1 – Grammar

1 Ann just heard her cousin is  ____ get married in 2 Sarah doesn’t think it’s right ____ children to play
August. with yo-yo
 
  a) that
a) going b) to
b) go to c) for
c) going to  

3 We  wish it ____ the time of year when we could go on

4 You ____ to finish your assignment by tomorrow.
that hiking trip.
 
 
a) should
a) will be
b) have
b) were
c) must
c) is
 
 

5 William ____ in South Africa now. 6 She is single. She never ____ .
   
a) is living a) marries
b) was living b) marrying
c) will live c) married
   

8 In those days, my grandfather ____ never eat supper

7 ____ you like to join me this evening?
after seven o’clock.
 
 
a) Would
a) will
b) Will
b) used to
c) Can
c) would
 
 

9 There were ____ than twenty people in the audience

10 Excuse me, I’m lost. __ you help me?
last week.
 
 
a)Should
a) fewer
b)Shall
b) lesser
c)Could
c) few
 
 
11 We could cook lunch.  ____ , we could buy some take 12 The kids____ playing hide and seek for two hours
away food. before it started raining.
   
a)Therefore a)had been
b) On the other hand b) have been
c)Although c) has been
   

13 She ____ in Rio de Janeiro. 14 I read every day ____ I’m not serious.
   
a)living a) but
b) live b) because
c)  lives c) and
   

15 A: I enjoy working on challenging assignments.

  16 That man’s so unreliable – you can’t trust him. ___
 
B: So ____ I!
a) I wouldn’t work frankly with him.
a) do
b) Frankly, I wouldn’t work with him.
b) am
c) I wouldn’t frankly work with him.
c) can
 
 

17 How much ____ the bus to Seville cost? 18 The documentary starts _ half past four.
   
a) is a) on
b) does b) at
c) do c) in
   

19 If you were a better handyman, we ____ need to the 20 You ____ have caught the early bus, as the football
plumber all the time. match was delayed.
   
a) hadn’t a) needn’t
b) wouldn’t b)  mustn’t
c) won’t c) didn’t
   

21 She ____ finished cleaning when we arrived. 22 Mark  ____ to work when he saw Kevin.
   
 a) has
a) going
b) have
b) went
c) had
c) was going
 

23 They found the hole ______ the treasure had been

24 “Don’t wait for us.”
buried.
Our friends told us _____________
 
 
a) –
a) don’t wait
b) where
b) didn’t wait
c) that
c) not to wait
 
 
 

25 The Friday morning lectures are usually quite

_______
 
a) boring
b) bored
c) not to wait