Materials for combined exam

The first block - THEORY

Lexical - grammar test

1. Choose the right variant of Present Continuous. She can’t come to the phone now. She …. a shower.

a) is having

b) has

c) will have

d) had

2. Choose the right variant of Present Simple. She ______ to the gym three times a week.

a) goes

b) am going

c) going is

d) go

3. Choose the right variant. Traditional Kazakh … revolves around mutton and horse meat as well as various milk products.

a) cuisine

b) kitchen

c) culture

d) history

4. Choose the right variant. ‘An apple a day keeps a ________ away.’

a) doctor

b) teacher

c) engineer

d) pensioner

5. Choose the right variantin Past Simple. They ___ ________ last year.

a) got married

b) are marrying

c) is married

d) will get marry

6. Choose the right variant in Past Continuous. Peter picked up the tickets when Sarah __________ a siesta.

a) was having

b) had

c) will having

d) not have

7. Choose the right variant. Football player is in a position to put the ball into the net and score a _____ .

a) goal

b) yellow card

c) kick

d) foul

8.Choose the right variant.I ____ aerobics.

a) do

b) jump

c) play

d) go

9.Choose the right variant. He says he’s got the flu, but it’s really just a cold. He’s _________a lot at night.

a) coughing

b) hearing

c) swelling

d) itching

10. Choose the right variant. He’s developed ___________to cats. He starts sneezing as soon as he comes near one.

a) an allergy

b) a cough

c) a sprain

d) pneumonia

11. Choose the right variant. Maria cleaned the kitchen _______ I did the bathroom.

a) while

b) as

c) first of all

d) eventuality

12.Choose the right variant. He opened the door _______I touched the handle.

a) just as

b) finally

c) as for

d) first of all

13. Choose the correct variant. A ‘ ___________?’. B ‘Tomorrow. My flight is in the morning’.

a) When are you going to leave?

c) When have you been leaving?

d) When is you leaving?

b) When did you leave?

14. Choose the correct variant. I won’t ______ anybody where you are. I promise you!

a) tell

b) telling

c) speak

d) keep

15. Choose the correct variant. I was probably very ………., and in a way selfish, because I did everything myself.

a) bossy

b) cheerful

c) lazy

d) funny

16. Choose the correct variant.Your husband’s mother is your …………. .

a) mother-in-law

b) sister-in-law

c) mother-in-laws

d) step mother-in-law

17.Choose the correct variant. You look as if you … just …up.

a) have..woken

b) has… woken

c) had… wake

d) have… wakes

18.Choose the correct variant: We… each other since we were children.

a) have known

b) known

c) have been knowing

d) has known

19.Complete the proverb: Money has no …

a) smell

b) smelling

c) color

d)shape

20. Choose the correct word for the given definition: to get money after death of a close relative-

a) inherit

b) borrow

c) lend

d) give

21. Choose the right variant.I'm exhausted! I ______ all day.

a) have been working

b) have working

c) has been working

d) were working

22. Choose the right variant. I _______ to music for an hour.

a) have been listening

b) listening

c) am listening

d)listened

23.Choose the right variant.I don't believe it! I missed the last … .

a) train

b) tube

c) bicycle

d) station

24. Choose the right word.Тоnу Russell has had his ______ mobile phone for only three months.

a) new ‘state of the art’

b) new ‘state of the work’

c) new ‘state of the impression’

d) new ‘state of culture’

25.Choose the right answer: In the UK coaches are … than the train.

а) cheaper

b) much more cheap

c) cheap

d) the cheapest

26. Choose the right answer: Paulo is … student in my group.

a) the most intelligent

b) the more intelligent

c) much intelligent

d) as intelligent as

27. Choose the right answer:… you need this to travel on a train, bus or a plane.

a) boarding card/ pass

b) reclaim

c) baggage reclaim

d) aisle

28. Choose the right answer:… the time of day when there is a lot of traffic.

a) rush hour

b) traffic jam

c) traffic light

d) public transport

29. Choose the right answer: The Scots wear ____ on occasions.

a) Kilts

b) Hats

c) Boots

d) leather jacket

30. Choose the right answer: In Thailand eye contact is avoided as a sign of ________ .

a) respect

b) Permission

c) Promise

d) partnership

31. Choose the right answer: In Japan you _____ present your card with your both hands.

a) have to

b) must to

c) have

d) shouldn’t

32. Choose the right answer: In most Kazakhstan families you _____take off your shoes when entering a house.

a) should

b) must to

c) have

d) can’t

33. Choose the right answer: ____ people think about themselves and not about other people.

a)selfish

b)spoilt

c)jealous

d)moody

34. Choose the right answer: My friend is ______. I can trust on him..

a) reliable

b) sensitive

c) ambitious

d) talkative

35. Choose the right answer: They _____ Italian. They are speaking to each other in Spanish.

a) can’t be

b) could

c) have to be

d) must be

36. Choose the right answer: He _____ be over 70. He retired 10 years ago..

a) Must

b) can’t

c) might not

d) have to

37.Choose the right answer: In 1957 Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for _________.

