GENERAL USE OF ENGLISH
Vocabulary and Grammar Test 1
Distinguishing between Similar Words
In the following exercises, you must choose which of the five words or phrases printed above each group of five sentences fits best in the space left in each sentence. The word or phrase must be used only once.
1.Intend / prove I test I think I try.
A) Do you ____to go to the meeting?
B) The police were able to _ he was the thief, because they saw him leaving the house.
C) I wouldn't ___ of going there for my holidays. It's much too crowded.
D)We are going to the machine thoroughly before we put it on the
market.
E)I don't know if I'll pass the examination but I am going to_____
2.Notice / remark I say I talk I tell.
A) He may have been at the meeting but I didn't___him there.
B) I expected the customer to____on the lateness of the delivery but he
said nothing.
C) I 've some wonderful news to___ you.
D) Quiet, please! The president would like to___a few words.
3.Ask for I demand / insist I keep on / repeat.
A) I'm going to___ the bill. It's time we went home.
B) I _ on seeing the manager. The service here is terrible.
C) The teacher ___the name of the student who broke the glass.
D) Young children will___causing trouble until they get what they want.
E)If you like, I'll___the question. Listen carefully this time.
4. Dropped/fell/left/let/spilled.
A) Look! You've____some ink on my clean shirt.
A) How am I going to get the stain out?
B) Galileo ___ balls from the top of a tower to prove his theory.
C) The horse ___at the first fence.
D) We _ him stay up late last night because he had an examination.
E)He's _____ the office and won't be back till tomorrow.
5.Accepted I agreed / approved I passed I spent.
A) They ___ their holidays in Damavand last year.
B) His mother gave him a present because he had ___the examination.
C) We asked the teacher to help us and he ___
D) The teacher looked at her work and___ it.
E)I soon ___the new student as a friend.
In Other Words I.
Choose the correct answer.
1.My house stands a good way ___ the village, and it is a hard climb to the
only shop there.
A) above;
B) below;
C) down;
D) over.
2.My uncle is a delightful person, and I enjoy ____to his house.
A) going;
B) having gone;
C) to go;
D) to have gone.
3.I wish I ___ it to them yet because they would have become angry.
A) had not mentioned;
B) have not mentioned;
C) did not mention;
D) do not mention.
4.My suit-case is heavy; therefore, I must have it ___ for me.
A) been carried;
B) carried;
C) carry;
D) to carry.
5.Someone ___ the doorbell for several minutes without any answer.
A) had been ringing;
B)has been ringing;
C) will be ringing;
D) would be ringing.
6.Please do not visit Parviz next week since he __in Europe then.
A) has been traveling;
B) has traveled;
C) traveled;
D) will be traveling.
7.By the end of this month, I ___ English for eleven years.
A) have been teaching;
B) have taught;
C) will be teaching;
D) will have been teaching.
8.The passengers ____ over London, saw Hyde Park.
A) flying;
B) flew;
C) to be flying;
D) were flown.
9. Professor Smith will finish the experiment soon unless he______problems
with the laboratory equipment.
A) had;
B) has;
C) is not having;
D) may not have.
10. You may not see him now, and__.
A) also Rita doesn't;
B) neither may;
C) so may Rita;
D) Rita doesn't either.
11. Although the student was disappointed,____her homework.
A) but she began;
B) but she didn't begin;
C) she began doing;
D) she didn't begin doing.
12. That student is believed__an easy test.
A) has been expecting;
B) should have expected;
C) to have been expected;
D) to have been expecting.
13. Michael did not spend her time reading the new book; , she watched television all the time.
A) as a result;
B) besides;
C) on the contrary;
D) therefore.
14. Buying my daughter a gift__.
A) a question had been asked;
B) I asked her a question;
C) my daughter was asking me a question;
D) she asked me a question.
15. The student not only came to class late but also____the class early.
A) didn't leave;
B) he didn't leave;
C) he left;
D) left.
16. The answer sheets will be___for the examination.
A) illustrated;
B) predicted;
C) provided;
D) regarded.
17. Organize your___before you begin writing.
A) matters;
B) plans;
C) subjects;
D) thoughts.
18. The electricity which gets its__from water is known as hydroelectricity.
A) force;
B) power;
C) resource;
D) strength.
19. It took him-two weeks to___of his illness.
A) get out;
B) get rid;
C) take away;
D) throw out.
20. No___person can remember everything that has happened to him.
A) curious;
B) ordinary;
C) unintelligent;
D) unusual.
21. When you practice English sentences, you should them several times to learn them well.
A) notice;
B) prepare;
C) repeat;
D) utter.
22. Michael made only one__in her dictation.
A) failure;
B) fault;
C) mistake;
D) problem.
23. John__for my pen everywhere, but he could not find it.
A) located;
B) managed;
C) prepared;
D) searched.
23. Paul said, "It is difficult to see how anyone could find professor Taban's book anything but completely satisfactory". According to this sentence, Paul_.
A) believed Professor Smith to be satisfactory.
B) did not completely agree with Professor.
C) did not find Professor Smith's book easy.
D) found Professor Smith's book very useful.
22. About one-sixth of university students go to libraries regularly. We can understand from this sentence that_ .
A) fewer students are encouraged to become library members.
B) libraries are very important for students.
C) the majority of students often go to libraries.
D) most university students are not interested in libraries.
25. They have not received the information from her yet. They hope she is not having any trouble with the report. According to these sentences____.
A) she is not going to give them any information.
B) she is waiting to hear from them.
C) they are not going to get any information from her
D) they are waiting to hear from her.
26. Michelle used to read French newspapers. She has not even read one since she was a student. According to these sentences, Michelle___ .
A) has not read any French newspaper yet.
B) is a student of the French language.
C) is not interested in reading French newspaper any more. D) rarely read French newspapers when she was a student.
27. My shoes are not clean. I want___them polished.
A) to have;
B) to be having;
C) to have had;
D) to having.
2. It has been quite dry this year. I wish it___rain.
A) could;
B) might;
C) should;
D) would.
28. The teacher was__tired that she could not continue teaching.
A) so;
B) such;
C) too;
D) very.
29. Money__its value from gold.
A) get;
B) gets;
C) is getting;
D) was getting.
30. Jack__English for the last two years, but he cannot speak English well.
A) had studying;
B) has been studying;
C) has been studied;
D) was studying.
31. Signatures __as one method of identification.
A) had used;
B) have been used;
C) have used;
D) used.
32. Paul had already finished his lunch when his friend___.
A) came;
B) has been coming;
C) had come;
D) was coming.
33. We used__in the sea every day.
A) swim;
B) swimming;
C) to swim;
D) to swimming.
34. The teacher___your exercises if you had brought them yesterday.
A) has corrected;
B) was corrected;
C) would be corrected;
D) would have corrected.
35. John became happy,__ I solved his problem.
A) and;
B) for;
C) so;
D) yet.
36. My father told Rita___television all the time.
A) doesn't watch;
B) don't watch;
C) not to watch;
D) that she doesn't watch.
37. Jack never drives fast,__?
A) does;
B) does he;
C) doesn't;
D) doesn't he.
38. You will not be able to solve this problem__you study the lesson again.
A) although;
B) since;
C) unless;
D) when.
39. Rita won't become interested in the book, and
A) also Pita doesn't;
B) neither will Pita;
C) Pita doesn't either;
D) so will Pita.
40. We asked her to tell us more about India;___
with us.
A) as a result;
B) besides;
C) however;
D) on the contrary.
41. The teacher asked the student __Lesson 5.
A) has she studied;
B) if she had studied;
C) that she had studied;
D) that she has studied.