PRACTICE TEST

Lesson 26
I. Rewrite the following sentences as directed

1/They understood him because of his speaking English clearly.
-Because he_______________________________________________
2/His house is not as comfortable as hers.
-Her house is___________________________________________________
3/It is said that he is 108 years old.
-He is said___________________________________________________
4/Tom said: “We are feeling ill.”
-Tom said that___________________________________________________
5/I got all the information I need from Tom.
-Tom provided___________________________________________________
6/Ann said to Bill: “Don’t forget to have your appoinment with
Mr.Brown.”
-Ann reminded___________________________________________________
7/He doesn’t understand me because I doesn’t speak clearly.
-If___________________________________________________
8/She didn’t buy the coat because she didn’t have enough money.
-If___________________________________________________
9/She was very stupid when she went out in the rain.
-It was ___________________________________________________
10/I am always nervous when I travel by air.
-Travelling by air____________________________________________
11/I whispered. I didn’t want anybody to know about that.
- I whispered so that _________________________________________
12/The last time I had my birthday party was five years ago.
- I haven’t _________________________________________
13 /Nobody invited him to the party.
-He _________________________________________
14./The present will be given to her.
-He _________________________________________
15/He spent two hours writing the essay.
- It took _________________________________________
16/I have studied English for five years.
- I began _________________________________________
17/It’s necessary to master English.
 -Mastering _________________________________________
18/The flight was delayed because the weather was bad.
- Because of _________________________________________
19. The boy said to me, “Why don’t you give me a hand?”
- The boy asked me _________________________________________
20. Everyone loves her because she behaves well.
-Because of _________________________________________
21.Although it rained , we still went to school.
- In spite of _________________________________________
22. He can swim faster than I can.
- I can’t _________________________________________
23.The river is dangerous to bath in.
- I think it _________________________________________
24. Swimming across that rough sea is impossible.
- It is _________________________________________
25.The story was crazy. Nobody believed it.
-It was such _________________________________________
26.He was too poor to pay his debt.
-He was not _________________________________________
27. He is sorry that he didn`t apply for that job.
-He wishes _________________________________________
28.The taxi went the wrong way, so Kate missed her flight.
-If _________________________________________
29.Open the door, please.
-Would you mind___________________________________?
30.He didn’t go to school yesterday so he didn’t understand the
lesson.( If he _________________________________________________
31.He walked slowly because of the bad weather.
- Because _____________________________________________
32.The bag was so heavy that she couldn’t carry it upstairs.
-The bag was too_______________________________________.
33.He expects to hear from her as soon as possible.
-He is looking _______________________________________.
II. Fill in each blank with one suitable word :
1/ England is in the ___________ of Great Britain. The longest river in ___________ is the Severn, and the deepest ___________ the Thames, on ___________ stands its capital, London. England is a high-developed industrial ___________. It exports machinery, vessels, motors and other goods. One of ___________industries is the textile industry and a lot of British textiles ___________exported. This country buys more goods ___________ it sells because it has to import food products ___________ raw materials ___________ many countries of the world.
III.Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets :
1. He(be) ________so good to me when I (be)_________ a boy that to this day I ( not forget)______________ his kindness and I hope that I ( never forget)__________
2. One day John’s father (buy) __________ a computer for him. He thought it was a good replacement for John’s typewriter, which (break out) __________ John could use the computer to write essays. He (not/expect) __________ that John would spend all his time (play) __________ computer games on it. John was obsessed with it. John (neglect) __________ his studies and he actually failed his tests.
When that happened, John (realize) __________ that he (make) __________ a terrible mistake. Now he (use) _______ the computer mainly for (type) __________ his essays. He (play) __________ computer games only in his free time. Recently, he (top) __________ his classmates in the mid-year examination.
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