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77. She can’t see the board well, which …… her to squint and have headaches.
A. brings B. causes C. fetches D. makes
78. Some young people had to work every day in this country until child …… became illegal.
A. effort B. service C. labour D. industry
79. Both of them felt very …… and empty after they lost their dog.
A. gloomy B. weak C. festive D. tired
80. The owner of the shop always gives a discount to her …… customers.
A. normal B. standard C. regular D. common
81. Teachers have to …… a good example for their students.
A. build B. set C. put D. place
82. The only …… Stephen bothers to wear is a leather belt.
A. extra B. ornament C. accessory D. supplement
83. This train crosses the …… between Bulgaria and Turkey.
A. boundary B. line C. border D. edge
84. After struggling with his homework, he …… all the tasks successfully.
A. completed B. ended C. created D. settled
85. I don’t like visiting …… as it’s hard for me to imagine what the buildings once looked like.
A. accommodations B. habitats C. ruins D. monuments
86. They have decided to …… their wedding until next year.
A. postpone B. suspend C. cancel D. interrupt
87. Ben’s biology teacher makes students learn all their lessons by …… .
A. head B. heart C. sight D. luck
88. People from other countries who want to work here need a …… .
A. license B. certificate C. permit D. diploma
89. All our experts are working hard to find a way to …… with the problem.
A. grasp B. deal C. tackle D. do
90. Many teachers have a strong …… on their students’ lives.
A. influence B. guidance C. effect D. persuasion
91. You should buy the latest …… of this bilingual dictionary.
A. volume B. issue C. copy D. edition
92. The climbers reached the mountain’s …… just before nightfall.
A. tip B. summit C. point D. height
93. The school-leaving ceremony will take …… on 22nd May.
A. site B. scene C. place D. action
94. The increasing amount of …… homes is a result of house prices getting too high for many
people.
A. vacant B. idle C. occupied D. neglected
95. Val has never been very …… about skiing; she only comes on ski trips to socialise.
A. keen B. determined C. willing D. enthusiastic
96. You need to …… your application forms to our head office.
A. present B. offer C. propose D. submit
97. My eyes are red because I haven’t slept for days. I have …… .
A. insomnia B. indigestion C. amnesia D. allergy
98. How many years is your identity card …… for?
A. due B. worthy C. valid D. valued
99. The school director liked the way I …… the naughty students.
A. handled B. ordered C. delivered D. protested
100. Does your son …… believe that Santa Claus exists?
A. frankly B. positively C. actually D. fairly
Sentence Completion
1. ‘What time …… to bed last night? I called you three times, but you did not answer your
mobile phone.’ ‘Around 11 o’clock, I think.’
A. did you go B. have you gone C. you went D. were you going
2. I know that you read a lot of tabloids and broadsheets, but do you have …… favourite one?
A. – B. a C. any D. the
3. ‘What …… when you got back home?’ ‘Well, Frank had already gone to bed and Jessica
had gone out with her boyfriend.’
A. the children B. the children did C. were the D. did the children
were doing children doing do
4. ‘Could you please check if Oscar is in the office today?’ ‘Yes, he is. He …… from a business
trip.’
A. comes back B. has just come C. is coming back D. just has come
back back
5. I think I will cook dinner for everyone today; Mum is very tired now because she …… the
housework all day long.
A. has done B. had done C. is doing D. has been doing
6. ‘Can I have …… coffee, please? It is not likely that I will be able to go to bed before
midnight.’ ‘Yes, sure. How do you take it?’
A. any B. some C. little D. a few
7. Lesley and Simon did keep their promise and sent me a text message after the plane ……
at the airport in Slovenia.
A. lands B. has landed C. will land D. had landed
8. Don’t you think it’s about time she got up and helped us with the Christmas decorations?
She …… since 2 o’clock.
A. is sleeping C. has been D. had been
B. was sleeping sleeping sleeping
9. We …… in the beautiful green forest for two hours when the sky grew dark and there was a
torrential storm.
