Exercise 1: Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence:
1/ A _______ is a famous cinema actor or actress.
A. filmgoer B. film director C. film maker D. film star
2/ A _______ is a book used in school containing text and questions and sometimes having spaces for a student to write answers in.
A. notebook B. workbook C. exercise book D. reference book
3/ The _______ of the bay is approximately 200 miles.
A. long B. length C. lengthy D. lengthen
4/ She's an extremely competent and _______ worker.
A. industry B. industrial C. industrious D. industrialize
5/ The _______ between the original book and this new film is very faint.
A. relative B. relation C. relationship D. related
6/ Our prices are _______ with those in other shops.
A. comparison B. comparative C. comparable D. comparably
7/ They didn't like my _______ that we should all share the cost.
A. suggest B. suggestion C. suggestive D. suggestible
8/ "Am I _______ you?" she asked anxiously.
A. bore B. bored C. boring D. boredom
9/ The restaurant turned out to be _______ cheap.
A. surprise B. surprised C. surprising D. surprisingly
10/ There's no _______ what she'll do if she finds out about this.
A. know-how B. knowledge C. knowable D. knowing
Exercise 2: Select the best option to complete the sentences:
1/ Americans drive _______ third of _______ 400 million cars on _______ planet.
A. one-the-the B. a-X-the C. one-X-a D. a-the-a
2/ _______ you miss this train you can _______ catch the next one.
A. Because-often B. If-always
C. When-usually D. Unless-sometimes
3/ I thought I _______ him come in _______ we were having dinner.
A. hear-when B. look-while C. looked-when D. heard-while
4/ _______ I know likes the smell of bacon - _______ Mike does and he's a vegetarian.
A. Anyone-but B. No one-while
C. Everyone-even D. Someone-and
5/ _______ opportunity as good as this arises _______ in a lifetime.
A. A-before B. One-twice C. The-during D. An-once
6/ _______, I'd like to thank everyone _______ coming this evening.
A. Always-to B. Finally-for C. Often-by D. Lastly-with
7/ The dinosaurs died _______ 65 million years _______.
A. out-ago B. away-before C. down-after D. off-next
8/ As I have _______ mentioned, I doubt _______ we will able to raise all the money we need.
A. just-when B. finally-what C. recently-if D. already-that
9/ “_______ Emma's only worry was _______ her lipstick had smudged.” “Emma! What is she _______?”
A. Really-if-doing B. As usual-that-looking
C. Usually-what-such as D. Of course-whether-like
10/ _______, it's my turn to be served - I was _______.
A. Excuse me-next B. Sorry-after
C. Pardon me-following D. Hello-coming
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence
A _______ is a famous cinema actor or actress.
A. filmgoer
B. film director
C. film maker
D. film star
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence
Do you think food, air, and clothes ______ necessary for life?
A. were
B. are
C. have been
D. will be
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence
By the end of last summer, the farmers _______ all the crop.
A. harvested
B. had harvested
C. harvest
D. are harvested
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence
It's a school for _______ gifted children.
A. music
B. musician
C. musical
D. musically
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence
We're reading a _______ book this week.
A. differ
B. difference
C. different
D. differently
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence
They take a _______ interest in their grandchildren.
A. live
B. alive
C. lively
D. living
Choose one word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence.
6. Louis Pasteur is a world – famous ______________ chemist.
A. French B. American C. English D. Chinese
7. He invented the process of pasteurization and developed vaccines for several diseases including _____.
A. cancer B. rabies C. lung D. throat
8. Marie Curie was born _____________ November 7th, 1867.
A. in B. at C. to D. on
9. Marie Curie ______________ a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.
A. awarded B. had awarded C. was awarded D. had been
awarded
10. Marie Curie harbored the dream of a ________career which was impossible for a woman at that
time.
A. scientist B. scientifically C. science D. scientific
11. Elizabeth Blackwell was born _________ England ________ 1821.
A. in / on B. in / in C. on / in D. on / on
12. One day Elizabeth Blackwell decided that she wanted ____________ a doctor.
A. to become B. become C. became D. becoming
13. Alexandre Yersin was born in 1863 in _______________.
A. America B. Switzerland C. France D. Germany
14. Alexandre Yersin died on January 3rd, 1943, _________ the age of 80.
A. in B. of C. at D. on
15. Alexandre Yersin discovered Da lat in the ____________ century.
A. 16th B. 17th C. 18th D. 19th
16. Shakespeare is a world – famous ______________.
A. singer B. actor C. playwright D. scientist
17. I wish she ______________ to the party yesterday.
A. came B. had come C. have come D. has come
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence
We wish _______ to college next year.
A. go
B. to go
C. going
D. shall go