GRAMMAR TESTS

 
TEST 1
 
Read the text below. For each of the empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or
D).
PRINCE HYACINTH AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS
Part 1
Once upon a time there lived a king who was deeply in love with a princess, but she could not
marry (1) _________________, because she was under an enchantment. So the King (2)
_________________ to seek a fairy, and asked what he could do (3) _________________ the
Princess’s love. The Fairy said to him:
“You know that the Princess (4) _________________ a great cat which she is very fond of.
Whoever is clever (5) _________________ to tread on that cat’s tail is the man she (6)
_________________ to marry.”
The King said to himself that this (7) _________________ not be very difficult, and he left the
Fairy, determined to grind the cat’s tail to powder rather than not tread on it at all.
You may imagine that it was not long (8) _________________ he went to see the Princess, and
puss, as usual, marched in before him, arching his back. The King took a long step, and quite
thought he had the tail under his foot, but the cat (9) _________________ so sharply that he only
trod on air. And so it went on for eight (10) _________________, till the King began to think
that this fatal tail must be full of quicksilver – it was never still for a moment.
At last, however, he was lucky enough to come upon puss fast (11) _________________ and
with his tail conveniently (12) _________________. So the King, without losing a moment, set
his foot upon it heavily.
 
  A В C D
1 any no one somebody anyone
2 set from set out set in set into
3 win winning wins to win
4 has had has had have
5 too enough also else
6 destiny destined destining is destined
7 would will is are
8 till until late before
9 turned away turned up turned round turned in
10 days day days’ day’s
11 sleep sleeping asleep sleepy
12 spreading out spread out spreads out has spread out
 
 TEST 2
 
Read the text below. For each of the empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or
D).
PRINCE HYACINTH AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS
Part 2
With one terrific yell the cat (1) _________________ and instantly changed into a tall man, who,
fixing his angry eyes upon the King, said:
“You shall marry the Princess because you have been able to break the enchantment, but I will
have my revenge. You shall have a son, who will never be happy until he (2)
_________________ out that his nose is (3) _________________ long, and if you ever tell
anyone what I have just said to you, you shall vanish away instantly, and no one shall ever see
you or hear of you again.”
Though the King was (4) _________________ afraid of the enchanter, he could not help (5)
_________________ at this threat.
“If my son (6) _________________ such a long nose as that,” he said to himself, “he must
always see it or feel it; at least, if he is not blind or without hands.”
But, as the enchanter (7) _________________, he did not waste any more time in thinking, but
went to seek the Princess, who very soon consented to marry him. But after all, they had not
been married very long when the King died, and the Queen had (8) _________________ left to
care for but her little son, who (9) _________________ Hyacinth. The little Prince had large
blue eyes, the prettiest eyes in the world, and a sweet little mouth, but, alas! his nose was so
enormous that it (10) _________________ half his face. The Queen was inconsolable when she
saw this great nose, but her ladies assured her that it was not really as large (11)
_________________ it looked; that it was a Roman nose, and you had only to open any story to
see that every hero has a large nose. The Queen, who was devoted to her baby, was (12)
_________________ what they told her, and when she looked at Hyacinth again, his nose
certainly did not seem to her QUITE so large.
 
  A В C D
1 sprang in spring up sprang up springs in
2 found finds finding has found
3 enough also too as
4 horrible horror horrifying horribly
5 laughing laugh laughed to laugh
6 has had has had had had
7 is vanished has vanished had vanished vanished
8 nothing everything anything something
9 called was called calling is called
10 cover was covered covered covering
11 so is also as
12 pleased with pleased for pleased about pleased to
 
 TEST 3
 
Read the text below. For each of the empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or
D).
PRINCE HYACINTH AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS
Part 3
The Prince was (1) _________________ with great care; and, as soon as he could
speak,_______ they told him all sorts of dreadful stories about people who had short noses. No
one was allowed to come near him (2) _________________ nose did not more or less resemble
his own, and the courtiers, to get into favor with the Queen, took to (3) _________________
their babies’ noses several times every day to make them grow long. But, do what they would,
they were nothing by comparison with the (4) _________________.
When he (5) _________________ sensible he learned history; and whenever any great prince or
beautiful princess was spoken of, his teachers took care to tell him that they had long noses.
His room was (6) _________________ with pictures, all of people with very large noses; and the
Prince grew up so convinced that a long nose was a great beauty, that he would not on any
account have had his own a single inch shorter!
When his twentieth birthday passed the Queen thought it was time that he should be married, so
she (7) _________________ that the portraits of several princesses should be brought for him to
see, and among the others was a picture of the Dear Little Princess!
Now, she was the daughter of a great king, and would some day possess several kingdoms
herself; but Prince Hyacinth had not a thought to spare for (8) _________________ of that sort,
he was so much struck with her beauty. The Princess, whom he thought quite charming, had, (9)
_________________, a little saucy nose, which, in her face, was the prettiest thing possible, but
it was a cause of great embarrassment to the courtiers, who had got into such a habit of laughing
(10) _________________ little noses that they sometimes found themselves laughing at hers
before they had time to think; but this did not do at all before the Prince, who quite failed to see
the joke, and actually banished two of his courtiers who had dared to mention disrespectfully the
Dear Little Princess’s tiny nose!
The others, (11) _________________ warning from this, learned to think twice before they
spoke, and one even went so far as to tell the Prince that, though it was quite true that no man
could be worth anything unless he had a long nose, still, a woman’s beauty was a different thing;
and he knew a learned man who understood Greek and (12) _________________ in some old
manuscripts that the beautiful Cleopatra herself had a “tip-tilted” nose!
 
