
ad | min | ist | rat | ive |
40. Three of these words can be pronounced in two different ways with a change of meaning, e.g., the verb reBEL and the noun REbel. Find the word which can be pronounced in only one way.
wound
live
tow
minute