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VOCABULARY TEST 4

1. Choose the CORRECT RESPONSE:
Aren't they coming with us to the party?
______

A: No, they're not coming.
B: No, they are going with she.
C: No, they are coming in the party later.
D: Yes, they is coming with us.
E: Yes, there coming.


2. Which are the SAME?

A. throw away 1. escape
B. pass away 2. store
C. put away 3. retreat
D. run away 4. die
E. back away 5. dispose of

(Start with A. For example, type a3b2c4d1e5 in the box.)


3. Fill in the blank:
The glass ______ water is on the table.

A: to
B: of
C: with
D: a
E: inside


4. Fill in the blank:
The milk is ______ the refrigerator.

A: to
B: of
C: at
D: in
E: from


5. CHANGE the word TO PLURAL:
class


6. Fill in the blank:
Karl met Anna ______ he was in college.

A: through
B: when
C: during
D: until
E: by


7. Fill in the blank:
______ the football game last night?
No, last night we went out to dinner.

A: Watched you
B: Watchen
C: You watched
D: You did watch
E: Did you watch


8. Fill in the blank:
They ______ the pyramids when they went to Egypt.

A: didn't see
B: seed
C: did not saw
D: not see
E: not seen


9. Fill in the blank:
I'm sorry we are so late; our car ______ down on the highway.

A: breaking
B: broke
C: broken
D: break
E: breaks


10. Fill in the blank:
Don't look ______ the sun because it can hurt your eyes.

A: forward
B: for
C: to
D: up
E: at


11. Fill in the blank:
We drove ______ the river for ten kilometers but we didn't see any bridge.

A: among
B: in front of
C: at
D: along
E: through


12. Choose the CORRECT RESPONSE:
What did Ms. Shen do?
______

A: She told he about what you said.
B: She'd not do anything at all.
C: She didn't know to do what.
D: She gone straight to the boss.
E: She wrote a letter to her best customer.


13. Which is NOT CORRECT?

A: I put the coffee for you.
B: Go for it man!
C: No doggy, this ice cream is not for you.
D: What do you take me for? An idiot?
E: Miguel wants Monica to sit for a portrait.


14. Change the (verb) to the past tense:
Larry (works) at the post office.


15. CHANGE the question TO A STATEMENT:
Did she call her father?


16. Which are the SAME?

A. pull a fast one 1. hold back criticism
B. pull your punches 2. use influence
C. pull yourself together 3. deceive
D. pull through 4. regain composure
E. pull strings 5. get better

(Start with A. For example, type a3b2c4d1e5 in the box.)


17. Which are the SAME?

A. go in for 1. attend
B. put in 2. substitute
C. stand in 3. contribute
D. check in 4. enjoy doing
E. sit in 5. register

(Start with A. For example, type a3b2c4d1e5 in the box.)


18. Which are the SAME?

A. go off 1. putrify/rot
B. take off 2. photocopy
C. put off 3. ignite
D. set off 4. undress
E. run off 5. postpone

(Start with A. For example, type a3b2c4d1e5 in the box.)


19. How do you say this USING WORDS?
8/32

A: eight over thirty second
B: eight divided by thirty seconds
C: one forth
D: eight thirty seconds
E: eight thirty second


20. How do you write this USING NUMBERS?
She bought a couple of pens for the office.

A: She bought 20 pens for the office.
B: She bought 2 pens for the office.
C: She bought 12 pens for the office.
D: She bought 100 pens for the office.
E: She bought 3 pens for the office.

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VOCABULARY TEST 3

1. Where is the ERROR?
Are there any tigers in Sweden?
No aren't any.

A: Are
B: there
C: any tigers in Sweden?
D: No aren't
E: any.


2. Which are the SAME?

A. throw away 1. escape
B. pass away 2. store
C. put away 3. retreat
D. run away 4. die
E. back away 5. dispose of

(Start with A. For example, type a3b2c4d1e5 in the box.)


