1. These essay ____ last year. *
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a. were published
b. be published
c. was being published
d. was published
2. I’m looking for a book ___ Ukrainian cuisine. *
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a. on
b. in
c. of
d. at
3. I’m sorry, I didn’t want to cause any inconveniences. *
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a. terribly
b. terriber
c. terrible
d. the most terrible
4. The more expensive the diamond ____ quality it has. *
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a. best
b. the better
c. the best
d. better
5. That ___ be true! *
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a. can’t
b. shouldn’t
c. mustn’t
d. oughtn’t to
6. The tasks get ___ complicated. *
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a. more and more
b. most and most
c. most and more
d. more and more
7. Forgive ___ so much of your time. *
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a. my taking up
b. taking up
c. me take up
d. being taken up
8. Mother told Max ____ to bed *
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a. went
b. to go
c. would go
d. had gone
9. Their quarrelling was heard ____ the building. *
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a. among
b. with
c. all over
d. onto
10.But for her parents she ____ this film. *
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a. had watched
b. would have watched
c. would watch
d. watched
11. I am sorry ____ your pencil. *
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a. to be breaking
b. to break
c. to have broken
d. to have been broken
12. _____ each other for ages, they had a lot to talk about. *
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a. not seeing
b. not seen
c. not having seen
d. not being seen
13. The instructions are clear, you ___ use the camera underwater. *
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a. shouldn’t
b. don’t have to
c. must not
d. haven’t to
14. Please, remember ____ the door when you go out. *
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a. closing
b. having closed
c. your closing
d. to close
15.____ I want to say that everything I did was to save you. *
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a. latter
b. lastly
c. the lastly
d. last
16. We asked Thomas where ___ *
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a. did he live
b. he lives
c. he lived
d. had he lived
17. If he ___ his medical studies, he would be a doctor now. *
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a. have finished
b. had finished
c. finished
d. finish
18. Just as ______ Wall Street in ____ New York is in ______ centre of commerce and finance so _____ City of London is ______ centre for money matters. *
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a. the, -, -, -, -
b. -, - , the, the, the
c. the, -, a, the, the
d. -, -, an, -, the
19. He is said ____ all his money to his only child. *
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a. to have been left
b. to leave
c. to left
d. to have left
20. _____ our meal, we went out. *
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a. finished
b. finishing
c. having finished
d. having been finished
21. These towels ____ by the maid tomorrow. *
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a. will wash
b. will be washing
c. will be washed
d. will being washed
22. These are very long ____. *
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a. storys
b. stories
c. storyes
d. storis
23. Information ____ available at the front desk. *
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a. is
b. are
c. has
d. have
24. ____ Second World War ended in 1945 *
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a. –
b. an
c. the
d. a
25. Some plants in this store require very little care, but this one needs much more sunlight than ___. *
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a. the others
b. the others ones
c. the others one
d. other’s ones
26. It became quite clear that something ____ wrong *
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a. has gone
b. went
c. goes
d. go
27. I see that he has lost ____ pencil, perhaps you can lend him ____ ? *
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a. his, your
b. her, you
c. his, yours
d. hers, your
28.After he ___ the poem he’ll learn it by heart. *
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a. has read
b. had read
c. has been reading
d. read
29. We shall start at six o’clock if it ____ raining by that time. *
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a. will have stopped
b. has stopped
c. stops
d. will stop
30. Hardly ____ raining when a rainbow appeared in the sky. *
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a. did it stop
b. had stopped
c. has it stopped
d. had it been stopping
31. My brother ____ so much since our last meeting that I hardly recognized him. *
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a. changed
b. was changed
c. had changed
d. has been changed
32. By next august I _____ my exams and I’ll be ready for a holiday. *
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a. shall finish
b. shall be finishing
c. shall finish
d. shall have finished
33. All ____ special tasks to perform. *
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a. has
b. have
c. is
d. are
34. The secretary ___ the report two days ago. *
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a. typed
b. was typing
c. has typed
d. types
35. He read a newspaper and then ____ to bed. *
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a. went
b. were going
c. will go
d. goes
36. They didn’t have to go there by plane, ____ they? *
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a. did they
b. weren’t
c. didn’t
d. did
37. I saw him yesterday. I thought he _____ England last year. *
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a. left
b. had left
c. is leaving
d. will leave
38. Sunday was ____ day of the year. *
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a. the cold
b. colder
c. cold
d. the coldest
39. I can’t hear you. Can you speak ____? *
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a. louder
b. loud
c. loudest
d. much louder
40. The tourists ____ a bus this morning. *
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a. take
b. took
c. have taken
d. taking

1. a. were published 2. a. on 3. a. terribly 4. b. the better 5. a. can’t 6. a. more and more d. more and more 7. a. my taking up 8. b. to go 9. c. all over 10. c. would watch 11. c. to have broken 12. c. not having seen 13. c. must not 14. d. to close 15.b. lastly 16. c. he lived 17. b. had finished 18. b. -, - , the, the, the19. d. to have left 20. c. having finished 21. c. will be washed 22. b. stories 23. a. is 24. c. the 25. a. the others 26. b. went 27. c. his, yours 28. a. has read 29. We shall start at six o’clock if it ____ raining by that time. * 1 балл a. will have stopped b. has stopped c. stops d. will stop 30. b. had it stopped 31. c. had changed 32. d. shall have finished 33. b. have 34. a. typed 35. a. went 36. d. did 37. a. left 38. d. the coldest 39. a. louder 40. b. took