GRAMMAR FOR FIRST CERTIFICATEENTRY TEST

Teresa .................... Russian at evening classes this term.
1. is studying
2. studies
3. study
I don't know what this sentence ........... .
1. is meaning
2. means
3. mean
Clive was driving into town when he ................... out of petrol.
1. was running
2. run
3. ran
I don't enjoy computer games now, but I ........... like them when I was younger.
1. was used to
2. used to
3. would
We expected George at 7.30 but he ...................... yet.
1. hasn't arrived
2. has arrived
3. didn't arrive
The film started ...................... so you've missed quite a lot.
1. for half an hour
2. half an hour ago
3. since half an hour
When ...................... the picnic, they went for a swim in the lake.
1. they'd been eating
2. they'd eaten
3. they've eaten
..................... my sister three times today but her number's always engaged.
1. I'd phoned
2. I've been phoning
3. I've phoned
Anna: Shall I ring you at one o'clock?
Ben: No, my lunch hour is earlier tomorrow so ................ my lunch in the canteen then. Ring me at about one-thirty.
1. I'm eating
2. I'll be eating
3. I eat
.................. to the dentist after college so I can't play squash with you.
1. I'm going
2. I'll go
3. I go
I'll write to you as soon as ...................... my exam results.
1. I know
2. I'll know
3. I'm going to know
The builders ..................... the house by the end of this month.
1. have finished
2. will have finished
3. will have been finishing
This dictionary is ...................... useful than that one.
1. less
2. as
3. so
I keep my grammar notes in a ...................... folder.
1. plastic big red
2. red big plastic
3. big red plastic
Until last week, he ...................... a motorbike before.
1. had never ridden
2. never had ridden
3. had ridden never
The day before the holiday, the men worked .................... than usual.
1. hardly
2. hardest
3. harder
Doesn't your brother ...................... discos?
1. enjoy
2. enjoys
3. enjoying
Let's take a break soon, .................... ?
1. is it
2. will you
3. shall we
Most of the houses in this country have …. .
1. a garden
2. the garden
3. garden
My father normally reads the paper while eating ................... .
1. a breakfast
2. the breakfast
3. breakfast
The first thing they did when they met after twenty years was to hug ................ .
1. each other
2. someone else
3. themselves
................... the children look like their mother.
1. Either
2. Both
3. Neither
My manager says we ................. take more than ten minutes for our break and, if
we do, he'll make us work extra hours.
1. don't have to
2. don't need to
3. mustn't
I ran all the way to the station but when I got there I realised that ................ because all the trains were delayed.
1. I didn't need to hurry
2. I needn't have hurried
3. I didn't have to hurry
................. to take a spare T-shirt as you'll probably get really hot playing tennis.
1. You'd better
2. You should
3. You ought
You look really busy . .................. I put the shopping away for you?
1. Would
2. Shall
3. Will
When I got home I looked at the bill and realised the restaurant ............... added it up wrong so I'd paid too much.
1. must have
2. should have
3. could have
That bicycle ...................... belong to Judy - it's much too big for her.
1. mustn't
2. mightn't
3. can't
While my car ...................... I wandered round the city centre.
1. be repaired
2. was repairing
3. was being repaired
Katie ...................... her hair cut short when she left school.
1. had
2. did
3. made
Gareth ...................... he was never going to lend Robert anything again.
1. informed
2. said
3. told
I asked Ruth where ...................... her coat.
1. did she buy
2. had she bought
3. she had bought
I always avoid .................. on the bus because it makes me feel ill.
1. to read
2. reading
3. read
My grandfather remembers ............ into this house when he was a very small boy.
1. moving
2. move
3. to move
If you don't know a word, you can look ................... in your dictionary.
1. it up
2. up it
3. it
I've never really got ............. my neighbour, probably because we're so different.
1. up to
2. through
3. on with
I'll book seats for the concert, if there ...................... any good ones available.
1. will be
2. were
3. are
Liam would have saved a lot of money, if he......................to my advice.
1. would listen
2. had listened
3. was listening
We'll go for a walk......................it's foggy - I hate walking in the fog.
1. if
2. in case
3. unless
I wish I ............. a good memory – it would make learning English much easier.
1. had had
2. had
3. would have
Alfred wears an old coat......................his suit when he walks to work.
1. on
2. above
3. over
We're having a party...................... the last day of term.
1. in
2. on
3. at
As we can't agree...................... this subject, we won't discuss it again.
1. about
2. in
3. with
All the nurses were very kind ...................... me when I was ill.
1. with
2. to
3. of
I enjoyed...................... last week.
1. the book you lent me
2. the book which you lent it to me
3. the book, that you lent me
This is the room in...................... the famous poet died.
1. which
2. where
3. that
I left the cinema......................I had a headache and the film was very noisy.
1. as
2. so that
3. therefore
I'm......................tired to work tonight. I'll finish my homework in the morning.
1. very
2. too
3. so
...................... Martin could easily afford to go on holiday, he never does.
1. Although
2. Despite
3. In spite of
Since...................... school, Sheila has had several interesting jobs.
1. left
2. leaving
3. to leave

GRAMMAR FOR FIRST CERTIFICATE ENTRY TEST

GRAMMAR FOR FIRST CERTIFICATE
ENTRY TEST