  A В C D
1 brought in brought up brought out brought down
2 who who’s whose which
3 pulling pull pulls pulled
4 Prince Princes’s Prince’ Prince’s
5 grows grew grown grow
6 hang hanging hung hangs
7 command commanded commands commanding
8 nothing something everything anything
9 however moreover but although
10 in at of about
11 take to take taking taken
12 has read had read read reading
 
 TEST 4
 
Read the text below. For each of the empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or
D).
PRINCE HYACINTH AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS
Part 4
The Prince (1) _________________ him a splendid present as a reward for (2)
________________________________________ good news, and at once sent ambassadors to
ask the Dear Little Princess in marriage. The King, her father, gave his consent; and Prince
Hyacinth, who, in his anxiety (3) _________________ the Princess, had gone three leagues to
meet her was just advancing to kiss her hand when, to the horror of all who stood by, the
enchanter appeared as suddenly as a flash of lightning, and, snatching up the Dear Little
Princess, whirled her away (4) _________________ their sight!
The Prince (5) _________________ quite inconsolable, and declared that nothing should induce
him to go back to his kingdom until he (6) _________________ her again, and refusing to allow
any of his courtiers to follow him, he mounted his horse and (7) _________________ sadly,
letting the animal (8) _________________ his own path.
So it happened that-he came presently to a great plain, (9) _________________ which he rode
all day long without (10) _________________ a single house, and the horse and the rider were
(11) _________________ hungry, when, as the night fell, the Prince (12) _________________
sight of a light, which seemed to shine from a cavern.
 
  A В C D
1 make making was made made
2 these this that those
3 to see see seeing saw
4 from in out of off
5 were left was left leave leaving
6 found finds had found has found
7 ride away rides away ridden away rode away
8 chose choose choosing has chosen
9 across cross crossing between
10 see to see seeing sees
11 terribly terrible more terribly the terrible
12 catch catching catches caught
 
 TEST 5
 
Read the text below. For each of the empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or
D).
PRINCE HYACINTH AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS
Part 5
He rode up to it, and saw a little old woman, who appeared to be at least a hundred years old.
She put on her spectacles to (1) _________________ Prince Hyacinth, but it was quite a long
time before she could fix them securely because her nose was very short.
The Prince and the Fairy (for that was who she was) had no sooner looked at one another than
they went into fits of laughter, and cried at the same moment, “Oh, (2) _________________ a
funny nose!”
“Not so funny as your own,” said Prince Hyacinth to the Fairy; “but, madam, I beg you to leave
the consideration of our noses — such as they are — and to be good (3) _________________ to
give me something to eat, for I am starving, and so is my poor horse.”
“With all my heart,” said the Fairy. “Though your nose is so ridiculous, you are, nevertheless,
the son of my (4) _________________ friend. I loved your father as if he had been my brother.
HE had a very hand some nose!”
“And pray what does mine lack?” said the Prince.
“Oh! it doesn’t LACK (5) _________________,” replied the Fairy. “On the contrary, there is
only too much of it. But never mind, one may be a very worthy man though his nose is too long.
I was telling you that I was your (6) _________________ friend; he often came to see me in the
old times, and you must know that I was very pretty in (7)_____________________________
_________________ days; at least, he used to say so. I should like to tell you of a conversation
we had the last time I ever (8) _________________ him.”
“Indeed,” said the Prince, “but, madam, I beg you, that (9) _________________ I nothing to eat
today.”
“The poor boy is right,” said the Fairy; “Come in, then, and I (10) _________________ you
some supper, and while you are eating I can tell you my story in a very (11)
_________________ words — for I don’t like end less tales myself. Too long a tongue is worse
than too long a nose, and I remember when I was young that I was so much admired for not
being a great chatterer. They used (12) _________________ the Queen, my mother, that it was
so. For though you see what I am now, I was the daughter of a great king. My father...”
 
  A В C D
1 look in look at look out look for
2 where which what that
3 too enough very also
4 better the best best the good
5 nothing something everything anything
6 father father’s fathers fathers’
7 these this those that
8 saw see seen seeing
9 has had have had had will have
10 will give would give will be giving will be given
11 some a few little few
12 tell telling to tell tells
 
