GRAMMAR TENSES IN CONTEXT

GRAMMAR TENSES IN CONTEXT

TEST 1

Read the text below. For each empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or D).

A: Hello, (1) __________________ you from Australia?

B: No, I (2) __________________.

A: Where (3) __________________ you from?

В: I (4) __________________ from the United Kingdom.

A: (5) __________________ this your partner?

B: No, he (6) __________________. He (7)__________________ __________________ my boss.

A: (8) __________________ he from the United Kingdom, too?

B: No, he (9) __________________ from Portugal.

A: (10) __________________ you on vacation here?

B: No, we (11) __________________ here on business.

A: And what about you?

В: I (12) __________________ on vacation.

	A	В	C	D
1	am	is	are	be
2	’m not	not	am	isn’t
3	is	are	am	be
4	be	is	are	am
5	Are	Is	Am	Be
6	not	aren’t	isn’t	am not
7	be	are	am	is
8	Is	Are	Isn’t	Am
9	is	are	am	aren’t
10	Is	Am	Are	Be
11	are	am	isn’t	aren’t
12	is	am	am not	are

TEST 2

Read the text below. For each empty space (1-9) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or D).

Maria (1) __________________ to improve her Spanish. Therefore, she (2) __________________ a lan­guage course in Madrid at the moment. She (3) __________________ with a host family and must (4) __________________ the tube to get to her language school. It (5) __________________ only a five-minute walk to the nearest tube station. The train (6) __________________ at half past eight. The first lesson (7) __________________ 9 o’clock. In the afternoons, the school (8) __________________ sightseeing tours in and around Madrid. Tomorrow, the students of the language school (9) __________________ on an excursion around the city.

	A	В	C	D
1	want	wanting	wants	to want
2	to do	is doing	does	do
3	stay	to stay	is staying	stays
4	to take	taking	takes	take
5	is	be	to be	is being
6	leave	leaves	leaving	is leaving
7	to begin	begins	beginning	begin
8	offering	is offering	offers	offer
9	are going	is going	go	goes

TEST 3

Read the text below. For each empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or D).

Sam lives in a little village. He is in his last year at school. After school Sam (1) __________________ to become a manager. So, this week, he (2)_______________________ a practical course in a bank. There (3) __________________ a bank in a nearby town, but Sam (4) __________________ to take a bus to get there. The bus (5) __________________ at 6.00 in the morning and (6) __________________ at 8.00 in the evening. Sam (7) __________________ to spend so much time in town before and after work, waiting for the bus. Therefore, this week he (8) __________________ with his aunt who (9) __________________ in town. Sam usually (10) __________________ jeans and T-shirts, but while he (11) __________________ for the bank now, he (12)__ a suit and a tie.

	A	В	C	D
1	want	wanting	wants	is wanting
2	is doing	does	do	doing
3	be	is	am	are
4	have	is having	has	to have
5	leave	leaving	is leaving	leaves
6	returns	return	is returning	are returning
7	not like	doesn’t like	don’t like	not likes
8	stays	stay	staying	is staying
9	is living	live	lives	living
10	wears	wearing	is wearing	wear
11	work	is working	works	is work
12	is to wear	wearing	wears	is wearing

TEST 4

Read the text below. For each empty space (1-9) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or D).

Banks in the United Kingdom (1) __________________ at 9.30 a.m. and (2) __________________ at 3.30 p.m. They aren’t open at weekends, but they (3) __________________ at lunchtime. More and more people (4) __________________ cheque cards and credit cards nowadays. Cheque cards (5) __________________ a special number. In shops, the assistants (6) __________________ it on the back of the cheque. The number (7) __________________ the cheque. The bank will always pay cheques with a number. A credit card (8) __________________ different. You can buy a lot of things with a credit card, and (9) __________________ only one cheque to the credit card company, probably four or five weeks later.

	A	В	C	D
1	opens	are opening	open	is opening
2	closes	close	are closing	is closing
3	don’t close	aren’t closing	doesn’t close	isn’t closing
4	carry	are carrying	is carrying	carries
5	has	are having	have	having
6	puts	put	are putting	is putting
7	guarantees	guaranteed	is guaranteeing	guarantee
8	am	is	are	be
9	pays	is paying	are paying	pay

TEST 5

Read the text below. For each empty space (1-9) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or D).

Ben Doe is Britain’s most successful runner. He (1) __________________ five medals in the Commonwealth Games last year. He (2) __________________ harder than anybody else. He usually (3) __________________ yoghurt for breakfast, steak and salad for lunch, and salad in the evening. He (4) __________________ in Norwich and he still (5) __________________ there. He (6) __________________ two years ago, and his wife always (7) __________________ with him. They (8) __________________ in London yesterday, and we (9) __________________ both of them.

	A	В	C	D
1	wins	won	win	is winning
2	trains	is training	trained	train
3	have	is having	has	had
4	born	was born	were born	is born
5	lived	living	live	lives
6	was married	married	were married	marries
7	is travelling	travels	travel	travelling
8	was	is	were	are
9	interview	interviewing	interviews	interviewed

TEST 6

Read the text below. For each empty space (1-8) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or D).