3. CHANGE the word TO PLURAL:
fish


4. CHANGE the word TO PLURAL:
class


5. Choose the CORRECT RESPONSE:
What day is Halloween this year?
______

A: Halloween is on the Wednesday this year.
B: I don't know, but I think it's on a weekend.
C: I think it's of a Friday.
D: Halloween's on 31 October.
E: Halloween shall be on Thursday this year.


6. Which is CORRECT?

A: Yesterday, I got up later because I was tired.
B: I made coffee, and bringed it upstairs to my wife in bed.
C: We drank our coffee, smoked cigarettes and watched TV for an hour.
D: At eleven, we finally get dressed.
E: Then we decided to go for a trip by the car.


7. Choose the CORRECT RESPONSE:
What were Thomas and Miguel doing when you arrived?
______

A: They were listening music.
B: Thomas and Miguel talking.
C: They played cards.
D: Were they watching TV.
E: Thomas and Miguel were preparing dinner.


8. Fill in the blank:
The train goes ______ many tunnels on the way to Rome.

A: in
B: to
C: through
D: over
E: past


9. Fill in the blank:
The Rodriguez family ______ breakfast before leaving for the airport.

A: have
B: has to
C: had
D: has had
E: has got


10. Fill in the blank:
We drove ______ the river for ten kilometers but we didn't see any bridge.

A: among
B: in front of
C: at
D: along
E: through


11. CHANGE this verb TO PAST TENSE:
say

A: said
B: sayen
C: sayed
D: sain
E: saying


12. CHANGE this verb TO PAST TENSE:
eat

A: eat
B: eaten
C: ate
D: eated
E: et


13. CHANGE this verb TO PAST TENSE:
sleep

A: slape
B: sleeped
C: slept
D: slope
E: sleppen


14. Which is NOT CORRECT?

A: Did you get in the concert?
B: Let's find in the answer.
C: Hello, is Sumiko in?
D: He still hasn't taken in the whole situation.
E: I put in my suggestions at the meeting, but nobody listened.


15. Change the (verb) to the past tense:
Larry (works) at the post office.


16. Which are the SAME?

A. fall short 1. lack
B. fall apart 2. disintegrate
C. fall flat 3. diminish
D. fall out with 4. disagree
E. fall off 5. fail completely

(Start with A. For example, type a3b2c4d1e5 in the box.)


17. Which are the SAME?

A. go in for 1. attend
B. put in 2. substitute
C. stand in 3. contribute
D. check in 4. enjoy doing
E. sit in 5. register

(Start with A. For example, type a3b2c4d1e5 in the box.)


18. Which are the SAME?

A. sit out 1. socialize
B. hang out 2. exclude yourself
C. pick out 3. dispose of
D. throw out 4. plan
E. think out 5. select

(Start with A. For example, type a3b2c4d1e5 in the box.)


19. Which are the SAME?

A. make off with 1. fire
B. hold off 2. steal
C. lay off 3. resemble
D. pass off for 4. wait
E. pull off 5. succeed

(Start with A. For example, type a3b2c4d1e5 in the box.)


20. Which are the SAME?

A. turn off 1. balance
B. call off 2. disgust
C. set off 3. flee
D. take off 4. enjoy
E. get off 5. cancel

(Start with A. For example, type a3b2c4d1e5 in the box.)

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VOCABULARY TEST 2

1. Fill in the blank:
The milk is ______ the refrigerator.

A: to
B: of
C: at
D: in
E: from


2. Fill in the blank:
Where are my car keys?
They are ______ your hand!

A: on
B: to
C: of
D: the
E: in


3. Put the phrases in the CORRECT ORDER:
sitting me Junko in front of is

A. sitting
B. me
C. Junko
D. in front of
E. is

(For example, type bcdea in the box.)


4. Choose the CORRECT RESPONSE:
Who is she talking to on the phone?
______

A: She talking to her sister.
B: She talks to Lorenzo Rodriguez
C: Him she is talking to.
D: She's not talking to me sister.
E: Maybe she's talking to your sister.


