Английский язык - Intermediate

I. Choose the right item.

1. If you leave at 6 tomorrow morning, you ……………… in Dublin by 12.

a) were b) will be c) are d) is

2. They ……………… the cinema half an hour ago.

a) have left b) left c) will leave d) leave

3. She is going to be late if the bus ………………

a) won’t arrive b) didn’t arrive c) doesn’t arrive d) hasn’t arrived

4. ……………… harder if you were better paid?

a) Did you work b) Would you work c) Will you work d) Had you worked

5. She ……………… when the phone rang.

a) was written b) has written c) was writing d) wrote

6. They ……………… a good time lately.

a) had b) are having c) will have d) have been having

7. She is ……………… woman in the world.

a) smart b) smarter c) the smart d) the smartest

8. My sister ……………… interested in medicine ever since she was a child.

a) is b) was c) has been d) were

9. He said he ……………… in Brighton.

a) lives b) lived c) will live d) has lived

10. We watched the sun ………………

a) rose b) is rising c) rising d) to rise

II. Choose the correct answer.

1. I am sure they were ……………… lies.

a) telling b) making c) doing d) saying

2. I am absolutely no good at all ……………… any kind of sport.

a) with b) on c) at d) for

3. He has been unemployed ……………… he left college.

a) for b) before c) since d) during

4. Take your umbrella, it is ………………

a) windy b) frosty c) foggy d) rainy

5. I ……………… into town this afternoon. Can I get you anything?

a) going to b) will go c) am going to go d) shall go

6. Jack wanted to ……………… to his friend.

a) cause b) say c) tell d) talk

7. She failed the exam. What a ………………!

a) joy b) pleasure c) shame d) happiness

8. He hopes to find a job ………………

a) easily b) easy c) easiest d) the easiest

9. I’m sure we’d have ……………… fun together.

a) well b) truly c) good d) absolutely

10. Animal Farm ……………… by Geurge Orwell.

a) wrote b) written c) was writing d) was written

III. Cross out the word that falls out of the group.

1. a piano, a guitar, a sink, a violin, a flute

2. to go, to eat, to walk, to jump, to run

3. beef, pork, mutton, cucumber, veal

4. money, cash, credit, account, news

5. to tell, to say, to speak, to fall, to talk

IV. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions (if necessary).

1. The children aren’t here ……………… the moment, but they’ll be back ……………… a few minutes.

2. Can you come to tea with us ……………… next Sunday?

3. I’d like to hold our next meeting ……………… 23rd March. Will that suit you?

4. There’s a special atmosphere in the hospital ……………… night.

5. I’m sure I saw him ……………… the bus yesterday.

1. 1. will be
   2. left
   3. doesn’t arrive
   4. Would you work
   5. was writing
   6. have been having
   7. the smartest
   8. has been
   9. lived
   10. rising
2. 1. telling
   2. at
   3. since
   4. rainy
   5. am going to go
   6. talk
   7. shame
   8. easily
   9. good
   10. was written
3. 1. a sink
   2. to eat
   3. cucumber
   4. news
   5. to fall
4. 1. at; in
   2. –
   3. on
   4. at
   5. on