SUBIECTUL II ENGLISH IN USE (40 p)

I. Choose the correct answer: (15 x 1 p = 15 p)

1. This is boring/more boring/the most boring film Ive ever seen.
2. Be careful! You are dropping/are going to drop/drop that plate!
3. When I left home this morning, it was raining/is raining/rains.
4. Should/Will/May I use your telephone, sir?
5. You didnt go out alone last night, didnt you/do you/did you?
6. Grandmother didnt visit/hasnt visited/hadnt visited us in our new house yet.
7. The train to London leaves/will leave/has left at six o`clock in the morning.
8. I has baked/baked/was baking a big chocolate cake for my birthday last year.
9. She might/shall/mustn`t visit us on Sunday if she has time.
10. I`m afraid there is some/any/no tea left.
11. By the time I got there, Bill had already left/left/is leaving.
12. Simon can/could/should walk when he was one year old.
13. The information you give me is/are/been helpful.
14. Trains are the fastest/faster/as fast than bicycles.
15. I`ve got many/much/a lot of spare time today. Let`s go shopping together.

II. Turn the following sentences into the passive voice: (5 x 2p = 10p)
1.He will write the letter next week.
2. Someone attacked Sam on Saturday night.
3. Who will make the speech?
4. They didn`t take him home after the the party.
5. Do they produce oil in Spain?
III. Put the verbs in brackets into an appropriate tense. (5 x 1p = 5p)
1. If I were you, I .. (get) someone to help me.
2. I .. (give) some money to charity if I won a competition.
3. Unless we .. (leave) now, we`ll be late.
4. If cameras (not/cost) so much, we would buy one.
5. If John . (phone), will you take a message?

IV. Complete each sentence with a noun ending in ness made from a word in the box.
Make any necessary changes. (10 x 1p = 10p)

dark friendly happy lonely short sick silly thin tired thorough

a) The...............of the journey surprised me.

b) Sue was impressed by the ..................... of everyone in her new school.
c) We knew it was going to rain because of the ........................ of the sky.
d) Old Mrs Holts ............................. was cured when she was given a pet cat.
e) The doctor told Peter that his ......................... was a result of overwork.
f) Wendys teacher was impressed by the .................... of her work.
g) We wished the bride and groom ..................... in their new life together.
h) Joes teachers began to grow tired of his ........................ in class.
i) I felt rather cold when I arrived because of the ....................... of my clothes.
j) Jean took a travel .............................. pill, and then she felt much better.
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SUBIECTUL II ENGLISH IN USE (40 p)

I. (15 x 1 p = 15 p)
1. the most boring
2. are going to drop
3. was raining
4. May
5. did you?
6. hasnt visited
7. leave
8. baked
9. might
10. no
11. had already left
12. could
13. is
14. faster
15. a lot of

II. (5x 2p = 10p)

1. The letter will be written next week.
2. Sam was attacked on Saturday night by someone.
3. Who will the speech be made by?
4. He wasn`t taken home after the the party.
5. Is oil produced in Spain?
III. (5 x 1p = 5p)
1. would get
2. would give
3. leave
4. didn`t cost
5. phones

IV. (10 x 1p = 10p)

a) shortness
b) friendliness
c) darkness
d) loneliness
e) tiredness
f) thoroughness
g) happiness
h) silliness
i) thinness
j) sickness