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Question 1Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: If I ____ more time yesterday, I would have finished the report.

  1. had
  2. have had
  3. would have
  4. had had Correct answer.

Explanation

This is a third conditional sentence describing an unreal situation in the past. The if-clause needs the past perfect form 'had had' (auxiliary 'had' plus past participle 'had'), while the main clause uses 'would have + past participle'.

Question 2Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: She has been working here ____ 2019.

  1. for
  2. since Correct answer.
  3. during
  4. from

Explanation

With the present perfect continuous, 'since' introduces the starting point of an action that continues to the present. A specific year is a point in time, so 'since 2019' is correct.

Question 3Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: Neither the manager nor the employees ____ informed about the change.

  1. is
  2. was
  3. has been
  4. were Correct answer.

Explanation

With the correlative 'neither ... nor', the verb agrees with the subject closer to it. Here the closer subject is the plural 'employees', so the plural past form 'were' is required.

Question 4Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: The book ____ I told you about is on the shelf.

  1. what
  2. which Correct answer.
  3. whose
  4. who

Explanation

A relative pronoun referring to a thing ('the book') is 'which' (or 'that'). 'Which' functions as the object of the preposition 'about' and can be omitted, but here it is present.

Question 5Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: He suggested ____ the meeting until Friday.

  1. that postponing
  2. postponing Correct answer.
  3. postpone
  4. to postpone

Explanation

The verb 'suggest' is followed by a gerund (-ing form) when no object is mentioned. Therefore 'postponing' is the correct complement.

Question 6Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: By the time we arrived, the film ____.

  1. already started
  2. had already started Correct answer.
  3. has already started
  4. was already starting

Explanation

The past perfect 'had started' expresses an action completed before another past action ('arrived'). The time marker 'by the time' signals this earlier completion.

Question 7Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: This is ____ interesting documentary I have ever seen.

  1. more
  2. most
  3. the most Correct answer.
  4. the more

Explanation

Superlatives of long adjectives use 'the most + adjective'. The phrase 'I have ever seen' confirms a superlative comparison across all documentaries.

Question 8Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: You ____ smoke here; it is strictly forbidden.

  1. don't have to
  2. needn't
  3. shouldn't have
  4. mustn't Correct answer.

Explanation

'Mustn't' expresses prohibition, which matches 'strictly forbidden'. It means the action is not allowed at all.

Question 9Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: The report ____ by the team before the deadline.

  1. submitted
  2. is submit
  3. was submitted Correct answer.
  4. has submitting

Explanation

The passive voice in the past is formed with 'was/were + past participle'. Since the report receives the action and 'before the deadline' places it in the past, 'was submitted' is correct.

Question 10Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: I wish I ____ so rude to her yesterday.

  1. hadn't been Correct answer.
  2. weren't
  3. wouldn't be
  4. wasn't

Explanation

After 'wish' about a past regret, we use the past perfect. Because the regret concerns 'yesterday', 'hadn't been' is the correct form.

Question 11Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: She speaks English ____ than her brother.

  1. most fluently
  2. fluent
  3. more fluently Correct answer.
  4. more fluent

Explanation

The verb 'speaks' needs an adverb, and comparison between two people requires the comparative adverb 'more fluently'.

Question 12Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: The teacher made the students ____ the poem by heart.

  1. learning
  2. to learn
  3. learn Correct answer.
  4. learned

Explanation

After the causative verb 'make' with an object, English uses the bare infinitive. Thus 'made the students learn' is correct.

Question 13Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: Hardly ____ the door when the phone rang.

  1. did I close
  2. I had closed
  3. I closed
  4. had I closed Correct answer.

Explanation

When a negative or restrictive adverb such as 'hardly' begins a sentence, subject and auxiliary invert. The past perfect auxiliary 'had' moves before the subject: 'Hardly had I closed ...'.

Question 14Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: There is very ____ information available on this topic.

  1. few
  2. little Correct answer.
  3. a few
  4. a little

Explanation

'Information' is an uncountable noun, so it takes 'little' to mean 'not much'. 'Very little' emphasises the small amount.

Question 15Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: I'd rather you ____ tell anyone about this.

  1. haven't
  2. don't
  3. didn't Correct answer.
  4. won't

Explanation

After 'I'd rather you', the past subjunctive is used to talk about the present or future. The negative form is 'didn't + base verb'.

Question 16Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: The company is looking for someone who ____ able to work under pressure.

  1. is Correct answer.
  2. be
  3. were
  4. are

Explanation

'Someone' is a singular indefinite pronoun and takes a singular verb. The present tense 'is' agrees with it.

Question 17Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: The more you practise, ____ you become.

  1. the best
  2. the better Correct answer.
  3. the more good
  4. better

Explanation

The double comparative structure 'the more ... the better ...' shows parallel increase. The second part needs 'the' plus the comparative 'better'.

Question 18Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: She apologised ____ keeping us waiting.

  1. of
  2. for Correct answer.
  3. to
  4. about

Explanation

The verb 'apologise' is followed by the preposition 'for' before the reason or the gerund. 'Apologise for + -ing' is the fixed pattern.

