3500 SENTENCES OF CERTIFICATE b p36

40. There is a fault at your television station. Please do not ......................
a. change
b. repair
c. adjust
d. switch
c
41. I know him by ....................... , but I have no idea what his name is.
a. sight
b. myself
c. heart
d. chance
d
42. Mr. Smith was ....................... in a road accident.
a. wronged
b. wounded
c. injured
d. damaged
c
43. This isn't sour enough. I'll add some more .......................
a. salt
b. pepper
c. vinegar
d. sugar
c
44. You really can't ....................... in anything that woman says.
a. believe
b. rely
c. count
d. imagine
a
45. I would like ....................... my hair .......................

a. to have / dye
b. to have / dyed
c. to have / dying
d. have / dyeing
b
46. I had my younger sister ....................... the letters to me while I was abroad.
a. to send
b. sent
c. send


d. sending
c
47. He'd had dinner when you arrived, .......................?
a. wasn't it
b. didn't he
c. wasn't he
d. hadn't he
d
48. We waste a lot of time ....................... television.
a. watch
b. to watch
c. watching
d. for watching
c
49. "I'm bored." "Let's go .......................?
a. hiking
b. to hike
c. hike
d. for hiking

a
50. You will never finish that job by tomorrow morning unless you .....................
some help.
a. will get
b. would get
c. get
d. will have got
c
Test 51
Pronunciation
1. a. height
--> a
2. a. cook
--> c
3. a. easy
--> a
4. a. metre
--> b
5. a. any

b. neighbour

c. weigh

d. eight

b. look

c. pound

d. could

b. head

c. heavy

d. weather

b. best

c. ski

d. leave

b. many

c. send

d. place


--> d
Find the mistakes
6. When my uncle was in London, he has stayed in this hotel for about two
weeks.
a. was
b. in
c. has stayed
d. about
c

7. The old man is reading a newspaper over there is Jim's father.
a. old
b. is reading
c. over there
d. father
b
8. I think she would succeed if she had tried harder.
a. succeed
b. if
c. she
d. harder
a
9. My parents wish they have enough money to buy that building.
a. have
b. enough
c. to
d. buy
a
10.My brother doesn’t care how much does the car cost because he is going to
buy it anyway.
a. doesn’t
b. does the car cost
c. because
d. is going to buy
b
Grammar and Vocabulary
11. I tried ..................... the bus, but I missed it.
a. catching
b. catch
c. to catch

d. catch up
c
12. Surely David's not going to drive, ..................... he?
a. does


b. is
c. isn't
d. will
b
13. Some snakes are harmful, ....................... others are harmless.
a. but
b. so
c. for
d. despite
a
14.The windows were all left open. ......................., the windstorm made the
room become a real mess.
a. Nevertheless
b. However
c. Consequently
d. Otherwise
c
15. He played an active ....................... in politics until he was well over 80.
a. scene
b. job
c. position
d. part
d
16.My wife and I have much pleasure in ....................... the invitation to your

daughter's wedding.
a. taking
b. accepting
c. thanking
d. damaging
b
17. Can you tell me the ....................... of these shoes?
a. charge
b. price
c. amount
d. expense
b
18.The traffic in town was very ....................... and I arrived home earlier than
expected.
a. light
b. weak


c. little
d. few
a
19. She ....................... her husband's job for his ill health.
a. accused
b. blamed
c. caused
d. claimed
b
20. Nancy asked if she could .................. some money for bus fare to get home.
a. lend
b. loan

c. borrow
d. get from
c
21. She has to go to the party ....................... she wants to or not.
a. provided that
b. whether
c. even if
d. only if
b
22........................ there was no electricity, I was able to write a letter to my
friend because I had a candle.
a. Unless
b. Even though
c. Even
d. Only if
b
23. ...................... Peter phones us, we'll go to the cafeteria.
a. Since
b. As soon as
c. Now that
d. Until
b
24. This is ....................... spicy food that Lan doesn't think she can finish it.
a. such
b. so
c. very
d. too
a