5. CORRECT THE ERRORS.
He is giving driving lessons to she and I.


6. CHANGE the word TO PLURAL:
class


7. Choose the CORRECT QUESTION:
______?
No, they won't.

A: Will the new secretaries take long coffee breaks?
B: Pam and Junko will come to dinner?
C: What will they do?
D: Will the childs go to the new school?
E: Will your cousins visit on November seventeen?


8. Which is CORRECT?

A: Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth.
B: They travel in groups called herd.
C: Elephants are perhaps strongest animals, yet they are vegetarian.
D: There are indian and african elephants.
E: Men use elephants for work and kill them for they ivory tusks.


9. Fill in the blank:
Never look directly ______ the sun. It is bad for your eyes.

A: to
B: for
C: through
D: of
E: at


10. Fill in the blank:
She ______ blue velvet to the party last night.

A: worn
B: war
C: weared
D: wear
E: wore


11. Put the phrases in the CORRECT ORDER:
the sun we went down so left

A. the sun
B. we
C. went down
D. so
E. left

(For example, type bcdea in the box.)


12. Put the phrases in the CORRECT ORDER:
never mother for help my asked

A. never
B. mother
C. for help
D. my
E. asked

(For example, type bcdea in the box.)


13. Which is CORRECT?

A: Two old women was sitting by the road.
B: A man parked his car front of them.
C: One of the women stood up and told him to park somewhere else.
D: He said he will stay only five minutes.
E: She said "all right" and sitted down.


14. Fill in the blank:
Don't yell ______ your children; talk to them.

A: for
B: to
C: at
D: on
E: toward


15. CHANGE this verb TO PAST TENSE:
go

A: gew
B: gone
C: going
D: went
E: goed


16. Which is NOT CORRECT?

A: I put the coffee for you.
B: Go for it man!
C: No doggy, this ice cream is not for you.
D: What do you take me for? An idiot?
E: Miguel wants Monica to sit for a portrait.


17. Which are the SAME?

A. sit out 1. socialize
B. hang out 2. exclude yourself
C. pick out 3. dispose of
D. throw out 4. plan
E. think out 5. select

(Start with A. For example, type a3b2c4d1e5 in the box.)


18. Which are the SAME?

A. go off 1. putrify/rot
B. take off 2. photocopy
C. put off 3. ignite
D. set off 4. undress
E. run off 5. postpone

(Start with A. For example, type a3b2c4d1e5 in the box.)


19. Which are the SAME?

A. work off 1. ignore responsability
B. blow off 2. desist
C. pick off 3. emanate
D. give off 4. remove by shooting
E. knock off 5. metabolize

(Start with A. For example, type a3b2c4d1e5 in the box.)


20. How do you say this USING WORDS?
At top speed, the Starship Enterprise can fly 0.80 the speed of light.

A: At top speed, the Starship Enterprise can fly oh point eight oh the speed of light.
B: At top speed, the Starship Enterprise can fly zero point eight times the speed of light.
C: At top speed, the Starship Enterprise can fly one eighth the speed of light.
D: At top speed, the Starship Enterprise can fly eight tenth the speed of light.
E: At top speed, the Starship Enterprise can fly eight tenths the speed of light.

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VOCABULARY TEST 1

1. Which are the SAME?

A. throw away 1. escape
B. pass away 2. store
C. put away 3. retreat
D. run away 4. die
E. back away 5. dispose of

(Start with A. For example, type a3b2c4d1e5 in the box.)


2. Fill in the blank:
What is the plural of "knife"?
______

A: knifes
B: knifs
C: knifen
D: knive
E: knives


3. Change the (noun) to plural:
His (tooth) is yellow and his breath stinks.


4. Choose the CORRECT QUESTION:
______?
No, they won't.

A: Will the new secretaries take long coffee breaks?
B: Pam and Junko will come to dinner?
C: What will they do?
D: Will the childs go to the new school?
E: Will your cousins visit on November seventeen?


5. Which is CORRECT?

A: Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth.
B: They travel in groups called herd.
C: Elephants are perhaps strongest animals, yet they are vegetarian.
D: There are indian and african elephants.
E: Men use elephants for work and kill them for they ivory tusks.


