Malcolm Mann Grammar and Vocabulary Unit 1-2 test

Malcolm Mann units 7-8
1. Oh, I didn’t tell you! We’ve got … new English teacher.
A) a B) an C) the D) –

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2. Here’s … DVD you asked to borrow.
A) a B) an C) the D) –
3. We’re out of … coffee, so could you get some from the supermarket?
A) a B) an C) the D) –
4. The prize is … unique opportunity to travel the world.
A) a B) an C) the D) –
5. It looks like … glass in your bedroom window is cracked.
A) a B) an C) the D) –
6. It’s … honour to be here this evening to speak to you.
A) a B) an C) the D) –
7. There’s … good chance we’ll be late for the meaning.
A) a B) an C) the D) –
8. Reports are coming in of a major oil spill in … Mediterranean.
A) a B) an C) the D) –
9. I went to see the doctor because I’m finding it difficult to sleep at … night.
A) a B) an C) the D) –
10. Do you think that they’ll ever send a manned mission to … Venus?
A) a B) an C) the D) –
11. If you have … time at the end of the exam, check your answers.
A) few B) a few C) little D) a little
12. Give me … minutes and I’ll be ready.
A) few B) a few C) little D) a little
13. We’ve only got … milk left, so get some when you go shopping.
A) few B) a few C) little D) a little
14. Just … practice every day and you’ll soon be able to play the piano.
A) few B) a few C) little D) a little
15. We were disappointed that … of the members came to the youth club party.
A) few B) a few C) little D) a little
16. Sprinkle … sugar on the strawberries.
A) few B) a few C) little D) a little
17. I suppose now I’m 43, I have … hope of playing football for Russia.
A) few B) a few C) little D) a little
18. Could you help me with … exercises I don’t understand?
A) few B) a few C) little D) a little
19. There’s … coffee left, if anyone wants some.
A) few B) a few C) little D) a little
20. Becoming an astronaut is so demanding that … people manage it.
A) few B) a few C) little D) a little
21. I’ll meet you in half an hour – I’ve got … e-mails to write first.
A) few B) a few C) little D) a little
22. Many people feel there’s … point in voting, even in a general election.
A) few B) a few C) little D) a little
23. It’s a great computer … once you get the hang of it.
A) programme B) program
24. I hate … newspapers; they’re just full of gossip, scandal and lies.
A) tabloid B) broadsheet
25. As a … for a local paper, you don’t have to interview people or attend events. You just have to
express your opinions about the issue of the day.
A) journalist B) columnist
26. There’s a great … show on BBC1 tonight. Contestants have to race through a supermarket as quickly
as they can, filling up their trolleys as they go.
A) talk B) quiz C) game
27. On some TV channels, … tells you what the next programme is going to be.
A) an announcer B) a commentator
28. Join us at half nine for a live … of the State Opening of Parliament.
A) broadcast B) channel
29. It’s not always easy to … the difference between fact and opinion.
A) make B) do C) say D) tell
30. The debate will … place tonight.
A) be B) have C) take D) make
31. In my …, freedom of the press must be maintained.
A) mind B) view C) sight D) thought
32. Media mogul Ronald Morduck has … control of another tabloid.
A) made B) found C) given D) taken
33. They … a description of the robber on Crime Time and it sounded like you.
A) made B) told C) said D) gave
34. J.K. Rowling has … an enormous influence on children’s literature.
A) had B) given C) done D) set
35. I could spend hours … the internet.
A) surfing B) diving C) sailing
D) swimming
36. They said … the news that the price of petrol is going up again.
A) from B) in C) on D) at
37. The issue … question is more complex than you think.
A) from B) in C) on D) at
38. Watch … for words like ‘so-called’ in articles as they express the writer’s bias.

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A) about B) around C) over D) out
39. I think you’ve confused tabloids … broadsheets.
A) by B) to C) from D) with
40. When Jill was at … school she used to dream of being a DJ on local radio.
A) second B) secondly C) secondary
41. I was hoping this book would help me with my history project, but in fact it wasn’t very …
A) inform B) information C) informative
42. The programme usually …on at half past eight.
A) looks B) does C) turns D) comes
43. I saw the interview while I was … through a magazine at the hairdresser’s.
A) clicking B) flicking C) picking D) ticking
44. Why did you have to bring that subject … at dinner?
A) up B) out C) over D) off
45. They mentioned it the article, but they didn’t … into detail.
A) make B) take C) come D) go
46. The tabloids completely … that story about Bruce Willis. It’s not true at all.
A) stood out B) filled in C) made up
D) turned over
47. They were … out free tickets to the concert to everyone in the shopping centre.
A) handing B) holding C) carrying
D) bringing
48. We had the volume turned down, so I couldn’t make … what they were talking about.
A) up B) out C) in D) off
49. Why can’t … ever just say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ when they’re asked if they agree with something?
A) politics B) politicians C) political
D) politically
50. - Hi Sandy!
- Oh, hi! How was … film?
A) a B) the C) an D) –