Prepositions, Exercise 2

  

PREPOSITION QUIZ

The winner of the competition was ___ the drawing-room.

a. on
b. in
c. at

Everybody sat ___ the floor, but Mr. Spencer sat ___ a chair ___ the corner.

a. over - in - on
b. about - on - at
c. on - on – in

The judge poured champagne ___ the glass.

a. into
b. on
c. inside

The elderly lady was always ___ home ___ night.

a. at - at
b. in - at
c. into-inside

Adriana used to swim ___ the sea and sunbathe ___ the sand.

a. on -at
b. on - in
c. in – on

During the week I get up early ___ the morning and go to bed late ___ night. But normally ___ weekends I sleep until midday.

a. on - at - at
b. in - at - on
c. in - in – at

Peter lives ___ Sunset Avenue, now, but he lived ___ 109, Pasadena Street ___ 1980.

a. on - at - in
b. in - at - on
c. on - at – on

He was born ___ 8:15 ___ the morning ___ June, 18th, 1928

a. in - on - at
b. at - in - on
c. on - on – in

The hanging light is ___ the table.

a. in
b. over
c. at

"I'm staying ___ the Metropolitan Hotel. It's ___ Sunset Blvd.. ___ Hollywood ".

a. at - in - on
b. in - on - at
c. at - on – in

Thomas was born ___ January 9th ___ Buenos Aires.

a. in - on
b. on - in
c. at – on

He's arriving from Europe ___ Wednesday.

a. at
b. on
c. of

She doesn't work ___ night.

a. in
b. on
c. at

Verb Tenses, Test 9

 

Choose the correct answer.

1. After Jessica __ her degree, she intends to work in her father's company.

A. will finish 

B. will have finished 

C. finishes 

D. is finishing

2. By the time I go to bed tonight, I __ my work for the day.

A. will finish 

B. have finished 

C. will have finished 

D. finish

3. When my parents __ for a visit tomorrow, they will see our new baby for the first time. 

A. will arrive 

B. arrived 

C. will have arrived 

D. arrive

4. Mary looked down to discover a snake at her feet. When she saw it, she__.

A. was screaming 

B. had screamed 

C. screamed 

D. screams 

5. By the time Alfonso finally graduated from high school, he __ seven different schools because his parents moved frequently.

A. attended 

B. was attending 

C. had attended 

D. had been attending

6. Until you learn to relax more, you __ your ability to speak English.

A. haven't improved 

B. aren't improving 

C. don't improve 

D. won't improve

7. I borrowed four books on gardening the last time I __ to the library.

A. go 

B. went 

C. had gone 

D. have gone

8. Before I started the car, all of the passengers __ their seat belts. 

A. will buckle 

B. had buckled 

C. buckle 

D. have buckled

9. It seems that whenever I travel abroad, I ___ to take something I need.

A. forgot 

B. am forgetting 

C. forget 

D. had forgotten

10. When I see the doctor this afternoon, I ___ him to look at my throat.

A. will ask 

B. asked 

C. will have asked 

D. ask

11. After ancient Greek athletes won a race in the Olympics, they __ a simple crown of olive leaves.

A. received 

B. had received 

C. were receiving 

D. have received

12. After the race ___, the celebration began.

A. had been won 

B. is won 

C. will be won 

D. has been won 

Adjectives & Adverbs, Exercise 1

 

Underline the correct answer

1. I often get nervous / shyly in new social situations.

2. I am confident / easily around new people.

3. I often feel excited / nervously before a party.

4. I feel uncomfortable / uncomfortably when I’m nervous.

5. I hope other people think I look attractive / confidently.

6. I try to be a nicely / friendly person.

7. I like to tell jokes and make people laugh. I tell jokes bad / well.

8. I get excited / well when I listen to music and sing along to the songs.

9. It’s never a problem for me to remember people’s names. I do that easily / automatic. 

10. I give my opinion when I feel strong / strongly about something.

11/ She is a very slow / slowly worker.

12. My mother speaks perfect / perfectly German.

13. It was raining very heavy / heavily.

14. He passed his test easy / easily.

15. We`ll have an accident if you don`t drive more careful / carefully.

16. I`ve never seene her dance so good / well.

17. I am real / really sure that I am right.

18. That was a stupid / stupidly thing to say.

19. She was smiling happy / happily.

20. You were very unlucky / unluckily to lose the game.

21. This soup tastes good / well.

22. She looked calm / calmly but I`m sure she was very nervous.

23. They always work very hard / hardly.

24. She often comes late / lately to class.

25.  She is a very good - looking / well - looking girl.

26. You are absolute / absolutely right.

27. Please be quiet / quietly. I`m trying to read.

28. I did really bad / badly in the Maths test.

29. I am extreme / extremely sorry I am late.

30. She can run quicker / more quickly than me.

Verb Tenses, Test 12

 

Choose the correct verb tense:

They finished the house after they had been building / were building it for a year.

She didn't eat anything because she had / had had lunch.

He told her that he saw / had seen her before.

He was so exhausted because he cut / had been cutting the grass all day.

They landed when the storm ended / had ended.

He was so dirty because he had digged / had been digging the hole in the rain.

They accepted my offer after they refused / had been refusing it for a month.

I forgot that I want / wanted to buy some bread.

She knew that because someone told / had told her before.

It was so hot in the kitchen because Sue baked / had been baking cakes.

I had to have a break. I had been driving / have been driving so long.

Before we parked our car we collected / had collected the ticket.

I arrived on Sunday. I was not / had not been at home for two days.

The roads were blocked in the morning. It was snowing / had been snowing all night.

They got to the beach after they had walked / had been walking for hours.

She called the police when she saw / had seen the light in the hall.

His English was perfect. He studied / had been studying it since he started school.

I was really hungry. I did not eat / had not eaten anything since the morning.

She didn't go to work because she broke / had broken her leg.

As soon as Betty had opened the door, the burglar had rushed out / rushed out.

After he has finished / had finished his drink he got up.

He had an accident as he drove / had been driving too fast.

The show started when everyone sat down / had sat down.

The snow disappeared because it was / had been 5°C.

After she had switched on the radio she had heard / heard the news.

The ship landed in Nice after it sailed / had been sailing for two days.

At 3 o'clock he had moved / had been moving furniture for 6 hours.

Ben apologized that he made / had made a mistake.

I didn't want to read the book again because I read / had read it.

They were hungry because they had swum / had been swimming all day.

We sold our new house after we bought / had bought a new one.

The road was blocked because a tree had been falling / had fallen on it.

The street was icy in the morning as it had frozen / had been freezing all night.

I was full of energy because I had been having / had had big lunch.

Had you ever slept / Did you ever sleep in a tent before your holiday in Italy?

There was no egg left. How many eggs had you been cooking / had you cooked?

I'd been calling /I`d called Jane five times before she picked up the phone.

We had repaired / had been repairing the car for an hour when John appeared.

She had done / had been doing yoga for 40 years by the time she retired.

In 2016 I had gone / had been going to France for five years.

I didn't give up even if I had been failing / had failed so many times.

The teacher was angry with us because we didn`t do / hadn`t done our homework.

She had been lying so much in the sun that her skin had turned / turned red.