14. Grammar tasks. Check your grammar.

Test A.

I. Choose the correct form of the verb.

1. Usually I have/am having breakfast at 8.

2. Look! What are the children doing/do the children do?

3. Hello! I haven’t seen/didn’t see you for ages.

4. Tom has met/met his friends yesterday.

5. When I last have seen /saw her, she went/ was going to Moscow.

6. Have you read/did you read all these books? – I have read/read them last month.

7. I have lost /lost my notebook. Have you seen/Did you see it anywhere?

8. If we go/will go shopping, we buy/will buy something tasty.

9. He is so annoyed. If he leave/left earlier, he will catch /would catch the train.

10. I have redecorated/have been redecorating my sitting-room.

It’ll be ready next week.

11. When I went/came home, my mother already cooked/had already cooked dinner.

II. Choose the correct modal verb.

1. I can/have to start my work early in the morning.

You must /should get up early, I think.

2. He can/may swim and play tennis.

3. You can/may come in and sit down.

4. The train has to be/might be late. It depends on the weather.

5. You can/must come and see us! We’ll be happy to see you.

6. I should/have to learn English for my university exam.

7. I might not/can’t talk to my friends’ parents. I don’t speak French.

III. Choose the correct form.

1. I like to watch/watching football very much.

2. We’d like to buy/buying a tour to New Zealand.

3. I hope to pass/pass my driving test.

4. Old comedies always make me to laugh/laugh.

5. My sister hates read/reading detective stories.

6. We went to the hospital to visit/visit our aunt. She was glad to see/seeing us.

7. We couldn’t stop to talk/talking to her.

IV. Choose the correct form of the verb in Active or Passive Voice.

1. The roof of the house broke/was broken by the storm.

2. Have you booked/have you been booked the tickets?

3. Rubens painted/was painted his “perfect” ladies in the seventeenth century.

4. Thieves stole/were stolen a world-famous painting last night.

5. German and English speak/are spoken here.

6. This book will publish/will be published next month.

7. He hasn’t seen/hasn’t been seen anywhere.

8. The student is listening/is being listened now.

V. Choose the correct preposition.

1. She has always been interested at/on/in Maths.

2. He is good at/on/in English.

3. Have you ever been at/on/to London?

4. The conference starts at/on/in Monday.

5. They will come at/on/in the evening.

6. Usually they come at/on/in 7.

7. The laboratory is situated at/in/of the center at/in/of the town.

VI. Put an article or an expression of quantity where necessary.

1. A/the/– longest mountain range in a/the/– world is a/thе/ – Andes in a/the/–

South America.

2. Would you like a/the/some coffee? – I’d prefer a/the/some glass of a/the/– juice.

3. There is a lot of/many/much pollution in this region.

4. Nick lives far from a/the/– city center. There isn’t a lot of/many/much noise.

5. She’s made a lot of/a few/a little mistakes. Just one or two.

6. How many/much/a lot of work have you written? – Just a lot of/a few/a little.

7. He lives in a/the/ – Cowan street. He goes to a/the/ – work by a/the/– bus.