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ENGLISH OLYMPIAD 2

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Complete the following with the best choice.

He ________________ for his mother to arrive at the school hall for one hour before he called her again.

a)

was waiting

b)

had been waiting

c)

waited

2.

Complete the following with the best choice.

The baby __________ some chocolate. That's why his face was so dirty.

a)

was eating

b)

had been eating

c)

ate

3.

Complete the following with the best choice.

When I ___________, it was clear that she didn't work.

a)

arrived

b)

was arriving

c)

had been arriving

4.

Complete the following with the best choice.

They __________ all day so when we met they were exhausted.

a)

studied

b)

was studying

c)

had been studying

5.

Is the following correct?

I had been drinking coffee all morning.

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

6.

Is the following correct?

I didn't play tennis with Jack yesterday because I had already played tennis with Peter that morning.

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

7.

Is the following correct?

A few years ago, I had been to my old school to visit my teachers.

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

8.

Actually I __________ it to her a few times already, but she didn't listen.

a)

mentioned

b)

was mentioning

c)

had mentioned

d)

had been mentioning

9.

The accountant has joined the meeting as he __________ a solution.

a)

found

b)

was finding

c)

had found

d)

had been finding

10.

Joe said that he ____________ for hours.

a)

Have been waiting

b)

Has been waiting

c)

Had been waiting

d)

Had waited

11.

The passengers found out that their flight

a)

Has cancelled

b)

Have cancelled

c)

Had cancelled

d)

Had been cancelled

12.

Is this correct?

They had been offered half a million dollars for the house, but they did not want to sell it.

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

13.

Is this correct?

I explained that the alarm had not go off.

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

14.

A spokesperson said that the robbers ____________ masks.

a)

Has been wearing

b)

Had been wearing

c)

Have been wearing

d)

Had wore

15.

Joe told me that it _____________ in England.

a)

Had been snowing

b)

Have snowed

c)

Have been snowing

d)

Had snowed

16.

Is this correct?

Dad announced that he had written to the bank manager.

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

17.

Mrs Green said that the cat ___________ birds.

a)

Have been chasing

b)

Have chased

c)

Had chased

d)

Had been chasing

18.

Jane said that Ben ____________ the bank.

a)

Had spilt

b)

Have spilt

c)

Have been splitting

d)

Had been splitting

19.

Is this correct?

The centre of the town had been closed to general traffic because a new hospital had been built on the site of a disused factory.

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

20.

There is too … salt in the soup. (В супе слишком много соли.)

a)

much

b)

many

c)

a few

d)

a little

21.

There are … sky-scrapers in our city. (В нашем городе есть несколько небоскребов.)

a)

much

b)

many

c)

a little

d)

a few

22.

I’ve got … albums of this singer. (У меня есть несколько альбомов этого исполнителя.)

a)

a little

b)

many

c)

a lot of

d)

a few

23.

My job allows me to travel …. (Моя работа позволяет мне много путешествовать.)

a)

much

b)

many

c)

little

d)

few

24.

We’ve got … (У нас мало свободного времени.)

a)

little

b)

many

c)

few

d)

much

25.

I have never seen so … stars in the sky. (Я никогда не видел так много звезд в небе.)

a)

much

b)

many

c)

little

d)

few

26.

Anna spent … days in Rome. (Анна провела несколько дней в Риме.)

a)

much

b)

a few

c)

a little

d)

many

27.

I’d like just …tea. (Я бы хотел лишь немного чая.)

a)

much

b)

a few

c)

a little

d)

many

28.

There was very …rain last autumn. (Прошлой осенью было очень мало дождей.)

a)

little

b)

a few

c)

many

d)

much

29.

Very … Russian tourists are staying at our hotel. (Очень мало русских туристов проживает в нашем отеле.)

a)

few

b)

a little

c)

many

d)

much

30.

We don’t have.... food in the house.

a)

much

b)

many

31.

I can’t give you....information about the company.

a)

much

b)

many

32.

How .... people are there in your office?

a)

many

b)

much

33.

They saw .... snow in the mountains.

a)

many

b)

much

34.

Prices get ..................

a)

high and high

b)

highest and highest

c)

more and more high

d)

higher and higher

35.

Of the two shirts, this one is ...................

a)

the prettiest

b)

the most pretty

c)

prettier

d)

the prettier

36.

Which one is the smallest one?

a)
b)
c)
d)
37.

Which one is the fastest?

a)
b)
c)
d)
38.

A blue whale is the _________ animal in the world.

a)

heavy

b)

heavier

c)

heaviest

d)

most heaviest

39.

The fire _______________ an electrical fault.

a)

is caused

b)

was caused by

c)

caused by

40.
Helmets must ________________ past this point.
 
a)
wear
b)
 be worn
c)
 are worn
41.

This problem __________ by Manaf yesterday

a)

was solved

b)

is solved

c)

will be solved

d)

solves

42.

Thieves __________ over a million dollars in cash from the Bank Indonesia

a)

stolen

b)

have stolen

c)

were stolen

d)

was stolen

43.
Mary enjoys ___________________ to music.
a)
listen
b)
to listen
c)
listening 
d)
listens
44.
Martha doesn’t mind ___________________ the washing up.
a)
to do
b)
do
c)
doing
d)
do to
45.
Mathew is really good at __________. 
a)
to cook
b)
cooks
c)
cooked
d)
cooking
46.
Sheen waited ___________ a movie ticket.
a)
buying
b)
buys
c)
buy
d)
to buy
47.
The doctor encouraged his patients ______ healthy food.
a)
eating
b)
eat
c)
to eat
d)
eat to
48.
Sue is interested in __________ a teacher
a)
becomes
b)
becomed
c)
become
d)
becoming
49.
When I met her I couldn’t help ______ her.
a)
hug
b)
huges
c)
to hug
d)
hugging
50.
It is important ______ the net for more information.
a)
surf
b)
surffing
c)
surfs
d)
to surf

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