1. english is the main foreign language within most school systems a) teach b) is taught c) teaches d) is teaching 2. if the vegetable we is very soft a crunchy relish a) are serving, may be added b) are served, may be added c) is serving, may be added d) may be served, added 3. if there are calls for me, can you ask to leave a message? a) some b) none c) any d) no 4. during the terrible road accident one car bumped into one. one driver was heavily injured and died a) another, other b) another, the other c) other, the other d) the other, other 5. the exam was quite easy, we expected a) more easy that b) more easy than c) easier than d) easier as 6. i have been talking to that strange man for an hour but i still can't understand if he is spanish portuguese a) either, or b) neither, or c) neither, nor d) either, nor 7. she spoke in a very low voice, but i understand what she said a) could b) can c) must d) might 8. i do not know when they will be here. they arrive at any time a) could b) can c) must d) might 9. when you my brother, you him a) 'll see, won't recognize b) see, won't recognize c) saw, recognize d) 'll see, don't recognize 10. we won't discuss the matter until the headmaster a) 'll arrive b) won't arrive c) doesn't arrive d) arrives 11. in india the right hand for eating a) used b) used c) is used d) is being used 12. some of the rice plain to enable us to eat it with other dishes a) is left b) left c) is leaving d) is being left 13. while peeling potatoes my small brother cut with a sharp knife a) oneself b) him c) his d) himself 14) she at the parcel long enough, before she that it was for her brother a) had been looking, had understood b) had been looking, understood c) was looking, understood d) was looking, had understood 15. i to the cinema but my friend persuaded me to stay a) am not going b) was going c) did not go d) had been going 16. it can be dangerous to swim in sea a) - b) the c) a d) an 17. i've been trying to phone her all day but i phone her the line is engaged a) every time b) all the time c) the every time d) the whole time 18. he is involved to lots of parties and he goes to a) everyone b) everything c) every one d) each 19. should be present at the meeting. a very serious question will be discussed a) someone b) any one c) everyone d) anyone 20. my book is interesting yours a) as, as b) the same, as c) as, the same d) the same, the same 21. an area of rainforest the size of austria every year a) is being destroyed b) destroys c) destroyed d) destroying 22. there are evenings when i do not want to go to bed. but there are evenings when nothing could keep me from going to bed a) some, other b) some, the others c) several, others d) some, the other 23. how long this book? how many pages of this book a) have you been reading, have you been reading b) have you read, have you read c) have you read, you read d) have you been reading, have you read 24. we always go to saint petersburg for out holidays. we there for years a) have been going b) are going c) go d) were going 25. what time your friend tomorrow? a) will arrive b) is arrived c) will be arriving d) will arriving 26. she thought the arrow poisoned a) is b) may be c) can be d) could be 27. these organizations operating in out market and even we would consider real competitors a) a few, many b) little, some c) some, fewer d) few, fewer 28. you are not the only one who failed to hear the news. i didn' a) neither b) both c) either d) also