 TEST 6
 
Read the text below. For each of the empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or
D).
PRINCE HYACINTH AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS
Part 6
“Your father, I dare say, (1) _________________ something to eat when he was hungry!”
interrupted the Prince.
“Oh! certainly,” answered the Fairy, “and you also shall have supper directly. I only just wanted
to tell you...”.
“But I really cannot listen to anything until I have had (2) _________________ to eat,” cried the
Prince, who was getting quite (3) _________________; but then, remembering that he had better
be polite as he much needed the Fairy’s help, he added:
“ I know that in the pleasure of (4) _________________ to you I should quite forget my own
hunger; but my horse, who cannot hear you, must really (5) _________________!”
The Fairy was very much flattered by this compliment, and said, (6) _________________ to her
servants:
“You shall not wait another minute, you are so polite, and in spite of the enormous size of your
nose you are really very agreeable.”
“Plague take the old lady! How she does go on about my nose!” said the Prince to himself. “One
would almost think that (7) _________________ had taken all the extra length that hers lacks! If
I were not so hungry I would soon have done with this chatterpie who thinks she (8)
_________________ very little! How stupid people are not to see their own faults! That comes
of being a princess: she (9) _________________ by flatterers, who have made her believe that
she is quite a moderate talker!”
Meanwhile the servants (10) _________________ the supper on the table, and the prince was
much amused to hear the Fairy who asked them a thousand questions simply for the pleasure of
hearing herself speak; especially he noticed one maid who, no matter what was (11)
_________________, always contrived to praise her (12) _________________ wisdom.
 
  A В C D
1 get got getting will get
2 anything nothing everything something
3 angrier angriest angry angrily
4 listening listen listened to listen
5 was fed will be fed be fed has been fed
6 call calling called calls
7 mine me my I
8 talk talks talking talked
9 had been spoiled was spoiled has been spoiled will be spoiled
10 put had put has been putting were putting
11 being said said say having said
12 mistress mistress’s mistresses’ mistres’es
 
 TEST 7
 
Read the text below. For each of the empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or
D).
PRINCE HYACINTH AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS
Part 7
“Well!” he thought, as he ate his supper, “I’m very glad I came here. This just shows me how
sensible I (1) _________________ in never listening to flatterers. People of that sort (2)
_________________ us to our faces without shame, and hide our faults or change them into
virtues. For my part I never will be (3) _________________ by them. I know my own defects, I
hope.”
Poor Prince Hyacinth! He really believed what he said, and hadn’t an idea that the people who
(4) _________________ his nose were laughing at him, just as the Fairy’s maid was laughing at
her; for the Prince had seen her laugh slyly when she could do so without the Fairy’s (5)
_________________ her.
However, he said nothing, and presently, when his hunger began (6) _________________, the
Fairy said:
“My dear Prince, might I beg you to move a little more that way, for your nose (7)
_________________ such a shadow that I really cannot see what I have on my plate. Ah! thanks.
Now let us speak of your father. When I went to his Court he was only a little boy, but that is
forty years ago, and I have not been in this desolate place ever since. Tell me what (8)
_________________ nowadays; are the ladies as fond of amusement as ever? In my time one
saw them at parties, theatres, balls, and promenades every day. Dear me! WHAT a long nose you
have! I cannot get used to it!”
“Really, madam,” said the Prince, “I wish you (9) _________________ off mentioning my nose.
It cannot matter to you what it is like. I am quite satisfied with it, and have no wish to have it
(10) _________________. One must take what is given.”
“Now you are angry (11) _________________ me, my poor Hyacinth,” said the Fairy, “and I
assure you that I didn’t mean to vex you; on the contrary, I wished to do you a service. However,
though I really cannot help your nose being a shock to me, I will try not to say (12)
_________________ about it. I will even try to think that you have an ordinary nose. To tell the
truth, it would make three reasonable ones.”
 
  A В C D
1 has been was have been will be
2 praising praises to praise praise
3 taken in taken on taken out taken off
4 has praised had praised praised would praise
5 notice being noticed noticing noticed
6 to be appeased to have been appeased was appeased will be appeased
7 cast casts casting to cast
8 go in going on will go on goes on
9 leave would leave leaves will leave
10 short shortest shorter shorts
11 about in off with
12 nothing something everything anything
 
 TEST 8
 
Read the text below. For each of the empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or
D).
PRINCE HYACINTH AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS
Part 8
The Prince, who was no (1) _________________ hungry, grew so impatient at the Fairy’s
continual remarks about his nose that at last he threw himself upon his horse and rode (2)
_________________ away. But wherever he came in his journeys he thought the people (3)
_________________ mad, for they all talked of his nose, and yet he could not bring himself to
admit that it was too long, he had been so used all his life to hear it called handsome.
The old Fairy, who wished to make him happy, at last hit upon a plan. She shut the Dear Little
Princess up in a palace of crystal, and put this palace down where the Prince would not fail to
find it. His joy at (4) _________________ the Princess again was extreme, and he set to work
with all his might to try to break her prison; but in spite of all his efforts he (5)
_________________ utterly. In despair he thought at least that he would try to get near enough
to speak to the Dear Little Princess, who, on her part, (6) _________________ her hand that he
might kiss it; but turn which way he might, he never could raise it to his lips, for his long nose
always prevented it. For the first time he realized how long it really was, and exclaimed:
“Well, it must be (7) _________________ that my nose IS too long!”
In an instant the crystal prison flew (8) _________________ a thousand splinters, and the old
Fairy, taking the Dear Little Princess by the hand, said to the Prince:
“Now, say if you are not very much (9) _________________ to me. Much good it was for me to
talk to you about your nose! You would never have found out how extraordinary it was if it (10)
_________________ you from doing what you wanted to. You see how self-love keeps us from
knowing our own defects of mind and body. Our reason tries in vain to show them to us; we
refuse to see them till we (11) _________________ them in the way of our interests.”
Prince Hyacinth, whose nose was now just like anyone’s else, did not fail to profit by the lesson
he (12) _________________. He married the Dear Little Princess, and they lived happily ever
after.
 
