Use of English (NMT prep)

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If it rains tonight, what ______ do?

did you

will you

would you

you will

She ______ be upset if she hears the news.

might

should

would

may

What______ if you had arrived on time?

would have happened

would happened

will have happened

had happened

I ______ to the party if I didn't have to work.

would go

went

will go

should go

Choose the correct reported speech for 'I am tired', she said.

'She says that she was tired'

'She said that she is tired'

'She said that she was tired'

'She say that she was tired'

Select the correct form: 'Can you help me?' he asked.

'He asked that I could help him'

'He asked to I could help him'

'He asked if I could help him'

'He asked if I can help him'

Rewrite this in reported speech: 'I didn’t do it', he denied.

'He denied that he wouldn't do it'

'He denied that he didn't did it'

'He denied that he hadn't done it'

'He denied that he hasn't done it'

Correct reported speech form for 'I have a headache', she said.

'She said that she has a headache'

'She says that she had a headache'

'She said that she had a headache'

'She saying that she had a headache'

Choose the correct possessive form: The ______ coat is red.

girls'

girl's

girls

girl

Choose the correct possessive form: The ______ rooms are on the first floor.

teacher

teacher's

teachers'

teachers

How do you correctly use the apostrophe to show that something belongs to 'two weeks'?

Two weeks' time

Two week's time

Two week time's

Two weeks time

Select the correct use of apostrophe in expressing time for 'year'.

A year's time

A years time

A year time's

A years' time

What is the correct use of apostrophe to express duration in the context of 'an hour'?

An hours' time

An hour's time

An hour time's

An hours time

Select the appropriate quantifier: She has ____ friends in her town.

the few

little

few

a few

Identify the correct quantifier to complete the sentence: Can you lend me _____ money?

much

any

few

some

Read the text below and decide which answer best completes each gap. There is one example.

Every year lots of students 1. .....  on exchange programmes and stay with students in other countries. This practice was first inspired 2. ...... volunteers who helped in other countries in war time.There are special organisations that help schools plan these and it can be a wonderful 
3. ........ .  Students stay with teenagers of the 4. ..... age, who are often 5. ...... in the same things. Sometimes students 6. ......  a short time in the other country – maybe two or three weeks – but in some countries students go for longer periods. They can go for as long as a year and also 7. ........  at a school or college in the other country.Exchange programmes are good 8........  you meet people from different countries and also learn about living in another country. Of course, it's an excellent way to practise and improve a foreign language at the same time as having. 9......... ! Before going on an exchange, it's important for the school to choose 10.....   right teenager for you to stay with. You. 11. ....  to fill in forms about your personality, family, interests and pastimes.

do

take

make

go

of

from

by

with

example

experience

event

impression

common

near

exat

same

interested

passionate

keen

fond

are

leave

spend

make

study

go

pass

stay

for

because

and

that

fun

joke

laugh

smile

a

some

any

the

must

should

need

will

Read the text below and decide which answer best completes each gap. There is one example.
A frightening experience

One of my favourite hobbies is acting and I've done a lot of plays with my school and 12. ....
club. When I started acting, I didn't 13. .... to get nervous and I was really confident. I could learn and remember lots of lines with no problems! Then one night I was acting 14..... a fantastic play called Shadowlands. It’s about how the 15..... C.S Lewis, who wrote The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, fell in love with an American poet called Joy. It's a very 16 ...... play and Joy dies at the end. I was playing Joy and right in the middle of the second 17. .... I forgot my words. It was terrible! Afterwards everyone said that my performance was great, but I was really disappointed 18..... myself. Now I concentrate much 19..... when I'm on stage, but I've never forgotten that moment. I still enjoy acting, but I don't look 20...... to going on stage as much as I used to. It's more frightening 21. .... taking an English exam!

drama

poetry

film

comedy

use

always

usually

find

on

for

with

in

artist

actor

writer

character

relaxing

moving

excellent

funny

act

chapter

setting

album

on

for

by

with

more hard

harder

hardly

hardest

forward

across

over

toward

that

than

as

to

If it rains tonight, what ______ do?

did you

will you

would you

you will

She ______ be upset if she hears the news.

might

should

would

may

What______ if you had arrived on time?

would have happened

would happened

will have happened

had happened

I ______ to the party if I didn't have to work.

would go

went

will go

should go

Choose the correct reported speech for 'I am tired', she said.

'She says that she was tired'

'She said that she is tired'

'She said that she was tired'

'She say that she was tired'

Select the correct form: 'Can you help me?' he asked.

'He asked that I could help him'

'He asked to I could help him'

'He asked if I could help him'

'He asked if I can help him'

Rewrite this in reported speech: 'I didn’t do it', he denied.

'He denied that he wouldn't do it'

'He denied that he didn't did it'

'He denied that he hadn't done it'

'He denied that he hasn't done it'

Correct reported speech form for 'I have a headache', she said.

'She said that she has a headache'

'She says that she had a headache'

'She said that she had a headache'

'She saying that she had a headache'

Choose the correct possessive form: The ______ coat is red.

girls'

girl's

girls

girl

Choose the correct possessive form: The ______ rooms are on the first floor.

teacher

teacher's

teachers'

teachers

How do you correctly use the apostrophe to show that something belongs to 'two weeks'?

Two weeks' time

Two week's time

Two week time's

Two weeks time

Select the correct use of apostrophe in expressing time for 'year'.

A year's time

A years time

A year time's

A years' time

What is the correct use of apostrophe to express duration in the context of 'an hour'?

An hours' time

An hour's time

An hour time's

An hours time

Select the appropriate quantifier: She has ____ friends in her town.

the few

little

few

a few

Identify the correct quantifier to complete the sentence: Can you lend me _____ money?

much

any

few

some

do

take

make

go

of

from

by

with

example

experience

event

impression

common

near

exat

same

interested

passionate

keen

fond

are

leave

spend

make

study

go

pass

stay

for

because

and

that

fun

joke

laugh

smile

a

some

any

the

must

should

need

will

drama

poetry

film

comedy

use

always

usually

find

on

for

with

in

artist

actor

writer

character

relaxing

moving

excellent

funny

act

chapter

setting

album

on

for

by

with

more hard

harder

hardly

hardest

forward

across

over

toward

that

than

as

to