Question 19Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: If she ____ harder, she would have passed the exam.

  1. studied
  2. had studied Correct answer.
  3. would study
  4. studies

Explanation

The main clause 'would have passed' marks a third conditional about the past. The if-clause therefore needs the past perfect 'had studied'.

Question 20Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: The painting, ____ was stolen last year, has been recovered.

  1. who
  2. which Correct answer.
  3. that
  4. what

Explanation

In a non-defining relative clause set off by commas, only 'which' can refer to a thing. 'That' is not used in non-defining clauses.

Question 21Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: He denied ____ the window.

  1. break
  2. breaking Correct answer.
  3. broke
  4. to break

Explanation

The verb 'deny' is followed by a gerund. 'Deny doing something' is the fixed pattern, so 'breaking' is correct.

Question 22Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: Not until midnight ____ the results.

  1. received we
  2. we did receive
  3. did we receive Correct answer.
  4. we received

Explanation

An initial negative adverbial 'not until' triggers inversion of auxiliary and subject. With the simple past, the auxiliary 'did' comes before 'we': 'did we receive'.

Question 23Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: She is used to ____ up early every morning.

  1. getting Correct answer.
  2. got
  3. get
  4. have got

Explanation

'Be used to' means 'be accustomed to' and is followed by a noun or gerund. Therefore 'getting up' is correct.

Question 24Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: It is essential that every applicant ____ the form in person.

  1. submitted
  2. will submit
  3. submit Correct answer.
  4. submits

Explanation

After expressions of necessity such as 'it is essential that', English uses the subjunctive, which takes the base form of the verb regardless of the subject.

Question 25Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: The number of students ____ increasing every year.

  1. were
  2. is Correct answer.
  3. have been
  4. are

Explanation

The subject is 'the number', which is singular, even though it is followed by a plural noun. The singular verb 'is' is therefore required.

Question 26Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: The instructions were so confusing that we had ____ idea how to assemble the shelf.

  1. few
  2. a few
  3. little Correct answer.
  4. a little

Explanation

'Idea' is a countable noun, but the fixed expression 'have little idea' means 'hardly any idea' and takes the negative quantifier 'little' with singular countable nouns in this idiom. 'A little idea' would suggest some small amount of understanding, which contradicts 'so confusing'.

Question 27Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: Neither the manager nor the employees ____ willing to accept the new schedule.

  1. is
  2. were Correct answer.
  3. has been
  4. was

Explanation

With 'neither ... nor', the verb agrees with the subject nearest to it. The nearest subject is the plural 'employees', so the plural past form 'were' is required to match the past-time context.

Question 28Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: She was offered the job ____ she had no relevant experience.

  1. in spite of
  2. whereas
  3. despite
  4. although Correct answer.

Explanation

A full clause with subject and verb ('she had no relevant experience') follows the gap, so a conjunction is needed. 'Although' is a subordinating conjunction that introduces a concessive clause.

Question 29Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: If I ____ about the roadworks, I would have taken a different route.

  1. had known Correct answer.
  2. knew
  3. would know
  4. have known

Explanation

The main clause uses 'would have taken', which signals a third conditional referring to an unreal past situation. The if-clause of a third conditional takes the past perfect: 'had known'.

Question 30Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: The committee ____ divided in its opinion, so no decision has been reached yet.

  1. be
  2. are
  3. is Correct answer.
  4. being

Explanation

When a collective noun such as 'committee' is treated as a single unit, especially with 'its', it takes a singular verb. The singular possessive 'its' in the same clause confirms the singular reading, so 'is' is correct.

Question 31Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: He is regarded ____ one of the finest pianists of his generation.

  1. for
  2. to be
  3. like
  4. as Correct answer.

Explanation

The verb 'regard' is followed by the pattern 'regard somebody/something as something'. The preposition 'as' is fixed in this construction and introduces the complement describing the person.

Question 32Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: The new bridge, ____ construction began last spring, will open in June.

  1. of which
  2. that
  3. which
  4. whose Correct answer.

Explanation

The gap expresses possession: the construction belongs to the bridge. The relative pronoun 'whose' marks possession and is followed directly by the noun 'construction'.

Question 33Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: She suggested ____ the meeting until the following week.

  1. to postpone
  2. postpone
  3. postponing Correct answer.
  4. that postponing

Explanation

The verb 'suggest' is followed by a gerund when no object is mentioned: 'suggest doing something'. The gerund 'postponing' is therefore the correct form.

Question 34Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: Only after the results were published ____ how serious the problem was.

  1. realised we
  2. we did realise
  3. did we realise Correct answer.
  4. we realised

Explanation

When a sentence opens with a negative or restrictive adverbial such as 'only after', the main clause undergoes subject-auxiliary inversion. The auxiliary 'did' comes before the subject 'we', followed by the base verb 'realise'.

Question 35Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: The teacher explained the rule to ____ students who had missed the previous lesson.

  1. them
  2. those Correct answer.
  3. these
  4. they

Explanation

A demonstrative determiner is needed before the noun 'students'. 'Those' points back to a specific previously mentioned group and functions correctly as a determiner.

