Test
Choose from the following prepositions at, by, for, from, in, on, with and complete the sentences.
Where do you come from ?
My cousin lives in Norway.
They are walking on the bridge.
I don’t like flying, so I went to Paris by bus.
You can stay with me tonight.
My birthday is on 29th February.
I’ll see you at Christmas.
Put the books on the table, please.
I haven’t seen you for ages.
I like this house by the river.
Use the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences. Use the correct tense.
1. When I looked out of the window, I saw John.
2. Have you ever played the piano since you left school?
3. I have not seen him for two days.
4. When he tried to open the door, he dropped his key.
5. They have lived in this house since 1987.
6. My father was washing his car while my mother and I were preparing dinner.
7. Did you meet her yesterday?
8. Mary has been in London for three days.
9. The headmaster entered the classroom when they were writing their exams.
10. He bought a new car last week.
11. I think that they will arrive tomorrow morning.
12. Last Wednesday they played chess after they had done their homework.
Choose the correct pronouns to complete the sentences.
1. The old woman lived alone, with —- to look after —-.
A) someone / her
B) anyone / herself
C) everyone / she
D) no one / her
E) anyone / she’s
2. —- two rings here on my little finger belonged to —- grandmother.
A) These / my
B) That / mine
C) Those / me
D) The / myself
E) This / my
3. When the little boy grabbed the lizard, —- tail broke off in —- hand.
A) it’s / his
B) it / him
C) its / his
D) it / one’s
E) its / he’s
4. A baby learns the meaning of words as —- are spoken by others and later uses —- in sentences.
A) their / they
B) they / them
C) they / themselves
D) it / them
E) they / it
5. Some of these clothes are —-, and the rest of —- belong to Zack.
A) yours / it
B) my / them
C) hers / their
D) me / they
E) mine / them
6. As for —-, I prefer to let people make up —- minds.
A) myself / each other’s
B) I / his own
C) mine / one another’s
D) me / their own
E) my / theirs
7. The solicitor wrote a letter to Ann and —- in which he asked us if we could settle the matter between —-.
A) I / us
B) me / us
C) myself / ours
D) mine / our
E) me / we
8. As —- cuts it as well as he does, I always have my hair cut at Johnson’s.
A) anyone
B) someone else’s
C) no one else
D) everyone
E) nobody’s
9. They decided to buy the house because —- location would allow —- to get to work very easily.
A) theirs / them
B) it / themselves
C) its / them
D) they / us
E) its / their
10. Our dog is of a very good breed as —- is the offspring of two very champion dogs and inherited —- features.
A) this / its
B) he / them
C) she / theirs
D) that / his
E) it / their
Complete the following exercise with adjective or adverb form of the words.
1. That pitbull looks angry.
2. She spoke quietly.
3. Erica listened to her mother carefully.
4. Mary makes careless mistakes.
5. Children grow quickly.
6. He is very happy today.
7. It’s raining heavily.
8. Morgan was seriously hurt in a car accident. (serious)
9. His situation was very serious.
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