  A В C D
1 longer long longest the longer
2 haste hastily hastier hasty
3 is were was are
4 see to see seeing being seen
5 fails to fail failed has failed
6 stretch in stretched out stretch on stretch after
7 admitted admit admitting being admitted
8 out of from about into
9 oblige obliges obliging obliged
10 hasn’t hindered hadn’t hindered wasn’t hindered hindered
11 found finding find has found
12 receives received had received would receive
 
 TEST 9
 
Read the text below. For each of the empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or
D).
QUEEN MARGARET AND THE ROBBERS
Part 1
One day when roses (1) _________________ in bloom, two noblemen came to angry words in
the Temple Gardens, by the side of the river Thames. In the midst of their quarrel one of them
plucked a white rose (2) _________________ a bush, and, turning to (3) _________________
who were near him, said:
“He who will stand by me in this quarrel, let him pluck a white rose with me, and (4)
_________________ it in his hat.”
Then the other gentleman (5) _________________ a red rose from another bush, and said: “Let
him who will stand by me pluck a red rose, and wear it as his badge.”
Now this quarrel (6) _________________ a great civil war, which (7) _________________ “The
War of the Roses,” for every soldier wore a white or red rose in his helmet to show to which side
he (8) _________________.
The leaders of the “ Red Rose” sided with King Henry the Sixth and his wife, Queen Margaret,
who were fighting for the English throne. Many great battles (9) _________________ , and
wicked deeds were done in those dreadful times.
In a battle at a place called Hexham, the king’s party was beaten, and Queen Margaret and her
little son, the Prince of Wales, had to flee for their lives. They (10) _________________ far
before they met a band of robbers, who stopped the queen and stole all her rich jewels, and,
holding a drawn sword over her head, threatened to take her life and that of her child.
The poor queen, (11) _________________ by terror, fell upon her knees and begged them to
spare her only son, the little prince. But the robbers, turning from her, began to fight among
themselves as to how they should divide the plunder,' and, drawing their weapons, they attacked
one another. When the queen saw what was happening she sprang to her feet, and, taking the
prince (12) _________________ the hand, made haste to escape.
 
  A В C D
1 are have been were had been
2 from out of with on
3 these those that this
4 wore will wear wears wear
5 tear tore torn tearing
6 led in led to led up led about
7 call was called called was calling
8 belonged belong belongs will belong
9 fight are fought were fought fought
10 did not go has not gone will have gone had not gone
11 overcome overcame overcoming overcomes
12 at with by in
 
 TEST 10
 
Read the text below. For each of the empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or
D).
QUEEN MARGARET AND THE ROBBERS
Part 2
There was a thick wood close by, and the queen (1) _________________ it, but she was sorely
afraid and trembled in every limb, for she knew that this wood was the hiding-place of robbers
and outlaws. Every tree seemed to her (2) _________________ fancy to be an armed man (3)
_________________ to kill her and her little son.
On and on she went (4) _________________ the dark wood, this way and that, seeking some
place of shelter, but not knowing where she (5) _________________. At last she saw by the light
of the moon a tall, fierce-looking man step out from behind a tree. He came directly toward her,
and she knew by his dress that he was an outlaw. But thinking that he might have children of his
own, she determined (6) _________________ herself and her son upon his mercy.
When he came near she addressed him in a calm voice and with a stately manner.
“Friend,” said she, “I am the queen. Kill me if thou wilt, but spare my son, thy prince. Take him,
I will trust him to thee. Keep him safe from those that seek his life, and God will have pity on
thee for all thy sins.”
The words of the queen (7) _________________ the heart of the outlaw. He told her that once he
(8) _________________ on her side, and now (9) _________________ from the soldiers of the
“White Rose.” He then lifted the little prince in his arms, and, bidding the queen follow, led the
way to a cave in the rocks. There he gave them food and shelter, and (10) _________________
them safe for two days, when the queen’s friends and attendants, discovering their hiding-place,
came and took them far away.
If you ever go to Hexham Forest, you may see this (11) _________________ cave. It is on the
bank of a little stream that (12) _________________ at the foot of a hill, and to this day the
people call it “Queen Margaret’s Cave.”
 
  A В C D
1 plunged into plunged out of plunged over plunged across
2 excite exciting excited excitedly
3 wait waited waiting waits
4 over above through amid
5 was going is going will go would go
6 throw threw thrown to throw
7 moving move moveable moved
8 was fought was fighting had fought fights
9 was hiding have hidden has been hidden is hiding
10 kept keeping keeps was keeping
11 robbers’ robber’ robbery’s robber’s
12 will flow flows has flown flew
 
