FINAL TEST
1.Use the right form of the conditionals:
1.If you save this money
a)it will be OK
b)it would be OK
c)it would have been OK
2.If I went to Canada
a)I'll practice my English
b)I'd practice my English
c)I'd have practice my English
3.If I were you
a)I'll stay here
b)I'd stay here
c)would have stayed here
4.If you had invited me
a)I will come
b)I would come
c)I would have come
5.If we'd had time yesterday
a)we'll repair the car
b)we'd repair the car
c)we'd've repaired the car
6.He would have been arrested
a)if the police know the truth
b)if they knew the truth
c)if they had known the truth
2. Use either Active or Passive:
1.The children in that family ... several European languages.
a)taught
b)were taught
2.Because of the storm the airport ... all the flights.
a)will cancel
b)will be cancelled
3.You ... in the hall downstairs.
a)are waiting for
b)are being waited for
4.The suspect ... already.
a)has searched
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b)has been searched
5.The detained ... already.
a)has made a complaint
b)has been made a complaint
6.I think, these companies ... in a year at the latest.
a)can merge
b)can be merged
3. Choose the most appropriate modal verb:
1.If you want to make a career, you will ... change your life.
a)must
b)should
c)have to
2.You ... have started doing it 10 years ago. By now you would be a minister.
a)must
b)should
c)have to
3.Why do you think he is at work? He ... be at home by now.
a)must
b)should
c)have to
4.He is so intolerably insolent. I just ... stand him.
a)can't
b)may not
c)am not allowed to
5.In the XIX-th century the students ... to marry.
a)couldn't
b)might not
c)were not allowed to
6.Try to talk to him. He ... give you a piece of advice.
a)can
b)may
c)is allowed to
4.Present Perfect or Past Indefinite?
1.When I was at the University, I ... Latin and Greek. But now I absolutely ... the languages.
A. a) studied
b)has studied
B. a) forgot
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b)has forgotten
2.You ... me! Are you mad?
a)hit
b)have hit
3.Since her childhood she ... never to interrupt people.
a)learned
b)has learned
4.Last time we ... I ... you how to use the technique of investigation properly.
A. a) met
b)have met
B. a) explained
b)have explained
5.We ... quite often lately.
a)met
b)have met
6.We are not very creative in our family. I never ... anything in my life, and neither ... my brother.
A. a) created
b)have ... created
B.a) did
b)has
5. Indefinite or Continuous?
1.When I ... all the way from our country house to town I always get very tired.
a)drive
b)am driving
2.He fell when he ... on a bus and strained his ankle.
a)got
b)was getting
3.Sooner or later she'll get what she ...
a)wants
b)is wanting
4.Let her alone. Don't you see she ... to calm down.
a)tries
b)is trying
5.I can't go out at the moment: my suit ... cleaned.
a)is
b)is being
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6.My cousin's coming. He will ... with us a week or so.
a)stay
b)be staying
6. Put a question to the in italics words:
1.I have been to many places.
2.You will be shown a new exhibit.
3.When I came in you were speaking to the witness about something.
4.There are few researchers who would agree with this theory.
5.Most teenagers are either slow or stubborn, and you always have to ask them twice if you want them to do something.
6.If I had enough skills I would make clothes by myself.
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