Malcolm Mann Grammar and Vocabulary Unit 1-2 test

Malcolm Mann
Grammar and Vocabulary
Units (5-6)
1. I … dinner by the time you get home.
A) will cook B) will be cooking
C) will have cooked D) will have been cooking
2. In a few minutes, I … here for Craig for over two hours. Where can he be?
A) will wait B) will be waiting
C) will have waited D) will have been waiting
3. We’ll be halfway through the sponsored swim in one hour, so we … for forty-eight hours non-stop by
then.
A) will swim B) will be swimming
C) will have swum D) will have been swimming
4. They … painting the house by the time we get back from holiday.
A) won’t finish B) won’t be finishing
C) won’t have finished
D) won’t have been finishing
5. If she’s still on the phone at eight o’clock, Jan … to Melissa for over two hours.
A) will talk B) will be talking
C) will have talked D) will have been talking
6. At six o’clock this evening, we … for five hours but for seven hours.
A) won’t climb B) won’t be climbing
C) won’t have climbed
D) won’t have been climbing
7. This time next month, you … probably… your driving test.
A) will/pass B) will/be passing
C) will/have passed D) will/have been passing
8. … you … all your homework by bedtime?
A) Will/do B) Will/be doing
C) Will/have done D) Will/have been doing
9. Tomorrow Elaine … on the project for ten years.
A) will work B) will be working
C) will have worked D) will have been working
10. We probably … by the time you get home.
A) won’t leave B) won’t be leaving
C) won’t have left D) won’t have been leaving
11. I’ll be 100 years old … the year 2095.
A) in B) at C) on
12. Sasha’s not going to have a party … her birthday this year.
A) in B) at C) on
13. See you … August.
A) in B) at C) on
14. See you … Tuesday.
A) in B) at C) on
15. See you … eight o’clock.
A) in B) at C) on
16. See you … the morning.
A) in B) at C) on
17. See you … a couple of hours.
A) in B) at C) on
18. It’s difficult to sleep … night … the summer because of the heat.
A) at/in B) at/at C) in/in D) on/in
19. My grandfather left home … the age of fourteen.
A) in B) at C) on
20. We got there just … time for the movie.
A) in B) at C) on
21. He’s never late, and he’s never early; he always arrives right … time.
A) in B) at C) on
22. My birthday’s … April 1
st
.
A) in B) at C) on
23. Be careful! You might give yourself an … shock.
A) electric B) electronic
24. I’m afraid the problem with your washing machine is the …
A) engine B) motor
25. Many employers in the chemicals … object to the new law.
A) industry B) factory

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26. My computing exam is … next week.
A) taking place B) occurring
27. Technology is a fundamental part of … life.
A) new B) modern
28. We had our car serviced and it seems there’s a problem with the …
A) engine B) machine
29. I don’t thing people should be allowed to perform experiments … animals.
A) for B) over C) on D) to
30. There was an explosion in technology … the beginning of the 20
th
century.
A) in B) at C) through D) on
31. Let’s face … - we are destroying the environment and we need to do something now.
A) truth B) facts C) things
D) information
32. The distance from the Earth to the Sun is, … average, about 149 million kilometres.
A) by B) on C) from D) in
33. It’s amazing that creatures survive … the bottom of the ocean.
A) in B) by C) at D) to
34. Fox Talbot … the first photograph in 1835
A) gave B) did C) drew D) took
35. Researchers have … to the conclusion that your personality is affected by you genes.
A) come B) got C) reached D) arrived
36. Do you mind if I just … a quick phone call from here?
A) do B) take C) have D) make
37. Many lives were saved … the introduction of antibiotics.
A) into B) at C) with D) in
38. The … of the nuclear accident is still unknown.
A) reason B) cause C) base D) motive
39. My father works at the university, doing research … weather control.
A) on B) to C) of D) from
40. The telescope will photograph distant galaxies, … an attempt to understand their past.
A) on B) for C) with D) in
41. The old astronomer patiently made his … and wrote down what he saw.
A) observe B) observation C) observer
42. I’m planning to train as a … when I grow up.
A) psychology B) psychologist
C) psychological D) psychologically
43. The scientist said she had an announcement of international …
A) import B) important C) importance
D) importantly
44. Science Weekly has a special … offer – the first issue is free.
A) introduce B) introductive
C) introduction
45. If there are aliens out there, do you think they are much more … advanced than we are?
A) technology B) technological
C) technologically D) technician