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.
1 ________ very helpful when I lost my passport.
A The polices were B The police were C The police was
2 Do you know where________?
A Vicky lives B does Vicky live C Vicky does live
3 I ________ and then I fainted.
A had a blister B felt dizzy C was unconscious
4 My grandparents have a(n) ________ cottage in the country.
A old lovely little B lovely little old C little old lovely
5 Ben ________ with Karen for two years when he asked her to marry him.
A had gone out B had been going out C has been going out
6 She regretted ________ harder for the test.
A not studying B not to study C not study
7 The thieves are thought ________ at least five million dollars.
A to have taken B to take C that they have taken
8 If you need a taxi there's a ________ outside the department store.
A stop B rank C lane
9 I wish I ________ to that new hairdresser's. They cut my hair really badly.
A wouldn't have gone B hadn't gone C didn't go
10 Tim's very quiet. If you didn't know him, you ________ he was unfriendly.
A might think B thought C 'll think
11 I ________ Mary if I had arrived five minutes later.
A hadn't seen B wouldn't have seen C didn't see
12 You ________ seen Tom. He walked right past you.
A must have B can't have C couldn't have
13 ________ call them before we go to make sure they're at home.
A We'd better not B We'd better C We'd rather
14 I wish my brother ________ so untidy! His room is always in a mess.
A weren't B wouldn't be C hadn't been
15 If you ________ a tiger, you can't imagine how scary they are.
A 've never seen B will never see C don't see
16 I was so tired last night, I slept like a ________.
A stone B horse C log
17 I caught ________ a very old friend at the weekend.
A up B up with C over
18 My neighbour went to ________ for fraud.
A a prison B the prison C prison
19 They ________ building the new shopping centre by the end of the year.
A 'll be finish B 'll have finished C 've been finished
20 I ________ this morning, and the optician said I need new glasses.
A had tested my eyes B tested my eyes C had my eyes tested