6. Fill in the blank:
Elizabeth's been working there ______ only eight months.

A: in
B: by
C: for
D: since
E: from


7. Fill in the blank:
I'm sorry we are so late; our car ______ down on the highway.

A: breaking
B: broke
C: broken
D: break
E: breaks


8. CHANGE TO PASSIVE; which is correct?
The boy eats yogurt.

A: Is eaten, the yogurt.
B: He is eating the yogurt.
C: The yogurt is eaten by the boy.
D: It's eaten of him.
E: The yogurt is eaten by he.


9. Fill in the blank:
Last Sunday they ______ to the football game.

A: went
B: go
C: gone
D: were
E: going


10. Fill in the blank:
What ______ your favorite foods as a child?

A: will
B: would
C: where
D: was
E: were


11. Put the phrases in the CORRECT ORDER:
we decided to swim it was cold not so

A. we decided
B. to swim
C. it was cold
D. not
E. so

(For example, type bcdea in the box.)


12. Put the phrases in the CORRECT ORDER:
he hesitates is who lost

A. he
B. hesitates
C. is
D. who
E. lost

(For example, type bcdea in the box.)


13. Choose the CORRECT RESPONSE:
What did you think of the show?
______

A: I did think it was a little boring.
B: I thank it was very good.
C: It was interesting, beautiful and was exciting.
D: I thought it was prettily stupid.
E: It was all right.


14. Change the (verb) to the past tense:
She (doesn't exercise) much.


15. Which are the SAME?

A. drink down 1. destroy
B. run down 2. swallow
C. play down 3. de-emphasize
D. tear down 4. push over
E. knock down 5. summarize

(Start with A. For example, type a3b2c4d1e5 in the box.)


16. Which are the SAME?

A. go in for 1. attend
B. put in 2. substitute
C. stand in 3. contribute
D. check in 4. enjoy doing
E. sit in 5. register

(Start with A. For example, type a3b2c4d1e5 in the box.)


17. Which are the SAME?

A. go out 1. become punctured
B. put out 2. become exhausted
C. look out 3. become extinguished
D. run out 4. be attentive
E. blow out 5. inconvenience

(Start with A. For example, type a3b2c4d1e5 in the box.)


18. Which are the SAME?

A. work off 1. ignore responsability
B. blow off 2. desist
C. pick off 3. emanate
D. give off 4. remove by shooting
E. knock off 5. metabolize

(Start with A. For example, type a3b2c4d1e5 in the box.)


19. How do you say this USING WORDS?
He gave 1/2 of his money to charity.

A: He gave one second of his money to charity.
B: He gave one divided by two of his money to charity.
C: He gave half of his money to charity.
D: He gave one over two of his money to charity.
E: He gave one seconds of his money to charity.


20. How do you say this USING WORDS?
Kamal is very fast. He can run 0.250 mile in 45 seconds!

A: Kamal is very fast. He can run one fourth of a mile in forty five seconds!
B: Kamal is very fast. He can run oh point two five oh mile in forty five seconds!
C: Kamal is very fast. He can run a quarter mile in forty five seconds!
D: Kamal is very fast. He can run one divided by four of a mile in forty five seconds!
E: Kamal is very fast. He can run one over four mile in forty five seconds!

