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Verb tenses

100

I _____________ (study) in this school for ten years.

a) have studied

b) have been studying

c) both are correct

HAVE STUDIED / HAVE BEEN STUDYING

200

The plane ________________ (take off) at five o'clock tomorrow.

a) takes off

b) is going to take off

c) will going to take off

TAKES OFF

300

By this time tomorrow I ______________ (finish) all my exams.

a) will finish

b) am going to finish

c) will have finished

WILL HAVE FINISHED

400

At this time tomorrow she_________________ (ride) her bicycle.

WILL BE RIDING

500

He _________________ (look) for the keys all day, but he still hasn't ____________ (find) them.

a) had been looking / find

b) has been looking / found

c) hasn't been looking / founded

HAS BEEN LOOKING / FOUND

Extreme adjectives

100

The new film was very popular and the cinema was _______________.

PACKED / CROWDED

200

There wasn't a sound in the park. It was completely ________________.

SILENT

300

This kitchen is _____________!!(very dirty) It is disgusting!

FILTHY

400

Oh my God! It is ______________!!! The temperature must be -20ºC or so.

FREEZING

500

The city of Athens isn't just old. Its ______________. It has existed for over 3.000 years.

ANCIENT

Phrasal verbs

100

- Can you please _________? I cannot see the person behind you.

a) stand up

b) sit down

c) check out

SIT DOWN

200

This bus is really old! I think it is going to _____________ any minute!

a) break down

b) break under

c) break dance

BREAK DOWN

300

I am tired of working. I want to ____________for a week, maybe go to the beach.

a) set off

b) get away

c) take off

GET AWAY

400

When all the passengers are in their seats, the plane can ____________.

a) set off

b) take off

c) both are correct

TAKE OFF

500

She _____________ the car and drove to the station. When she arrived she _____________ the car and locked it.

a) got into / get out of

b) set off / got off

c) got into / got out of

GOT INTO / GOT OUT OF

Vocabulary

100

Artists are often _______________ by nature.

a) insiring

b) inspired

c) both are correct

INSPIRED

200

Preserved by becoming extremely cold:

a) boiled

b) spicy

c) frozen

FROZEN

300

It's important to keep looking at the information screens which show the ________________(the times that trains are coming into the station) and the _______________ (the times the trains are leaving).

ARRIVALS / DEPARTURES

400

How do you call an area near the center of a big city, traditionally poorer?

a) suburbs

b) citi center

c) inner city

INNER CITY

500

If you live in this kind of house you can hear your neighbours on both sides.

a) a semi-detached house

b) a detached house

c) a terraced house

A TERRACED HOUSE

Reported speech

100

"I am writing a book." (John to Mark)

JOHN TOLD MARK (THAT) HE WAS WRITING A BOOK.

200

"She will go to Paris." (My sister to Joel.)

MY SISTER TOLD JOEL (THAT) SHE WOULD GO TO PARIS.

300

"I must go to school today."

HE/SHE SAID (THAT) HE/SHE HAD TO GO TO SCHOOL THAT DAY.

400

"They haven't gone on an excursion since last year."

HE/SHE SAID (THAT) THEY HADN'T GONE ON AN EXCURSION SINCE THE YEAR BEFORE.

500

"We had been painting that house for nearly three days" (Elisa to James)

ELISA TOLD JAMES (THAT) THEY HAD BEEN PAINTING THAT HOUSE FOR NEARLY THREE DAYS.