35 - ] Grammar Practice Exercises
Upper Intermediate
Test One
1-] Fill in
the gaps with ‘a’ ‘an’ ‘the’ or no article
Dear Ahmad
,
Hello from
(1) ---------------Aswan ! I’m staying at (2) ------------------beautiful hotel
in (3) ----
center of
(4)-----------------city . This (5) ----------------morning I had (6)
-------------breakfast in (7)
-----------------hotel garden . Tomorrow I’m going to rent (8)
--------------car and drive to (9) -----------------------mountains . I hope
(10) ------------------- weather will be fine .
See you
soon ,
Ali
( 10 points
)
2 - ] Put
the words in these sentences in the correct order
1- ] She
bought a silk / new / lovely / blouse .
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2 - ] The
shop sells old / expensive / handmade objects .
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3 - ]
seldom / gets to work / 9.00 / she / before .
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4 - ] I’ll
/ see him / probably / when I come to work / in the morning / early .
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5 - ] He
left the house / after his phone call / suddenly / quite .
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(5 points)
3- ] Use
the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives and adverbs in brackets
A : Do you
like your new job ?
B : Oh ,
yes , it’s much (1) ----------------(interesting) than my old position . Of
course , I have to work (2) ---------------------(hard) , too .
A : Are the
working conditions (3) ------------------(good) , too ?
B : My
office is (4) ---------------(spacious) , and it’s (5)
-------------------(quiet) . But the people in my old office were (6)
----------------(friendly) . My new boss seems (7----------------
(difficult)
to please , too .
A : Well ,
you’re (8) ---------------(new) person , so I guess you’ll have to prove
yourself .
B : I’m
certainly working much (9) ----------------(hard) than anyone else in the
office ! It’s a real challenge , but every day it gets (10)
------------------(easy) .
(10 points)
4 - ] Put
the verbs in brackets into the correct present or past form ( present ; past ; present
perfect ; past perfect ) . You may use both simple and continuous aspects .
A : How
long (1) -------------------------(you / work) there ?
B : For
three years . I (2) ----------------------- (leave) last year .
A : (3)
------------------------(you / meet) Sarah ?
B : Oh ,
yes , I (4) ------------------(know) her for several months . She (5)
----------------(be)
in my dance
class . We (6) -----------------------(go) to the same class every Tuesday
since January .
A :
(7)--------------------------(the phone / rings ?)
B : Yes ,
but I (8) ------------------(cook) dinner , so I (9) --------------------(not /
answer) it .
A : Why
didn’t you give him the news ?
B : By the
time I found out , he (10) --------------------(already / leave) .
(10 points)
5 - ] Put
the verbs in brackets into the correct future tense (going to ; will ; present form) .
A : Do you
have any plans for tomorrow ?
B : We (1)
------------------(take) the children to the park .
A : I heard
on the radio that it (2) ------------------------(rain) .
B : Oh . If
it rains , then I guess we (3) -------------------(stay) home . If we (4)
-----------------
(stay) home
, I (5) -----------------(call) you and invite you over to watch a video with
us .
(5 point)
6 - ]
Combine each phrase in Column A with a suitable phrase from columan B . Not all
phrases in column B will be used .
A
B
1 . He got
the job despite kind
and thoughtful .
2 . She was quite nervous , so he had so much experience .
3 . He
seems well-educated ; however ,
I don’t like her .
4 . I hired
him because she
didn’t do very well .
5 . She is
not only beautiful and intelligent but not
having much experience .
he’s not very bright .
not very interesting .
(5 points)
7 - ]
Choose a preposition from the following to fill the gaps . Not all prepositions
will be used .
[ about - after - at -
beyond - during - in - onto - out - to until ]
Today was
definitely not my lucky day ! First , when I got (1) ------------------- the
bust , I bumped my head . When I got (2) -------------work , my boss yelled at
me . (3) ------------------
a hone call
, I spilled coffee on some important papers ; (4) ----------------that , I
accidentally deleted some important files on my computer . My bad luck
continued (5) ----------------I went home . I hope tomorrow is a better day .
(5 points)
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