TEST

A. Complete this reading in the correct verb tense. Use the simple past, the present simple, the present
progressive and future tenses. (26x1=26 points)

My name ………… (be) Richard. I …………. (be) Christine’s husband. Christine and I ……….. (be) introduced in
university 23 years ago. She …………. (be) a police science student. I …………. (be) an engineering student. After a
while, we ………………… (start) going out on dates. Pretty soon we …………….. (be) in love.

Well, I ………………………….. (not finish) college. After two years, I …………………………. (drop out). But Christine
……………………………. (continue) her school. She ………………………… (receive) her degree after four years. We
…………………. (get) married after she ……………………… (graduate) from her department at the university. In 1975, we
……………………. (move) to Houston, Texas in the southwest of USA.

Now we …………………… (live) in a lovely neighborhood, near the city centre in Houston. We ………………….. (have)
three children, two sons and a naughty daughter. Both of us ………………………….. (work). She ………………. (have) a
difficult but an exciting job with the local police department. I ……………………… (work) for a big, chain department
store. Christine ……………………… (like) her job more than I ……………….. (like) mine. She also ………………….. (make)
more money. I …………………… (want) to go back and finish my school. But I …………………. (think) I ………………….
(be)just too old to do it! Next year, I ……………………….. (look) for another job.

B. Last week there was a detective show on TV. It was called “Detective Maggot.” The show began with the star
(Detective Maggot) speaking. Circle the correct forms in parantheses. (21x1=21 points)

I’m Detective Maggot. I live ( in / on ) Kansas City, the USA. I’m a cop. Kansas City is like most big cities in the USA.
It has ( good / well ) people, and it has ( bad / badly ) people. My job is to catch the bad ones living in our beloved
society. It’s a ( dirty / dirtier ) job, but someone has to do it in social life.

Let me tell you about one of my last cases. It was Monday about a hot noon last summer. I got a call from a
woman. Teresa was her name… Well, no, it was Amanda. Oh, that’s right, yea, it was Amanda Jacobson, who had just
came to Kansas from Israel for a family visit. I sometimes forget names. I can foget her name as well, but from then
on I ( never could / could never ) forget her. Amanda Jacobson was ( frightened / frightening ) a lot. She said her
husband ( is / was ) trying to kill her. I met her ( in / at ) 1 : 00 P.M. in her hotel lobby.

When I saw her, I got ( shocking / shocked ). She was ( beautiful / more beautiful ). She was ( more / as )
beautiful as any famous American movie star. Perhaps, she was ( more beautiful / beautifuller ) than any model. She
was ( as beautiful / the most beautiful ) woman that I’ve ever seen in the world. Hey, what can I say? She was
gorgeous, charming, attractive, nice …… lady.

She told me her story. She said her husband ( is / was ) very powerful in Israel. She added that he ( doesn’t /
didn’t ) love her anymore. She also said he ( is / was ) trying to poison her. Then she told me her ( husband /
husband’s ) name. It was David Jacobson. I almost fell over. He was the founder and head of fifteen big ICT firms all
around the world!

Late that night, I went to the founder’s office in the well – protected buiding in the centrum. I entered the building
through a back window. I walked ( quickly / quick ) toward the main room of the office. When I got there, I couldn’t (
believe / believed ) my eyes. The founder was ( in / on ) the floor. There was blood ( in / on ) the rug. He was dead!
Next to the body, there was a note …

C. Complete the passege with the correct preposition. Use ‘ to / at / in / on / near / up / from ’. (23x1=23 points)

I live ………. a small town and go ………….. a small school …………… my house. School starts …………….. 8 o’clock
…………….. the morning, so I usually get …………… a bit early, around 7 o’clock …………….. weekdays and ends ………..
15:30 ……….. the afternoon. (Of course, ………………. weekends, I sleep late.) ………………… Monday morning last week,
when I woke …………… , I got a nasty surprise. I looked …………….. my watch and saw that it was 9 o’clock! I got
dressed ……………….. two minutes and ran all the way ………………… school. I went upstairs ………………….. the
classroom. When I opened the room, I couldn’t see anyone …………………… the room. Then I saw the clock
……………….. the wall ………….. the classroom. It was only 07:05! Then I looked ………………… the calendar ………………..
the clock. It was Monday, 1 April! When I got home ………….. school, my sister was ……………… the door. She smiled
………… me naughtily and said ‘April Fool!’.