In November 1963 someone (1) __________________ President John F. Kennedy when he (2) __________________ Dallas. He (3) __________________ later in hospital. The police (4) __________________ Lee Harvey Os­wald. Jack Ruby, a nightclub owner, (5) __________________ Oswald at the police station. November 22nd (6) __________________ one of the most important days in the modern American history. Most Americans can remember what they (7) __________________ when they (8) __________________ about the news of Kennedy’s assassination.

	A	В	C	D
1	shoot	shoots	shot	shooting
2	was visiting	visited	visit	visits
3	die	was dying	dies	died
4	catch	caught	catches	was caught
5	killing	kills	kill	killed
6	is	are	was	were
7	were doing	did	do	does
8	hearing	hear	hears	heard

TEST 7

Read the text below. For each empty space (1-11) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or D).

Two days ago, a murder (1) __________________ in Market Street at about 7 p.m. Yesterday, Sherlock Holmes (2) __________________ at the crime scene to investigate. He (3) __________________ one of the tenants in the house:

“What (4) __________________ yesterday at seven?”

“I (5) __________________ a book,” (6) __________________ one of them.

“(7) __________________ you alone? “

“Yes, I (8) __________________.”

“(9) __________________ anything suspicious?”

“Yes, about seven o’clock, two people (10) __________________ in the hallway. But the book was so in­teresting. I (11) __________________ anything more.”

	A	В	C	D
1	was happening	happen	was happened	happened
2	was arriving	had arrived	arrived	arrives
3	was asking	asked	asks	asking
4	were you doing	do you do	did you do	were you to do
5	read	reading	had to read	was reading
6	was answering	answer	answered	was answered
7	was	were	be	are
8	were	was	is	are
9	Did you hear	Have you heard	Were you heard	Heard
10	argued	arguing	were arguing	argue
11	wasn’t hearing	didn’t hear	not heard	don’t hear

TASK 8

Read the text below. For each empty space (1-10) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or D).

A: What (1) __________________ yesterday at 8 p.m.?

В: I (2) __________________ the pub with Sam. Why?

A: I (3) __________________ to the sports centre at that time to play squash with a few friends. As we only players, I (4) __________________ to ring you if you would like to come as well, but I (5) __________________ you at home.

B: Why (6) __________________ on my mobile?

A: I actually (7) __________________ to ring on your mobile, but by accident I (8) __________________ William’s number. He (9) __________________ anything special at the moment and really (10) __________________ the idea of playing squash with us.

	A	В	C	D
1	did you do	were you doing	you did	did you
2	sat	was to sit	was sitting	sitting
3	were driving	drove	did drive	was driving
4	was trying	tried	trying	was to try
5	wasn’t reaching	hadn’t reached	didn’t reach	not reached
6	wasn’t you ringing	didn’t you ring	weren’t you ringing	not you rang
7	wanting	had wanted	wanted	wants
8	dialed	was dialing	were dialing	was to dial
9	didn’t do	was to do	were doing	wasn’t doing
10	like	liked	liking	was liked

TEST 9

Read the text below. For each empty space (1-9) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or D).

Dear Mary,

What (1) __________________ at the weekend? I (2) __________________ shopping with my mum. My neighbour (3) __________________ a party on Friday and Mum says she (4) __________________ me some new clothes. I am sure I (5) __________________ something nice!

On Sunday we (6) __________________ our grandparents - we go every Sunday. The car’s at the garage, so we (7) __________________ a bus. We’ve already got our tickets. I don’t think we (8) __________________ home late because the last bus is at half past five.

Well, that’s the news for the moment, I (9) __________________ again soon!

Love, Sally.

	A	В	c	D
1	will you go	are you doing	are you going to do	do you do
2	go shopping	goes shopping	am going shopping	am going shop
3	is having	has	will have	having
4	is buying	will buy	is going to buy	buys
5	finds	is finding	will find	find
6	visit	are visiting	is visiting	will visit
7	take	taking	will take	is taking
8	is getting	gets	is going to get	will get
9	is going to write	writes	is writing	will write

TEST 10

Read the text below, For each empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or D).

Hello Bill,

I (1) __________________ to school any more. I (2) __________________ to college. In fact I (3) __________________ to college at the moment. I hope you can read my letter as I (4) __________________ it on the train. It isn’t very comfortable. A boy (5) __________________ next to me and he (6) __________________ to a Walkman. It’s very loud. I usually (7) __________________ the 9 o’clock train but today I (8) __________________ the 9.30 one as I got up late.

I (9) __________________ badminton with Sue this evening. She still (10)_____________ __________________ to school, so I don’t see her during the day. We (11) __________________ badminton every Tuesday.

We (12) __________________ at my station now, so I’ll stop for the moment.

	A	В	C	D
1	not go	don’t go	am not going	not going
2	goes	am going	go	have gone
3	am travelling	travel	will travel	have travelled
4	write	am writing	wrote	writing
5	sits	sat	is sitting	sit
6	is listening	listen	listened	listens
7	caught	have caught	has caught	catch
8	take	took	have taken	will take
9	will play	play	am playing	have played
10	go	is going	has gone	goes
11	play	are playing	have played	will play
12	arrived	arrive	arriving	are arriving

TEST 11

Read the text below. For each empty space (1-9) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or D).