Question 36Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: By next March, she ____ in this laboratory for ten years.

  1. will work
  2. will have been working Correct answer.
  3. has worked
  4. is working

Explanation

A deadline in the future ('by next March') combined with a duration ('for ten years') calls for the future perfect continuous. It stresses that the activity will have continued up to that future point.

Question 37Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: The instructions were written ____ clearly that even a beginner could follow them.

  1. too
  2. so Correct answer.
  3. such
  4. very

Explanation

The pattern 'so + adverb + that' expresses a result: 'so clearly that'. 'Clearly' is an adverb, so 'so' is the correct intensifier before it.

Question 38Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: The scientist's findings, ____ had been questioned for years, are now widely accepted.

  1. who
  2. what
  3. which Correct answer.
  4. that

Explanation

A non-defining relative clause set off by commas requires 'which' for a thing, and 'which' can refer to the whole idea of the findings. 'That' is not used in non-defining clauses.

Question 39Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: He spoke to me ____ I were a child who knew nothing about the subject.

  1. like
  2. as if Correct answer.
  3. even if
  4. as

Explanation

The clause uses the unreal past 'were' to describe an imagined situation, which follows 'as if'. The pattern 'as if + past subjunctive' expresses an untrue comparison.

Question 40Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: Not only ____ the exam, but she also received the highest score in the class.

  1. she did pass
  2. she passed
  3. passed she
  4. did she pass Correct answer.

Explanation

After the fronted negative phrase 'not only', the main clause requires inversion of auxiliary and subject: 'did she pass'. The auxiliary 'did' carries the past tense and the main verb stays in the base form.

Question 41Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: There's no point ____ about the weather; we can't change it.

  1. complaining Correct answer.
  2. for complaining
  3. to complain
  4. complain

Explanation

The expression 'there's no point' is followed by a gerund: 'there's no point (in) doing something'. The gerund 'complaining' is therefore the correct complement.

Question 42Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: The manager insisted that the report ____ submitted before Friday.

  1. was being
  2. be Correct answer.
  3. is
  4. will be

Explanation

After verbs of demanding such as 'insist', the that-clause commonly takes the mandative subjunctive, which uses the base form 'be' regardless of subject or tense. This signals a required action rather than a reported fact.

Question 43Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: She has been living in Kraków ____ she graduated from university.

  1. since Correct answer.
  2. for
  3. during
  4. from

Explanation

'Since' is used with a point in time that marks the start of an ongoing situation, and 'she graduated' is that starting point. The present perfect continuous 'has been living' matches this meaning.

Question 44Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: The more carefully you proofread the text, ____ mistakes you will leave in it.

  1. the fewest
  2. fewer
  3. the less
  4. the fewer Correct answer.

Explanation

The double comparative 'the more ..., the fewer ...' links two proportional changes. 'Mistakes' is a plural countable noun, so the comparative 'fewer' is required after 'the'.

Question 45Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: If the weather ____ better, we would be having the picnic outside right now.

  1. were Correct answer.
  2. is
  3. would be
  4. was

Explanation

The main clause 'would be having ... right now' describes an unreal present situation, which requires a second conditional. In formal English the past subjunctive 'were' is used with all subjects in the if-clause.

Question 46Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: It was not until the final chapter ____ the identity of the murderer.

  1. did the reader learn
  2. that the reader learns Correct answer.
  3. the reader learns
  4. when the reader learns

Explanation

The cleft structure 'It was not until ... that ...' requires 'that' to introduce the emphasised information, followed by normal word order. The present tense 'learns' is acceptable because the statement describes the book's content generally.

Question 47Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: She was so absorbed in her book that she ____ notice the storm outside.

  1. hasn't
  2. didn't Correct answer.
  3. doesn't
  4. wasn't

Explanation

The narrative is set in the past ('was so absorbed'), and 'notice' is a lexical verb needing the auxiliary 'did' for negation. The past simple negative 'didn't notice' fits the past sequence.

Question 48Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: The proposal was turned ____ by the board because it lacked a clear budget.

  1. out
  2. over
  3. down Correct answer.
  4. off

Explanation

The phrasal verb 'turn down' means to reject an offer or proposal. The meaning 'rejected by the board' confirms that 'down' is the correct particle.

Question 49Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: Had the alarm been checked regularly, the fire ____ so much damage.

  1. will not cause
  2. would not have caused Correct answer.
  3. did not cause
  4. would not cause

Explanation

The inverted if-clause 'Had the alarm been checked' is an alternative to 'If the alarm had been checked', marking a third conditional. The main clause therefore needs 'would have + past participle': 'would not have caused'.

Question 50Znajomość środków językowych (gramatyka i leksyka)

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: Despite ____ hard for months, he failed to qualify for the final.

  1. he trained
  2. train
  3. training Correct answer.
  4. to train

Explanation

'Despite' is a preposition and must be followed by a noun or a gerund, never by a clause. The gerund 'training' correctly forms the object of 'despite'.