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Intermediate Language Practice

Grammar Progress Test 4a (Units 29-37)

1 Underline the correct word or phrase in each sentence.

0 I met Tina a day/one day last week.

1 I'm going to buy the/a new printer for my computer.

2 I've lived in this city for/since ten years.

3 I'm going out to buy any/some milk.

4 Paris was so/as exciting as Madrid - I enjoyed them both.

5 I need to finish this work by/until the end of the week.

6 Berlin is a lot bigger that/than Frankfurt.

7 How many/How much time do we have until the train arrives?

8 My worse/worst subject at school was mathematics.

9 Monday or Tuesday, each/either day would be fine.

10 I'm meeting Jack the day after tomorrow/the next day.

11 Could you give me some informations/information, please?

12 Where's a/the remote control for the television?

2 Put a/an or the in each space or leave the space blank.

It's not difficult to find my house. If you come by (0) - train, you come out of
(1) _____ station and turn right. You'll see (2) _____ bank on (3) _____ corner of
(4) _____ street. Carry on down (5) _____ road until you come to (6) _____ church. You can't miss it - it's one of (7) _____ biggest ones in (8) _____ Brighton. Just after (9) _____ church turn left. It's (10) _____ very small street and (11) _____ people often go past without noticing it. You'll see my house at (12) _____ end of the street - it's got (13) _____ red door. Try and get here in time for (14) _____ lunch. Give me (15) _____ call on your mobile if you get lost. I'll be waiting for you!

3 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.

0 I didn't expect to see Darrel.

Darrel was the last person I expected to see .

1 This is as fast as I can go.

I can't __________________________________________________________ .

2 The restaurants were both expensive.

Neither _________________________________________________________ .

3 Sue is better at History than Silvia.

Silvia is not _____________________________________________________ .

4 The Romanian capital is Bucharest.

Bucharest _______________________________________________ Romania.

5 Dan drives buses.

Dan is __________________________________________________________ .

6 Not all the answers are right.

Some __________________________________________________________ .

7 Nobody is better at History than Melanie.

Melanie is the ___________________________________________________ .

8 I won't leave before 7.00.

I'll be here ______________________________________________________ .

4 Rewrite each sentence so that it contains a form of a phrasal verb using the word in bold. Make any other necessary changes.

0 Don't leave the lights on when you leave the school.
turn off
Turn the lights off when you leave the school.

1 I went through childhood in Belgium.
grew
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2 I was talking to Jackie and we were suddenly disconnected.
cut
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3 Alice is similar in appearance to her mother.
take
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4 I'm trying to find the word in the dictionary.
look
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5 What are you trying to say?
get
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Intermediate Language Practice

Grammar Progress Test 4a (Units 29-37) 2

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