Oxygen and water (1) __________________ necessary for life. Our planet, Earth, (2) __________________ both. So, (3) __________________ the earth the only planet in our solar system with life? People (4) __________________ about this for many years. Some (5) __________________ the skies and seen unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Some even say they (6) __________________ aliens from other worlds. Every year millions of people (7) __________________ books and (8) __________________ to see films about outer space. The film ’ET The Extra­terrestial’, about an alien left behind on Earth, (9) __________________ one of the most popular films ever made.

	A	В	C	D
1	is	isn’t	are	aren’t
2	have	have had	has	has had
3	aren’t	is	am	are
4	have wondered	wondered	has wondered	wonder
5	watched	has watched	watch	have watched
6	meet	have met	meets	has met
7	reads	have read	read	has read
8	have gone	has gone	goes	go
9	is	are	be	am

TEST 12

Read the text below. For each empty space (1-11) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or D).

At one time people (1) __________________ there (2) __________________ life on the moon and little green men on Mars. For many years some people (3) __________________ Venus (4) __________________ a natural garden because it (5) __________________ green. Some scientists (6) __________________ there (7) __________________ life in the clouds over Jupiter.

Today we (8) __________________ these things (9) __________________ true. Earth (10) __________________ to be the only planet in our solar system with life. But we will continue to wonder, “ (11) __________________ we alone?”

	A	В	C	D
1	have thought	think	thought	has thought
2	was	is	were	are
3	think	thinks	have thought	thought
4	were	was	am	are
5	are	be	is	has been
6	thought	has thought	think	have thought
7	were	was	has been	have been
8	have known	has known	knows	know
9	are not	is not	am not	was not
10	seem	seemed	seems	has seemed
11	Are	Is	Were	Was

Фразові дієслова

TEST 1

 Study the table. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the suitable phrasal verb.

Phrasal verb	Definition	Translation
break in	to enter by force	вдиратися; встрявати, втручатися
break out	to escape	втекти (із в’язниці)
break up	to end a relationship	розходитися (про компанію, збори тощо); припинити стосунки
break down	to stop operating	зламатися

 1. The car __________________ so they were late for work.

2. Mary and Paul __________________ last week.

3. The robbers __________________ and stole a lot of money.

4. The prisoner __________________ of jail but the police arrested him soon after.

5. I lost my keys so I had to __________________ my house.

6. The bus __________________ and the driver had to call the mechanic.

7. Tom __________________ with his girlfriend.

8. Three men __________________ of prison.

TEST 2

 Study the table. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the suitable phrasal verb.

Phrasal verb	Definition	Translation
come round	to visit	заходити ненадовго
come down	to become less; be reduced	падати (про сніг, дощ); спускатися, опускатися
come across	to find / see by chance	(випадково) зустріти когось, наштовхнутися на щось
come out	to be published, released	виходити; з’являтися (у пресі)

 1. Her new book of poetry is __________________ at the end of the year.

2. The prices __________________ during the sales.

3. __________________ any time after school. I’ll be waiting for you.

4. He was looking for a shirt at the department store when he __________________ that cowboy hat.

5. The price of the jacket __________________ so I decided to buy it.

6. They waited for the new cartoon to __________________.

TEST 3

 Study the table. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the suitable phrasal verb.

Phrasal verb	Definition	Translation
give in	to agree to something you don’t want to do	поступатися
give up	to stop, abandon an attempt/habit	відмовлятися від, залишати
give away	reveal	виказувати; виявляти; зраджу­вати
give out	to become exhausted, fail	бути виснаженим, неспромож­ним

 1. He __________________ smoking last year.

2. She didn’t __________________ my secret.

3. Yesterday our washing machine __________________.

4. My parents __________________ and allowed me to take a dog as a pet.

5. Nelly’s parents finally __________________ and let her go to the party.

6. I was terribly angry with Sally for __________________ my secret.

7. Fred __________________ playing football because he injured his leg.

8. Our microwave oven finally __________________. We’ll have to buy a new one.

TEST 4

 Study the table. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the suitable phrasal verb.

Phrasal verb	Definition	Translation
look after	to take care of	наглядати за, піклуватися про
look for	to search	шукати
look up	to find a word, number	шукати (щось у довіднику)
look out	to be careful	бути насторожі
look forward to	to anticipate	чекати з нетерпінням

 1. We asked the neighbour to __________________ the cat when we are away.

2. I am really __________________ to meeting you.

3. __________________! The bus is coming.

4. If I don’t know the word, I __________________ it __________________ in the dictionary.

5. What are you __________________? - My pen.

6. I didn’t have time to __________________ the number in the telephone directory.

7. __________________! There is a shark behind you!

8. Excuse me! I am __________________ Mr Wilson.

9. Could you __________________ my little daughter tonight?

10. The cafe is __________________ the waiter.

TEST 5

 Study the table. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the suitable phrasal verb.

