ADVANCED ENGLISH

English Grammar Test
Part Four: Advanced

27. Not only ..... to London but she also visited many other places in England.

she went
went she
did she go

28. My sister ..... regretted turning down the chance of studying at the Teacher Training College in Gorzów.

entirely
bitterly
absolutely

29. Now remember, you ..... the test until the teacher tells you to.

are not starting
are not to start
haven't started

30. ...She wasn't ...... to reach the ceiling.

tall enough
so tall
as tall

31. He was thought .... the disease in Hong Kong.

to catch
catching
to have caught

32. My flat .... as soon as possible. It's in an awful state.

needs redecorating
to redecorate
redecorated

33. He eventually managed .... the door by kicking it hard.

open
opening
to open

34. There's no point .... staying up all night if your exam is tomorrow.

on
with
in

35. Rarely .... meat.

I eat
do I eat
I have eaten

GERUNDS

V-V-ing
Like walking
Hate dancing…

A)AFTER CERTAIN VERBS
Admit/hate/consider/advise

She admitted stealing the Money.
I am cosidering going away.

B)At the beginning of a sentence
*Staying at home is sometimes very boring.(General)
*To stay at home tonight is a good idea.(spesific)

C)AFTER PROPOSITION
*She is tired OF working.
*They are afraid OF climbing.

D)NOUN + PROPOSITION +GERUNDS
*She stayed at home INSTEAD OF meeting her friends.

E)SOME PATTERNS 
*In addition to studying hard,she work as a waitress in the afternoon.

F)SOME EXPRESSIONS
*No use (yararsız),no good (faydasız)/no point in(anlamsız)/wort (değer)/worthless (değersiz)/have difficulty in(Problem yaşamak)/what about ?(ne dersin)/how about?(ne dersin)
*There is NO POINT IN begging him.

G)VERBS +PROPOSITION+GERUNDS
*She wants to succeed IN getting the job.

H)VERB+OBJECT+PROPOSITION +GERUND
*He accused her OF stealing his Money.

*WASTE/SPEND
*He SPENDS his time watching TV.
Do not WASTE your Money buying chocolate.

GERUND ALAN BELLİ BAŞLI ÖNEMLİ FİİLER
Acknowladge/advocate/anticipate/appreciate/avoid/admit

Consider/contemplate

Defer/detest/delay/deny/dislike/discuss/dispute

Endanger/enjoy/envisage/escape/excuse/

Fanvy/favor/finish/foresee/forgive 

Imagine/include/involve

Justify/keep

Mean/mention/mind/miss

Necessitate

Recollect/recall/repent/report/resent/resist/risk

Pardon/privent/practise/prevent/prohibit/postpone




on ile kullanılan propositions

A
act(hareket,davranmak,rol oynamak)

B

base(temel,esas,baz)

C
call(çağırmak,seslenmek,adlandırmak,tel.etm.)
comment(yorumlamak,eleştirmek)
concentrate
congratulate
consult(danışmak,sormak)

count

D
depend
dependend
decide
draw

E
expriment
embark
economize

I
insist(ısrar etmek)
intent

K
keen(keskin,şiddetli,canlı,akıllı)

L
live
lean(zayıf,cılız)

O
operate

P
perform(yerine getirmek,rol yapmak)
pride(kibir,övünme,küme)


R
rely(güvenmek)


V
vote(oy vermek,seçmek)

W
write




of ile kullanılan propositions

A
accuse:suçlamak
afraid
ahead
approve:tasdikli,izinli
assure:sigorta etmek,söz vermek
aware:farkında,haberdar

B
beware:dikkatli olmak,korunmak
boast:övünmek,yüksekten atmak

C
capable
careful
certain
complain
conscious:bilinçli,farkında olan
consist:ibaret olmak,oluşmak
convince:inandırmak,ikna etmek
cure

D
despair:ümitsizlik,üzüntü
dream

E
east
envious:kıskanç,gıpta eden

F
fond:seven,düşkün
full

G
guilty:suçlu

hear

I
independent:
ignorant


J
jealous

K 
kind

N
north

P
proud:iftihar eden

R
remind:hatırlatmak

be/get rid:kurtarmak

S
short
shy
smell
south
sure:güvenilir,kesin,sağlam

suspect:şüphelenmek,kuşkulanmak

T
think
tire(d)

W
warn
west
worthy:değerli,uygun,yaraşır






AT İle kullanılan propositions

A
amuse(D):eğlendirmek,güldürmek
angry:
arrive
astonish:şaşırtmak,hayrete düşürmek

B
bad
better
busy

C
clever

E
efficient,
exclaim:bağırmak,haykırmak

expert:usta,bilirkişi

G
glance:göz gezdirmek
good
guess:tahmin,tahmin etmek

I
indignant:dargın,kızgın

K
knock:vuruş,darbe

L
laugh
look


P
paint
peel
peer:dikkatle bakmak

Q
quick

S

sad
shock
skilful:hünerli,becerikli
slow
stare:sabit bakış

surprise
surprise

W
wonder:harika,mucize,hayret
wonderful
work

READING-ADVANCE

1-2-3. soruları, aşağıdaki parçaya göre cevaplayınız.

