Решите тест:
1. ... there any news in your father's letter?
a) Are, b) Were, c) Have, d) Is.
2. The hall was full ... smoke.
a) with, b) of, c) off, d) for.
3. He is fond of ... speeches in public.
a) make, b) makes, c) making, d) doing.
4. My dream is to visit ... Sahara.
a) the, b) а, с) — , d) an.
5. When I came they ... things.
a) pack, b) packed, c) were packing, d) were packed.
6. ... raining when you went out?
a) Was there, b) Was it, c) Is there, d) Is it.
7. The noise of the broken glass made me ... .
a) woke up, b) have woken up, c) to wake up, d) wake up.
8. Can you come on Monday evening? — Sorry, I'd love to but I ... volleyball.
a) was playing, b) played, c) am playing, d) have played.
9. Are you interested ... working for us?
a) at, b) in, c) of, d) for.
10. There wasn't... in the garden.
a) some people, b) anybody, c) any people, d) no people.
11. By the time we got to the party, most of the guests... .
a) left, b) have left, c) will leave, d) had left.
12. What are you going to do after you ... school?
a) finish, b) finished, c) will finish, d) will have finished.
13. The Dnieper is not ... long as the Volga.
a) such, b) so, c) that, d) — .
14. Must I do this work today? — No, you ... .
a) mustn't, b) can't, c) may not, d) needn't.
15. Her grandmother is ... 70.
a) near, b) nearly, c) close, d) closely.
16. ... snowing at night.
a) It is, b) It was, c) There is, d) There was.
17. I haven't done ... wrong.
a) something, b) anything, c) nothing, d) no.
18. He heard somebody ... .
a) talking, b) talked, c) to talk, d) being talked.
19. Mother ... to return on Sunday.
a) expects, b) expected, c) has expected, d) is expected.
20. He ... two foreign languages in childhood.
a) taught, b) has taught, c) is taught, d) was taught.

1. Is there any news in your father's letter? — d) Is
   Здесь нужен глагол is, потому что news в английском обычно употребляется как неисчисляемое существительное в единственном числе.

2. The hall was full of smoke. — b) of
   Правильно: full of.

3. He is fond of making speeches in public. — c) making
   После fond of всегда идет герундий.

4. My dream is to visit the Sahara. — a) the
   Названия пустынь употребляются с артиклем the.

5. When I came they were packing things. — c) were packing
   Действие было в процессе в прошлом, поэтому нужен Past Continuous.

6. Was it raining when you went out? — b) Was it
   Вопрос о погоде обычно строится с it: Was it raining?

7. The noise of the broken glass made me wake up. — d) wake up
   После make используется инфинитив без частицы to.

8. Can you come on Monday evening? — Sorry, I'd love to but I am playing volleyball. — c) am playing
   Речь о заранее запланированном действии в будущем, поэтому Present Continuous.

9. Are you interested in working for us? — b) in
   Правильно: interested in.

10. There wasn't anybody in the garden. — b) anybody
    После отрицания в английском употребляется anybody.

11. By the time we got to the party, most of the guests had left. — d) had left
    Это Past Perfect, потому что действие произошло раньше другого прошлого действия.

12. What are you going to do after you finish school? — a) finish
    После after в придаточном времени обычно употребляется Present Simple.

13. The Dnieper is not so long as the Volga. — b) so
    Сравнение в отрицательной форме: not so ... as.

14. Must I do this work today? — No, you needn't. — d) needn't
    Needn't означает, что делать это не обязательно.

15. Her grandmother is nearly 70. — b) nearly
    Наречие nearly значит «почти».

16. It is snowing at night. — a) It is
    Для описания погоды используется it is raining / snowing.

17. I haven't done anything wrong. — b) anything
    В отрицательных предложениях употребляется anything.

18. He heard somebody talking. — a) talking
    После heard somebody обычно идет причастие настоящего времени, если действие слышалось в процессе.

19. Mother expects to return on Sunday. — a) expects
    Правильно: expects to return.
    Если имеется в виду, что «мама ожидает, что кто-то вернется», тогда конструкция именно такая.

20. He was taught two foreign languages in childhood. — d) was taught
    Здесь нужен страдательный залог: «его учили двум иностранным языкам».

Ответы:
1-d, 2-b, 3-c, 4-a, 5-c, 6-b, 7-d, 8-c, 9-b, 10-b, 11-d, 12-a, 13-b, 14-d, 15-b, 16-a, 17-b, 18-a, 19-a, 20-d