Phrasal verb	Definition	Translation
make up	to invent	виготовляти; вигадувати
make up for	to compensate	компенсувати
make for	to go forward	прямувати, простувати до
make out	to distinguish; fill in	розбирати; розуміти; заповнити

 1. It was very hard to climb the mountain but they decided to __________________ the top.

2. We found the letter but couldn’t __________________ what was written in it.

3. I need your name to __________________ the check.

4. Who’s __________________ this story?

5. I’d like to __________________ this application.

6. When the teacher arrived Mike __________________ the door very quickly.

7. Fred said he was sorry and told Sally he would ______________________________________ missing her party.

8. Please, speak a bit louder. I cannot __________________ what you are saying.

TEST 6

 Study the table. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the suitable phrasal verb.

Phrasal verb	Definition	Translation
pick at	to take small amounts	вертіти в руках, їсти маленькими шматками
pick on	to treat sb badly	надокучати
pick up	to collect sb	підвозити (когось)
pick out	to choose	висмикувати; вибирати

 1. Father __________________ me __________________ after school.

2. He didn’t eat much. He __________________ his food.

3. The trainer __________________ the most expensive book from the list.

4. The girls always __________________ Jill and called her names.

5. My granddad said that he’s __________________ me __________________ from school if it’s rain.

6. The tourists looked around and __________________ a nice place for the camp.

7. She wasn’t hungry so she __________________ the food.

8. They __________________ Sam because they didn’t like him.

TEST 7

 Study the table. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the suitable phrasal verb.

Phrasal verb	Definition	Translation
take after	to resemble	бути схожим на когось
take off	to leave the ground	злітати, відриватися від землі
take up	to begin a new activity	братися (до чогось)
take out	to take somebody as your guest to a restaurant	запросити, повести (до ресторану)

 1. Не __________________ golf as a hobby.

2. Our flight didn’t __________________ on time.

3. We are __________________ the Smith __________________ tonight.

4. Sam doesn’t look like his father. He must __________________ his mother.

5. Let me __________________ you __________________ to dinner tonight.

6. Our plane __________________ at 1 p.m.

7. My granddaughter __________________ my son.

8. Jerry __________________ ice skating in his free time.

TEST 8

 Study the table. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the suitable phrasal verb.

Phrasal verb	Definition	Translation
turn on	to switch on	відкривати (кран, шлюз); вмикати (світло)
turn off	to switch off	закрити (кран); вимкнути (світло)
turn into	to change	повернути
turn up	to increase level or sound	збільшити (про звук)
turn down	to reduce level or sound	зменшувати (світло)
turn down	to reject	відкидати (пропозицію)

 1. __________________ the TV __________________ when you leave the room.

2. __________________ the computer __________________ so we can see how it works.

3. __________________ the CD player __________________. I can’t hear the words.

4. The frog __________________ a nice prince.

5. We __________________ the music __________________ when it’s too loud.

6. He __________________ the proposal.

7. They didn’t __________________ the heating even when it was very cold.

8. Ann __________________ a very beautiful woman.

TEST 9

Phrasal verb	Definition	Translation
hang up	to put on a hook, hanger	повісити; відкладати в довгий ящик
hang around	to associate with (someone) loiter; wait around	бути поблизу, вештатися
hang about	to waste time; loiter	оточувати; вештатися; нависати, загрожувати
hang back	to remain behind; to show reluctance to act or move	не наважуватися відступати
hang together	to remain associated; help or support each other	триматися гурту, підтримувати один одного

 1. Stephen __________________ for fear of being seen.

2. Undercover officers spent most of their time __________________ bars.

3. European neighbours will __________________ from this.

4. Please __________________ your coat.

5. His good shirt’s ironed and __________________.

6. Your statements don’t quite __________________.

7. If you ____________ on someone you are speaking to on the phone, you end the phone call suddenly and unexpectedly.  8. John __________________ with the thugs.

TEST 10

 Study the table. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the suitable phrasal verb.

Phrasal verb	Definition	Translation
pay back	to repay; to give or do (something equivalent) in return	повертати (гроші), відплачувати
pay down	to pay (a sum of money) at the time of purchase	платити готівкою
pay out	to distribute (money)	виплачувати, відплачувати
pay off	to pay the complete amount of (a debt, bill, etc.)	розраховуватися; розплачуватися сповна

1. He burst into tears, swearing to __________________ everything he had stolen.

2. Some day I’ll __________________ you __________________ for this!

3. All the hard work I had done over the summer was __________________.

4. Many policies __________________ only after a period of weeks or months.

5. There are football clubs who __________________ millions of pounds for players.

6. She __________________ at the time of purchase.

TEST 11

Study the table and complete the given sentences with the appropriate particles.

