I.       Find the one choice that best completes the sentence.

1.   I wish it _____ winter so that I could go skiing.

      a. were                          b. are                                c. is                                 d. be

2.   Many of Europe’s great cathedrals were built _____ the Middle Ages.

      a. in                               b. on                                 c. at                                d. till

3.   He can run 100 meters _____ 11 seconds.

      a. in                               b. on                                 c. at                                d. with

4.   There are usually a lot of parties _____ New Year’s Eve.

      a. in                               b. on                                 c. at                                d. for

5.   _____ Saturday night I went to bed at 11 o’clock.

      a. In                              b. On                                c. At                               d. As

6.   I have the greatest _____ for his courage.

      a. admire                       b. admired                       c. admiring                     d. admiration

7.   Dior will launch its spring _____ next week.

      a. collection                  b. collect                          c. collecting                    d. collective

8.   We would welcome your comments _____ our work.

      a. on                              b. in                                  c. at                                d. for

9.   The certificates can be exchanged _____ goods in any of our stores.

      a. for                             b. of                                 c. with                            d. to

10. They live by _____ shellfish and snails.

      a. gather                        b. gathers                         c. gathered                     d. gathering

11. We went for a _____ through the woods on Sunday.

      a. hike                           b. hiking                           c. hikes                           d. hiker

12. We have not found a good _____ for the new offices.

      a. locate                        b. locating                        c. locator                        d. location

13. A lot of people take their family to _____ a picnic in the park.

      a. go                              b. have                             c. get                              d. do

14. The President doesn’t have much time for _____.

      a. relax                          b. relaxing                        c. relaxation                    d. relaxed

15. It would be nice to sit down and _____ for a while.

      a. rested                        b. resting                          c. rest                              d. make rest

I.       Find the one choice that best completes the sentence.

1.   I wish you _____ go to see a doctor today.

      a. would                        b. can                               c. will                             d. should

2.   We traveled overnight to Paris and arrived _____ 5 o’clock in the morning.

      a. till                              b. for                                c. since                           d. at

3.   The course begins _____ 7 January and ends sometime in April.

      a. on                              b. in                                  c. until                            d. till

4.   The telephone and the doorbell rang _____ the same time.

      a. at                               b. in                                  c. on                               d. Æ

5.   James lived with his parents _____ he was twenty-five.

      a. for                             b. from                             c. till                               d. through

6.   They stood gazing at the statue, lost _____ admiration.

      a. of                              b. in                                  c. on                               d. with

7.   No one passed comment _____ her new hairstyle.

      a. at                               b. in                                  c. on                               d. for

8.   There was an angry _____ of letters between the two firms.

      a. exchanging                b. exchange                      c. exchanged                  d. exchangeable

9.   As a student, she _____ the Grand Canyon trails.

      a. hike                           b. hiked                            c. was hiked                   d. had been hiking

10. Bees _____ pollen from the wild flowers.

      a. were gathering          b. has gathering               c. gathers                        d. were gatherers

11. The tourist office _____ in the city center.

      a. locate                        b. is located                     c. has location                d. find location

12. It’s a nice day - let’s go _____ a picnic.

      a. have                          b. has                               c. in                                d. for

13. I like to _____ with a good book when I get home from work.

      a. relaxing                     b. relaxed                         c. relaxation                    d. relax

14. You should go and get _____ rest before tonight’s performance.

      a. lot of                         b. some                            c. many                           d. few

15. There are a lot of _____ at tourist attractions in Ho Chi Minh City.

      a. sightseer                    b. sighting                        c. sightseeing                  d. sightseers

I.        Find the one choice that best completes the sentence.

1.      ‘How long have you been with the company?’ ~ ‘I _____ there for two years.’

a. will work                  b. was working                c. worked                         d. have worked

2.      ‘When are you planning to send the memo to the staff?’ ~ ‘I _____ it already.’

a. send                          b. had sent                       c. have sent                      d. was to send

3.      ‘Betty told me that you have a cottage on Lake Superior.’

