Test c Decide which word or phrase is correct.

1. I will go to the concert, but … you go as well.

a) only if

b) unless

c) only but

d) as if

2. I had meal … the train.

a) in

b) at

c) on

d) with

3. Ben doesn’t work very hard; Bill works …

a) the hardest

b) more harder

c) harder

d) the most hardest

4. It is too late to telephone Tom now. I think I … him in the morning.

a) will have called

b) am going to call

c) will be calling

d) will call

5. Alan … out almost every day last year, but now he can’t afford it.

a) has eaten

b) used

c) was eating

d) ate

6. … you help me carry this downstairs?

a) should

b) must

c) could

d) may

7. I’ll … go now. My friends are waiting.

a) must

b) have to

c) need

d) be able to

8. My accidents … by dangerous driving.

a) caused

b) are caused

c) have been caused

d) had been caused

9. This situation is serious. Something must … before it’s too late.

a) do

b) be done

c) have done

d) have been done

10. Did you watch … over that wall?

a) the boys to climb

b) the boys climb

c) the boys to be climbing

d) the boys be climbing

11. I would like … you for dinner some time.

a) invite

b) to invite

c) inviting

d) having invited

12. Money … on the brain is never spent in vain.

a) spent

b) being spent

c) spending

d) having spent

13. Could you ask Alex how long … at the hotel “Grandstone”?

a) would have been staying

b) he would be staying

c) would he be staying

d) will be staying

14. Alice told me … that coat because it wasn’t long enough.

a) bought

b) to buy

c) not buying

d) not to buy

15.Paul is as cool as cucumber. It is strange that he … in the fight.

a) should have got involved

b) should get involved

c) got involved

d) get involved

Test D

Decide which word or phrase is correct.

1. Jane hurt her ankle, … she can’t attend her swimming lessons for a while.

a) for

b) anyway

c) but

d) so

2. My car was being checked at that time; as a result he … me … to work.

a) picked up

b) turned on

c) got off

d) made up

3. The dog started to run. It ran … and soon disappeared in the distance.

a) faster and faster

b) the faster and the faster

c) the fastest

d) faster

4. he didn’t see me as he was reading when I … into the room.

a) had come

b) came

c) had been coming

d) was coming

5. By the time you come home you … everything I have told you.

a) will have forgotten

b) will forget

c) will be forgetting

d) have forgotten

6. A cinema is a place where films …

a) shown

b) be shown

c) are shown

d) to show

7. have you heard the news? The president …!

a) has shot

b) shot

c) will be shot

d) has been shot

8. I understand it very well. You … explain it further.

a) shouldn’t

b) wouldn’t

c) mustn’t

d) needn’t

9. She … help you tomorrow.

a) could

b) will be able to

c) will can

d) is able to

10. Everything comes to him who knows how …

a) to have waited

b) to be waiting

c) to have been waiting

d) to wait

11. I am sorry … having broken my promise.

a) of

b) for

c) about

d) as for

12. Anna’s spirit though … wasn’t broken.

a) crushed

b) crushing

c) being crushed

d) having crushed

13. My English teacher wanted to know … doing in my spare time.

a) what did I enjoy

b) what I enjoyed

c) what I had enjoyed

d) what I enjoy

14. Mary warned her parents that … home late that night.

a) came

b) had come

c) come

d) would come

15. The flowers would grow much better if you … them regularly.

a) watered

b) water

c) had watered

d) watered

Test E.

Decide which word or phrase is correct.

1.… the high decrease in inflation, our currency seems to have increased in value.

a) despite

b) as far as

c) thanks to

d) however

2. Richard got … good marks than Fred in the exams.

a) less

b) least

c) few

d) fewer

3) You have to be … least 18 to vote.

a) in

b) at

c) on

d) to

4. Sara, my next door neighbour, has a car, but she … it very often.

a) isn’t using

b) hasn’t used

c) don’t use

d) doesn’t use

5. Suddenly they heard a very strange noise and … at each other in horror.

a) were looking

b) looked

c) had looked

d) had been looking

6. He … responsible for the accident.

a) is holding

b) has been held

c) is held

d) was held

7. When I came to the party, John … home.

a) had already been gone.

b) had already gone

c) was gone

d) is being gone

8. It was the principle of the tiling. People … to keep their words.

a) should

b) need to

c) have

d) ought

9. Lisa … get bored in her job. Her job is so boring.

a) must

b) should

c) would

d) can’t

10. Greg’s wife gave him a long list of things … at the supermarket.

a) to be bought

b) to have been bought

c) to buy

d) to have bought

11. Adam offered … for me tonight because he saw that I felt awful.

a) to work

b) working

c) work

d) worked

12. … to see as much as possible of the town, we hired a car.

a) having wished

b) wished

c) wishing

d) having been wished

13. David told his friend that … his bicycle whenever he liked.

a) might he use

b) he might use

c) he had used

d) may he use

14. Wanda complained to me that the children … very naughty that evening.

a) had been

b) were

c) will be

d) have been

15. We wouldn’t have gone to that restaurant if we … its prices.

a) had known

b) knew

c) know

d) have known