Phrasal verb	Definition	Translation
get at	to criticize someone in an unkind way	критикувати
get around	to travel to a lot of different places; if news or information gets around, a lot of people hear about it	пересуватися; ставати відомим
get back	to return to a place after you have been somewhere else	повертатися
get on	if two or more people get on, they like each other and are friendly to each other	ладити; жити у злагоді
get up	to stand up	вставати, підводитися

1. The whole audience got __________________ and started clapping.

2. It’s a shame she doesn’t get __________________ better with her colleagues.

3. By the time we got __________________ to the hotel, Lydia had already left.

4. I keep having to get __________________ to answer the phone.

5. What time did you get __________________ last night?

6. Do James and your father get __________________ together?

7. I think she felt a bit got __________________ during the meeting.

8. The letter was at home waiting for me when I got __________________ from work.

9. Spain, Germany and Italy in one month? You certainly get __________________!

10. I don’t want it to get __________________ that I’m leaving.

11. Sue and I have always got __________________ well.

12. He keeps getting __________________ me and I really don’t know what I’ve done wrong.

TEST 12

 Study the table and complete the given sentences with the appropriate particles.

Phrasal verb	Definition	Translation
go about	to start to do something or deal with something	почати щось робити; мати спра­ву з чимось
go along	to go to a place or to an event, usually informally and without careful planning	іти, рухатися (без попереднього плану)
go into	to start an activity, or start to be in a particular state or condition	зайнятися чимось
go on	to continue to exist or happen	продовжувати; відбуватися, траплятися
go through	to experience an unpleasant or difficult situation or event	пройти наскрізь; іти напролом

 1. A new model of the car has just gone __________________ production.

2. She went __________________ absolute hell during her divorce.

3. ’Do you use the bar much?’ ’I sometimes go __________________ after work.’

4. The music festival goes __________________ until August 31.

5. How can we go __________________ solving this problem?

6. Let’s hope the situation will go __________________ improving.

7. He was in first place as he went __________________ the final.

8. The war had been going __________________ for three years and there was still no sign of peace.

9. I thought I might go __________________ to the party for an hour or so.

10. I’d like to help, but what’s the best way to go __________________ it?

TEST 13

Word	Definition	Translation
make for	to cause a particular result or situation	сприяти; прямувати до
make off	to leave somewhere quickly, especially in order to escape	тікати, втікати
make out	to understand something, especially the reason why some­thing has happened; to write all the necessary information on an official document [e.g. cheque, application, ticket]	зрозуміти; розібрати; побачити; розрізнити складати (список, запо­віт); виписувати (чек, свідоцтво);
make up	to forgive someone who you have argued with and to become friendly with them again; to say or write something that is not true [e.g. excuse, report, story] in order to deceive someone; to invent something [e.g. story, game]	помирити, помиритися, примирити; складати; збирати; видумувати, вигадувати
make over	to give money or possessions to someone in an official way, so that they own them legally; to change something in order to make it look different or use it for a different purpose; to give somebody a different appearance by changing their clothes, hair, etc.	віддавати у користування офіційно; переробляти

 1. Не made __________________ his fortune to his wife.

2. We argue a lot, but we always have fun making __________________!

3. The burglars made __________________ as soon as the police arrived.

4. Make the cheque __________________ to D. Glennon.

5. I’d made __________________ some story about having to go home to see my sick mother.

6. Ironically, food rationing made __________________ a healthier population.

7. We’re making __________________ the playroom into an additional bedroom.

8. Can you make __________________ how they did it?

9. Sometimes I’ll read her a story from a book and sometimes I’ll make one _________________

10. Have you made __________________ with Daryl yet?

11. Nobody can make __________________ what their motives were.

12. Poor service does not make __________________ satisfied customers.

TEST 14

 Study the table and complete the given sentences with the appropriate particles.

Phrasal verb	Definition	Translation
put away	to put something in the place where it is usually kept; to save an amount of money	забирати, ховати; відкладати, збирати (гроші)
put in	to say something while someone else is speaking	переривати, втручатися (у розмову)
put off	to decide or arrange to do something at a later time	відкладати, відстрочувати
put on	to put a piece of clothing onto your body; to put make-up or cream onto your skin; to make a device [e.g. light, fire] work by pressing a switch; to pretend to have a particular feeling, or to behave in a way which is not real or natural for you	надягати; запускати, вмикати, пускати в хід, набрати вигляду, робити вигляд, прикидатися; за­даватися; удавати, строїти з себе; наносити (крем)
put up with	to accept unpleasant behaviour or an unpleasant situation, even though you do not like it	терпіти, миритися; примиритися

 1. I can put __________________ a house being untidy but I don’t like it to be dirty.

2. Put your coat __________________ if you’re going outside, it’s cold.

3. I’ve put __________________ talking to him about this for far too long.

4. I try to put a little __________________ every month.

5. She put __________________ her glasses and stared intently at the photograph.

6. He’s impossible! How do you put __________________ him?

7. What time do you want me to put the oven __________________?

8. Anthea often puts __________________ a funny voice w'hen she answers the phone.

9. I’ll wash and dry the dishes, if you put them __________________.

10. Is there a mirror somewhere? I need to put my make-up __________________.

11. ’But I don’t think she’s the right person for the job’, she put __________________.

12. They had decided to put the wedding __________________ until her brother came home from abroad.

TEST 15

Study the table and complete the given sentences with the appropriate particles.

