3500 SENTENCES OF CERTIFICATE b p41

a. full
b. heavy
c. many
c
29. After dinner, the President got up to ..................... a short speech.
a. make
b. provide
c. hold
d. tell
a
30. The stolen jewels were ..................... a lot of money.
a. valued
b. cost
c. priced
d. worth
d
31. ....................., after trying three times, he passed the examination.
a. Lastly
b. Last of all
c. Last
d. At last
d
37. I'm tired ....................... boiled eggs.
a. to
b. of
c. with
d. by
b
38. ....................... we offer you this job, when can you start?
a. And
b. If

c. Or
d. Because
b
39. How ....................... is it from here to the supermarket ? - 300 miles
a. long
b. long ago
c. many further
d. far
d
40. Wait ....................... you get home before you unpacked your parcel.


a. to
b. until
c. when
d. after
b
41. Broken glass often ....................... injures.
a. is causing
b. has caused
c. causes
d. is caused by
c
42. Direct speech: My father said: "I cannot work tomorrow." (Change into Indirect
speech)
a. My father said that he could not work tomorrow.
b. My father said that he cannot work the following day.
c. My father said that he could not work the following day.
d. My father said that I could not work the following day.
c

43. She'll be a millionaire by the time she ....................... forty.
a. is
b. was
c. will be
d. is going to be
a
44. They think that her book is worth ........................
a. to read
b. reading
c. read
d. to have read
b
45. They discovered the cause of the fire accidentally. They discovered it ............
a. by chance
b. chance
c. chancing
d. chanced
a
46. We found the trip to Europe ........................
a. very excited
b. exciting
c. was exciting


d. was excited
b
47. Women today are better ………………. than in the past, making them more
attractive to the business world.
a. educating
b. education

c. educated
d. be educated
c
48. The children loved ..................... the old castle.
a. discovering
b. exploring
c. hunting
d. detecting
b
49. This is the oldest building ..................... the village.
a. of
b. by
c. in
d. to
c
50. These figures show a ..................... in the number of unemployed people in
England and Wales.
a. loss
b. lessening
c. reduction
d. lowering
c
Test 58
Pronunciation
1. a. with
--> a
2. a. though
--> d
3. a. read
--> c

4. a. closed
--> b
5. a. hour
--> a

b. both

c. thing

d. think

b. through

c. weigh

d. laugh

b. teach

c. great

d. meat

b. promised

c. raised

d. pleased

b. how

c. horn

d. high


Find the mistakes
6. If you remind her about the money you lent her too many times, she will angry
with you.
a. remind
b. about
c. too many times
d. will angry
b
7. If you do a mistake, will you feel sorry for it?
a. do
b. will
c. for
d. it
a
8. Please call me up if you got the news.
a. call
b. up
c. got
d. news
c
9. Richard feels gooder than several days ago.
a. feels
b. gooder
c. several

d. ago
b
10. If it hadn't rained yesterday, I would have been at Bac My An beach now.
a. hadn't rained
b. yesterday
c. would have been
d. now
c
Grammar and Vocabulary
11.
The doctor gave the patient ..................... examination to discover the cause
of his collapse.
a. a thorough
b. a universal
c. an exact
d. a whole
a
12. ..................... scientists have observed increased pollution in the water supply.
a. Late
b. Later


c. Latter
d. Lately
d
13.
We are grateful to our friends, ....................... have done everything for us in
making the film.
a. where
b. which

c. who
d. what
c
14. We ....................... two hours on the matter, but we cannot find its solution.
a. spent
b. spend
c. have spent
d. have spend
c
15. We received her letter after she ....................... to a new house.
a. has moved
b. was moving
c. had moved
d. would move
c
16. When you grow up, ....................... the truth.
a. you will know
b. you know
c. do you know
d. know you
a
17.Mrs. Green used to have her husband ....................... the dishes everyday.
a. to wash
b. washes
c. washed
d. wash
d
18. She doesn't write to me as often as she ....................... .
a. used to
b. was used to

