Choose the answer you think is correct and write A, B, C or D in the space provided. Do not use any books or other help.
| 01: How old _______ you?
a) have b) is c) are d) has
02: Good Morning! How are you ________ today? a) been b) felt c) feel d) feeling
03: How many cigarettes ________ she smoke? a) does b) is c) do d) are
04: _________ are 11 players in a football team. a) It b) They c) There d) These
05: Excuse me, _________ you tell me the time, please? a) do b) are c) could d) will
06: People ________ not smoke in a petrol station. a) should b) will c) could d) are
07: He is __________ tired to play today. a) very b) much c) more d) too
08: How many people _________ there on the bus? a) is b) can c) are d) am
09: l’m lost, could you help _________ please’? a) I b) me c) my d) our
10: What __________ you doing this evening? a) will b) shall c) did d) are
11: I can’t stand having to ________ potatoes. a) wipe b) peer c) peep d) peel
12: There were no seats on the bus so we ____________ . a) stand b) stole c) stood d) sandal
13: Dogs love to __________ bones in the garden. a) buy b) bury c) bring d) break
14: He is ________ on the morning flight. a) living b) leaving c) losing d) loving
15: He _______ me by calling me a pig. a) praised b) pleased c) involved d) insulted
16: I _________ to live in London, but now I live here. a) used b) use c) using d) am
17: I’m afraid I ________ not used to driving on the left a) did b) does c) am d) can
18: I have no cash so I ________ to change a cheque. a) must b) will c) can d) need
19: I am looking ________ to seeing London. a) up b) on c) forward d) by
39. He doesn’t know _________ to go to Scotland or Wales. a) there b) if c) whether d) which
40. I don’t like luke-warm milk. No, _________ do I. a) neither b) so c) not d) and
41. You’d _________ take an umbrella. a) better b) well c) best d) good
42. I should wear warm clothes ____ ____ it is cold. a) because of b) in case of c) instead of d) in case
43. They spend their holidays at home ____ ____ going abroad. a) in case b) instead of c) because of d) if only
44. I’m interested ________ literature. a) on b) by c) with d) in
45. I’m confused ________ statistics. a) by b) on c) with d) over
46. She’s far too fond ________ chocolates. a) by b) with c) of d) to
47. He jumped ________ the bus and broke a leg. a) of b) up c) off d) through
48. She was peeping _______ the window and saw the postman coming. a) off b) by c) through d) onto
49. They put my money and passport ________ a box a) onto b) through c) into d) to
50. Please look _______ my house while I am away in Peru. a) in b) into c) after d) over
51. I _________ born in 1951 a) were b) had c) was d) have
52: While my family was ________ in India. a) worked b) being c) works d) working
53: My father ________ a job with the government. a) was b) having c) had d) have
54: After we ______ _________ living there for ten years we returned to the UK a) had been b) have been c) had being d) were
55: ‘Britain is your real home, ‘ I ___________ told. a) are b) is c) have d) was
56: I don’t speak Hindi, but if we _______ stayed in India longer…. a) were b) are c) will d) had
57: I _________ have spoken it pretty well. a) will b) would c) must d) can
58: After ________ school in England, I went to University. a) leaving b) left c) leave d) leaves
59: I went to Oxford, but I wish I ______ gone to Cambridge. a) could b) will c) had d) have |
20: If it rains, we ________ have the garden party.
a) wouldn’t b) don’t c) won’t d) aren’t
21: I can’t pay my bills _________ I earn more money. a) if b) and c) unless d) but
22: 1 haven’t got _________ money to pay. a) enough b) some c) too d) a little
23: He is __________ strong that he can lift a bus. a) very b) enough c) so d) much
24: It was __________ dreadful weather that we stayed in. a) such b) so c) such a d) very
25: They were _________ friendly people that we all liked them. a) such b) so c) such a d) very
26: He sat the exam ________ feeling ill. a) although b) despite c) but d) however
27: She took the test __________ she felt tired. a) although b) despite c) but d) however
28: If there is nothing ________ to eat, I will have some biscuits. a) many b) much c) far d) else
29: The book was _______ amusing than the film. a) much b) more c) many d) very
30: English is much _________ to learn than Chinese. a) easy b) easiest c) eased d) easier
31: He told me ______ come back later. a) – b) to c) if d) of
32: She asked me _______ I had a match. a) – b) to c) if d) of
33: They tried to persuade me to stop ________ a) smoke b) smoking c) smoked d) smokes
34. They wanted to know ________ I had left the car. a) who b) that c) where d) which
35. He wanted to know ________ car I had borrowed. a) who b) where c) whose d) when
36. “_________ would you like,” she asked, “coffee or tea?” a) which b) whose c) when d) who
37. “ How _________ do you go to the cinema?” a) many b) often c) sometimes d) much
38. ‘ I wonder __________ he chose such an ugly colour.’ a) that b) when c) why d) which
60: I hated it, but I know I _______ have enjoyed it. a) shall b) would c) should d) have
61: Friends were __________ and far between. a) few b) many c) a lot d) a little
62: I was so busy that I had very ________ spare time. a) few b) little c) a little d) not
63: My grant was so small that it was difficult to make ___ meet. a) ends b) bills c) costs d) expenses
64: Although I hated it, I stuck it out to the ________ end. a) sad b) bitter c) awful d) miserable
65: I didn’t seem to have anything in ________ with anyone else. a) character b) status c) common d) play
66: So I stood out like a _________ out of water. a) duck b) swan c) whale d) fish
67: I had high hopes ________ doing very well. a) of b) by c) in d) on
68: My exam results, __________ , didn’t match up to my efforts. a) but b) however c) although d) moreover
69: When I got my first job I was over the __________ a) moon b) stars c) sun d) horizon
70: “You can start on Monday”, the letter said, and I was _________ a) amusing b) thrilled c) treated d) aroused
71: You speak French, ________ you? a) do b) don’t c) can d) can’t
72: You will tell me if you don’t understand me, _______ you? a) do b) will c) don’t d) won’t
73: You __________ understand, do you? a) do b) will c) can d) don’t
74: “You were driving too fast, ________ you?” the policeman said. a) did b) didn’t c) weren’t d) wasn’t
75: You told me you had spent 7 hours on the ferry, _____ you” a) did b) hadn’t c) didn’t d) weren’t
76: It was said she couldn’t read a word; _____ it? a) could b) can’t c) wasn’t d) was
77: You think this is too easy, ________ you? a) do b) don’t c) isn’t d) are
78: “I’m right, ___________ I?” a) am b) amn’t c) don’t d) aren’t
79: Where on ________ did you hide the keys? a) earth b) land c) world d) purpose
80: I bet you are looking forward to _________ this. a) finish b) finishing c) found d) finished |