Phrasal verb	Definition	Translation
see about	to deal with something, or to arrange for something to be done	мати справу з чимось; владнати
see off	to go to the place that someone is leaving from in order to say goodbye	проводжати (тих, хто від’їжджає)
see through	to realize the truth about somebody/ something	розгадувати, розпізнавати, бачити наскрізь
see over	to examine a building in order to decide if you want to buy it	знайомитися, детально оглядати

1. You should see __________________ getting your hair cut.

2. Some people are coming to see __________________ our house tomorrow.

3. We saw __________________ him from the start.

4. They have decided not to see us __________________.

5. It’s getting late — I’d better see __________________ dinner.

6. My parents came to the airport to see me __________________.

7. I’m not sure, but I’ll see __________________ the cost of renting a van.

8. We need to see __________________ the house before we can make you an offer.

9. I must see __________________ lunch.

10. I can see __________________ your little game.

TEST 16

 Study the table and complete the given sentences with the appropriate particles.

Phrasal verb	Definition	Translation
stand about/ around/round	to spend time standing in a place waiting for someone or doing very little	стояти, знаходитися (без особливої мети)
stand by	to wait and be ready to do something or to help	бути в(бойовій) готовності
stand out	to be much better than other similar things or people	виділятися; вигідно відрізнятися
stand up	to rise from a sitting or lying position to a standing position	піднятися

 1. I stood __________________ to greet her.

2. Two books stand __________________ among the dozens recently published on the Royal Family.

3. We had a lot of good applicants for the job, but one stood __________________ from the rest.

4. Police in riot gear were standing in __________________ case the demonstration got out of control.

5. The pilot told the cabin crew to stand __________________ for takeoff.

6. We stood __________________ in the cold for half an hour before we were allowed in.

7. After the lecture, we stood __________________ chatting and drinking coffee.

8. How can you stand __________________ and see him accused of something he didn’t do?

9. There were no seats left so I had to stand __________________.

10. You’ll look taller if you stand __________________ straight.

TEST 17

 Study the table and complete the given sentences with the appropriate particles.

Phrasal verb	Definition	Translation
wear off	to disappear gradually (of feelings)	пом’якшуватися, проходити (про горе); згладжуватися
wear down	to make someone feel tired and less able to deal with a situation	послаблювати, вимотувати
wear out	to use something so much that it becomes weak or damaged and cannot be used any more	зношувати

 1. Extra troops were brought in to help the army wear __________________ the guerillas.

2. Doris has already worn __________________ two pairs of pointes this year.

3. There was an initial excitement but it’s started to wear______________________________ __________________.

4. The stress at work and all the extra travelling is starting to wear him __________________.

5. The anaesthetic wears __________________ after a couple of hours.

6. The brake discs on the car have worn __________________ and need to be replaced.

7. He used to spend all day playing with his computer games, but the novelty soon wore __________________.

8. Look! The tread on this tyre has worn __________________.

9. The effects of the drug will soon wear __________________.

10. He wore __________________ two pairs of shoes last year.

TEST 18

 Study the table and complete the given sentences with the appropriate particles.

Phrasal verb	Definition	Translation
work on/upon	to spend time working in order to produce or repair something; to try hard to improve something	впливати, мати вплив; пере­конувати
work out	to be the result of a mathematical calculation; to happen or develop in a particular way; to train the body by physical exercise	вирахувати, обчислити, визна­чити шляхом обчислення; розроблювати (план)
work through	to work without stopping for a period of time	працювати безупинно
work up to something	to develop or move gradually towards something, usually something more exciting or extreme	оброблювати; надавати завершеного вигляду

1. The music worked __________________ to a rousing finale.

2. His dancing technique is good, but he needs to work __________________ his fitness.

3. I got married later that year but it didn’t work __________________.

4. I began by jogging in the park and worked __________________ to running five miles a day.

5. That works __________________ to a 5.5% price decrease.

6. I often start at 7.30 and work __________________ until midnight.

7. The cost of a minibus works __________________ at Ј7 per person.

8. Pete loves working __________________ old cars.

9. Buying a new radio worked __________________ cheaper than repairing the old one.

10. The arrangement worked __________________ rather badly for Leo.

11. She’s based in the lab, working full-time __________________ a cure for AIDS.

12. I work __________________ regularly to keep fit.

TEST 19

Study the table and complete the given sentences with the appropriate particles.

Phrasal verb	Definition	Translation
set about	to start doing something, especially something that uses a lot of time or energy	починати
set off	to start a journey	відправлятися, рушати в дорогу
set out	to leave a place and begin a journey; to start an activity, especially when you have already decided what you want to achieve	відправлятися (у подорож); виходити, виїжджати; мати намір, збиратися (що-небудь робити)
set up	to start a company or organization; to start working for yourself in your own company; to make a piece of equipment or a machine ready for use	засновувати; відкривати, започаткову­вати (яку-небудь справу); споруджува­ти, встановлювати, ставити

1. I hear John’s set __________________ as a freelance journalist.

2. I think you should set yourself __________________ as an interior designer.

3. He used to work for us but he’s since set __________________ on his own.

4. At the age of 29 he set __________________ a commercial property business.

5. What time are you setting __________________ tomorrow morning?

6. A committee has been set __________________ to investigate the problem.

7. It was quite sunny when we set __________________.

8. She’d set __________________ with the aim of becoming the youngest ever winner of the championship.

9. They said they’d set __________________ at about 7 o’clock, so they should be here soon.

10. I got home and immediately set __________________ cleaning the house.

11. Like so many young people before them, they set __________________ to change the world.

12. I’m just about to set __________________ for the station.

TEST 20

 Study the table and complete the given sentences with the appropriate particles.

