A nice little test to check your English :)
1Joan has got some new recipes for cooking with ______ fat and ______calories.
a). less, fewer
b). fewer, less
2 Girls get _______ encouragement to study maths at school.
a). less
b). fewer
3. I bought the (cheap) ______ set of tools they had.
4 He's (nice) _____ than I expected.
5 My new car needs ________ petrol than the old one.
a). less
b). fewer
6. [...] I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
(Your/Yours) faithfully,
Colin Johnson
7 Have you seen (hers/ her) new haircut? She looks smashing.
8 Do you speak (Spain) _____ or (Portugal) ________ ?
9 You (mustn't/don't have to) jump a red light.
10 Tony, we (don't have to/have to/ mustn't) watch this film. It's not for children. Mum would be very angry.
11 'Who does it belong to?' he asked. He wanted to know who_________.
12 'Can you swim?' she asked. She asked if I______ .
13. (Both/Neither) my sister (and/or) my brother are older than me. I'm the youngest in our family.
14. (Neither/Either) a zebra (nor/or) a giraffe can swim.
15 (Im młodszy) _____________ you are (tym łatwiejsze) _______________ the life is.
16 (Im częściej)_____________ it rains (tym lepiej)__________________ for the plants.
17 (Either/Neither) solution you proposed seems right to me. We should find another one.
18 'What's your name?' asked the girl. The girl asked what my ___________.
One sunny spring day I (decide)_________ to go for a long walk in the countryside. I (put)_______ on my walking boots, (pack)___________ a raincoat and some food into my rucksack and off I (go)___________ .
The day (be)______ beautiful. Birds (sing)____________ , trees (be)_________ in blossom, I (feel)___________ happy and in love with nature. I (walk)___________ past woods and meadows, (admire)__________ sheep and goats grazing on green grass, (see)_________ a bird of prey attack something in the distance. I (take)______________ a lot of photos.
I (do)______ about four miles when I (start)_____ to feel thirsty. I (reach)______ for my rucksack and it (be)_______ not there! How come? Then I (remember)__________. I (stop)__________ to have a rest and put my rucksack on a rock. I (not can)______________ remember taking it back. I (not know)____________ what to do: go back two or three miles or continue my journey without my provisions? Going on without my belongings (not seem)____________ a good plan at all so I (decide)_________ to go back. I (follow)___________ the same path, (go)_________ past the same meadows and woods but they (not look)__________ that beautiful any longer. What's more, some black clouds (start)___________ gathering above my head. Twenty minutes later it (rain)___________ When I (reach)___________ the place where I (leave)____________ my things I (be)______ soaked to the skin as my raincoat (be)________ on the bottom of my rucksack. To my horror the goats (be)___________ there before me. My nice yellow raincoat (be)___________ now in tatters. My sandwiches (be gone)__________________ . Fortunately, the beasts (not manage)_____________ to open the carton of orange juice. I (drink)___________ it all and (sit)___________ on the rock to think. There (be)___________ no use carrying on my walk. I (take)___________ my rucksack, (kick)________ the most pesky goat goodbye and (go)________ home. I (have)_________ enough of it.
A week later I (want)__________ to have the photos developed. I (open)___________ the camera and (realise)__________ I (not put)____________ the film in.
That's the worst adventure I (ever have)_________________ in my life!