3500 SENTENCES OF CERTIFICATE b p45

1. Mr. Rose may have lived for five years in England, but he does not speak English
good.
a. lived
b. for
c. speak
d. good
d
2. Which of these two televisions is the best?
a. Which
b. these
c. is
d. best
d
Grammar and Vocabulary
3. "Who should go to see him?" "I suggest that Mary ....... to see him."
a. go
b. goes
c. would go
d. went
a
4. "John, do you have a passport?" "No, but I wish I ........one."
a. having
b. have
c. can have
d. had
d
5. You and I went there together, …..............?
a. didn't you
b. didn't I
c. didn't we
d. did we

c
6. I have never seen such a nice car before, ….............?
a. have I
b. haven't I
c. did I
d. didn't I
a
7. Chote isn't going to go, and Prasit isn't .............
a. too
b. either


c. also
d. as well
b
8. "Are they good pianists?" "Malee's a good pianist ................".
a. but Somsri isn't too
b. and Somsri isn't either
c. and Somsri is too
d. and Somsri is either
c
9. James never gives up. He's so ……...............
a. tiring
b. persevering
c. persuading
d. giving
b
10. Heavy snow .................. the train for several hours.
a. cancelled
b. hindered

c. delayed
d. stopped
c
11.
The next ................ of "Dallas" will be shown on BBC 1 next Friday at 9
o'clock.
a. part
b. program
c. portion
d. episode
b
12. In the distance, they heard the church clock ............. midnight.
a. strike
b. hit
c. sound
d. ring
a
13. He lived on the ............. of the city.
a. boundary
b. suburbs
c. outside
d. outskirts
d


14. The ............... in the south of Sweden is very rich and fertile.
a. ground
b. soil
c. earth
d. land

b
15. I called on her yesterday, she ............... a meal at that time.
a. cooked
b. had cooked
c. was cooking
d. would cook
c
16. There was the longest queue ………………… in front of the box-office.
a. imagination
b. imaginably
c. imagine
d. imaginable
d
26. A: How long will your homework take you? B: ...........................................
a. In the evening
b. About two hours
c. Until eight o'clock
d. Since I came in
b
27. I wish you ................ longer.
a. will stay
b. can stay
c. could stay
d. stay
c
28. It took the director two hours ............
a. explaining us the new plan
b. to explain us the new plan
c. explaining the new plan to us
d. to explain the new plan to us

d
29. They were too late. The plane ................... off ten minutes earlier.
a. took
b. has taken
c. had taken


d. was taking
c
30. How long ago................. Susan?
a. did you see
b. you saw
c. have you been seeing
d. would you see
a
31. On the first of next month, he ………..…………… in prison for five years.
a. will have
b. will be being
c. will have been
d. has had
c
32. .............. he speaks!
a. How fluently
b. What fluently
c. How fluent
d. What fluent
a
33."How do I look tonight?" "Wow! ............ dress you have on!"
a. What a beautiful
b. What beautiful

c. How beautiful
d. How a beautiful
a
34. She never really .............. her parents for not having allowed her to go to
university.
a. excused
b. pardoned
c. forgot
d. forgave
d
35. When I inherited my grandmother's cottage in Wales, since I didn't need to live in
it myself, I ............... it to an old couple in the village for only $5 a week.
a. hired
b. borrowed
c. let
d. lent
c
36. How much does he ............. for cleaning windows?


a. cost
b. charge
c. demand
d. need
b
37. I don't know if you've heard, but there's a ............ going around the office that Mr.
Fletcher is leaving at the end of the month.
a. rumour
b. reputation
c. news

d. saying
a
38. Mr. Goodchild is honest; and I mean "honest " in the broadest ....... of the word.
a. meaning
b. value
c. point
d. sense
d
39. If ............... prices go on increasing as they have done for the past few months,
then the government will have to step in and impose some sort of price freeze.
a. actual
b. current
c. ready
d. monetary
b
40. I want ........... rice.
a. a few
b. any
c. a little
d. another
c
41.He directed that no one ............. eat before sunset.
a. must
b. should
c. would
d. could
b
42. Traveling by air is not cheap. ............ is it interesting.
a. Either

b. Neither
c. And
d. Also
b
43. Traveling by air is not cheap. And it isn't interesting ..........
a. either
b. neither
c. too
d. also
a
44. She asked for .............. these apples.
a. some more
b. any more
c. some more of
d. any more of
c
45. Tom ......... speak French very well.
a. is able
b. can be able to
c. can to
d. can
d
46. She'd ........ to buy that dress.
a. like
b. liked
c. to like
d. liking
a
47. "When did you go to work?" "As soon as they came in, we ....... to work."

