USE OF ENGLISH

Read the sentences below. For questions 1-20 decide which answer (a, b or c) fits best each gap. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

I'd rather _______ at home than go out with my friends this evening.

stay b) to stay c) staying

I can't help _______ when I watch a sad film.

to cry b) cry c) crying

Marcos _____ be good at English, but now he speaks it really well.

wasn't used to b) didn't use to c) didn't get used to

The police accused him ____ .

of shoplifting b) for shoplifting c) to shoplift

My neighbour went to _____for fraud.

a prison b) the prison c) prison

There were three _____ left on the plane.

luggage b) luggages c) pieces of luggage

Tim and Andy _____ play tennis very well.

either b) neither c) both

There _____ coffee left. I'll buy some later.

aren't any b) isn't any c) isn't no

_____ very helpful when I lost my passport.

The polices were b) The police were c) The police was

I _____ this morning, and the optician said I need new glasses

had tested my eyes b) tested my eyes c) had my eyes tested

If you need a taxi there's a _____ outside the department store.

stop b) rank c) lane

It takes a long time to drive through the city. There are so many traffic _____ .

blocks b) stops c) jams

I don't know what's _____ at work. Nobody knows what's happening.

picking up b) setting up c) going on

Harry's job is incredibly _____. He works such long hours.

stressing b) stressed c) stressful

A(n) _____ is someone who is doing a second course at university.

postgraduate b) undergraduate c) ex-graduate

I was very _____ when I found out what had happened.

annoyed b) annoy c) annoying

People who travel through time zones are often _____ .

jet-lagged b) sleepy c) awake

If you want to be a _____, you have to be well-dressed and comfortable on TV.

newsreader b) commentator c) photographer

Ben _____ with Karen for two years when he asked her to marry him.

had gone out b) had been going out c) has been going out

The government should do more to help _____ .

poor b) the poor c) the poor people

Barbara Skarżyńska-Szpyt

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