a) literature

b) art

c) science

d) history

38. Choose the right answer: A person who writes about the news in a newspaper or speaks about it on TV.

a) a reporter

b) a librarian

c) a politician

d) a teacher

39. Choose the right answer: If I spoke better English, I _______ get a job in the hotel.

a) would be able to

b) won’t be able to

c) was able to

d) be able to

40. Choose the right answer: They _______ find a flat yet. They are still looking.

a) can’t

b) could

c) are able to

d) can

41. Complete the sentence with the right form of the verb. If I don't pass the exam, I _____ it again in January.

a) will do

b) will be done

c) did

d) do

42.Choose the right variant. Complete the sentence with the right form of the verb.We _____ an umbrella, if it rains.

a) will take

b) took

c) taken

d) would take

43.Choose the right variant. Complete the sentence with the right form of the verb. As soon as he _____, we can have dinner.

a) comes

b) come

c) came

d) will come

44.Choose the right variant. Complete the sentence with the right form of the verb. Don't buy it unless you _____ sure you like it.

a) are

b) been

c) be

d) will be

45. Choose the right variant. A tube or passage that takes smoke from a fire up through a building and out through the roof.

a) chimney

b) basement

c) terrace

d) loft

46. Choose the right variant. We’d have a dog, if we ________a garden.

a) had had

b) have

c) had

d) would have

47. Give synonym of the following word ‘cosy’.

a) comfortable

b) famous

c) interesting

d) sunny

48. Choose the right variant. I________ married if I were you.

a) wouldn’t get

b) wouldn’t got

c) wouldn’t gets

d) didn’t get

49.Choose the right variant. I _____ badly with my cousin.

a) get on

b) go out

c) split up

d) go away

50 .Choose the right variant. ______________ eat a lot of sweets when you were a child?

a) Did you use to

b) Do you use to

c) Does you use to

d) Did she used to

51.Give synonym of the following word ‘fancy’

a) admire

b) hate

c) argue

d) look

52.Choose the right variant. My sister ______to get up at 6.00 a.m but she doesn’t do it any more.

a) used

b) use

c) did use

d) using

53. Choose the right variant .The town only has ….cinemas.

a) a few

b) very little

c) little

d) very a few

54. Choose the right variant .There aren’t … cafes near here.

a) many

b) much

c) a lot

d) plenty

55. Choose the right variant .She has ….friends.

a) a lot of

b) lots

c) little

d) much

56. Choose the right variant. Do you want some ice cream?

a) Just a little

b) Just lots of

c) Just many

d) Just a few

57. Choose the correct variant. This morning I bought … newspaper and … magazine. … newspaper is in my bag but I don't know where I put … magazine.

a) a, a, the, the

b) a, a, the, a

c) the, the, the, a

d) a,a,a,the

58.Choose the correct variant. I saw … accident this morning … car crashed into … tree.

a) an, a, a

b) an, the, the,

c) a, the, the

d) the, the, the

59.Choose the antonym of the word ‘polite’’

a) coarse

b) splendid

c) glamorous

d) alluring

60.Choose an appropriate definition to the word ‘whiff’

a) a slight gust or puff of wind, air, vapor, smoke

b) air conditioner

c) a substance that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor

d) a species of matter of definite chemical composition

61. Choose the correct variant. There is no________ what he is aiming at.

a) mistake

b) mistaking

c) to mistake

d) mistakes

62. Choose the correct variant. I really appreciate your ...

a) help

b) helping

c) helped

d) helps

63. Choose the word that is different:

a) jewelry

b) contract

c) training course

d) experience

64. Choose the right variant. Who is surveyor?

a) a person whose job is to measure and record the details of areas of land

b) a person who is skilled in the science of medicine : a person who is trained and licensed to treat sick and injured people

c) a person who cuts people's hair and puts it into a style, usually working in a special shop

d) a person who compiles and analyzes statistics and uses them to calculate insurance risks and premiums

65.Choose the correct variant.Q: He asked me, 'Have you finished reading the newspaper?'

a) He asked me if I had finished reading the newspaper.

b) He asked me if had I finished reading the newspaper.

c) He asked me if I finished reading the newspaper.

d) He asked if had I finished reading the newspaper.

