Task 6: Select the correct verb tense. Write your answers (A, B or C) on the answer sheet. (0.4pt)
Example: I …………. a student now.
A. am B. was C. being -
-> Answer: A.
1. The first European coffee house ................. in Venice in 1645.
A. has opened B. was opened C. was opening
2. She asked if he ................. engineering at university.
A. studies B. had studied C. studying
Task 7: Select the correct verb form. Write your answers (A, B or C) on the answer sheet. (0.4pt)
Example: Cold weather means……………large heating bills.
A. to pay B. pay C. paying
--> Answer: C
1. We are going to set out in April……………the source of the Nile River.
A. to explore B. explore C. exploration
2. In the autumn, I really like lying down in the boat, ……………nothing, and…………… into the sky.
A. does / looks up B. doing / looking up C. to do/ to look up
Task 8: Select the correct preposition. Write your answers (A, B or C) on the answer sheet. (0.4pt)
Example: She lived in Copenhagen ______ 1990 to 1997.
A. in B.by C. from
--> Answer: C
1. The biggest Bear Straw Festival was the one celebrated ………….1980 in the UK. A. in B.by C. since
2. She crossed the Atlantic …………… a hot-air balloon!
A. into B. in C. to
Task 9: Select the correct pronoun. Write your answers (A, B or C) on the answer sheet. (0.4pt)
Example: Is…………..in?
A. anybody B. somebody C. nothing
---> Answer: A
1. Listen! I thought I heard………… stepping in the corridor, but it could be………… there. It’s probably a cat chasing the mouse!
A. something / everything B. something / anyone C. someone / nobody
2. It’s so boring! I have……….to go to, and have………..to do with.
A. somewhere/ something B. nowhere / nothing C. anywhere / anything
Task 2: Underline the stressed syllable in the following words. Write your answers on the answer sheet. (0.3pt)
Example: expect
1. e'fficiency
2. Ca'nadian
3. in'telligence
Task 11: Correct the mistake in each sentence. Write your answers on the answer sheet. (0.2pt)
Example: Charlie went to the tickets office last week.
Answer: tickets → ticket
1. Keep silent, please! My daughter sleeps in the room.
sleeps=>is sleeping
2. Susan often burn the midnight oil to complete her given tasks.
burn=>burns