Ernest Hemingway was born and brought up in Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago. His father vvas a doctor, and his upbringing vvas very conventional. Aside from vvriting, vvhich he began doing in high school, his father's hobbies of hunting and fishing vvere to be an important effect on his life and his vvorks. He vvorked as a nevvspaper reporter from right after high school. His background as a reporter had a big effect on his vvriting style. He used short, direct sentences, eliminating much of the "flovvery" language that vvas generally being used at that time. He became famous not only for his vvriting but also for his life-style.
As one can understand from the passage
1) It is stated in the passage that Ernest
Hemingvvay .
A)was influenced quite a lot by his father
B)did not like being a reporter unlike his father
C)had a vvriting style vvhich vvas considered flowery
D)began vvriting only after he graduated from high school
E)was not happy at ali vvhile hunting and
fishing
2) As one can conclude from the passage, the
manner of writing typical of Ernest
Hemingvvay .
A)is said to have changed a lot after the death of his father
B)has aivvays been considered flovvery by most of the vvriters
C)is obviously less famous than his extraordinary life style
D)seemed to differ vvidely from those of his contemporaries
E)had a great effect on his achievements as a
reporter


READING-2

It's hard to imagine our world vvithout plastics, a large group of synthetic materials based on the chemistry of carbon. İt is flexibility that underlies the success of plastics. Celluloid, the first synthetic plastic, was made in 1869 from plant cellulose in industry. Plastics vvere rapidly developed starting in the 1930s. Nylon, introduced in 1938, vvas the first plastic vvidely used in clothing. Nevver plastics are miracle materials. Some plastics have excellent conducting properties, and these are likely to become very important in the electronics industry. New creations have strengths equivalent to metals. VVherever you look, from space shuttles to the garden hose, you find plastics.
3) It can be concîuded from the passage that
A)the diverse uses of plastics have become an indispensable part of our lives
B)plastics are not important in the computer industry
C)plastics may soon be replaced by other recently discovered materials
D)plastic shouldn't be used vvidely in industry because of its harmful effects
E)natural fibres in the clothing industry are no longer used

6) According to the passage, some plastics
A)are cheaper than any other material vvhen used in electrical vviring
B)can even conduct electricity perfectly
C)have already started to replace the steel
D)can never have the water resistance to be used outdoors
E)used in clothing industry are not as cheap
as natural fibres

7)According to the passage, it is true that

A)Hemingvvay's conventional upbringing vvas the only difference betvveen his contemporaries and him
B)Hemingvvay's father did not actually approve of his son's decision to be a vvriter
C)the life-style of Hemingvvay received many criticisms even vvhen he vvas a student
D)Hemingvvay's vvorking as a reporter made a contribution to his vvriting style
E)the problems Hemingvvay had in high
school vvere the result of his conventional

According to Iha passage
A)nylon wasn't available in clothing industry before1938
B)plastic can't be shaped easily
C)the first synthetic plastic vvas likely to replace the steel
D)plastic vvas vvidely used in industry because of its resistance to high heat
E)nevver plastics are not as flexible as the first
plastics used in industry

9-10-11. soruları, aşağıdaki parçaya göre cevaplayınız.

People are familiar with mosquitoes the vvorid. Fortunately, most mosquitoes have an appetite for animals, birds and even other insects. Only certain species bite people. Hovvever, if a mosquito finds you appetizing, she may bite you several times, or she m ay pick several people to bite. She can store 15 or 20 bites, which ali together equal one drop of water. Although mosquitoes are no longer a serious health problem in most countries, they can be annoying. İf you have a mosquito problem, remember that they reproduce in vvater. Be sure to eradicate these spots in and around your home. The smallest amount of vvater, in an empty can or a flovver vase, can produce hundreds of mosquitoes.


READING 3
Aşağıdaki 10-11-12.soruları, parçaya göre cevaplayınız.

Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, summed up th four chief qualities of money some 2.000 year ago. İt must be lasting and easy to recognise, t divide, and to carry about. When vve think c money today, vve picture it not only as round, fls pieces of metal vvhich vve cali coins, but also a printed paper notes. But, there are stili parts c the vvorid today vvhere your coins and notes an of no use. They buy nothing, and a travelle might die of hunger if he had none of thı particular local money to exchange for food.


