ENGLISH PRACTICE 55

Question 1: Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets.

1. He (work) hard all the week, but today he (have) a good time at home.
2. There (be) a lot of changes since computers (invent)
3. The house where the dead man (find) is being guarded by the police to prevent it from (enter).
4. This is only one of his poems that (be) worth reading.
5. When I came to school, everybody (be) there.
6. When she (know) me for years, she invited me to tea.
7. I (tell) a lie if I said that I (like) you.
8. I hope it (not rain) when the bride (leave) the church tomorrow.
9. You are (take) over my business while I go away.
10. Nobody would listen to the stories (to tell) by him so many times.

Question 2: Fill each of the numbered blank spaces with the most suitable preposition.
1. The old man was standing there …...... the street corner waiting …...... someone.
2. His story was …… no interest …...…. us.
3. You must not fail to thank him …....... all he has done …........ us.
4. Today’s examinations have tired me …....... . So, I think I’ll turn …........ early tonight.
5. I don’t get …...… very well…......... him.

Question 3: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only ONE word in each
space.
In Britain there is a …..1….. now which people call Mother’s Day. In the old days, many girls
from working-class ….2…. in towns and cities and from farmers’ families in the country worked in rich
houses. They had to do all the ….3….. and their working day was usually very long, they often worked
on …..4….., too. Once a year, it was usually ……5….. Sunday in March, they could visit their mothers.
They went home on that day and ……6…. presents for their mothers and for other members of their
families. They could stay at home only one day, and ……7…… they went back to their work. People call
that day Mothering Day or Mothering ……8…… . Later, workers at the factories and girls who worked
in the houses of rich families received one …..9… day a month, and Mothering Day became Mother’s
Day. It ….10….. the last Sunday in March.

Question 4: Read the text below then choose the right sentence a, b, c or d.

My house
My name is Mary and two years ago I bought a nice house to live in on my holidays. I work in the
museum in London but I love to spend my holidays in the country, in the open air, near the sea.
I’m happy to have a house near the sea. It is rather far from London and I usually drive there for
three hours. It’s an old house, about 100 years old, and it’s very small but very clean and comfortable.
There are two bedrooms upstairs but no bathroom. The bathroom is downstairs next to the kitchen and
there is a living-room where there is a lovely old fire place. In the living-room there are eight very old
pictures - portraits of the people who lived in the house many years ago. Some of my friends are afraid of
them. They think that these dead people visit the house at night. But I don’t think so. I’m never afraid in
my house, but always happy.
There is a garden in front of the house. the garden goes down to the sea and in spring and summer
there are flowers everywhere. Behind my house there are old apple trees and every autumn I have got a
lot of nice red apples. I often give them to my friends as birthday presents. They are really great!
I live alone with my dog, Rex, but we have a lot of visitors. My city friends come to see me very
often and we have a lot of fun together. They are always welcome! Every year we celebrate Halloween
and Christmas there.
I love my house for many reasons: the garden, the flowers, the fire in the winter, but the best
thing is the sea-view from my bedroom window. I enjoy the sea.
When my holidays are over I must go back to London, so I leave my house for London. I’m never happy
to the back in London. I think that someday I will leave my work and live in my country house for all my
life.
 1. a) Mary likes to go the country in summer when she is on holidays.
b) Mary bought a new house near the sea , it is only two years old.
c) Mary is a teacher and she works in a London primary school.
d) Mary hasn’t got a car and goes to her house near the sea by plane.
2. a) Mary bought a house near the sea and every week- end walks there for three hours.
b) Mary can’t drive a car.
c) There is no bathroom upstairs in Mary’s house.
d) There are ten bedrooms in Mary’s house, they are down- stairs.
3. a) There is a fireplace in Mary’s house, it is in the kitchen and Mary cooks food on fire.
b) Some Mary’s friends are afraid of the old pictures in the living- room.
c) Everyone who visits Mary’s house like the old pictures in the the living-room.
d) Mary doesn’t know what the people who lived in her house many years ago looked like.
4. a) Mary always happy her new country house.
b) There are no flowers in Mary’s garden because her house is near the sea.
c) Mary always give red apples to her friends because she doesn’t like red apples.
d) Mary’s house is rather old -100 hundred years. but the apple trees are young- Mary plented
them a year ago.
5. a) Mary has got a big family.
b) Mary is happy to see her fiends in the country house only Chrismas and Haloween.
c) There is a window in Mary’s bedroom.
d) Mary has got a pet, it’s Rex , a nice and clever cat.
6. a) Mary hasn’t got any flowers in her garden, she has got only apple - trees.
b) Mary never gose to her new house in winter.
c) Mary is always happy when she leaves her new house for London.
d) Mary would like to live in her house for all her life.

Question 5: Fill in the blank with the right word given say, tell, speak, talk.
1. I am going to .............. a few words about the recent film festival.
2. What did you ............... ?
3. What did he ............... about it ?
4. John ............. he would be waiting for us.
5. Michael ............ me to ............. in the discussion.
6. ............... lounder, I can hardly hear you.
7. He ............. much, but ............ little.

Question 6: Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so the meaning stays the same.
1. He never has enough money.
He always …….
2. All the other witnesses were called before Mr Nam.
Mr Nam was ….
3. You can leave only when I tell you.
Until ….
4. Minh went home before I arrived.
When …
5. I wish I could work in the evenings as I used to.
I miss …
6. Please see that you post all the letters.
Please don’t …
7. He has decided to take driving lessons.
He has decided to learn…
8. I’m not going to pay, although I know that I should.
While …
9. Ann felt ill, but insisted on going to work.
Despite…
10. John has done well in English, but not so well in Maths.
While …
 KEYS
Question1: ( 15 points)
1. has worked / is having 6. had known
2. have been / were invented 7. would tell / like
3. was found / being entered 8. won’t be raining / leaves
4. is 9. to take
5. was 10. told
Question 2: ( 10 points)
1. The old man was standing there …on... the street corner waiting …for... someone.
2. His story was …of… no interest …to…. us.
3. You must not fail to thank him …for... all he has done …for... us.
4. Today’s examinations have tired me …out... . So, I think I’ll turn …in... early tonight.
5. I don’t get …on… very well…with... him.
Question 3: ( 10 points)
1. holiday 6. bought
2. families 7. then
3. housework 8. Sunday
4. Sundays 9. free
5. one 10. is
Question 4: ( 6 points)
1. a 2. c 3. b 4. a 5. c 6. d
Question 5: ( 9 points)
1. say 2. say 3. say 4. said 5. told / speak
6. speak 7. talks / tells
Question 6: ( 10 points)
1. He’s always short of money.
2. Mr Nam was the last witness to be called.
3. Until I tell you, you must stay or you may not leave.
4. When I arrived, Minh had gone home.
5. I miss working in the evenings.
6. Please don’t forget to post all the letters.
7. He has decided to learn how to drive.
8. While I know that I should pay, I’m not going to.
9. Despite feeling ill, An insisted on going to work.
10. While John has done well in English, he has not done so well in Maths.