Vocabulary

A Choose the correct answer.

1 My teacher has got short brown hair and is of .......... height.

A small B middle C average D tall

2 My mother taught me to always .......... the truth.

A tell B say C speak D state

3 Hello, could you please .......... me through to Mr Watson in marketing?

A take B give C get D put

4 Steve is a very .......... person, he always gives money to charity.

A generous C polite

B honest D shy

5 I .......... my old friends so I keep in touch with them over the Internet.

A miss B left C leave D forget

6 Some trees blew over in the .......... winds and damaged some cars.

A heavy B hard C extreme D strong

7 My dad suffers .......... high blood pressure so he can't eat salt.

A of B from C in D with

8 This is a nice photograph of all the .......... of my family.

A partners C members

B people D parts

9 The customer .......... angrily at the waiter for spilling soup on him.

A spoke C talked

B called D shouted

10 You are in .......... of hurting yourself if you don't warm up properly before exercising.

A trouble B danger C risk D threat

11 My .......... friend moved to France so I only see her during the holidays.

A best B most C excellent D high

12 We all .......... from different directions and met at the cinema.

A turned B arrived C showed D came

13 My brother .......... his time in the evening playing computer games.

A passes C spends

B wastes D completes

14 We can't .......... to go to Disneyland in Florida, USA.

A expect B stay C hold D wait

15 This applicant .......... a degree in business and experience working in an office.

A has B takes C keeps D owns

16 The two girls .......... exactly alike but their characters are very different.

A seem B see C look D show

17 Student doctors have to work .......... hours before they qualify.

A far C additional

B long D spare

18 I would like to .......... for the position of assistant at your camp.

A ask B try C put D apply

19 I .......... previous experience working in a busy restaurant.

A have B keep C hold D take

20 I thank you for your time and .......... forward to hearing from you.

A expect B see C watch D look

21 I wish you all the best and hope you .......... in your new career.

A succeed C gain

B win D earn

22 You can .......... books for free from the library as long as you return them on time.

A loan B borrow C lend D use

23 I am .......... in applying for the position you have available.

A curious C keen

B excited D interested

24 This dress is .......... expensive, I think I'll look for something cheaper.

A rather B much C enough D over

25 It's really easy to get around the city on .......... transport.

A general C public

B social D common

26 They introduced a fee for using the roads because of the .......... traffic in the city centre.

A large B heavy C serious D huge

27 Please .......... a seat, the doctor will be with you in a moment.

A keep B hold C catch D take

28 We went from one shop to .......... looking for the perfect souvenir of our holiday.

A another C else

B other D different

29 The festival takes .......... every August in the city.

A part C post

B place D position

30 We should work together to .......... a solution to deforestation.

A realize C decide

B meet D find

31 What was the .......... that you left your last job?

A cause C reason

B purpose D intention

32 We will .......... for you outside the cinema.

A stay B hold C keep D wait

33 He .......... me the story of how he was rescued from the avalanche.

A told B said C spoke D talked

34 I couldn't believe that it rained for the .......... trip. Our holiday was ruined.

A all C whole

B complete D full

35 The painting really .......... your attention because it is so lifelike.

A draws C takes

B pulls D makes

36 I'm sorry to .......... that you are unwell and I hope you get better soon.

A listen B catch C pick D hear

37 My mum is angry because my brother .......... to clean his room.

A denies C says

B avoids D refuses

38 Ruth is in bed .......... from the flu.

A getting C improving

B recovering D healing

39 Many people dream of moving to the country to enjoy the .......... life.

A simple C honest

B plain D calm

40 He .......... some extra money at the weekend doing odd jobs for the neighbours.

A wins B gains C obtains D earns

Grammar

B Choose the correct answer.

1 Simon and I .......... both ten years old.

A are B am C is D have

2 These are .......... books. They aren't Mary's.

A I B my C mine D me

3 There's .......... noise in here. Let's go to a different cafι.

A a little C too much

B a few D too many

4 Ben is slightly .......... than Bob.

A taller C the tallest

B tall D very tall

5 All of Mary's .......... are grown up and married.

A child C children's

B children D child's

6 .......... colour do you like best for the walls of the kitchen?

A What C Whose

B Who D Which

7 .......... olive oil should I add to the salad?

A How C How many

B How much D What

8 We always .......... our grandparents on Sundays.

A visit C is visiting

B are visiting D visiting

9 You .......... my laptop! Why don't you buy one for yourself?

A always use C always are using

B are always using D use always

10 The first train to Oxford .......... at 6 am.

A leaves C is leaving

B leave D leaving

11 The weather .......... warmer these days.

A get C gets

B getting D is getting

12 We .......... each other since 2008.

A know C knew

B have known D have been knowing

13 Karen .......... as a teacher in this school for ten years.

A has been working C works

B is working D has worked

14 Alan .......... in the sea when he saw a shark coming towards him.

A am swimming C swam

B was swimming D swim

15 At first I didn't like Indian food, but I soon .......... to it.

A used C got used

B was used D use

16 The old woman was crossing the street when she .......... and fell.

A was slipping C slips

B slipped D have slipped

17 Since I .......... my homework, I could relax for the rest of the evening.

A had done C have done

B did D had been doing

18 Tom was exhausted as he .......... the furniture all morning.

A had moved C was moving

B had been moving D have been moving

19 I expect Harry .......... us as soon as he arrives at the station.

A will call C is going to call

B calls D will be calling

20 This time tomorrow, I .......... to Moscow.

A will drive

B am driving

C will be driving

D am going to be driving

21 Send me a copy as soon as you .......... the report.

A finish C am finishing

B will finish D will be finishing

22 Watch out! You .......... your bike over my flower bed!

A will be riding C will ride

B are riding D are going to ride

23 If you heat ice, it .......... .

A will melt C would melt

B melts D is going to melt

24 If we go sightseeing tomorrow, I .......... my camera.

A would take C will take

B take D going to take

25 I'd probably buy this book if it .......... so expensive.

A isn't C hadn't been

B wasn't D haven't been

26 If the road hadn't been so icy, the accident .......... happened.

A won't have C would have

B wouldn't D wouldn't have

27 I wish I .......... more time to relax in the evenings.

A would have C have had

B had D had had

28 “………. me a bedtime story, Dad,” said the little girl to her father.

A Say B Tell C Ask D Speak

29 They .......... about being the best band in the world.

A boasted C explained

B exclaimed D complained

30 Philip asked Mary why she .......... to become a doctor.

A decided C had decided

B have decided D decide

31 Rome .......... by millions of tourists every year.

A is visited C was visited

B is visiting D has visited

32 Jon .......... at the garage last week.

A is having his car repaired

B had his car repaired

C has his car repaired

D had had his car repaired

33 Steve likes .......... board games with his brother.

A playing C play

B plays D to be playing

34 I'd love .......... that film in the cinema.

A seeing C to see

B see D to be seeing

35 You .......... use the computer now, if you like.

A may B shall C might D should

36 Do you know the reason .......... Frank became so upset?

A which B why C when D what

37 ………. her being ill, she still went to work.

A Despite C Even though

B Although D However

38 Let's go to the cinema tonight, .......... we?

A don't B will C won't D shall

39 Helen's eaten hardly .......... at all today.

A any C nothing

B anything D everything

40 Did the children enjoy .......... at the zoo today?

A themselves C the

B them D itself

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