25. Both my trousers ....................... from my changing room last night.
a. were stolen and my shirts
b. and my shirts were stolen
c. and my shirts was stolen
d. were and my shirts was stolen
b
26. Young children often spend their time playing, ......................., and sleeping.
a. they eat
b. eating
c. eat
d. they are eating
b
27. Is she going ....................... me ....................... all day?
a. to keep / waiting
b. to keep / to wait
c. keeping / wait
d. to keep / waited
a
28." Where are they going to live?" ‘’They are considering ....................... to
New York."
a. moving
b. to move
c. move
d. moved
a
29. I have left my pen at home. Can I borrow ....................... for a moment?
a. the one of you
b. one of yours
c. one pen of your
d. the one of your pens

b
30.
This
model
airplane is
very
good indeed.
Did
you make it
all by ......................., Jack?
a. itself
b. himself
c. yourself
d. yourselves
c
31. After Joe's mother died, he was ....................... up by his grandmother.
a. brought


b. taken
c. grown
d. drawn
a
32. If you keep trying, you might ....................... to do it.
a. succeed
b. discover
c. understand
d. manage
d
33. My employer's ....................... of my work does not matter to me at all.

a. meaning
b. belief
c. opinion
d. expression
c
34. I don't think that red dress ....................... her.
a. suits
b. matches
c. cheers
d. agrees
a
35. The shops are always ....................... of people at Christmas time.
a. full
b. stuffed
c. busy
d. crowded
a
36. What food should you eat if you want to ....................... on weight?
a. put
b. take
c. get
d. turn
a
37. They ....................... much more photographs if they ....................... more film.
a. would have taken / had had
b. would have taken / had
c. would take / had had
d. would take / as had
a

38.We had many difficulties ....................... for a job.
a. to apply
b. in applying
c. for applying
d. in having applied
b
39.The girl complained that someone had stolen her shoes and also
her ........................
a. sister
b. sisters
c. sister's
d. sisters'
c
40. How long ago ....................... the First World War?
a. was
b. happened
c. occurred
d. took place
a
41. She objects ....................... my proposal.
a. to
b. against
c. in
d. at
a
42. I don't know that city. It sounds ....................... to me.
a. strange
b. strangely
c. stranged

d. stranging
a
43. Pass me that dictionary, .......................?
a. do you
b. don't you
c. will you
d. shall you
c
44. Some of the friends ....................... didn't come.
a. whom I invited them
b. I invited them


c. I invited
d. when I invited
c
45. This sort of thing doesn't happen in Turkey, .......................?
a. isn't it
b. doesn't it
c. does it
d. can't it
c
46. We feel too tired so we stop ........................
a. working
b. work
c. to work
d. to working
a
47.The explorers walked all the way along the river from its mouth to its
..............

a. cause
b. well
c. source
d. outlet
c
48. There were only two actors on the ....................... when the play started.
a. platform
b. floor
c. scene
d. stage
d
49.A ....................... is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the
bank robber.
a. reward
b. prize
c. notice
d. repayment
a
50. The President made a wonderful ........................
a. message
b. talk
c. lecture
d. speech
d


Test 52
Pronunciation
1. a. lights
--> c

2. a. nine
--> d
3. a. husband
--> b
4. a. look
--> c
5. a. neon
--> d

b. streets

c. afternoons

d. lets

b. fine

c. kind

d. thing

b. busy

c. must

d. bus

b. book

c. floor

d. cook

b. seem

c. zebra

d. intend

Find the mistakes
6. Our house is supposed to paint white by my father.
a. is supposed
b. to paint
c. white
d. by
b
7. Tommy felt happily when he heard the interesting news.
a. happily
b. heard
c. interesting
d. news
a
8. We consider Marx is the founder of scientific communism.
a. consider
b. is
c. the
d. of
b
9. This apprentice has spent in two weeks working on that new machine.
a. in

b. working
c. on
d. new
a
10. Ask the young guest over there when exactly was she born.
a. the
b. guest
c. when
d. was she
d