Task I
Read the following text carefully and choose the correct word for each space. For questions 1 – 7, mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. There is an example at the beginning.
Example: 0A asB soC howeverD once
Jane Burton wanted a new camera. (0) As she lived in the countryside, it wasn’t easy to buy one. That is why, she was really (1) _________ when looking through one of her monthly magazines, she saw an advertisement for a camera with an electronic flash and a beautiful leather case. She got her cheque-book out and sent off for it straight away. A week later the company informed her that she had (2) _________ the right choice and that they were happy to provide her with a camera she liked. She was really looking forward (3) _________ using the camera. But, when it arrived, she was very (4) __________ because it was nothing like the one she had chosen and it hadn’t come with a leather case (5) _________
Jane was so annoyed that she decided to return the camera and complain to the company. She said that if they didn’t return her money immediately, she would write to the newspapers and (6) _________ people not to buy their cameras. In a few days her money (7) ________ returned.
1A pleasantB delightedC enjoyableD attractive
2A done B hadC madeD got
3A toB forC inD by
4A amusedB betrayedC boredD disappointed
5A eitherB neitherC tooD though
6A sayB tellC explainD complain
7A were B wouldC wasD had
Task II
Put in the correct auxiliary verb in each sentence. For questions 8 – 17, mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
do B) did C) are D) have
8. I _________ not see Andrew last week.
9. How long __________ you lived there?
10. Why _______ you learning English?
11. _______ you seen anybody today?
12. What _____ you think of your new teacher? To my mind she is very nice.
13. ______ you angry about what happened?
14. My mother knows Mrs. Dave better than I _______
15. _______ ever forgotten about your friend’s birthday?
16. ________ you read a newspaper yesterday?
17. You _______ always making mistakes!
Task III
Identify errors (mistakes) in the underlined parts of the sentences. There is only one error in each sentence (A, B, C). Find it. For sentences 18 – 26, mark the letter A, B, or C on your answer sheet.
18. He thinks she is beautiful, but I don’t agree with her.
A B C
19. I advise you check all your exam answers before you hand your paper in.
A B C
20. I’d like knowing where you are.
A B C
21. The tourist have asked a passer-by how far the post office was.
A B C
22. What will you be doing this time last year?
A B C
23. Ice-cream was known five hundreds years ago.
A B C
24. Men have no most time to understand anything.
A B C
25. I used eating a lot of chocolates, but now I’m on a diet.
A B C
26. The Little Prince lived along on a tiny planet no larger than a house.
A B C
Task III
Read the text and fill in the gaps (27- 32) transforming capitalized words