Phrasal verb	Definition	Translation
keep on	to continue to do something, or to do something again and again	продовжувати (робити що-небудь); продовжуватися
keep up	to continue something at the same, usually high, level; to make something remain at a high level; to continue to use or practise something	триматися на колишньому рівні, не мінятися, не змінюватися; продо­вжуватися, не припинятися; продо­вжувати, не припиняти, не кидати
keep from	to prevent someone from doing something, especially work, by spending time with them	утримати від чого-небудь
keep in	to make a child stay at school or at home, especially as a punishment	залишати після уроків (у школі); удома

1. He was often kept __________________ after school for bad behaviour.

2. Well done! Keep __________________ the good work.

3. The doctor told me to keep her __________________ for a day or so until her temperature comes down.

4. Do you still keep __________________ your Spanish?

5. Well, I’d better go — I don’t want to keep you ________________________________________ your studies.

6. The enemy kept __________________ the bombardment day and night.

7. I keep __________________ thinking I’ve seen him before somewhere.

8. We’re having difficulty keeping __________________ our mortgage payments.

9. They sang songs to keep their spirits_ __________________.

10. She kept __________________ asking me questions the whole time.



TEST 13

Read the text below. For each empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or D).

Recently scientists (1) __________________ more about life on planet Earth and now they (2) __________________ better where to look for life in outer space.

For a long time, scientists (3) __________________ that life (4) __________________ on sunlight for energy. Then, in 1978, a submarine (5) __________________ to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Although there (6) __________________ no sunlight, they (7) __________________ tube worms, clams and crabs, and other life forms.

Since then scientists (8) __________________ at the life on earth in other difficult environments — dry, cold and hot - and (9) __________________ that water is the key. Wherever there (10) __________________ water, life (11) __________________ exist. So scientists (12) __________________ to search for water in the solar system.

	A	В	C	D
1	found out	has found out	find out	have found out
2	knew	have known	know	known
3	believe	believed	believes	have believed
4	depended	depend	depends	have depended
5	dive	have dived	has dived	dived
6	were	was	has been	have been
7	have found	finds	found	has found
8	have looked	looked	looks	has looked
9	found	have found	has found	finds
10	was	has been	is	be
11	could	will be able	was able	can
12	began	has begun	have begun	begin

TEST 14

Read the text below. For each empty space (1-6) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

Earth is the name of the planet on which we (1) __________________ . It is a huge ball of rock (2) __________________ through space. No one is sure when earth (3) __________________, but some scientists think that, between 10 and 20 billion years ago, there (4) __________________ a huge explosion, (5) __________________ the big bang. Gradually, over millions of years, stars and planets (6) __________________ to form. One of these planets was Earth.

	A	В	C	D
1	are living	lived	live	have lived
2	spin	spinning	span	is spinning
3	began	begins	begin	begun
4	was	were	have been	is
5	calling	was called	called	has called
6	have started	started	was started	starts

TEST 15

Read the text below. For each empty space (1-6) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or D).

Planet Earth is a ball of rock and metal, (1) __________________ up of four layers. The thin, cool, out­side layer (2) __________________ the crust. People live on the surface of the crust. The three layers inside (3) __________________ and (4) __________________ than the crust. No one (5) __________________ exactly what earth is like deep inside, but we do know that (6) __________________ part is in the middle.

	A	В	C	D
1	made	make	making	was made
2	called	calling	calls	is called
3	is thicker	are thicker	is thickest	are thickest
4	more hotter	much hot	much hotter	more hot
5	knows	know	is known	known
6	hotter	hot	the hotter	the hot

TEST 16

Read the text below. For each empty space (1-6) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

An earthquake (1) __________________ when there are sudden movements in Earth’s crust that make the ground shake. Most earthquakes are small, and we (2) __________________ them, but during large earthquakes, rocks (3) __________________. The land may split apart along a crack in the crust (4) __________________ a fault line. Some large fault lines (5) __________________ above places where (6) __________________ plates meet.

	A	В	C	D
1	happened	happen	happens	has happened
2	didn’t notice	don’t notice	not notice	not noticed
3	are trembling	tremble	trembled	trembling
4	calls	call	called	were called
5	are lying	lay	lie	lying
6	Earth’s	Earth	Earths	Earth’

TEST 17

Read the text below. For each empty space (1-6) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or D).

An earthquake (1) __________________ deep underground, but makes rocks on the surface (2) __________________ open. Windows break and walls crack. People find it difficult (3) __________________. Fires break out because gas pipes and electrical wires (4) __________________. When water pipes burst, it is difficult for firefighters (5) __________________ fires. When the shaking (6) __________________ stronger, buildings crumble and bridges collapse.