 TEST 11
 
Read the text below. For each of the empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or
D).
PRINCE SNEEZE
Part 1
Once upon a time a king and a queen gave a magnificent party in honor (1) _________________
the christening of their new-born son, Prince Rolandor. To this party the royal parents took good
care to invite every single fairy in Fairyland, for they knew very well the unhappy consequences
of (2) _________________ to invite fairies to christenings. When all the invitations (3)
_________________, the Queen went down to the kitchen to superintend the cooking of the
master-dainty of the feast, a huge strawberry-tart.
The morning on (4) _________________ the grand ceremony was to take place arrived. At half-
past ten the Court Astrologer, who was master of ceremonies, gave the order to form in line; and
at ten minutes to eleven the splendid procession started for the church. The road (5)
_________________ with the King’s vassals shouting, “Hurrah, hurrah!” Countless little elves
with gauzy wings watched from the branches of the trees; and the great cathedral bells went
clang, bang, clang, as merrily as could be.
Just behind the royal body-guard (6) _________________ the King’s gold-and-diamond coach
(7) _________________ in the sunlight of June, with the King and the Queen in it on one side
and the Court Astrologer and the fairy Titania, prospective godparents of the little Prince, on the
other. The Prince himself, swathed in a wonderful silk mantle edged with pearls and turquoises,
(8) _________________ in the Astrologer’s arms.
The procession entered the church, (9) _________________ the venerable Lord Archbishop,
surrounded by a magnificent choir, was awaiting (10) _________________ coming. A hush (11)
_________________ the great assembly as the parents and the godparents advanced to the
flower-decked font, and the silence (12) _________________ until His Eminence had sprinkled
the Prince and given him the name of Rolandor. Then the bells rang again, the organ roared so
that the windows shook in their casements, and the choristers sang like birds on a summer
afternoon.
 
  A В C D
1 off of at about
2 forget forgetting forgotten forgets
3 had sent out has sent out had been sent out have sent out
4 who which whose whom
5 lined lining was lined will line  
6 come comes has come came  
7 shine shining shone is shining  
8 sleep slept sleeping had slept  
9 where what when which  
10 it its his hers  
11 went behind went to went in went over  
12 last will last lasted would last  
 
 TEST 12
 
Read the text below. For each of the empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or
D).
PRINCE SNEEZE
Part 2
The christening over, the procession went back to the castle, past the waiting rows of bystanders,
not one of whom (1) _________________ his place or gone away, so superb had been the
spectacle.
The christening banquet (2) _________________ in the great hall of the castle, and, thanks to the
Court Astrologer, things went off beautifully.______________________ It was the only large
banquet ever known in the history of the world where courses (3) _________________ all at one
time, and while one person was finishing an ice, another was not beginning with the soup. Nor
was the menu mixed, which (4) _________________ so frequently today that you are apt to have
soup, ice, cake, roast, soup, and a roast again. No, from soup to ice the banquet was a huge
success; but, (5) _________________, disaster came with the strawberry-tart.
As the Queen (6) _________________ with the Lord Chancellor of the Enchanted Islands, she
happened to notice — for like a good hostess she had been keeping an eye to the comfort of her
guests — that nobody on the right-hand side of the hall (7) _________________ with
strawberry-tart. Almost at the same moment, the chief cook, (8) _________________ rather pale
and worried, bustled through the throng and whispered (9) _________________ her ear, “Your
Majesty, the strawberry-tart has given out!”
The Queen (10) _________________ pale. At length she managed to ask in a weak voice, “Have
you plenty of other pastries?”
“Yes, Your Majesty,” replied the cook.
“Then let them be served at once.”
The cook (11) _________________, and the Queen, though somewhat shaken, (12)
_________________ the conversation again. Ten minutes passed, and she was beginning to
forget her start, when a voice, rising clear and rasping over the hubbub of the hall, said suddenly,
“Where’s my piece of strawberry-tart?”
 
  A В C D
1 changing change will change had changed
2 was laid were laid had been laid has laid
3 was serving were served were serving was served
4 happen happening happens happened
5 alas as so how
6 was chatting chatting chatted chats
7 has served had served had been served has been served
8 look looked looks looking
9 on at with in
10 turn turned has turned turning
11 withdraw withdrew withdrawn withdrawing
12 took up took in took at took off
 
 TEST 13
 
Read the text below. For each of the empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or
D).
PRINCE SNEEZE
Part 3
Everybody turned toward the speaker, an elderly fairy from the Kingdom of the Black
Mountains, named Malvolia. She (1) _________________ in her place, her arms akimbo,
glowering at her plate, on which an attendant had just put a small chocolate éclair.
“Where’s my piece of strawberry-tart?” she repeated.
The Queen (2) _________________. “I am very sorry, Madam Malvolia,” said she in her (3)
_________________ voice, “but the strawberry-tart has given out.”
“Hoity-toity,” answered Malvolia (4) _________________; “you mean that you only baked
enough for your own personal friends.”
At this several guests cried, “Sh! Sh!” and the King began to look worried.
“We will send for some at once,” announced His Majesty.
“Oh yes, — strawberry-tart (5) _________________ by the Queen’s own hands for her own dear
friends,” said Malvolia sneeringly; “but for me, a fairy of age and distinction, an ordinary, low
(6) _________________ eclair. The Kingdom of the Black Mountains (7) _________________
in my person!”
“No, no, no, no!” cried the King and the Queen. “We assure you, madam, that it was a simple
mischance.”
“Pish and tush!” replied Malvolia, who, like a great many people, secretly enjoyed (8)
_________________ herself aggrieved. “I consider the affair an affront, a deliberate affront. And
you shall pay dear for this humiliation,” she screamed, quickly losing control (9)
_________________ her temper. “Every time the Prince (10) _________________ something
shall change until...”
At this very moment, alas, a northeast wind (11) _________________ gustily through the open
windows of the hall, shaking the tapestries from the walls, and (12) _________________ the last
of Malvolia’s sentence. The angry fairy turned herself into a great black raven and flew, cawing
hoarsely, over the heads of the banqueters and out of the window with the wind.
 
