Exam paper a circle the correct word or phrase

Exam paper A

1. Circle the correct word or phrase.

-Could you explain what antidisestablishmentarianism means/is meaning, please?
-It is only a quick call as I ring/I am ringing from my mobile.
-If you are not watching/you do not watch TV, turn it off.
-You really resemble/are resembling your father when you frown like that.

2. Write the verb in brackets in the correct form, present perfect simple or present perfect continuous.

I have sent of (I/send off) over 18 press releases this morning so far.
- Is it the first time You have ever eaten (you/ever/eat) squid?
- Have you just received (you/just/receive) an e-mail from Ruth?
- Clair, my Mum has been meaning (mum/mean) to ask you for a while.

3. Circle the correct word or phrase.

-I had/have had no idea you were such a good chess player.
-My parents sent/have sent me to a private school until I was 12.
-I do not know who's responsible because did not work/have not worked here long.
-A month ago, I got/have got a letter from Neil, but I have not replied.

4. Complete using the words in the box in the correct form.

brighten-liven pick run scrape smarten touch-waste
- Sales should liven up in the third quarter of the year.
-I am either going to fail the exam or just scape through.
-The car was so badly damaged they had to write it off.
- Most students end up brightening up their appearance when they enter the world of work.

5. Circle two words that are related in each group.

A) counsel explosion meteor bring
B) land steam castle temple
C) statue command weed submit
D) northern wing upper meteor

6. Choose the right answer, give someone something

A)set down B)catch on C)get across D)pass on

7.Choose the correct answer.

The Minister was.............. by protestors angry at the government's proposals.
A)speak out B)blurt out
C)shouted down D)talked round

8.Choose the correct answer, discuss a problem or a plan

A)talk round B)speak out C)shout down D)talk over

9. Choose right answer, a mistake while speaking.

A)stumble B)scribble C)rant D)utter

10. Choose the right answer, understand the basic meaning

A)come clean B)catch smb's drift
C) get the wrong D) no answers

11.Choose the right answer.

You know you can.. ....in me at any time, don't you?
A)confide B)confirm C)convey D)disclose

12. What is the meaning of this idiom?

"change your tune"
A)being good person C) change your lifestyle
B) change your opinion D) all options are correct

13. Choose the correct answer. Adapt is......

A) change your ideas or behavior so that you can deal with a new station.
B) change something slightly in order to make it better, more effective.
C) change your attitude
D) all options are correct

14. Complete using the correct form of the words.

allege-assert-insist-utter
-The politician has continually asserted his innocence.
- As your lawyer, I insist on your telling me the truth.
- Thompson is alleged to have accepted a bribe from a local businesswoman.
-Do not utter a single word until you've spoken to your lawyer.

15. Circle the correct word or phrase.

- We can/could give you a lift home tonight, if you want.
-Maya't/Can't at least stay up till the end of the film?
- May/Can I open the window, please? It is little stuffy in here.
-Daws couldn't go/have gone to the barbecue as she had to work.

16. Underline the correct item.

-They have been going out a lot late/lately.
- This college is high/highly recommended for its range of courses.
-The niners dug deep/deeply to find coal.
-The new supermarket is very near/nearly our house.

17. Write the comparative and superlative forms of the following adverbs.

- hard harder, the hardest
-quiet more quietly, the most quietly
- early Earlier, earliest
- peacefully more peacefully , the most peacefully

18. Match the items in column A to their synonyms in column B.

True ver:
1. you must.. c) you are obliged to…
2. you needn't..... d) it is not necessary for you to...
3. we needn't have..... a) it was not necessary for us to...
4. she must be..... b) I am sure she is

19. We ______ already ______ a payment. As far as I know, it ______ all the taxes.

A) have... made/includes
C) have... made/ has been including
B) are... making/is including
D) have... been making / has included

20. She ______ usually ______ that way, but these days she ______ very rude to everybody

A) isn't... acting/has been C) doesn't... act/ is being
B) hasn't... acted/ has been D) isn't... acting/is

21. Fill the gap. Why don't you______ yoga?

A) turn up B) cheer up C) take up D) make up

22. Fill the gap. We should redecorate ______ Jake's bedroom now he's left home

A) change out B) do up C) used up D) mixed up

23.Fill the gap. Visitors______ stay in the hospital after ten pm.

A) might not B) needn't
C) couldn't D) must not

24. We had an appointment yesterday afternoon. But he______see me.

A) might not B) can not
C) wasn't have to D) mustn't

25.I didn't ______ ring her up for she did it herself.

A) had to B) could C) be to D) have to