66.Choose the correct variant.Q: She said, 'I really wish I had bought that new car.'

a) She told me she really wished she had bought that new car.

b) She told me she really wished she bought that new car

c) She told me she really had wished she had bought that new car.

d) She told me she really had wishes she had bought that new car.

67.Choose the right variant. What is Fairy Tales?

a) story about fairies or other magical creatures, usually for children

b) the songs, stories, myths, and proverbs of a people or ‘folk’ as handed down by word of mouth

c) fiction with strange or otherworldly settings or characters; fiction which invites suspension of reality

d) verse and rhythmic writing with imagery that creates emotional responsesКонецформы

68.Choose the word that is different:

a) history

b) monsters

c) fairies

d) magical creations

69. Choose the right variant. The letter … two days ago.

a) was sent

b) be send

c) have been sent

d) were sent

70. Choose the right variant. He …..go out after 10 p.m.

a) isn’t allowed to

b) isn’t allowed

c) aren’t allowed to

d) isn’t allow to

71. Give the synonym to the word ‘environment’.

a) ecology

b) desert

c) natural reserve

d) endangered species

72. Choose the right translation of the word ‘медуза’.

a) jellyfish

b) squid

c) shrimp

d) eel

73.Choose the right variant. This is a house … I was born.

a) where

b) which

c) who

d) what

74. Choose the right variant. TalgatMusabaev is a … of Kazakh nation.

a) hero

b) crew member

c) spacecraft

d) launch

75.Choose the right variant. My younger sister … husband is a pilot lives in Riga.

a) whose

c) that

d) which

c) who

76.Choose the right definition of the word ‘ icon’.

a) someonewhoisveryfamousandwhopeoplethinkrepresentsaparticularidea

b) someone who is notorious for his/her deeds

c) someone who represents a celebrity

d) someone who represents a particular idea but not a well-known

77.Choose the right variant. I ________ (not / finish) my homework if you hadn’t helped me.

a) wouldn’t have finished

b) hadn’t finish

c) didn’t finish

d) wouldn’t finish

78. Choose the right variant. If she ________ (not / pass) her driving test, she would have been really disappointed.

a) hadn’t passed

b) wouldn’t pass

c) hadn’t pass

d) didn’t passed

79.Choose the right variant. To find a four-leaf ________is to find good luck.

a)clover

b)chamomile

c)cactus

d)oak

80.Choose the right variant. The horse returned with a ______ of horses.

a) herd

b)group

c) flock

d)pack

81. Choose the right meaning of the word: ‘bride’

a) a woman who is about to be married

b) a man who is about to be married

c) a woman who is going to the party

d) a couple who is going to the wedding ceremony

82.Choose the right variant: He hasn`t been to Shanghai before, …?

a) has he

b) is he

c) had he

d) was he

83.Choose the right variant: She wasn`t so happy, … ?

a) was she

b) weren`t she

c) will she

d) is she

84. Choose the right phrase: It is better to marry for___________ than for love.

a) practical reason

b) life reason

c) your own reason

d) for many reason

85.Choose the right variant:If only I ____ how to get there.

a) knew

b) have known

c) have been knowing

d) to know

86. Choose the right variant: Where did the fear of a number 13 come from?

a) Norse mythology in ancient times

b) Great Wall of China'

c) Great Pyramids

d) the United States

87. Choose the right variant: I wish you _____ so much noise. You're always doing that when I try to learn.

a) wouldn`t make

b) made

c) make

d) hadn`t make

88. Choose the right word to the definition: ‘a picture depicting an expanse of scenery’

a) landscape

b) picturesque

c) portrait

d) mountains

89. Choose the right variant. I’ve no idea …

a) whose book it is.

b) it is whose book.

c) whose book is it.

d) it is book whose.

