Eneral Nglish XAM

University Business Academy, Novi Sad Name: __________________
September, 2018 Index No. ______________
GENERAL ENGLISH EXAM
I Make wh-questions to ask about the words in bold.

1 I live in a house near the sea. _______________________________________________
2 My parents moved to the US 20 years ago. ______________________________________
3 Miguel is wearing a suit because he has a business meeting. _______________________
4 Tom is playing the title role in Hamlet. _________________________________________
5 Last night I watched a football match. __________________________________________
6 She speaks three languages. _________________________________________________
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II Make the following sentences negative.

1 I’m going out with friends tonight. _____________________________________________
2 Julie likes the cold winters in Norway. _________________________________________
3 Last year Fay made a film with Spielberg. _______________________________________
4 It was raining all day yesterday . _______________________________________________
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III Complete the sentences with the correct tense of the verbs. Use present simple,
present continuous, past simple or past continuous tense.
1 Lisbeth and her family __________ to the beach every day. (go)
2 In the picture, Miguel ___________ on his bike. (sit)
3 My father ___________ me a guitar for my last birthday. (buy)
4 I’m going to the shops. ________________ anything? (you, need)
5 When I ___________ Bella, she ______________ a beautiful red dress. She looked
stunning. (see, wear)
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IV Fill in the gaps with the correct preposition: in, at, on, for, to or with.
1 Look _____ the sunset! It’s fantastic!
2 We usually go away ______ weekends
3 What did you do ______ Monday morning?
4 I’ll pay _________ the coffees. You bought lunch.
5 I’ll see you tomorrow _____ 7, then.
6 I’m looking ______ Mary. Is she here?
7 Can I talk ______ you for a moment.
8 _____ my opinion, all politicians are liars.
9 He started work _____ August.
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V Fill in the gaps with a, an, some, or any.

1 Why didn't you buy ________grapes?
2 I need to get _________ petrol on my way to work.
3 Philip bought Tina _________ box of chocolates for her birthday.
4 We didn’t have _______ problems with this exercise.
5 I need ______ butter for the cake.
6 I’m not really hungry. I’ll just have _______ apple.
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VI a) Fill in the gaps with the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in the
brackets.
1 My sister thinks she's __________________ me, but I don't agree! (intelligent)
2 What is ________________ month of the year in England? (wet)
3 Who is _________________person in your country? (powerful)
4 I think Men in Black 1 was ______________ than Men in Black 3. (funny)
5 Is Angelina Jolie___________________ than Sandra Bullock? (old)
6 Avatar is probably _________________ film I've seen! (bad)
b) Rewrite the sentences using as . . . as or not as . .. as.

1 Turkey's hotter than England.
England isn't _______________ Turkey.
2 Her work is good. And my work is good.
Her work is _______________ mine.
3 Jim's taller than me.
I'm _______________ Jim.
4 Jill's more intelligent than Bill.
Bill isn’t ________________ Jill.
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VII Put the verbs in the correct tense, Present Perfect or Present Simple.
A Hey, Beth! I like your phone!
B Thanks.
A How long ________________ (you, have) it?
I ___________________ (not see) it before.
B I _________________ (have) it for weeks!
A Where ________________ (you, get) it?
B From the new shop in the High Street.
A How much __________________ (you, pay) for it?
B Nothing! It was an upgrade!
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VIII Make the following sentences passive.

1 They play cricket in India.
___________________________________________________________________
2 The Queen opened the hospital.
_____________________________________________________________________
3 A lot of people has seen the movie so far.
______________________________________________________________________
4 The postman will deliver the mail later in the evening.
______________________________________________________________________
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IX Adjective or adverb.
1 The bus driver was ________________ injured. (serious)
2 Kevin is _____________ clever. (extreme)
3 This hamburger tastes ______________ . (awful)
4 Be ______________ with this glass of milk. It's hot. (careful)
5 Jack is _____________ upset about losing his keys. (terrible)
6 Don't speak so ______________ . I can't understand you. (fast)
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X Put never, already, just or yet in the correct place in B's lines.
1 A You look awful! What's the matter?
B I've had the most terrible news.
2 A Would you like to see that new film at the cinema?
B No, thanks. I've seen it.
3 A Where's my white T-shirt?
B I haven’t washed it. Sorry.
4 A Istanbul's amazing, isn’t it?
B I don’t know. I've been there.
5 A Are there any letters for me?
B The postman hasn’t been. He doesn’t come till later.
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XI Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in CAPITALS
1 Could you help me make a ______________. I don't know which phone to buy. (DECIDE)
2 I'm studying medicine. I want to _______________ in genetics. (SPECIAL)
3 They have a wonderful ________________ of stamps. (COLLECT)
4 I started playing the piano , but I don't think I have much ______________ talent (MUSIC)
5 Jogging every morning? That's very ______________. (AMBITION)
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XII Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in the box:
earn make grow lose keep say miss carry tell wear
1 I_____________ I’m sorry – what more do you want?
2 Various crops are _____________ here.
3 The food took so long to arrive that Julie __________ a complaint to the manager.
4 Can you __________ a secret?
5 I’m absolutely starving – I ___________ lunch.
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University Business Academy, Novi Sad Name: __________________

September, 2018 Index No. ______________

GENERAL ENGLISH EXAM

I Make wh-questions to ask about the words in bold.

II Make the following sentences negative.

V Fill in the gaps with a, an, some, or any.

b) Rewrite the sentences using as . . . as or not as . .. as.

VIII Make the following sentences passive.

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