Use of English 01A

A Underline the correct alternative in each sentence.

(3 points)

0 I feel /am feeling that I understand the process very well.

1 I'd prefer to make/making an appointment now.

2 I don't think/am not thinking you should invite him to your wedding.

3 She'd love to help/helping you but she is very busy at the moment.

4 I can't stand to wait/waiting for latecomers.

5 My brother hates to wear/wearing formal clothes.

6 You look/are looking absolutely terrific today!

B Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple, the Present Continuous or the Present Perfect.

(7 points)

0 We regularly ___meet___ (meet) to play the guitar together.

1 I __________ (visit) three natural history museums so far.

2 We __________ (move) to a bigger flat. Could you help us transport our furniture?

3 I can't make a cake because Tom __________ (forget) to buy eggs.

4 You shouldn't wear this old-fashioned hat, you __________ (need) a new one.

5 The crime rate in New York __________ (go down) in the past ten years.

6 Professor Brown is an expert on Greek philosophy. At the moment he __________ (write) an article on the life of Socrates.

7 It __________ (not snow) here a lot at this time of year.

C Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets.

(5 points)

0 He is a __successful__ (success) writer.

1 He talked about his friend's accident with great __________ (sad).

2 Bad grades at school have a __________ (disaster) effect on her motivation.

3 My sister is a very __________ (ambition) student. She always wants to be the best.

4 My grandfather got a medal for his __________ (brave) during World War II.

5 Ana has great __________ (difficult) in understanding her Italian friend.

D Read the text below and use one word to fit each space.

(5 points)

I am a good mixer, so I tend to (0) ___make___ friends quite easily and have a lot of people around. Many of them are very interesting, but nobody really compares with Alice. She is fifty-three years old and still very active. She can't (1) __________ leading a boring life and (2) __________ up a new activity every year. She has already tried diving and bungee (3) __________ and now she is very much (4) __________ car racing. But one of her greatest dreams is to get into The Guinness Book of Records for spending the longest time on a (5) __________ island. I seriously doubt if she will ever succeed because she is a very sociable person and needs people to live.

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