For each sentence, choose the best word or phrase to complete the gap from the

choices below.
PHRASES
1. It's my birthday today! _______________.
A Congratulations B Thanks a lot
C Help yourself

D Well done

2. What time will you be back home? _____________.

A Not at all B After all C That's it D Around twleve
3. Are you hungry? __________.
A Just a bit B Not many C Not any

D A few

4. Do you like school? ________.

A More or less
B Not much C Much less

D A few

5. Is this the first time you have been to Britain? __________.

A No, I have
B Yes, it is C Yes, I am D Yes, I have
6. Is the weather like this in your country? ____________.
A Very good
B Not much C More or less
D Not bad
7. How often do you see your parents? When I ___.
A do B have
C am D can
8. We're going to the disco. ________.
A Help yourself
B Really fun

C Have fun D Do it again

9. The phone's ringing ___________.

A I'll ring it B I'll see it C I'll do it

D I'll get it

10. See you tomorrow. ____________.

A There you are
B Sure enough
C Yes, see you
D You will
11. Do you want another drink? _________.
A I'm going to
B Can you? C No thanks
D Please do
12. Do you have mobile phones in your country? _________.
A Of course B Not at all C That's true
D Sometimes
Future verb forms
1When I grow up I ______________ a doctor. I've always wanted to be a doctor that's
why science is my favourite subject.
A am being B am going to be C will be
D will have been
By the time you finish this exercise, you ______________ twelve questions.
A are doing B are going to do C will be doing
D will have done
He plans to move house next month so in two months' time he ______________ in a
new house.
A lives
B is living C will be living
D will have lived

I'm sorry, I can't come to the restaurant with you tomorrow night. I __________ some
friends from work for a drink.
A meet
B am meeting
C will meet D will have met
This Christmas, I ________________ a few days with my brother's family, like I usually
do.
A spend
B going to C will be spending D will have spent
Look at those two men shouting at each other. I think they __________________
fighting in a moment.
A start
B are starting
C will be starting D are going to start
I'm going to the school tomorrow. When I ___ your teacher, I'll tell her why you are
absent.
A see
B am seeing
C will see D will be seeing
This weekend some of the students in our class _________ to Oxford. They bought
their tickets on the Internet.
A will go
B go C are going D will have gone
Fifty years from now, everyone will be using bicycles. The world _____________ out of
oil and everyone will be much healthier.
A runs
B is going to run C is running
D will have run
As you listen, write your answers in the question paper. You _________ time at the
end of the test to transfer your answers to the answer sheet.
A are having
B will have C will be having
D will have had
If you've really drunk that much vodka tonight, you _________________ a terrible
hangover tomorrow.
A have
B are having
C are going to have
D will be having
This time next week, most of us _______________ in exactly the same seats, doing
another test like this one.
A sit B are sitting
C are going to sit D will be sitting
Will, would, shall, should
The 1932 futuristic film Metropolis predicted that everybody _____ live in high-rise
buildings and work in factories. This has not exactly come true.
A will
B would
C shall
D should
You look cold. _____ I close the window for you?
A would
B will
C shall
D may
We keep finding used coffee cups in the classrooms. _____ you please stop bringing
coffee into class with you?
A would
B shall
C should
D may
I'm really fed up with my neighbours. They ____ keep playing their music loudly after
midnight.
A will
B would
C shall
D should
It's six hours since our last meal. I should think the children ____ be getting quite
hungry by now.
A would
B should
C will
D shall
This is your new office chair. Where _____ I put it?
A will
B shall
C would
D might
I really ________ complain if we stopped doing this kind of exercise in future.
A won't
B shan't
C shouldn't D wouldn't
No matter how nicely they ask me, I simply _____ give money to that charity again.
They give thirty percent of their funds to government officials.
A shan't
B won't
C shouldn't D wouldn't

