1. It’s a long time since I last went to a football match.
I haven’t gone to a football match for a long time
2. This is my second visit to Hungary.
This is the second time I have visited Hungary
3. I paid this bill earlier, actually.
Actually I’ve paid this bill earlier
4. We haven’t been swimming for ages.
It’s ages since we last were swimming
5. Mary started learning French five years ago.
Mary has started learning French for 5 years
6. I am on the tenth page of the letter I am writing.
So far I've written ten pages of the letter.
7. After I arrived here, I started to feel better.
Since arriving here, I've felt better
8. It’s over twenty years since we got married.
We have gotten married for over twenty years
9.The last time I saw Dick was in 1985.
I haven’t seen Dick since1985.
10.There is a definite improvement in your work.
Lately your work has definitely improved
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress
6. A. exceptions B. uncertainty C. identifier D. disappointments
7. A. promise B. forgive C. succeed D. survive
8. A. energy B. ancestry C. provision D. continent
9. A. appointment B. strawberry C. powerful D. cucumber
10. A. report B. orbit C. promise D. schedule
Choose the best answer.
31. Not until 1856 ___________ across the Mississippi River
A. the first bridge was built B. was the first bridge built C. the first building a bridge D. the bridge building was
32. The cost of living has ___________ over 10 percent in the past years.
A. raised B. raise C. risen D. rising
33. Now men and women remain single longer than they once ___________
A. do B. did C. doing D. were done
34. Two thousand miles ___________ a long distance.
A. are B. make C. have D. is
35. When it began to rain, they ___________ in the yard
A. played B. were playing C. have played D. had played
36. He ___________ on his English study all yesterday evening
A. used to work B. had worked C. was working D. working
37. These chairs are more better than the others.