D. First match the words in the list 1 with the words in the list 2 appropriately and then fill in the blanks in the
sentences given below correctly. Pay attention the tenses. (8x1=8 points)
List 1 : List 2 :
fight quickly
hold bravely
speak honestly
sing loudly
work carefully
sleep hard
drink well
talk beautifully
answer fluently
Example : You must work hard before a test.
1. Good night, dear! …………………… …………………….. !
2. Don’t ……………………… ………………………. during a play in a theater.
3. He …………………………….. …………………………. , but he lost the fight.
4. ……………………………. the baby ……………………… . You mustn’t drop her.
5. She ……………………….. the coffee ………………………….. because she was in a hurry.
6. Everyone loved the concert. Manga ………………………. ………………………….. .
7. “Please ………………………. the question …………………………………. . I don’t want to hear any more lies.”
8. Faruk …………………………. Russian …………………………………… !
E. Write the questions in the conversation, using the prompts. (11x1=11 points)

Julia : have a good time / last night?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Robert : Yes, I did. It was great fun.

Julia : What / do?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Robert : I went to a fancy dress party.

Julia : Where / be the party?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Robert : It was in a castle in the country.

Julia : What costume / wear?

 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Robert : I wore my Count Dracula costume.

Julia : dance / a lot?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Robert : Yes, I did. I danced the tango with a lady in a mask.

Julia : be she / pretty?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Robert : Yes,she was. She had black hair with a white face.

Julia : What else / do at the party?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Robert : We played a game called ‘Murder’ and then we had supper.

Julia : What / drink?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Robert : I don’t know. Something red.

Julia : What time / the party end?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Robert : Oh, it was about five a.m. Just before the daybreak.

Julia : How / get home?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Robert : I flew.

Julia : But why / not take a taxi?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Robert : As you know, taxis don’t go to Transylvania!

F. Read the letter carefully and do the following tasks. (16x0,5 =8 points)

1 ……………………………

2 ……………………………

3 …………………………………

I hope you’re well. Thanks very much for the ice skates and the helmet. They arrived last Thursday, and they fit really
well. Did you really play ice hockey when you were young? I really didn’t know that, what a shame!

I had a great weekend in London with my best mate Andrew and his dad, Thomas. On Saturday morning, we went to
the Science Museum. There was a really interesting exhibition about space travel. In the afternoon, we went to
Twickenham to watch England play France at rugby. It was a brilliant match. England lost 17 – 12, but I reckon they
were really unlucky.

On Sunday, we had a picnic in Hyde Park and then we went to rowing on the lake. It was a laugh! I took loads of
photos. I can show them to you next time I see you.

4 …………………………………………….

5 …………………………………………….

6 ……………………………………………

I. Match the missing parts of the letter (a – f) with gaps (1 – 6)

a ) Dear Uncle Richard, d) Best wishes,

b) PS Mom says hello. e) 18 October 2011

c) 14 Bramley Close, Derby f) Greg

II. Find the informal equivalents of these words in the letter given above.

1. very good _________________ _________________

2. thank you _________________

3. lots of _________________

4. best friend _________________

5. I think __________________

6. It was fun. ____________________

III. Write the sports mentioned in the letter.

a) __________________ b) ____________________ c) ____________________

G. Answer the following questions. Give long answers. (1x3=3 points)

1. Who is Atatürk?

2. Where and when did Atatürk establish the TGNA?

3. What is the capital city of Türkiye?