A. had been B. would be C. walked D. would have
walking walking been walking
10. There were …… people in that small claustrophobic meeting room that we could hardly
breathe.
A. so many B. such C. such many D. so a lot of
11. You needn’t regret being late! It was …… seminar that many attendees left before it was
over.
A. so boring B. such boring C. so a boring D. such a boring
12. Molly and Brian …… cartoons, but now they spend most of their free time playing
computer games.
A. are used to B. get used to C. used to watch D. are used to
watching watching watch
13. If I remember correctly, they …… in France for about seven years before the whole family
moved to the USA.
A. have lived C. have been D. had been living
B. would live living
14. Valerie was relaxing with George in the living room when he …… her a beautiful sapphire
engagement ring.
A. gave B. had given C. was giving D. is giving
15. You …… smoke in here as smoking is not permitted in enclosed public areas. You had
better put out your cigarette or go out immediately.
A. must B. needn’t C. might not D. can’t
16. Although I have not driven as many kilometres as you, I think your car is in much better
shape …… mine.
A. from B. than C. of D. the
17. Maybe it will be a good idea to ask Mark if he likes pasta as I am thinking …… spaghetti
for lunch.
A. to make B. for making C. of making D. about to make
18. Despite the fact that both of them have won a lot of tournaments, to my mind Richard
isn’t as …… a tennis player as Bob.
A. well B. best C. good D. better
19. My mum is very pleased that you often …… the poncho she knitted for your twentieth
birthday.
A. are wearing B. will have worn C. wear D. will be wearing
20. Alexander did not call you back …… it was quite late when he arrived and he just didn’t
want to bother you.
A. while B. so C. as D. neither
21. You do not have to stay awake and wait for her as I am sure that when she …… home,
she will go straight to bed.
A. gets B. will get C. got D. has gotten
22. In spite of the fact that we caught a taxi, the film we all really wanted to see …… by the
time we got to the cinema.
A. started B. had been C. was starting
starting D. had started
23. Alex is not likely to be very good at his job since he never …… attend many lectures
when he was at university.
A. didn’t use to B. uses to C. used to D. use to
24. I do hope that you make sure Jenny and Joan …… tomorrow morning as I do not want us
to be late for the opening ceremony.
A. don’t oversleep B. won’t have C. won’t be D. are
overslept oversleeping oversleeping
25. At no time …… I would allow you to go the mountains with someone you have known for
only a couple of weeks.
A. I said B. did I say C. I have said D. I will say
26. It is extremely hot now, but the local people say that it …… get very cold here at times.
A. can B. might C. would D. will
27. Since we are all fed up with the local seaside resorts, we …… to spend our summer
vacation abroad this year.
A. will B. will be C. will be going D. are going
28. If you keep your promise, I …… you that new computer game you have been talking
about for so long.
A. am buying B. am going and C. buy
buy D. will buy
29. We should think of something else to do in the evening as this DVD can only …… on a
compatible DVD player, so we cannot watch it.
A. have been B. have played D. been played
played C. be played
30. Lucy’s company seems to be having some financial problems so maybe that is why she
…… her accountant tonight.
A. is seen C. is seeing D. has been
B. sees seeing
31. If we don’t want to make her angry again, we should make a decision before she ……
back from the hairdresser’s.
A. comes B. is coming C. will come D. will comes
32. If only my boss …… me every ten minutes when I am going to be finished – then I might
get some work done!
A. don’t ask B. won’t ask C. isn’t asking D. wouldn’t ask
33. I really regret having disappointed her, but if Jim had not refused to lend me some
money, I …… to her graduation ceremony.
A. will come B. would have C. would come
come D. had come
34. Unless you drive faster, we …… our train to Paris by the time we get to the railway
station.
A. will be missed C. will be missing D. will have
B. will miss missed
35. It is advisable to get an early night tonight as this time tomorrow morning you …… your
final exam in English.