When I left the company it was doing quite well but what no one realised was that
the economic downturn _____ force them out of business.
A will
B would
C shall
D should
Now that mobile phones have become so cheap, soon no home _____ ever need a
landline to be connected.
A will
B would
C shall
D should
When he was living in London, people _____ often come up to him and ask him for
directions as though he was English.
A will
B would
C shall
D should
______ you encounter any difficulties with your homework, there is usually a teacher
in the study room to help you.
A Will
B Would
C Shall
D Should
Reporting verbs
Most of the students ________ Rafael's invitaion to come to the barbecue party.
A agreed
B allowed C accepted D admitted
One of the teachers suggested ______ an indoor party with take-away pizzas instead.
A have
B having
C to have D had
Some students complained _____ having the party on the same day as their CAE
exams.
A over
B for C with
D about
Estefania accused another student _________ more than three pancakes.
A eating
B to eat
C of eating D that he ate
All of the QA2 students asked the teacher ___ a really difficult test on Friday. The
teacher said he was happy to give them one.
A to B with
C of D for
Carmen suggested that someone _____ a guitar to the barbecue party.
A bring
B bringing C to bring D will bring
The teacher asked ____ the students all bring their passports to his class on Tuesday.
A if B about
C for D that
Marta promised _______ to the party on Friday after her FCE exam.
A come
B to come C coming
D that she came
Tomoko advised _______ visiting Japan during the rainy season. She suggested an
April visit when the cherry blossoms are out.
A not
B avoid
C from
D against
Class QA2 invited all of their teachers _____ out to a pub with them.
A go B to go
C going
D to going
Our teacher ______ us not to lean out of the windows because she was afraid one of
us would fall.
A suggested
B apologised
C warned
D criticised
Francesco _______ all his classmates to look at a really cool website with a video of a
dancing kangaroo.
A suggested
B promised C advised D insisted
Dependent prepositions
I have no sympathy ___ people who are sent to prison for stealing. No matter how
poor they are, they should find an honest way to make a living.
A to B with
C for D in

If you are really serious _____ taking the IELTS exam, you're going to need to do at
least two pieces of written homework each week.
A about
B for C in D to
Over the years, he gradually became impervious __ his wife's comments about his
chosen profession and in the end she stopped complaining.
A about
B for C of D to
One notable absence ____ the list of candidates for Seven Wonders of the World was
the New York skyline because judges didn't consider it to be a single structure.
A of B from
C with
D at
Her rude comments at the meeting are indicative __ her whole attitude to the job
and her co-workers.
A of B to C in D for
Professor Dominic Harris is a world-renowned authority __ the use of the indefinite
article in Shakespeare's plays.
A of B on C for D at
Europe and the United States are still in dispute ____ how much each country should
pay towards the upkeep of the International Space Station.
A for B with
C over
D on
The drug quinine is derived ____ the ground-up bark of the cinchona tree, originally
found in Peru.
A of B at C to D from
Scientists are worried that a new breed of super-rat is emerging that is immune __
every kind of rat poison currently available.
A with
B of C to D from
This week a senior government finance minister was forced to resign when he
became implicated __ a 'cash for influence' scandal.
A with
B of C in D to
In the UK there is currently no restriction __ the number of passengers you can carry
on a bicycle whereas cars and motorbikes are restricted in this way.
A of B on C for D to
Students studying in a UK language school now need to show evidence of progress
in order to be eligible ___ an extension to their student visas.
A of B to C for D with
Present perfect
Some people believe that you _____________ until you've tried Charlie's famous
strawberry ice-cream.
A haven't lived
B didn't live
C don't live D aren't living
Why do English people have so many bank holidays in April and May? _____________
there. I really don't know.
A You've done it
B That's torn it
C You've got me D You've lost it
Since Shohei ____ everyone about his guitar playing, all the other students have
been asking him to play for them.
A told
B has told C has been telling D had told
You will get your score for this interactive test as soon as you _____ the submit
button at the bottom of the page.
A click
B clicked
C have been clicking
D will click
She's a very patient person, which makes her a perfect mother. I don't think she's
ever _______ with her children.
A torn it
B lost it
C made it D broken it

We signed up for the CAE exam last week but we have yet __________ our official
exam entry papers.
A receive
B receiving C have received D to receive
You're so forgetful. I've _____________ the times you've left your keys in your flat or
forgotten to come out with any money.
A never known
B lost count of
C stopped counting
D not counted
I've never understood what _____ Monday mornings so much harder than any other
time of the week.
A made
B is making C has made
D makes
Since George got his new job at the shoe factory he's done ___________ complain
about how hard the work is.
A nothing to
B nothing but
C everything to
D more than
Now ______________! I've told you so many times not to put your coffee next to the
computer. And now you've gone and spilt it all over the keyboard.
A you've torn it
B you've arrived C you've made it D you've done it
This is the first time that somebody _________ to bring their pet dog into the
classroom. I'm afraid we can't allow it.
A asked
B asks
C has asked
D is asking
It sounds like __________ down with a nasty cold. His voice is so croaky and he keeps
sniffing.
A he's been going B he's gone C he went D he goes
More modal verbs
It's quite warm for September at the moment. It ___ be very cold at this time of
year.
A may
B can
C would
D might
I'm not available on the 21st, otherwise, I _____ love to come to your leaving party.
A may
B can
C would
D might
I'm sorry to hear about your bad experience with UK immigration officers. It _______
been very frustrating.
A could've B must've C should've D might've
I tried going to the Purple Pineapple club last night but they ________ let me in
because I wasn't wearing anything purple.
A can't
B couldn't C mightn't D wouldn't
I wish my teacher would learn to pronounce my name properly. He ____ keep saying
my name in a stupid English accent.
A will
B can
C should
D may
We'll be waiting for you outside Terminal 2 at ten o'clock. As you're an EU citizen,
immigration and customs _________ take more than fifteen minutes.
A wouldn't B shouldn't C mightn't D couldn't
When I was working as a bouncy castle attendant, I _____ sometimes play on the
castle myself after all the kids had gone home.
A could
B should
C might've D would
Don't try to call the language school just yet. It's only seven in the morning in the
UK so there _____ be anyone there to answer your call.
A won't
B can't
C shouldn't D wouldn't
It was really stupid of you to ride through Bristol with no lights on your bicycle. You
________ been hit by a car and it would've been all your fault.
A would've B should've C could've D can't've