90. Choose the right variant. Choose the right variant. I can’t remember …..or not.

a)whether I posted your letter

b) posted I your letter whether

c)whether posted I your letter

d)I whether posted your letter

91. Choose the right synonym to the word combination. ‘ free time’.

a) spare time

b) waste time

c) fun time

d) entertaining time

92. Choose the right variant. What does‘couch potato’ mean?

a) a person who has a sedentary lifestyle with no or irregular physical activity

b) a person who has active lifestyle with regular physical activity

c) a person who has a lot of hobbies

d) a person who has nothing to do in his/her spare time

93.Choose the right variant. She’s wearing an ______ flowery cotton dress.

a) awful

b) beautiful

c) smart

d) nylon

94.Choose the right variant. Look at that beautiful check ______mini-skirt.

a) wool

b) wooled

c) wooly

d) wooling

95.Choose the right variant. This is great shiny nylon roll-_______.

a) neck

b) back

c) arm

d) leg

96.Choose the right synonym to the underlined word. She’s wearing ridiculous tight furry leggings.

a) absurd

b) comfortable

c) smart

d) great

97. Choose the right variant. Life was hard for my grandfather’s family, but they managed to ____ by.

a) get

b) write

c)speak

d) like

98. Choose the right variant. We must buy tickets for the concert as soon as possible, because they will _____ out very quickly.

a)sell

b) sold

c) did

d) disappear

99. Choose the right variant. Please ____ off the TV and concentrate on your homework.

a) switch

b) down

c) play

d) gone

100. Choose the right variant. Let’s stay here. I don’t want to ______ into my boss!

a) bump

b) meet

c) like

d) jump

101. Choose the right variant: He promised he ________ the new words of the Unit.

a) would learn

b) would have learn

c)could learn

d)will learn

102. Choose the right variant: I ______to give you a quiz today, but I’m afraid I’ll get strangled if I do.

a) was going

b) were going

c) would

d) going to

103. Choose the right variant: ‘делать что-либо по привычке’

a) do smth. from mere habit

b) force of habit

c) get into the habit of doing

d) habituality

104. Choose the verb in correct form: ‘раздражать’

a) irritate

b) irritating

c) irritation

d) irritant

105. Choose the right variant. They agreed _______all their money.

a) not to spend

b) not spending

c) has been spending

d) is not to spend

106. Choose the right variant. Paparazzi means…

a) a freelance photographer, especially one who takes candid pictures of celebrities for publication.

b) a person who takes photographs, especially one who practices photography professionally.

c) a person who practices the occupation or profession of journalism and photographer

d) a person employed to gather and report news, as for a newspaper, wire service, or television station.

107. Choose the right variant. I feel like_______ out tonight.

a) eating

b) to eating

c) doesn’t eating

d) don’t to eat

108. Choose the right variant. Many of the TV programs broadcast with subtitles for …

a) The deaf

b) The old

c) The young

d) The teenagers

109. Choose the right variant.I_________ become a multi-millionaire by next year.

a) ’ll have

b) ‘ll used to

c) 'm used to

d) ‘ll getting

110. Choose the right variant. I___________ to California by 2017.

a) ‘ll have moved

b) ‘ll get used

c) ‘ll used to have

d) ‘ll have move

111.Choose the right variant. Which word doesn’t go with genetic engineering?

a) deep space

b) human genome

c) molecule

d) DNA

112. Choose the right variant. What is futurology?

a) a science based on prediction

b) one kind of hobby

c) a branch of astronomy

d) a type of disease

113. Choose the correct variant. I want to put _____ _______ as they say it really makes toddlers safer while driving.

a) child seat

b) window frames

c) safety pin

d) phone card

114. Choose the correct variant. I worked at night for so long that when I finally started to do some ____ ____, I found it really strange.

a) day work

b) fishing boat

c) reading light

d) keep in touch

115. Choose the correct variant. Natural ________ is used for cooking and heating homes in our country.

a) gas

b) water

c) light

d) sewing

116. Choose the correct variant. I hate playing on hard tennis _________- I much prefer grass.

a) courts

b) gold

c) steam

d) room

117. Choose the correct variant: They export a lot of wine from France.

a) A lot of wine is exported from France.

b) A lot of wine was exported from France.

c) A lot of wine is being exported from France.

d)A lot of wine have been exported from France.

118. Choose the correct variant: You can get married when you are 16.

a) You are allowed to get married when you are 16.

b) You were allowed get married when you are 16.

c) You was allowed get married when you 16.

d)You have been allowed get married when you 16.

119. Choose the correct word for the given definition: someone who thinks about important subjects and develops new ideas-

a) philosopher

b) enlightener

c) translator

d) composer

120. Complete the proverb: Live and … .

a) learn

b) relax

c) work

d) wonder