A. will sit C. will sitting D. will have been
B. will be sitting sitting
36. She said that although she did not feel like travelling in this bad weather, she …… some
days off to pay a visit to her parents.
A. will take B. would take C. took D. has taken
37. The mechanic says he …… my car by next Wednesday so if he does not let me down, we
will be able to set off on Thursday at the latest.
A. will have B. has repaired D. is repairing
repaired C. will be repairing
38. I have no idea whatsoever why Alison and Sue refused …… me when they were leaving
for Amsterdam.
A. to tell B. to have told C. telling D. to be telling
39. Lately I’ve been finding it extremely difficult to concentrate because I have had a lot ……
my mind, which is why I need a break!
A. on B. into C. in D. with
40. Nowadays, more and more people …… to the Internet to look for the advice they need.
A. will be turning C. used to turn D. have been
B. are turning turning
41. Tired though we were after the exhausting journey, Susie suggested …… sightseeing
before having dinner at the hotel restaurant.
A. go B. going C. to go D. went
42. At the court hearing, Georgia denied …… Mr Simmons before, even though we knew this
to be untrue.
A. having met C. to have met D. having been
B. to be meeting met
43. He said that he …… so hungry and thirsty that he was not going to stay for the most
interesting part of the convention.
A. is B. had been C. was D. will be
44. I don’t think I will be able to hand in my written assignment on time as I have just been
informed that my laptop …… by Friday.
A. will not repair B. won’t have C. will not be D. won’t be repair
been repaired repairing
45. Their teachers advised them … more grammar exercises and provided them with the
addresses of some educational websites they could refer to.
A. to do B. to doing C. doing D. to have done
46. Unfortunately, I do not have any room in my flat but my best friend is willing to …… for
the weekend.
A. make up you B. take you up C. put you up D. set you up
47. No matter how hard we tried to persuade him that he was not right, Tim kept accusing us
of …… all our classmates his secret.
A. telling C. having been D. having to tell
B. to tell told
48. Knowing that people in our group tend to get carried away in the shops, the guide asked
all the tourists …… a lot of time in the mall.
A. to not spend B. not to spend C. not spending D. not to be spent
49. As the chemist found the doctor’s scribbles too hard to …… I had to go back to the
hospital and ask for another prescription in clearer handwriting.
A. fill out B. see out C. make out D. break out
50. The curtains in the bedrooms seem to be clean, but the ones in the living room are very
stained and definitely need …… .
A. to wash C. to have D. washing
B. be washed washing
51. She has ruined my new dress, which I was planning to wear to my cousin’s wedding, so I
have got a bone to …… with her.
A. pick B. break C. hold D. grab
52. Louisa and her husband are currently working …… consultants for a publishing company,
but they are planning to set up their own business soon.
A. as B. for C. like D. since
53. Both Patrick and John used to be very amiable children, but the older they get, the ……
unfriendly they become.
A. most B. more C. least D. –
54. The bank just opposite our offices was not busy at all in the morning so I …… in a queue
to cash my cheque.
A. mustn’t wait C. needn’t have D. didn’t need to
B. needn’t wait waited wait
55. Our boss’s secretary has just sent us an email letting us know that the police would like
…… anything suspicious.
A. we report B. that we’d report C. us to report D. that we report
56. …… the weather was bad and we were feeling completely worn out, we decided to walk
home instead of catching the bus.
A. In spite of B. As a result C. Despite D. Although
57. Looking after a pet is quite hard work. ……, pets are great company for people living on
their own.
A. While C. On the other D. On the one
B. As well as hand hand
58. You can easily tell the difference between the two of us as my brother has blue eyes, ……
mine are black.
A. despite B. whereas C. just as D. nevertheless
59. You should definitely accept the place on the course as mastering the English language
will give you a leg …… in the business world.
