practice test no6
I. Choose the option which has the underlined part different from the others
1. a. last b. taste c. task d. fast
2. a. natural b. nature c. nation d. native
3. a. stage b. managed c. village d. baggage
4. a. supermarket b. supply c. support d. suppose
5. a. bob b. hob c. lob d. bomb
II. Choose the most appropriate option to complete the sentences
1. My teacher arrived after I ................... for her for 10 minutes.
a. waiting b. was waiting c. had waited d. waited
2. Nobody is ready to go, .................... ?
a. isn't he b. is he c. are they d. aren't they
3. Those books cost more than these .........................
a. have b. are c. do d. were
4. If you are selfish, you .................. the lives of many people.
a. would endanger b. will endanger c. were endanger d. are endanger
5. There appears ........................ a mistake. I will have the matter dealt with immediately.
a. be b. being c. to been d. to have been
6. You should prefer....................... If you don't mind.
a. to be not going b. not to be go c. to not have gone d. not to go
7. If you were not for his kindness, you ................. in hospital now .
a. are b. will be c. had been d. would be
8. I heard somebody ....................... for help so I ran to the river.
a. call b. called c. has called d. was called
9. Since 1980, Jim .......................... in Parisand he is still there now.
a. was working b.have been working c. have worked d. worked
10. When we arrived, there was a smell of cooking ...................... from the kitchen.
a. come b. came c. coming d. has come
III. Choose the most related option to the given sentence.
1. Do not disturb
a. Go this way
from Australia came kangaroo and boomerang
Some words in (6)....................... combine parts of Greek and Latin words. They
(7)............... pennicillin, stethoscope and supersonic. Others were borrowed from languages
(8)............... today. Robot comes from a Czech word. The English (9)................. has been
borrowing words for more than 1,500 years. The most (10).................... dictionary of the
English language contains about 600,000 words.
1. a. Greece b. Greek c. Egypt d. Arabs
2. a. After b. Second c. Thus d. Then
3. a. took b. lent c. brought d. carried
4. a. asked for b. requested c. borrowed d. lent
5. a. islands b. oasis c. peninsula d. continent
6. a. scientist b. science c. scientific d. scientists
7. a. consist b. compose c. include d. have
8. a. spoken b. told c. said d. talked
9. a. x b. speech c. communication d. language
10. a. finish b. complete c. total d. whole
V. Circle one underlined mistake
1. The bus arrived lately, so I missed my first class
a b c d
2. I felt sadly when I read the letter .
a b c d
3. Tom drove past the police's station on his way to work.
a b c d
4. Among the people present at the bar, the police suspected a thirty- years- old man.
a b c d
5. They did not like those kind of imported cars.
a b c d