I. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) which best completes each sentence. Circle
the
letter you choose
1. What time on television?
A. is the news B. are the news
C. is news D. are news
2. That boy is better math than I am
A. in B. at C. for D. with
3. “Don’t cook a meal for me”, he said “ I’ve already ”
A. eat B. eating C. eaten D. ate
4. The room is empty, but I feel that is watching me.
A. somebody B. anybody C. nobody D. everybody
5. I know that she in the library at the moment
A. works B. is working C. worked D. has worked
6. She looks very when I told her the news
A. happily B. happiness C. happy D. was happy
7. I haven’t seen Tom three months
A. since B. for C. until D. before
8. It is very cold winter.
A. on B. in C. at D. since
9. The children were bored the film
A. in B. by C. with D. of
10. My brother speaks English very
A. bad B. badly C. worse D. worst
11. The girl is talking to Peter is my sister
A. who B. that C. whose D. which
12. When we looked at the baby last night, he
A. sleep B. slept C. sleeping D. was sleeping
13. Mary sings than Laura.
A. more beautiful B. beautifully

A. school B. schooling C. study D. studying
22. Mr Sayer bores me. I think he is a man
A. bore B. boring C. bored D. boredom
23. Nam can run the in my class
A. fast B. fastly C. most fast D. fastest
24. Mark Twain’s wife had great influence his books
A. in B. on C. at D. of
25. I love forest, hills and fields from the height
A. to watch B. watch C. watching D. watched
26. Driving fast is very
A. danger B. dangerous
C. dangerously D. more dangerous
27. English has got a lot of
A. borrowings B. borrowing C. borrow D. borrows
28. A person who studies mathematics is a
A. mathematist B. mathematicians
C. mathematician D. math
29. In England there are a lot of regional
A. different B. differences C. differ D. differently
30. Millions of come to England every year
A. visiting B. visiters C. visitors D visit

B. Choose the letter of the underlined portion which is not correct
31. I haven’t smoked since a long time A B C D
32. Your bicycle is different than mine.
A B C D
33. Did you hear from your cousins and friends recently?

better at
night, and during weekends. (48) summer evenings one can enjoy the fresh, clean
air
of the country. (49) one likes gardens, one can spend one’s free time
digging,
planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs (50) are needed
in the
garden.

41. A. outside B. in C. Inside D. out
42. A. in B. on C. by D. with
43. A. early B. earlier C. earliest D. more early
44. . is costing B. costs C. cost D. has cost
45. A. in B. at C. for D. with
46. A. noisy B. noisily C. noise D. noisier
47. A. get B. to get C. getting D. got
48. A. in B. on C. at D. for
49. A. When B. unless C. although D. if
50. A. who B. which C. where D. whose