1. knowledge…power. a) is b) are 2. is … a park behind the hotel? a) it b) there 3. … his composition is not bad, but he’s made many grammar mistakes. a) a b) the c) – 4. there is … map on the wall. a) a b) the c) -- 5. he performs … than his partner. a) better b) more good c) best d) gooder 6. what is … day in the year in this part of the country. a) the coldest b) the colddest c) the most cold d) most coldest 7. what’s … means of transport for you? a) the most convenient b) convenientest c) the convenientest d) most convenientest 8. what’s … film you saw last year? a) bad b) badest c) the most bad d) the worst 9. they…all sorts of things here. a) are selling b) sell c) have been selling d) were selling 10. did you like the film? – i…it is boring. a) think b) was thought c) am thinking d) was thinking 11. i was told you…mr. stone before. a) had met b) met c) were meeting d) meet 12. he…up, …his breakfast and… . a) had got, had, left b) got, had, left c) had got, had had, left d) had got, had had, had left 13. scissors … to cut different things. a) are used b) uses c) use d) was used 14. the results … great progress in science. a) are shown b) show c) were shown d) shows 15. i think his telephone number … some days ago. a) was lost b) looses c) is lost d) lost 16. the television is a great thing. when …? a) did it invent b) it was invented c) it invented d) was it invented 17. had i know you were coming, you at the airport. a) could have met; b) might met; c) should have meet. 18. as long as hard, he would do well at school. a) would study; b) studied; c) had been studied. 19. to see me at work, if you wanted to. a) could have come; b) came; c) could came. 20. if the , it probably has a stomachache. a) is crying; b) would be crying; c) was crying. 21. if he had passed the exams, to university. a) might have gone; b) might have go; c) would gone. 22. we wish our exams (be) over. a) were b) are; c) be. 23. all their vacations long they heard the roaring waves…against the rocks. a) to be crashing b) to crash c) crash d) be crashed 24. have you ever heard him…at anybody? a) to scold b) scold c) scolded d) to be scolding 25. i can’t let him…the bus. a) miss b) to miss c) to be missing d) missed