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WORD FORMS mini-test 8

1. Which word form is NOT CORRECT?

A: writer
B: writed
C: writing
D: write
E: written


2. Which word form is NOT CORRECT?

A: clotheful
B: clothing
C: clothed
D: clothe
E: clothes


3. Which word form is NOT CORRECT?

A: drunken
B: drunkenly
C: drunk
D: drink
E: drinked


4. Which word form is NOT CORRECT?

A: knowingly
B: know
C: knowed
D: knowing
E: knowledge


5. Which word form is NOT CORRECT?

A: workable
B: worken
C: work
D: working
E: worker


6. Which word form is NOT CORRECT?

A: forgotten
B: forgetful
C: forgetment
D: forgettable
E: forget


7. Fill in the blank:
Chocolate is my greatest ______.

A: weakness
B: weakened
C: weak
D: weaken
E: weakly


8. Fill in the blank:
Try to ______ what it's like to be in a war.

A: imagination
B: image
C: imagined
D: imagine
E: images


9. Fill in the blank:
I'm surprised because rain was not ______ in the weather report.

A: prediction
B: predicted
C: predictable
D: predictably
E: predict


10. Fill in the blank:
Paul can't touch the ceiling because he is too ______.

A: shortening
B: shortness
C: shorten
D: shortly
E: short

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FUTURE mini-test 5

1. Choose the CORRECT RESPONSE:
Will you get me some sugar please?
______

A: No, thank you.
B: Okay, I will. When?
C: Sure, no problem. How many sugar do you want?
D: I'm sorry, there is any sugar.
E: Yes, I will. Here you are.


2. Choose the CORRECT RESPONSE:
What won't she do to get the best grade in the class?
______

A: I think she won't be at the library this afternoon.
B: There's nothing she won't do.
C: She shall do practically anything.
D: She studies very much books.
E: She will even wash the teachers car.


3. Choose the CORRECT QUESTION:
______
No, I won't.

A: Shall you be thirty this year?
B: Will you go Home after work?
C: Peter, will you eat some spinach?
D: Will you go to party at Deborah's house?
E: Where will you be next week?


4. Choose the CORRECT QUESTION:
______?
Okay, I'll follow your car.

A: You will come to our house?
B: What will you do?
C: There is too many people for one car. Will you drive your car?
D: To come with us to the Thompsons' house.
E: Why don't you come with us to the disco?


5. Choose the CORRECT QUESTION:
______?
Do you really think so?

A: Will you really like my new boyfriend Kamal.
B: This pants are too tight for you.
C: You is so intelligent.
D: You have beautiful Hair.
E: You are so lucky to be going to Australia; you'll love it!


6. Which is NOT CORRECT?

A: When will she be back?
B: You don't have a car? I shall give you a ride to the airport if you want.
C: Don't worry, I won't go into your room.
D: She'll not be back again soon.
E: Tomorrow morning, we shall be on time.


7. Which is NOT CORRECT?

A: I've told him to turn off the lights a hundred times, but he just won't listen.
B: Will you wait just a minute please? I'm almost done.
C: We'll never get to the station on time.
D: My car won't hold eight people.
E: The doctor says you will drink lots of fluids and get plenty of rest.


8. Which is CORRECT?

A: The action speaks louder than the word.
B: Flattery will gets you nowhere.
C: All roads lead to rome.
D: Him who hesitates is lost.
E: There's no place like home.


9. Fill in the blank:
Excuse me, ______ you sit down? You are blocking my view.

A: ought
B: must
C: would
D: shall
E: may


10. Fill in the blank:
I'm still not sure what time our plane's ______.

A: get there
B: getting in
C: getting over
D: getting on
E: getting to

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OBLIGATION.. mini-test 3

1. Choose the CORRECT RESPONSE:
Have you seen the newspaper yet?
______

A: Yes, I did.
B: Yes, I read it this morning.
C: Yes, I have looked at it five minutes ago.
D: Yes, I have to see it.
E: Yes, I has.


2. Which is NOT CORRECT?

A: You've got to buy your tickets before you go into the theater.
B: You've got to be joking!
C: Mario usually must drink coffee in the morning.
D: You must be crazy!
E: You have to swear loyalty to the country when you become the president.


