PART A
Underline ONE correct answer in each sentence.
1. Rarely __________ positive things about my work!
/ my boss says / says my boss / does my boss say /
2. I’m invited to your wedding, __________I?
/ aren’t / am / am not /
3. We’ve just spent __________ money on a new motorcycle.
/ lot of / a lot of / lots /
4. My favourite drink is __________ red wine!
/ -- / the / some /
5. Thank you. The information you gave me __________ extremely useful.
/ were / was / have been /
6. My husband’s a taxi driver. He drives about 500 km __________ week.
/ the / in the / a /
7. I think you and I should see __________ more often.
/ each other / ourselves / us /
8. Finally we meet again. __________ ten years since I last saw you.
/ They’re / It’s / There’s been /
9. I don’t have __________ else to say to you, madam. Goodbye.
/ anything / nothing / something /
10. Look at that yacht. It must be __________!
/ long twenty metres / twenty long metres / twenty metres long /
11. I suggest __________ at the next service station for a tea break.
/ stopping / to stop / stop /
12. You must remember __________ your grandmother this evening. It’s her birthday.
/ calling / to call / call /
13. You __________ cook if you don’t want to. We can go out for dinner instead.
/ mustn’t / don’t have / needn’t /
14. “Where’s George?”
/ be / to be / being /
“I don’t know. He might __________ in his study.”
15. I met my wife at your wedding. If I hadn’t gone, I __________ her.
/ ’d never met / never would meet / ’d never have met /
16 A new shopping centre is __________ near my home at the moment. It’s chaos!
/ building / built / being built /
17. Othello, __________ was written in 1603, is one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays.
/ -- / that / which /
18. If you carry __________ my instructions exactly, you’ll find the job easy.
/ out / through / over /
19. We must hurry. The plane’s going to take __________ in ten minutes!
/ out / up / off /
20. My uncle’s thought __________ in Paris at the moment, but nobody’s exactly sure where he is.
/ living / to be living / is living /
PART B
Complete with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1. I went to the shop __________ (buy) some cigarettes.
2. How many of you __________ (take) the exam tomorrow morning?
3. I feel terrible! I think I __________ (drink) too much beer last night.
4. I don’t know where Deborah is. I __________ (not / see) her since yesterday.
5. When I first saw my current girlfriend, she __________ (talk) with some friends on a bus.
6. We __________ (never / travel) by aeroplane before we went to Australia on our honeymoon.
7. I suddenly feel very thirsty. Maybe I __________ (buy) some Coca Cola.
8. I miss my family very much. I wish they __________ (be) all here with me now.
9. If I __________ (not / read) the paper yesterday, I wouldn’t have heard the news.
10. I don’t want to go out tonight. I’d prefer __________ (stay) at home.