  A В C D
1 stand up standing up stands up stood up
2 rose risen has risen will rise
3 sweeter sweetest sweet sweety
4 rude ruder rudely rudest
5 bake baked baking bakery
6 baker’s baker bakers’ bakery’s
7 deliberately has insulted has been has been deliberately been has deliberately
insulted been deliberately insulted insulted
8 feeling feel felt will feel
9 on in off of
10 sneezing sneezed sneezes ’ll sneeze
11 blowing blew has blown will blow
12 cariying along carrying aside carrying away carrying upon
 
 TEST 14
 
Read the text below. For each of the empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or
D).
PRINCE SNEEZE
Part 4
A baby’s cry (1) _________________, and the King and the Queen rushed panic-stricken to
where their little son (2) _________________ in his cradle on a raised platform at the head of the
hall. The little Prince’s fat, pink face was twisted into dreadful lines; he opened his mouth wide
several times and half closed it again; then, opening it wider than ever, he sneezed a terrible
sneeze.
There came a loud clap of thunder. When the confusion was over, the Court Astrologer was
found (3) _________________ into an eight-day clock, with a sun, moon, and stars arrangement,
a planetary indicator, and a calendar calculated for two thousand years. The banquet ended rather
gloomily, although the gifts of the other fairies, such as health, wealth, and beauty, managed to
make everyone (4) _________________ more cheerful.
When the guests were gone, the King and Queen (5) _________________ Doctor Pill, the court
physician, to consult him (6) _________________ the measures which ought (7)
_________________ to prevent the Prince’s sneezing. As for the poor Court Astrologer, he was
hung up in the sacristy of the cathedral, and every eight days his wife wound him up, with tears.
“What shall we do, doctor?” asked the King rather mournfully.
“The Prince must be preserved from the things which (8) _________________ sneezing,” said
the doctor sagely.
“Such as draughts?” suggested the King.
“Draughts, head-colds, snuff, and pepper,” answered the leech. “Let his little highness (9)
_________________ into a special suite of rooms; admit no person to them until he has been
examined for head-cold, and (10) _________________ germ-proof garments; and as his little
highness (11) _________________ older, forbid the use of pepper in his food. Better still, if
Your Majesty has a castle in the mountains, let the Prince be taken there for the sake (12)
_________________ the purer air.”
 
  A Б C D
1 hear heard was heard had heard
2 lie lay lain laid
3 to has turned to be turned to have turned have turned
4 a few a little many less
5 sent for sent in sent about sent from
6 on regard in regard to with regard in regards
7 was taken been taken being taken to be taken
8 cause causes caused causing
9 be put was put will be put has been put
10 was put on has put on put on had put on
11 grow grows grew will grow
12 on in at of
 
 TEST 15
 
Read the text below. For each of the empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or
D).
PRINCE SNEEZE
Part 5
“There is the tower on the Golden Mountain,” said the King.
At this the Queen (1) _________________ to weep again, for she, quite naturally, did not wish
to part with her child.
“But, my dear, we can’t have him sneezing, and things changing all the time,” said the King.
“I beg Your Majesty to consider the danger of a head-cold,” (2) _________________ the doctor.
“Yes, think of the danger of a head-cold,” echoed the King, who saw (3) _________________
than the Queen the chaos that might result if the Prince was attacked (4) _________________ a
prolonged fit of sneezing. “People with head-colds may sneeze ten or fifteen times a day.”
“Or fifty,” said the doctor.
“Or fifty,” echoed the King again, (5) _________________ his head, for he was torn between
paternal love and kingly duty. “Imagine fifty enchantments in a day! By eventide the whole
kingdom (6) _________________ upset, undone, and the people plotting a revolution.”
“The tower on the Golden Mountain is in a fine healthful locality,” said the doctor, “and the
Prince could be (7) _________________ as happily there as in the palace.”
So at length the Queen consented. In (8) _________________ days the little Prince, who had not
sneezed a second time, was removed to the tower on the Golden Mountain. His room, (9)
_________________ by Doctor Pill, was completely protected from draughts, and every breath
of air that entered it was tri-bi-sterilized. Mrs. Pill, who had been a hospital nurse, took care of
him. Three times a week, (10) _________________ Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, his
royal parents rode out to the tower, and after (11) _________________ germ-proof garments,
were admitted to the nursery of their infant son.
And so the years went by. Nobody was found able to break Malvolia’s spell, and the clue to (12)
_________________ undoing had been carried away by the wind. Malvolia herself had
disappeared.
 