Some students are often a few minutes late for class. But you ___ always count on
Jan to be there on the dot of nine o'clock.
A can
B will
C could
D should
I'm sorry I kept you waiting. I got held up for three hours by immigration officials in
the airport. I _____ bore you with all the details.
A can't
B shouldn't C won't
D couldn't
The windows in some of our classrooms are getting a bit old. Sometimes they _____
close and you have to wiggle them to get them to properly lock.
A can't
B won't
C shouldn't D wouldn't
Gerund or infinitive
For most people in the 21st century, it's hard to imagine ______ without television.
A live
B living
C to live
D lived
If you have difficulty __________ all the questions on this page, you need to revise
gerunds and infinitives again.
A complete B completing
C completed
D to complete
Because it was very cold in Classroom G, our teacher let us _____ coffee or hot
chocolate into the room.
A bring
B bringing C brought D to bring
I'm so forgetful. I keep leaving my house without ___________ to lock the front door.
A remember
B remembering
C remembered
D to remember
Our street isn't wide enough ________ a forty-seat bus along it.
A drive
B for driving
C to drive D to driving
We could go to the Indian restaurant tonight but I'd rather ___ in the Italian place on
Park Street.
A eat B eating
C to eat
D eaten
The undercover police officer pretended _________ to his MP3 player but really he
was listening to the three men's conversation.
A listen
B listening C to listen D to be listened
Every time I saw the film Titanic, it made me ___ my eyes out.
A cry B crying
C to cry
D cried
It's no use _______ in your assignment after the deadline. It has to be submitted
before noon on Friday.
A hand
B handing C to hand D to handing
If a policeman stops you for driving on the wrong side of the road I suggest
pretending _________________ what he is saying.
A not understand B not understanding
C not to understand
D not to
understanding
You really should make an effort _______ to the Halloween Party next week. It could
be your last chance to hear the teacher singing.
A come
B coming
C to coming
D to come
________ on a mobile while you are driving a car is illegal and can result in you losing
your driving license.
A Speak
B Speaking C To speak D Speech
Articles
For each sentence, choose the best word or phrase to complete the gap from the
choices below.

People in northern parts of Scotland can occasionally see ___ Northern Lights at
night, when weather conditions are right.
A some
B _____
C the
D a
Not surprisingly, _____ most wild animals in the UK are afraid of people but a few
animals seem completely unafraid of humans.
A some
B _____
C the
D a
When I grow up, I want to be _ company president but I haven't decided of which
company yet.
A some
B _____
C the
D a
When I was at school, there was _ Brad Pitt in my class but he wasn't the famous
one who's been in all those films.
A some
B ____
C the
D a
___ X-Box 360 was the first games console to produce a certain kind of graphic
effect that gamers got so excited about.
A a B an C the
D ____
Last week it was announced that for ___ fourth consecutive month, house prices had
fallen, leading to fears of deflation.
A a B an C ____
D the
It's my favourite invention ever. If you listen to __ MP3 player as you walk to work
each day, life doesn't seem so bad after all.
A a B an C ____
D the
Fred is a born survivor. He spent six months living at a research station in ___
Antarctic. He'll be alright.
A a B an C ____
D the
We get on well with our neighbours. On one side there are some lovely people
called Andrews and on the other side, ___ Browns are almost like part of my family.
A some
B a C the
D ____
The Language Project Karaoke Parties are so important that when the last one was
cancelled, questions were even asked in ____ parliament.
A some
B a C the
D ____
Although she is not a Christian, Flora sometimes goes to ___ church to collect her
children after their weekly choir practice.
A a B the
C ____
D some
My mother gets really angry about ____ car alarms going off at night. She thinks
they should all be banned and she wishes they had never been invented.
A ____
B some
C a D the