A. through B. on C. up D. in
60. How …… we know what Jessica would like for Christmas? She’s your girlfriend, after all.
A. should B. could C. can D. would
61. Only half of the people I invited came to the meal. ……, we had a lovely time together.
A. As a result B. Moreover C. Nevertheless D. In addition
62. My aunt Sheryl …… paid for my trip to England, but also gave me some pocket money so
that I could visit as many places of interest as I wanted.
A. as well B. in addition C. not only D. as well as
63. Take this taxi firm business card …… you get back late and the buses have stopped
running.
A. so that B. since C. because D. in case
64. It only took three minutes so you …… it properly.
A. couldn’t do B. can’t do C. can’t have done D. needn’t do
65. ‘Like almost all the boys and girls my age, I do not like staying at home on Saturday
evenings.’ ‘……’
A. So do I. B. Neither do I. C. Nor I do. D. I don’t, too.
66. My son always has trouble …… up early in the morning and he constantly gets punished
by his father for being late for school.
A. to get B. get C. getting D. to be getting
67. I can’t wait to buy and read my favourite author’s new book, which is due …… in two
weeks’ time.
A. to have come B. comes out D. to come out
out C. come out
68. I think you should try …… a glass of milk with honey before going to bed. I read on the
internet the other day that it helps a lot when you can’t get sleep.
A. to be drinking B. drinking C. drink D. to drinking
69. Don’t be so stubborn and make up with her as soon as possible. I am sure she did not
mean …… you.
A. to offend C. offending D. to have
B. offend offended
70. ‘My family and I spent the summer holidays in Cambridgeshire last year.’ ‘Oh really?
What a coincidence! ……’
A. So did we. B. So we did. C. We did, either. D. Nor did we.
71. ‘What was that awful noise coming from the Browns’ flat last night? I couldn’t sleep at
all.’ ‘Jill must …… her 18th birthday. I saw her carrying a big cake yesterday morning.’
A. have B. celebrate C. have been D. be celebrating
celebrated celebrating
72. Take off your muddy shoes and put on the black slippers in the hall before entering the
room, ……?
A. will you B. don’t you C. do you D. shall you
73. As long as nothing important comes up between now and Friday, they are likely to come
to the carnival with us, ……?
A. isn’t he B. are they C. aren’t they D. isn’t someone
74. You should …… your long hair trimmed at least every two months in order to keep it
healthy-looking and avoid split ends.
A. do B. have C. gets D. did
75. Go online and check the train timetables for Saturday because as far as I know Sheila
prefers travelling by train …… travelling by bus.
A. than B. to C. rather D. rather to
76. When I was a university student some twenty years ago, my girlfriend taught me how to
dance …… tango.
A. a B. an C. – D. the
77. Gregory, who has been my best friend for more than 20 years, is one of the very few
people with …… I always agree.
A. which B. who C. whom D. whose
78. In the list of regulations you have been provided with it is explicitly stated that ……
dictionaries can be used while the exam is in progress.
A. none B. none of C. no D. not
79. ‘When did you last ……?’ ‘Not that long ago, but I definitely need to see my dentist
before I leave for the UK.’
A. have your teeth B. have your teeth C. check your D. got your teeth
checked check teeth checked
80. ‘The cakes you brought home yesterday afternoon tasted really delicious.’ ‘They were
made …… strawberries and blackcurrants.’
A. with the B. by the C. by D. with
81. …… you need any other information concerning the case you are currently working on,
do not hesitate to contact me.
A. Would B. Will C. Should D. Had
82. If you had kept a stiff upper lip yesterday, you …… right now – but you’ve made your
bed, so you had better lie in it.
A. wouldn’t be B. wouldn’t sorry C. wouldn’t have D. won’t be sorry
sorry been sorry
83. The last time I had dinner with Victor, he told me that he was going to deliver an
interesting talk on advertising the …… month.