  A В C D
1 began begin begun beginning
2 put on put off put after put in
3 clear clearer clearest clearly
4 on beside by over
5 shake shakes shaken shaking
6 will be would be has been had been
7 bring up was bring up brought up had brought up
8 a few a little more fewer
9 design designing designs designed
10 in on at out
11 puts on put on putting on will put on
12 it its it’s it was
 
 TEST 16
 
Read the text below. For each of the empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or
D).
PRINCE SNEEZE
Part 6
The Prince became a handsome little boy. Accomplished teachers taught him history, music,
drawing, dancing, and all the other things that a prince ought to know. But of real life he knew
almost (1) _________________ at all.
His most faithful friend during these lonely years (2)
____________________________________________ a French poodle, who spoke both French
and English exceedingly well. Of course, he had a marked canine accent, rather growling hisg’s
and howling the aw’s and the ow’s, but his words were well (3) _________________ and his
vocabulary extensive. Never was seen a more friendly, wise, and devoted animal.
When the King decided to have him sent away for a while, for he feared that his son was getting
a touch of Poldo’s barky manner of speaking, from too close an association, the little Prince (4)
_________________ really ill from grief, and the King (5) _________________ to alter his
decision.
During his imprisonment in the tower, in spite of all precautions, the Prince sneezed three times.
At the first sneeze, all the dogs in the kingdom except Poldo changed into cats, and all the cats
into dogs. Though this (6) _________________ a serious trouble, the change was certainly
inconvenient. All the dog-cats came out meowing at people as the dogs (7) _________________
at them, and they chased people down the street; the cat-dogs, on the other hand, stayed in the
kitchen under the stove, and (8) _________________ mice in the pantry. Great St. Bernards
might be seen licking their paws and rubbing them over their foreheads, and fat, old cat-lap-dogs
used (9) _________________ to purr.
At the second sneeze, all the elderly gentlemen (10) _________________ seventy changed into
elm trees, a proceeding that caused a terrible lot of trouble.
At the third sneeze, all the people in the pictures at the Art Museum became alive, and for a
week the soldiers of the royal guard spent most of their time (11) _________________ poor,
bewildered fauns, satyrs, nymphs, Roman senators, and long dead celebrities and historical
personages from the worst destitution. The King finally (12) _________________ build a special
castle for them.
 
  A В C D
1 anything something nothing everything
2 be was were are
3 choose chose chosen choosing
4 became become becoming becomes
5 force is forced was forced has forced
6 were not was not is not has not
7 use to bark is used bark used to bark gets used to bark
8 watch for watched for watches for watching for
9 to try try tries trying
10 at over behind above
11 rescue rescued rescuing rescues
12 has to had to will have to must
 
 TEST 17
 
Read the text below. For each of the empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or
D).
PRINCE SNEEZE
Part 7
As the Prince’s twenty-first birthday (1) _________________ near, he began to feel very sad at
the idea of (2) _________________ to stay shut up in the tower all his life. Though he was a
very brave and very manly young man, he lay down on his couch and (3) _________________
in__________________ sorrow.
Suddenly, (4) _________________ with his forepaws on the coverlet, “Why do
you____________ weep, dear master?” said the little dog.
“At my fate,” replied the poor Prince. “I cannot bear (5) _________________ that I may have to
spend all my days in this tower, and never see the great wide world.”
The poodle was silent for (6) _________________ minutes. At length he said, “Dear Prince
Rolandor, do not (7) _________________ hope. Have you ever thought of consulting my old
master, the Giant of the North Pole? He has a large chest in his palace full of secrets which the
winds (8) _________________, and perhaps the key to Malvolia’s spell is (9)
_________________ them. If you have a warm fur coat and four fur boots made for me, I (10)
_________________ to the Giant and ask him.”
The Prince gave his consent, and on the next day the royal tailor made the poodle a magnificent
sealskin coat and four splendid fur-lined boots. Then the King (11) _________________ him
good speed, the Queen cried over him, and the Prince, who could see from his high tower every
corner of the kingdom, watched him till he (12) _________________ over the hills and far away.
 
  A В C D
1 draw drawn drew drawing
2 have having has had
3 weep is weeping wept was wept
4 stand standing stood stands
5 thinks thinking being thought to think
6 fewer a little a few less
7 give in give at give up give about
8 has overheard have overheard had overheard having overheard
9 amid among amidst between
10 is going to would go is going will go
11 wish wished wishes wishing
12 disappear disappearing disappeared to disappear
 
 TEST 18
 
Read the text below. For each of the empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or
D).
PRINCE SNEEZE
Part 8
Straight north the poodle ran. Soon he (1) _________________ the fertile plains behind him, and
entered great, black pine forests where never a road was (2) _________________. The cold wind
howled through the trees, and (3) _________________ night the brilliant stars sparkled over the
dark and waving branches. Hungry wolves and savage bears often pursued him, but somehow he
always (4) _________________ to escape them all. At the end of the forest he found the frozen
ocean lit by the shuddering light of the aurora, flashing in a great fan from east to west. Past
white-tusked walruses and sleepy penguins he flew, till on (5) _________________ day he saw
the green, icy pinnacles of the Giant’s palace against the waving curtain of the Polar lights. (6)
_________________ the evening of the twelfth day he entered the castle.
The Giant of the North Pole was a tall, strong, yellow-haired fellow (7) _________________ a
crown of ice and a great sweeping mantle (8) _________________ the white fur of the polar
bear. His servants were the Gusts, — strange, supple, shadowy creatures moving quickly to and
fro, — and his courtiers were the whirlwinds and the storms. The Giant’s wife sat (9)
_________________ his side; she had dark hair and eyes of icy, burning blue.
“Welcome, little Poldo,” said the Giant; and his voice (10) _________________ like the wind in
the treetops; “what seek you here?”
“I seek some words of the Fairy Malvolia which (11) _________________ by the northeast wind
at Prince Rolandor’s christening,” replied the poodle.
“Whew, oo-oo,” whistled the Giant of the North Pole. “If I have them, the words (12)
_________________ yours.”
 