‘Yes, we _____ it since we first moved to Michigan.’

a. had bought                b. bought                         c. was buying                   d. have bought

4.      ‘What have you learned since you _____ here?’

a. came                          b. come                            c. have came                    d. have been coming

5.      ‘Where are Ken and Margaret?’

‘They were hungry, so they _____ to the grocery store.’

a. go                              b. had gone                      c. went                             d. were gone

6.      I wish Beth _____ trying to be so nice.

a. would stop                b. will stop                       c. stops                             d. stop

7.      School is _____ for all children between the ages of five and sixteen.

a. compose                    b. compromise                 c. compulsory                  d. comfort

8.      She still _____ on her parents for money because she hasn’t got a job.

a. denies                        b. depends                       c. deposit                         d. desert

9.      There are a lot of different _____ groups living in London.

a. ethnic                        b. ethnically                     c. ethical                          d. ethnicity

10.  The teacher _____ the class into groups of three.

a. shared                       b. turned                          c. changed                       d. divided

11.  The boy looks very proud _____ his success at school.

a. on                              b. in                                  c. of                                 d. at

12.  He was so _____ by Cindy’s singing that he asked her to sing on the radio.

a. shocked                     b. impressed                     c. admiring                       d. surprised

13.  Did you _____ what she was wearing?

a. notice                        b. noticeable                    c. notion                           d. noted

14.  All students must learn English, but German is _____.

a. option                        b. optional                        c. compulsion                   d. compulsory

15.  What is the _____ cause of the illness?

a. primary                      b. essential                       c. possibly                        d. most

I.      Find the one choice that best completes the sentence.

1.      Coffee will not grow _____ a cold climate.

a. in                               b. on                                 c. at                                  d. with

2.      I know I can _____ on my friends to help me.

a. depend                      b. divide                          c. carry                             d. call

3.      The book is _____ into ten chapters.

a. divided                     b. formed                         c. changed                       d. shared

4.      He made a good _____ on his first day at work.

a. impress                      b. impression                    c. impressive                    d. impressions

5.      I _____ that he was driving a new car.

a. noted                         b. noticed                         c. notion                           c. noticeable

6.      Cut the cake into eight _____ pieces.

a. separated                   b. separation                    c. separate                        d. separately

7.      This island was once French _____.

a. territory                     b. terrorist                        c. terrorism                       d. terror

8.      The house _____ three bedrooms, a kitchen and a living room.

a. includes                     b. consists                        c. combines                      d. comprises

9.      The new country hopes to establish _____ relations with all its neighbors.

a. friend                        b. friendly                        c. friendliness                  d. friendship

10.  The _____ of a murdered dairymaid is said to walk the farmyard at night.

a. ghost                         b. monster                        c. soul                              d. shade

11.  They _____ with leading European scholars.

a. correspond                b. correlate                       c. correct                          d. correspondence

12.  ‘Did you meet Ann here at the university?’ ~ ‘No, we _____ when I started college.’

a. have already met                                               b. had already met

c. had already been meeting                                 d. have already been meeting

13.  ‘Would you like to go to the band concert?’ ~ ‘Thanks, but I _____ it already.’

a. had seen                    b. have been seeing         c. have seen                     d. did see

14.  ‘What did you do last night?’ ~ ‘I watched TV, practiced the violin, and _____ my homework.’

a. made                         b. have made                   c. have done                    d. did

15.  ‘Why is Teddy so sad?’ ~ ‘Because his bird _____ away.’

a. flown                        b. flew                             c. fly                                d. had flown

III. Choose the best option that best completes each sentence. 1. All planes (will checked/will has checked /will be checked/will been checked) before departure. 2. I wish I (would meet/ met/ meet) her tomorrow. 3. I suggest (study/ studying/ to study/ studies) harder for our exam. 4. I wish they (won/ had won/ would win) the match last Sunday 5. My father didn’t (used to have /use to have /use to having /use be having) coffee for breakfast 6. It must (do/ have been done/ be doing/ be done) without delay. 7. He suggest that we (going/ to go/ should go/ could go) by bikes to work. 8. It (is said/ is say/ said/ was say) that she has lived there for ten years.

