AutumnTensa 1 GENERAL ENGLISH UNITS 3 & 4

(HEADWAY INTERMEDIATE)PRACTICE TEST TWO

Multiple choice questions1-Have you ever been a ........in someone's house in a foreign country?

A-guest B-photographerC-match maker D-officer

2-When the European Community began to increase in size, several guidebooks appeared giving advice on international etiquette.

A-go down B-fallC-reduce D-become greater

3-The British are happy to have a business lunch and discuss business ....with a drink during the meal.

A-behaviors B-mattersC-jokes D-colleagues

4-In France, you ....sit down in a café until you've shaken hands with everyone you know.

A-don't have to B-mustC-mustn't D-shouldn't

5-In America you should eat your hamburgers with both hands and as quickly as .....

A-possible B-possibility C-possibly D-the possibility6-You'll ....work hard if you want to go to university.

A-have to B-mustC-should D-may

7-We .....to buy what we want.A-are not allowed B-are not allowingC-do not allow D-don't be allowed

8-You can't smoke in here. It's ....the rules.A-for B-beforeC-opposite D-against

9-I ...do the washing and ironing because my mother does it for me.

A-don't have to B-haven't toC-must D-mustn't

10-Is service ....in the bill?A-included B-consistC-consist of D-including

11-About one thousand people are ....in that factory.A-employed B-grownC-produced D-delivered

12-That block of flats is being ....because it is unsafe.A-called off B-tried onC-got off D-pulled down

13-Whisky is ....in Scotland.A-decorated B-spokenC-produced D-taken

14-My car's old but it never breaks down.A- stops working B-runs fastC-costs much petroleumD-gives out smoke

15-1-Hundreds of years ago , Americans spoke the same kind of English that the British spoke .

A- similar B-different C-various D-special

16- It is true that their language is from the same roots , but gradually the English language grew to be different .

A-quickly B-slowly C-frequently D-fortunately

17-A famous writer once said that English and America were too countries separated by the same language .

A-divided B-included C-covered D-called

18-One of the differences they found in the languages was the spelling of words. Americans stopped using “u” in words like honour and colour, but the British kept using it.

A-hated B-continued C-refused D-disliked

19-They thought that if the spelling of words were more like their pronunciation, children in school could correct their spelling easily.

A-make easier B-make wrong C-make larger D-make right

20- People found out that there were too many problems changing the spelling rules of the alphabet, so they left the spelling system the way that it was.

A-principles B-roads C-areas D-regions

21-They are renting a furnished flat on the third floor.

A-apartment B-continent C-building D-garden

22-What is your reason for studying English?A-Do you like English?B-Why are you studying English?C-Is English difficult?D-How difficult is English?

AutumnTensa 2 GENERAL ENGLISH PRACTICE TEST THREE

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses1. At present, my friend Arthur (write) … a long novel about the Civil War.2. I think his book (become)…. a “ best-seller “ when it (publish) …next year.3. As soon as everybody (go) … to bed, the mice will come out of their holes.4. When I (look) … for my passport I found this old photograph.5. “ Why did you buy all this sugar and chocolate ?” “I (make)….a delicious dessert for dinner tonight ”6. Next week when there (be) … a full moon, the ocean tides will be high.7. The phone (ring) …..constantly since Jack announced his candidacy for president this morning8. My family loves this house. It (be)….the family home ever since my grandfather (build) …. it 60 years ago.9. “ Paul, could you please turn off the stove ? The potatoes (boil)…. for at least thirty minutes.10. What a boring film ! It’s the most boring film I...... (ever see) 11. When......... (last play) you football.12. We..... (meet) a lot of people in the last few days.13. Your mother is still in the kitchen. She..... (cook) all morning.14. I..... (plant) fourteen rose bushes so far this morning.15. We... (wait) for Nancy for the last two hours before she finally arrived.16. Today there are weather satellites that beam down information about the earth’s atmosphere. In the last two decades, space exploration...... (made) contribution to weather forecasting.17. I.... (see) that movie three times, and now I want to see it again.

PRACTICE TEST FOURRead the article and circle the most appropriate completion.

Was Columbus really the first explorer 1______ the Americas?

The great Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl didn’t think so. He believed that ancient

people 2______ boats that could cross oceans.To test his ideas, Heyerdahl decided to build a copy of the reed boats pictured in ancient Egyptian paintings and 3_____ across the Atlantic from North Africa to Barbados, Heyerdahl’s team also copied ancient Middle Eastern pots and filled them with 4_______ their journey-dried fish, honey, oil, some eggs and nuts, and 5_______ fresh fruit. Ra, the expedition’s boat, carried an international group including a Norwegian, an Egyptian, an Italian, a Mexican, and a Chadian.On May 25, 1969, Ra left Safi in Morocco and headed 6_____ the widest part of the Atlantic. Ra fell apart just before it reached Barbados, but everyone 7_______and wanted to try again.On May 17, 1970, Ra II, sailing under the flag of the United Nations, successfully 8______the Atlantic in 57 days. The expedition proved that ancient civilizations had 9______ reach the Americas long before Columbus 10_______.

1- A-was discovered. B-discover.C-to discover. D-to be discovered.

2- B-were able to build. B-were able building.C-were able to building. D-able to be built.

3- A-sailed. B-sailingC-to be sailed. D-was sailed

4- A-food enough to B-food enough for.C-enough food for. D-enough for food of

5- A-a little B-a few C-few D-less

6- A-across B-crossC-crossed D-acrossing

7- A-was survived B-was survivingC-was being survived D-survived

8- A-crossed B-acrossedC-across D-cross

9- A-skills enough to B-enough skills toC-to enough skills.D-to enough of skills to

10- A-did B-wasC-had been done D-was done