  A В C D
1 had left has left have left will have left
2 was to be seen been seen to be saw
3 in at on of
4 managed manage managing to manage
5 eleven the eleventh eleventh an eleventh
6 At In Out On
7 wear wore wearing worn
8 make from made from making from will make from
9 on among with by
10 sound sounded have sounded will sound
11 was carried away have been carried were carried away had been carried away
away
12 be are being were
 
 TEST 19
 
Read the text below. For each of the empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or
D).
PRINCE SNEEZE
Part 9
He summoned two Gusts (1) _________________ the chest of secrets. It was made of black
stone; and edged with diamonds of ice. In it (2) _________________ all the mysteries which the
wind had ever overheard; there were secrets, confessions, vows, merry laughs, and simple words.
And sure enough, in the corner of the chest (3) _________________ the rest of Malvolia’s spell
— a row of little, old-fashioned, dusty words; the words: “Until he (4) _________________
someone brave enough to marry him.”
So the good poodle learned the words (5) _________________ heart, thanked the Giant, and
hurried home with the message. When he came to the King’s palace, he ran, barking with joy,
right into the King’s own room. There he saw the unhappy parents.
“(6) _________________ the last of the sentence?” cried the Queen.
“Yes,” said Poldo. “The spell will end when the prince (7)
_________________ .”____________________________
That very evening the King and the Queen sent forth ambassadors to ask for the hand of the
loveliest princess of all Fairyland, Princess Adatha of the Adamant Mountains. But so afraid was
Adatha of (8) _________________ into something else, that she refused the offer.
The King and the Queen then made a request (9) _________________ the hand of Princess
Alicia of the Crystal Lakes. But Alicia also was afraid of being turned into (10)
_________________ else, and she too refused the alliance. So did the Princess of the Golden
Coasts, the Princess of the Seven Cities, and many (11) _________________. Finally the only
princess left in all Fairyland was a princess who herself lay under an enchantment. A jealous
witch had turned her golden hair bright blue, and given her a nose a foot long. This unhappy
maiden was the only princess willing (12) _________________ poor Rolandor.
 
  A В C D
1 to bring forth to brought forth to have been brought will bring forth
forth
2 is stored were stored was stored will be stored
3 lav lie laid lying
4 find found finds finding
5 at by from off
6 Have you found You have found Found you have had you found
7 marries married marrying to marry
8 was turned is turned being turned having turned
9 before for from because
10 something anything nothing somebody
11 other the other others another
12 accept accepting to accept being accepted
 
 TEST 20
 
Read the text below. For each of the empty space (1-12) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or
D).
PRINCE SNEEZE
Part 10
The wedding day (1) _________________. The Prince, though perhaps a little pale from his
confined life, looked very handsome, and (2) _________________ his ugly bride to the altar like
a man. Just exactly as the marriage ceremony was half over, a spasm (3) _________________
the muscles of the Prince’s face; the poor young man felt strongly inclined (4)
_________________. Though he could be seen (5) _________________ heroic efforts to control
the impulse, the audience got very nervous and panicky.
All (6) _________________ in vain! The Prince sneezed, “Ker choo!” A terrific clap of thunder
rent the air, and everybody looked about to see what (7) _________________.
The effect of the sneeze was an odd one. As it had occurred exactly at the moment when the
Prince was half-married, the spell had reacted upon itself. “Just like a kick from a gun,” Dr. Pill
said next day.
The cats became dogs again, and the dogs became cats; the elm trees became cross, elderly
gentlemen (8) _________________ their families; the poor, excited Roman senators, fauns,
nymphs, satyrs, celebrities and historical personages, went back to their pictures; and to cap the
climax, the ugly bride became once more her sweet and lovely self.
While everybody (9) _________________, who should walk out of the sacristy but the Court
Astrologer! An instant later, he (10) _________________ into the affectionate arms of the
faithful wife who had wound him up for twenty-one years.
After the wedding reception, the Prince and his bride (11) _________________ a honeymoon to
the Enchanted Islands. As for Poldo the poodle, he (12) _________________ Prime Minister and
lived to a fine old age.
 
  A В C D
1 arrive arrives arrived arriving
2 lead led would lead has led
3 contort contorting contorted will contort
4 to sneeze sneeze sneezes sneezing
5 make making makes made
6 was were have been is
7 has happened have happened had happened will happen
8 looking for looking at looking about looking after
9 were cheered was cheering is cheering was cheered
10 falling have fallen had fallen has fallen
11 gone on went on go on going on
12 is created were created was created creates