a. went
b. were going
c. had gone
d. go
a
48. "Did Susan have a chance to get in touch with you?" " Oh, yes, she .......... me up
last night."
a. has called
b. called
c. had called
d. calls


b
49. Here is the man ….............. my brother is going to ....................
a. who his daughter / marry
b. whose daughter / marry with
c. whose a daughter / marry to
d. whose daughter / marry
d
50. My husband often does ................ with people from Japan.
a. business
b. finances
c. affairs
d. concerns
a
Test 64
Pronunciation
1. Which word contains the final sound [t]
a. washed

b. lengthened
c. planned
--> a
2. Which word contains the final sound [z]
a. afternoons
b. cakes
c. ships
--> a
3. Which word contains the final sound [d]
a. joined
b. hoped
c. watched
--> a
4. Which word contains the final sound [Iz]
a. taxis
b. years
c. ones
--> d
5. Which word contains the final sound [Iz]
a. potatoes
b. beaches
c. ploughshares
--> b

d. planted

d. buses

d. needed

d. houses

d. tables

Find the mistakes
6. Either Peter or Mary have left the door unlocked.
a. or
b. have
c. the
d. unlocked
b
7. His father gave him some money so as he could go to the cinema with his
friends.
a. him
b. some


c. so as
d. could
c
8. She didn't find it easily to keep everybody amused.
a. it
b. easily
c. to keep
d. amused
b
9. The old lady couldn't cross the street because the heavy traffic.
a. lady
b. cross
c. because

d. heavy
c
10. The police didn't permit going across that area, but they didn't let us to know
why.
a. going
b. but
c. they
d. to know
d
11.
There are ten universities in Thailand, seven of them locate in Bangkok, the
capital city.
a. universities
b. seven of them
c. locate
d. the
b
Grammar and Vocabulary
12. Why don't you become a teacher? There's a great ................ of them at the
moment.
a. shortage
b. need
c. requirement
d. want
a
13. Many villagers in Africa still make boats out of tree .................
a. roots
b. branches
c. stems
d. trunks

d


14.
These jeans are terrible. Look how much they've ............... since I washed
them. They're much too small to wear now.
a. narrowed
b. lessened
c. shrunk
d. shortened
c
15. Washing-up has become so much easier since we bought a ................
a. washing machine
b. dish machine
c. disher
d. dishwasher
d
16. A miser is ...........................................................................................
a. a very unhappy person
b. a person who studies rats, mice and other rodents
c. a person who loves money so much that he or she stores it and hardly ever
spends it
d. the smallest bird in Britain
c
17.If he had told me the truth, I ........ him.
a. will not punish
b. would not punish
c. would not have punished
d. would have not punished
c

18. If she .......... call me, she could do so.
a. wanted to
b. will want to
c. wanting to
d. has wanted to
a
19. He doesn't like to begin reading ..................
a. unless he doesn't have time
b. if he has plenty of time
c. unless he has plenty of time
d. unless he has no time
c
20. …………… has provided us with material comfort and modern conveniences.
a. Industriousness
b. Industry


c. Industrialization
d. Industrialize
c
21. One of the girls ….............. in that company died.
a. whose worked
b. whom worked
c. worked
d. who worked
d
22. She wants to know if we have ............ extra copies.
a. the few
b. a few
c. a little

d. not many
b
23. Please make allowances ……………. Jane’s poor typing, she’s only been learning for
a month.
a. of
b. for
c. about
d. to
b
24. Everyone looks much ............. today than they did yesterday.
a. happy
b. happily
c. more happily
d. happier
d
25. My teacher can write a beautiful poem in ................
a. little than half an hour
b. a little than half an hour
c. less than half an hour
d. least than half and hour
c
26. You have got a scholarship; you are luckier .................
a. as I
b. than me
c. than I
d. as me
c
27. A person who is very tall and thin is called ......................