A. last B. that C. following D. previous
A. unless
84. I don’t mind your borrowing
B. suppose
my tablet …… you C.promise
if not to bring it backD.
before
as long
fiveas
o’clock
85. If I were
tomorrow
you, Iafternoon.
would replace the second question in your quiz with something harder as I
am sure all the students know that all the planets …… around the sun.
A. are revolving C. have been D. revolved
B. revolve revolving
86. If you change your mind later and decide to go for a walk, …… some vegetables from the
greengrocer’s on the way back.
A. did you buy B. may you buy C. buy D. should you buy
87. The idea of spending the weekend there is excellent, but why don’t you call them to
check if the water in the swimming pool is …… for us to swim in?
A. warm enough B. very warm C. too warm D. enough warm
88. Is the boy wearing a white T-shirt and red shorts the one …… took your bicycle without
asking your permission?
A. which B. who C. whom D. whose
89. The lamb and potato stew which my aunt cooked in the clay pot she had bought from
your village …… delicious.
A. tasted C. was tasted D. was being
B. was tasting tasted
90. ‘Are you OK, Marie? You …… tired this week.’ ‘I’ve had a lot of house guests, so I’ve been
very busy at home.’
A. are looking B. looked C. looking D. could look
91. These green dungarees …… me perfectly. Will it be possible for you to get another pair
next time you go to the mall?
A. fit B. are fitting C. fitting D. are fitted
92. It was only recently that I read in a magazine that some scientists believe that due to
global warming, the climate in this country …… wetter.
A. gets B. is getting C. getting D. get
93. I have a lot of shirts I could give you, but now that you have lost so much weight, none of
…… will fit you.
A. which B. all C. they D. them
94. Tommy …… and I am really fed up with him, Mum. Will you do something about it as I am
studying for a very difficult exam and I do not want to fail it.
A. is always B. always yelling D. always is
yelling C. yells always yelling
95. Although Brian and Chris …… to Spain more than twice this year, they are going again
next week.
A. are going B. did go C. have been gone D. have been
96. After they …… enough time to think it over, they realised they had made the right
decision after all.
A. has just had B. had had C. is having D. are to have
97. These velvet jeans …… very soft so I think I will buy them as a spare pair for this
weekend.
A. feel B. are feeling C. feels D. is feeling
98. According to an online survey, which has been conducted recently, only …… people have
ever travelled to space.
A. few B. a few C. fewer D. some
99. Marie asked me …… anybody her secret so please do not be so nosy and stop fishing for
information.
A. to not tell B. not tell to C. tell not D. not to tell
100. Jimmy was aware of the fact that they had no evidence whatsoever, so he denied that
he …… in the crime.
A. participating B. was C. having D. had
participated participated participated
101. ‘This bunch of tulips is for you, sweetie.’ ‘Thanks a lot, darling. How did you know that
…… the flowers I love most of all?’
A. tulips are B. the tulips are C. the tulips is D. a tulip is
102. If flats and houses were not so expensive in Bristol at the moment, we …… one for our
son, who is a student there.
A. buy C. would buy D. would have
B. will buy bought
103. Some of the students were having a rest in the schoolyard while …… were revising for
the test in English in the classrooms.
A. other B. others C. the other D. another
104. Mike and I will never forget …… week we spent in one of the most popular Turkish
summer resorts – Bodrum – two years ago.
A. a B. the C. – D. an
105. On school nights I have to be home at 10 pm at the latest, but my parents always ……
out late on Friday and Saturday evenings.
A. let me stay C. let me to D. let me staying
B. let me to stay staying
106. The new mayor has promised that there will be better facilities for …… in our town very
soon.
A. such disabled B. a disabled C. the disabled D. disabled
107. Jake …… his car in a quiet street in the center of the city when a traffic warden
appeared.
A. parked C. was parking D. was being
B. has parked parked
108. Helen and Bob spent three weeks …… on their presentation and, as expected, they won
the first prize.