	A	В	C	D
1	start	is starting	starts	have started
2	to crack	cracking	crack	cracked
3	stay standing	to stay standing	staying stand	stay stand
4	damaged	were damaged	are damaged	have damaged
5	having put out	putting out	to put out	to putting out
6	become	becomes	has become	became

TEST 18

Read the text below. For each empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or D).

All rocks are mixtures of tiny grains called minerals. (1) __________________ minerals are soft and light, (2) __________________ are hard and dark. Gold and iron are types of minerals, called metals, that (3) __________________ rocks. Diamonds and the opal are rare minerals, called gems.

The grand canyon in Arizona (4) __________________ up of many layers of rock that (5) __________________ away by water. One of the main kinds of rock in the canyon is sandstone, which (6) __________________ sand and (7) __________________ pieces of rock. It can be cut and shaped easily, so it (8) __________________ for building.

Most fossils are (9) __________________ of ancient animals and plants that (10) __________________ in rock over millions of years and turned to stone. Sometimes fossils are the signs (11) __________________ by animals, (12) __________________ footprints, burrows or droppings.

	A	В	C	D
1	Something	Any	Some	Several
2	other	another	different	others
3	found	are found	have been found	were found
4	is made	made	was made	were made
5	have been worn	worn	was worn	has been worn
6	made of	is made of	was made up	made up
7	some	others	other	another
8	often used	often is used	is used often	is often used
9	the remains	remains	the remain	remain
10	hardened	has hardened	have been hardened	have hardened
11	left	left behind	were left	were left behind
12	such	so as	such as	as

TEST 19

Read the text below. For each empty space (1-8) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or D).

The world’s (1) __________________ mountain range, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, runs down_____ the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

The Pacific Ocean is (2) __________________ all the land on Earth put together. (3) __________________ place on Earth is the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean. It plunges down for 36,198 feet (11,033 m).

The Sahara, in Africa is (4) __________________ desert in the world. It covers an area almost (5) __________________ the United States. (6) __________________ of the Sahara is stony, but in sandy places, the wind blows the sand into (7) __________________ hills called dunes. When the wind blows really (8) __________________, the sand flies through the air in a sandstorm.

	A	В	C	D
1	long	the longest	longest	longer
2	biggest as	bigger than	biggest than	the biggest
3	Deeper	Deepest	The deeper	The deepest
4	bigger	big	the bigger	the biggest
5	as big as	big	big as	so big as
6	More	Most	Many	Much
7	bigger	biggest	big	as big
8	hardly	harder	hardest	hard

TEST 20

Read the text below. For each empty space (1-8) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or D).

A constellation is a group of stars that (1 __________________ a pattern in the sky. Astronomers (2) __________________ 88 constellations and given each of them a name. The constellations (3) __________________ their shape, but as the night (4) __________________, they seem (5) __________________ across the sky. This hap­pens because Earth (6) __________________ around. The constellations themselves (7) __________________ really __________________. People see different constellations (8) __________________ on where they live in the world.

	A	В	C	D
1	make	makes	made	have made
2	counted	was counted	counts	have counted
3	do not change	didn’t change	aren’t changed	weren’t changed
4	pass	passes	have passed	was passed
5	moving	to move	moved	were moved
6	spins	was spinning	is spinning	spin
7	are not moving	don’t move	were not moving	have not moved
8	depended	depending	depend	are depended

TEST 21

Read the text below. For each empty space (1-8) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or D).

Many constellations, or group of stars, got their names thousands of years ago. Some, such as the Great Dog or the Whale, (1) __________________ after the animal. Others, such as the Centaur, (2) __________________ their names from creatures or people in ancient stories. In the past, sailors (3) __________________ across the ocean used the constellations (4) __________________ their way. During (5) __________________ voyages, some new constellations (6) __________________ . They (7) __________________ names, such as the Sails, after parts of a ship.

Some constellations, such as Orion, (8) __________________ in the southern sky for half of the year and the northern sky for the other half.

	A	В	C	D
1	are named	named	naming	were named
2	took	have taken	takes	take
3	was travelling	travelling	travelled	travel
4	find	to find	finding	found
5	this	that	those	these
6	discovered	discover	have discovered	were discovered
7	were given	given	gave	gives
8	seen	can be seen	can see	be seen

TEST 22

Read the text below. For each empty space (1-8) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or D).

On a clear night, you can see about 3,000 stars (1) __________________ the sky without (2) __________________ a telescope. (3) __________________ star that astronomers (4) __________________ is nearly 40 times (5) __________________ than the sun. In about five billion years, the sun (6) __________________ to a giant star. It (7) __________________ large enough (8) __________________ Earth.

	A	В	C	D
1	on	in	at	above
2	use	used	using	uses
3	The hot	Hot	The hotter	Hotter
4	found	has found	have found	finds
5	hot	hotter	hot	the hot
6	swells up	will swell up	is swelling up	swelling up
7	may become	may have become	may be become	may became
8	swallow up	swallowed up	to swallow up	swallowing up