3. Fill in the blank:
The doctor said she ______ take aspirin and drink lots of water.

A: has got to
B: will
C: necessary
D: have to
E: may


4. Fill in the blank:
When we got to the border, we ______ show our passports.

A: should
B: have
C: must
D: must have
E: had to


5. Fill in the blank:
When I was in school, we ______ study Ancient Latin.

A: mustn't have
B: hadn't
C: hadn't got to
D: didn't have to
E: mustn't


6. Fill in the blank:
Peter ______ take three exams before he graduates.

A: have to
B: would
C: has got to
D: can
E: had got to


7. Fill in the blank:
Eric ______ drive around for three hours before he found a parking place.

A: must have
B: had got to
C: must
D: has to
E: had to


8. Fill in the blank:
To get to Brooklyn from Manhattan, you ______ take the A-Train.

A: would
B: are able to
C: will
D: can
E: ought


9. Fill in the blank:
If you want help on your English homework, you ______ ask Uncle Tom.

A: are able to
B: can
C: will
D: got to
E: would

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INFERENCES mini-test 1

1. Choose the CORRECT QUESTION:
______?
Okay, I promise.

A: Will you pass me the salt please?
B: You will be tired after working all day.
C: You will be home by midnight and no later. Do you understand?
D: Can you speak Spanish?
E: Do you wash the dishes for me tonight?


2. Which is NOT CORRECT?

A: You've got to buy your tickets before you go into the theater.
B: You've got to be joking!
C: Mario usually must drink coffee in the morning.
D: You must be crazy!
E: You have to swear loyalty to the country when you become the president.


3. Which is NOT CORRECT?

A: Your son lives in a large American city on a lake? Ah! that will be Chicago.
B: If you you like spicy food, you will try a Mexican restaurant.
C: My daughter is two years old, and whatever you ask she will always answer "no".
D: My old car will barely go eighty kilometers per hour.
E: You just sit right there. I'll answer the phone.


4. Fill in the blank:
After working all day, you ______ been tired.

A: had
B: must have
C: have
D: had to
E: must


5. Fill in the blank:
It ______ rained because the roads are wet.

A: could
B: should have
C: must
D: should
E: must have


6. Fill in the blank:
Pablo is late; he ______ overslept.

A: should have
B: will
C: would
D: must have
E: must


7. Fill in the blank:
If you drink a lot of beer, ______.

A: the beer companies would have been happy
B: you drink a lot
C: you would get fat
D: you must to be English
E: you become yourself drunk


8. Which is NOT CORRECT?

A: Might we take a look at your new kitchen?
B: If you want, you must sleep in the guest room.
C: You will stay in your room until I call you.
D: A movie star with big muscles and an Austrian name? That would be Arnold Schwarzenegger.
E: Don't get up, I can get the sugar.


9. Which is CORRECT?

A: Tomorrow we may to be going to the beach.
B: If Anna gets to the school before eight, she won't able to get in because they open at eight.
C: In China you may have to have an international driver's license.
D: I can't believe it; Sumiko would never has done such a thing!
E: No, don't call them. At this time they would be sleeping.


10. Fill in the blank:
They went to the movies so they ______ be back by ten thirty.

A: must
B: have
C: should
D: ought
E: might to


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SUGGESTIONS mini test 2

1. Fill in the blank:
To lose weight, you ______ eat less or exercise more.

A: would
B: will
C: shouldn't
D: shall
E: have to


2. Fill in the blank:
The doctor said she ______ take aspirin and drink lots of water.

A: has got to
B: will
C: necessary
D: have to
E: may


3. Fill in the blank:
If he doesn't like it, he ______ go to hell!

A: ought
B: have to
C: does
D: can
E: would


4. Fill in the blank:
To improve your health, you ______ exercise or quit smoking.

A: will
B: may
C: could
D: are able to
E: would


5. Fill in the blank:
You ______ shout! I'm not deaf.

A: will
B: don't
C: won't
D: can't
E: needn't


6. Fill in the blank:
If she wants to catch the train, she ______ hurry up!

A: was
B: should have
C: had better
D: is
E: would


7. Fill in the blank:
He really ______ quit smoking if he wants to live long.

A: got to
B: ought
C: to need
D: may
E: should


8. Fill in the blank:
They really ______ change the oil in this truck; it's black as pitch.

A: can
B: would
C: ought to
D: shouldn't
E: have better


9. Fill in the blank:
You ______ not shout, you ______ not cry, you ______ not pout; I'm tellin' you why: Santa Claus is comin' to town.

A: should have
B: could
C: would
D: better
E: have


10. Fill in the blank:
If you're worried about your health, you _____ try getting some more rest.

A: will
B: have
C: should have
D: would
E: might


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Posted August 17, 2009
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