A. to working B. working C. to be working D. to work
109. ‘You will never tell lies to your grandparents again, ……?’ ‘I promise this is the last time
I’ll ever tell anybody such things.’
A. will you B. won’t you C. do you D. don’t you
110. ‘…… we have dinner out this evening as I don’t feel like cooking at home?’ ‘That’s a
very good idea. How about going to the new Indian restaurant?’
A. Will B. Shall C. Ought D. Would
111. I am awfully sorry for interrupting you, but please do me a favour and stop …… to your
mother and father like that because they don’t deserve it.
A. to talk B. talking C. to talking D. talk
112. I was enjoying a quiet evening on the balcony with a book and a drink when I saw a
man …… into the house opposite mine.
A. break B. broke C. to break D. to breaking
113. My parents are very concerned about my health and wish I …… smoking as soon as
possible.
A. give up B. had given up C. would give up D. given up
114. It was the first time my cousin and her friend …… a horse and they liked it so much that
they are coming back next weekend so as to do it again.
A. was riding B. were riding C. had ridden D. would be riding
115. I am angry with her as she neither phoned me nor …… me a text message to apologise
for cancelling everything.
A. she sent B. sent C. has sent D. did send
116. Unfortunately, I will not be able to come to the cinema with you tomorrow as I …… my
younger sister, who has been ill for a week now.
A. will look after B. will be going to C. look after D. am looking
look after after
117. Jeremy and his parents …… Spain, Italy and France this year so I don’t think they will
even consider joining us in August.
A. have already B. are already C. already visited D. were already
visited visiting visiting
118. Only after I started advertising my business in newspapers, on TV and on the radio ……
to make money.
A. I began B. did I begin C. I did begin D. did begin
119. Please, promise me that you will be much more careful next time! You do realise that
you …… !
A. can’t have B. would have C. could have D. should have
been killed been killed been killed been killed
120. It was …… that some of my cousins and I decided to go for a picnic in the woods near
our village.
A. so nice a day B. such nice a day C. so a nice day D. such a nice day
121. I know you two are on a diet, but why don’t you help ...... to some of this cake? It has
very little sugar and fat in it.
A. you B. yourself C. yours D. yourselves
122. Tim and his younger sister have been living here for about ten years and now they
speak Bulgarian as ...... as we do.
A. fluent C. more fluently D. the most
B. fluently fluently
123. Nathan and Frank are old friends of ...... with whom we used to share a room when we
were students in Rome.
A. my B. mine C. me D. I
124. These strange-looking tools are used here ...... the traditional bread, which is really very
hard.
A. for slicing B. in order to C. to be sliced
slicing D. so as to slicing
125. There are not ...... for everyone on the table as I wasn’t expecting so many guests, so
fetch some from the kitchen, please.
A. glasses enough B. enough glasses C. some glasses D. no glasses
EXTRA PRACTICE
Key
Sentence Transformations
Multiple Choice
1. C 18. B 35. B 52. C 69. D 86. A
2. A 19. D 36. B 53. A 70. C 87. B
3. B 20. C 37. C 54. B 71. D 88. C
4. A 21. D 38. B 55. B 72. C 89. B
5. C 22. C 39. B 56. C 73. A 90. A
6. B 23. B 40. A 57. D 74. B 91. D
7. B 24. C 41. D 58. B 75. D 92. B
8. A 25. C 42. C 59. A 76. C 93. C
9. C 26. C 43. D 60. B 77. B 94. A
10. D 27. C 44. A 61. B 78. C 95. D
11. C 28. B 45. C 62. A 79. A 96. D
12. A 29. C 46. A 63. B 80. C 97. A
13. D 30. A 47. C 64. A 81. B 98. C
14. B 31. B 48. A 65. A 82. C 99. A
15. A 32. C 49. D 66. B 83. C 100. C
16. A 33. B 50. A 67. B 84. A
17. A 34. A 51. A 68. A 85. C
Sentence Completion