9)According to the passsage, Aristotle said that...

A) money was only made of metal 2000 years ago
B)should be durable, distinct, divisible andportable
C)might be approximately 2000 years old
D)had to be made of high-quality materials
E)could only be spent by rich people

10)According to the passage, novvadays vve
think that money .
A)is something made of either metal or paper
B)is only paper notes not a piece of metal 
C)can be useful for travellers dying of hunger
D)can never be exchanged for food in some countries
E)must be used at village markets

11) We can understand from the passage that in
some parts of the vvorid, a traveller .
A)should carry a lot of banknotes vvith him
B)may have difficulty if he doesn't speak the native language of the country
C)might starve even if he has plenty of coins and notes
D)must knovv that his money doesn't have to
be the local kind
E)is aware that coins and notes are of a lot of use

TENSES IN ENGLISH

THERE ARE 12 TENSES IN ENGLISH

PRESENT TENSES

1.Simple Preset Tense
2.Present Continious Tense
3.FUTURE TENSE
a.Future Continious Tense
b.future Perfect Tense
c.Future Perfect Continious Tense
4.PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
-Present Perfect Continious Tense

PAST TENSES
5.SIMPLE PAST TENSE
6.Past Continious Tense
7.Past Perfect Tense
8.Past Perfect Continious Tense

PRESENT TENSES:

Simple present

(a fact or habit; with time clauses when time is future);

He studies grammar every day.

We will eat after he gets here.

Key words: always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom, rarely, never, every day, on Sundays, etc.

also stative (non-progressive) verbs: know, understand, believe, feel, think,** remember, forget, want, 

need, prefer, mean, love, like, hate, have,** hear, feel,** see,** smell,** taste,** seem, look,** cost, owe, be** 

**These verbs also have other meanings which can be progressive
**Time tables
The film starts at 8 o2clock.
**Like/dislikes
I hate get up early.


Present continuous

(an activity in progress at the present time--probably started in the past and will continue)

I can't talk on the phone. I am eating lunch.

Key words: now, right now, this quarter, etc. 



Note: the Present progressive and simple present can also be used for a future meaning with scheduled events.

I am meeting her in the library tomorrow at 10 am.

The plane leaves at 6 p.m.



PAST TENSES:



Simple past

(at one time in the past, this happened; activity completed in the past)

I ate dinner yesterday.

Key words: yesterday, last week, last month, this morning (when meaning is past), etc.



Past continuous

(an activity in progress at a particular time in the past)

I was eating when you called.

Key words: while





Present perfect

(something that started in the past and has relevance to or continues to the present; 

activity in past, but no time is mentioned; emphasis on repetition of activity in the past)

I have eaten Indian food two times.

I have had this rucksack for five years.

I have been here since 8 a.m.

Key words: already, yet, just, ever, never, ___ times, since + a particular time, for + a duration of time



Present perfect continuous

(duration of an activity that was in progress before now)

I have been eating since four o'clock.)

I have been eating a lot of vegetables lately.

Key words: for, since, lately



Past perfect

(an activity which was completed before another activity in the past)

I had already eaten when they arrived.

Key words: already, before. by the time



Past perfect continuous

(an activity in progress before another activity in the past)

I had been eating for two hours before my friend arrived.

Key words: for, since


FUTURE TENSES:



Simple future (will)

(activity that will happen in the future)

will: used for prediction & willingness

I will study after I finish eating.

The phone is ringing. I’ll answer it.

Key words: tomorrow, next week, next month, etc.





Future (be going to)

(activity that will happen in the future)

be going to: used for prediction and prior plan

I am going to study from six to nine.

Key words: tomorrow, next week, next month, etc.





Future continuous

(activity which will be in progress at a particular time in the future)

She will be studying when we arrive.

I’ll be staying with my cousin for several weeks.

Key words: for



Future perfect

(an activity which will be finished before another time or activity in the future)

I will have finished studying by the time you arrive.)

Key words: when, by the time



Future perfect continuous

(activity in progress in the future before another activity in the future)

I will have been studying for two hours by the time my parents come.)

Key words: for, by the time
Simple future (will)

(activity that will happen in the future)

will: used for prediction & willingness

I will study after I finish eating.

The phone is ringing. I’ll answer it.

Key words: tomorrow, next week, next month, etc.





Future (be going to)

(activity that will happen in the future)

be going to: used for prediction and prior plan

I am going to study from six to nine.

Key words: tomorrow, next week, next month, etc.