c. gets used to
d. has used to
a


19. The boss asked the secretary ....................... the report for him.
a. type
b. typing
c. typed
d. to type
d
20. He failed in the last exam, ....................... he is studying hard to be able to pass in
the next exam.
a. because
b. therefore
c. so that
d. besides
b
21. His parents never allowed him ........................
a. smoking
b. smoked
c. to smoke
d. some smoke
c
22. Most of the students are ....................... to pass the examination.
a. good enough
b. enough good
c. too good
d. so good
a

23. There was a sudden loud ..................... which made everyone jump.
a. bang
b. strike
c. split
d. stroke
a
24. She never says a word: she's as ..................... as a mouse.
a. quiet
b. small
c. slight
d. noiseless
a
25. After Smith had broken
his leg, he could only go up and down
stairs ……...............
a. hardly


b. in difficulties
c. with difficulty
d. hard
d
26. You will have to ..................... your holiday if you are too ill to travel.
a. call off
b. cut down
c. back out
d. put aside
a
27. The guide walked so ........... that most of the party could not keep up with him.
a. fast

b. quick
c. rapid
d. lively
a
28. I can't go to school ....................... my mother is having flu.
a. despite
b. because
c. although
d. but
b
29. She asked me if I .......................
a. can help her
b. could help her
c. could help
d. will help her
b
30. They often smoke in the office. Tell them ....................... in the office.
a. no smoke
b. don't smoke
c. not to smoke
d. not smoke
c
31. I really don't know ........................
a. when will she return
b. when returns she
c. when she returns
d. when she will return
d

32.The weather might prevent Richard …………….. getting to Minneapolis on time.
a. about
b. of
c. from
d. with
c
33. The boy ....................... two full hours on his homework yesterday.
a. has spent
b. spent
c. have spended
d. has spended
b
34. The holiday at the seaside ......................., we really had a good time there.
a. made us happily
b. made us happiness
c. made us happy
d. made we happy
c
35. He ....................... the cold climate when he lived in Moscow.
a. used to
b. was used to
c. got used of
d. was used of
b
36. She is always proud of ....................... the car by herself.
a. preparing
b. prepared
c. the repair
d. repairing
d

37. For over fifteen years she has been happily married ....................... Richard.
a. to
b. with
c. for
d. over
a
38. The girl insists on sitting in the room ....................... her mother comes back.
a. except
b. but
c. also


d. unless
d
39. I got to school on time ....................... I had missed my bus.
a. even though
b. nevertheless
c. because
d. despite
a
40.I couldn't resist having another slice of cake even .....................
I was
supposed to be losing weight.
a. although
b. however
c. otherwise
d. though
d
41. Leave it in the oven until it ..................... brown.
a. turns

b. colours
c. changes
d. cooks
a
42. How much does it .............................. to repair my motorbike?
a. pay
b. change
c. cost
d. take
c
43.When he was in his teens, he already had the ............................ to become a
famous salesman.
a. wish
b. ambition
c. courage
d. want
b
44. My sister had a baby daughter yesterday, and she is my first ..................
a. nephew
b. cousin
c. niece
d. relation
c


45. They were listening to the radio when electricity ........................
a. was cut off
b. was being cut off
c. cut off
d. is cut off

a
46. Nam was the only student ....................... I saw at the conference.
a. whom
b. which
c. who
d. what
a
47. There .................... some furniture in the house.
a. was
b. were
c. had been
d. be
a
48.This is the man ................ our principal said posed as a model for the painting.
a. who
b. whom
c. which
d. whose
a
49. Of those who go swimming with Jane and ....................... , I am the youngest.
a. he
b. his
c. him
d. himself
c
50. They didn't see Jack an hour ago, but they ................. him now.
a. see
b. are seeing
c. will see
d. saw

a