8th FORM EXAMINATION

USE OF ENGLISH

Name:

Class:

Teacher:

  1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

1. The bus______(leave) at 10.30.

2. Lesley______(buy) her house two months ago.

3. Hurry up! My father______(wait) for us for an hour already.

4. My friend Tom______(pick up) me at 7 o’clock tonight.

5. He______(work) in a large travel agency.

6. Kim is very glad because she______(buy) a new mobile phone.

7. Paul______(not teach) in the evenings now.

8. He______(be) a car salesman since 1990.

9. Chris and Helen said that they______(have) a party the previous Sunday.

10. I hope she______(not to apply) for this dangerous job next month.

  1. Circle the correct alternative in each sentence.
  1. Let’s go there tomorrow, will/shall we?
  2. She remembers/is remembering this address now.
  3. I need to make/do a quick phone call.
  4. He is the boy which/who I told you about.
  5. I’d love knowing/to know just why they did that.
  6. We are eating the dinner that my mother has made/done.
  7. The new Italian restaurant, where/which we had dinner last night, serves excellent food.
  8. This sandwich tastes/is tasting delicious.
  9. She knows the truth, isn’t she/doesn’t she?
  10. I can’t stand listening/to listen to his music.
  1. Fill in the gaps with PREPOSITIONS. Use one preposition for each gap.

1. We can meet_____Saturday morning.

2. She loves taking care_____animals.

3. She is very proud______her new flat.

4. The first man walked on the moon______21 July 1969.

5. They want to set_____their own business.

6. Tina used to go_____with my brother.

7. What are you doing_____the weekend?

  1. Change from the active into the passive.
  1. When we arrived they were serving dinner.

______

  1. The police are questioning him now.

______

  1. I broke my arm when I fell off a tree.

______

  1. I was surprised when I saw they had left the lights on.

______

  1. Who answered the phone?

______

  1. They are going to launch the product in May.

______

  1. When will they catch the thief?

______

  1. Oh! Gosh! They have taken us for robbers!

______

  1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

1. If I______(have) my address book with me, I would be able to phone her.

2. If the weather______(be) so awful, we______(can) sit outside in the garden

tonight.

3. If you______(go on) eating those chocolates, you will make yourself ill.

4. It was a great party yesterday!

If you______(come), you______(enjoy) yourself.

5. Stupid man! If he______(follow) our advice, he wouldn’t have got into trouble.

6. It’s raining heavily! I wish I______(have) an umbrella.

7. I miss him badly! I wish he______(come) to yesterday’s party.

  1. He is a mad driver! I wish he______(drive) more carefully.
  1. Choose the correct item.
  1. The journalist asked me______.

a.what was my favourite pastime c. what my favourite pastime was

b.what is my favourite pastime d. what my favourite pastime is

  1. You will be here tomorrow, ______?

a.isn’t it c. will you

b.won’t you d. will you be

  1. - ______?

- She is nice and intelligent.

a.What is your mother likes? c. What does your mother look like?

b.What does your mother like? d. What is your mother like?

  1. John______a new job by his former classmate.

a.offered c. has offered

b.has been offered d. was been offered

  1. My brother Nick is very good_____ maths.

a.for c. about

b.at d. in

  1. I’m very busy at the moment. I______for my English exam.

a.study c. am being studied

b.have been studied d. am studying

  1. If the weather______fine tomorrow, we’ll go to the park.

a.were c. will be

b.will d. is

  1. Jane wants to become a teacher______.

a.when she will leave school c. when she leaves school

b.when she leave school d. when she had left school

  1. The teacher asked me______for the lesson.

a.was I ready c. if was I ready

b.that I was ready d. if I was ready

10. Everybody______of Bill Gates,______?

a.have heard / haven’t he c. have heard / hasn’t he

b.has heard / hasn’t he d. has heard / haven’t they

  1. I felt so______yesterday that I couldn’t even get up.

a.miserably c. nicely

b.badly d. miserable

  1. The teacher made me______the exercise again.

a.to do c. doing

b.do d. that I’II do

  1. Romeo fell in love______Juliet at first sight.

a.for c. on

b.about d. with

  1. I’m very fond of music. What’s______at the opera tonight?

a.on c. run

b.in d. going

  1. Bad news______fast.

a.travel c. have traveled

b.travels d. are travelling