I. Find the one choice that best completes the sentence:

1.   A table with four chairs is .................. of the dining room.

      A. in              B. the middle              C. in the middle          D. about

2.   You .................. brush your teeth twice a day.

      A. should                    B. can                 C. will                         D. have

3.   Tim is a good student. He did very well in the first semester. His mother is .................. him.

      A. sorry for             B. sad               C. proud of            D. displeased

4.   The new hotel .................. next year.

      A. is opened          B. will be opened        C. is opening        D. opens

5.   Would you mind .................. on the light?

      A. turn                 B. to turn               C. turned                 D. turning

6.   - Where is the fridge? - It’s .................. the corner of the kitchen.

      A. in                     B. at                  C. to                       D. above

7.   Did the children enjoy .................. when they were on holiday?

      A. themselves        B. themself            C. himself                    D. itself

8.   Carmen didn’t use to eat fish, but now she ..................  

      A. used to                   B. do                 C. does               D. doesn’t

9.   I never go to Australia. I .................. to Australia yet.

      A. went                 B. have been          C. will go               D. haven’t been

10. I’m .................. Let’s do something. How about going to a movie?

      A. boring               B. bore                C. bored                 D. being bored

I. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence or do as directed. (3ms)

1. Gordon? I think he _____ (writes / is writing/ has written) a letter at the moment.

2. My grandfather died last month – I wish I ______ (can / could/ will) bring him back to life.

3. As Christmas neared, the children became more and more _____ (excited / embarrassed / tense).

4. Hard work _____ (is said / says / has said) to be good for you.

5. He ______ (asked / said / wondered) me how things were going.

6. Be positive! You must never _____ (give up / keep on / turn down ) your hope!

7. The air now is not as pure as it _____ (is used to being / used to be / is used to be).

8. My new friend hasn’t decided _____ (when / who / where) to study next year.
9. He works much ______( more hard/ hardlier/ harder) for his exams than he does for his normal school work.

10. If you want to create the right impression, I _____ (suggest / want / advise) you wear a suit.

11. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently: preserve /determine /recognize.

12. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern: remind / wander /connect.     

I.       Find the one choice that best completes the sentence.

1.      “Who ate all the cookies?” “Mary Ann _____.”

a. has                             b. did                                 c. ate                                  d. had

2.      “Is Tony making dinner?” “He’s just _____ to make it.”

a. begun                        b. begin                             c. began                             d. beginned

3.      Thirteen-year-old Ronnie Segal has loved math _____ he was a little boy.

a. for                             b. since                              c. from                               d. as

4.      “Why is Stanley in jail?” “He _____ of robbery.”

a. has been convicted   b. has been convicting      c. has convicted                d. convicted

5.      “Where’s the old chicken coop?” “It _____ by a windstorm last year.”

a. destroy                      b. is destroyed                  c. was destroyed               d. destroyed

6.      Every new coin _____ a date.

a. bear                           b. bears                              c. has bore                         d. borne

7.      Paul tried to sound _____ but I could tell something was worrying him.

a. casualty                     b. casually                         c. casual                             d. casualness

8.      Put a _____ next to the name of the person you are voting for.

a. cross                          b. crossing                         c. mix                                d. intersection

9.      It’ll never work efficiently because there’s a basic _____ flaw.

a. designs                      b. designers                       c. designed                        d. design

10.  _____ growth is slowing down.

a. Economy                   b. Economics                     c. Economic                      d. Economical

11.  The sun had _____ the red curtain.

a. fade                           b. faded                             c. fades                              d. fading

12.  She had always prided herself _____ her appearance.

a. on                              b. in                                   c. of                                   d. about

13.  Men and women should receive _____ pay for _____ work.

a. equal / equal              b. equal / equality              c. equality / equality          d. equal / equalize

14.  Men’s _____ change more slowly than women’s.

a. fashionable                b. fashionably                    c. unfashionable                d. fashions

15.  The wedding rings are _____ of their love.

a. symbol                      b. symbolist                       c. symbolize                      d. symbolic