Grammar c) liking

d) liked
1. I ________________ from France.
10. __________________ a piece of cake? No,
a) is thank you.
b) are
c) am a) Do you like
d) be b) Would you like
c) Want you
2. This is my friend. _____________ name is d) Are you like
Peter.
11. The living room is ___________________
a) Her than the bedroom.
b) Our
c) Yours a) more big
d) His b) more bigger
c) biggest
3. Mike is ______________. d) bigger

a) my sister’s friend 12. The car is very old. We’re going ____________________ a
b) friend my sister new car soon.
c) friend from my sister
d) my sister friend’s a) to buy
b) buying
c) to will buy
4. My brother is ______________ artist. d) buy
a) the
b) an
c) a 13. Jane is a vegetarian. She
d)  ____________________ meat.

a) sometimes eats
5. _______________ 20 desks in the classroom.
b) never eats
c) often eats
d) usually eats
a) This is
b) There is
c) They are 14. There aren’t ________________ buses late in
d) There are the evening.

a) some
6. Paul ________________ romantic films. b) any
c) no
a) likes not d) a
b) don’t like
c) doesn’t like 15. The car park is _________________ to the
d) isn’t likes restaurant.
a) next
b) opposite
7. Sorry, I can’t talk. I _____________ right now.
c) behind
d) in front

a) driving 16. Sue ________________ shopping every day.

b) ‘m driving
c) drives
a) is going
d) drive
b) go
c) going
8. She _________________ at school last week. d) goes
They _________________ in the park
a) didn't be when it started to rain heavily.
b) weren’t
c) wasn’t e) walked
d) isn’t f) were walking
g) were walk
9. I _________________ the film last night. h) are walking
a) like
b) likes

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17. ________________ seen fireworks before? a) will help
b) am helping
a) Did you ever c) going to help
b) Are you ever d) have helped
c) Have you ever
d) Do you ever
26. This town ___________________ by lots of
18. We’ve been friends ____________________ tourists during the summer.
many years.
a) visits
a) since b) visited
b) from c) is visiting
c) during d) is visited
d) for
27. He said that his friends ____________ to
19. You _________________ pay for the tickets. speak to him after they lost the football match.
They’re free.
a) not want
a) have to b) weren’t
b) don’t have c) didn’t want
c) don’t need to d) aren’t wanting
d) doesn’t have to
28. How about _________________ to the cinema
20. Jeff was ill last week and he tonight?
_________________ go out.
a) going
a) needn't b) go
b) can’t c) to go
c) mustn’t d) for going
d) couldn’t
29. Excuse me, can you ___________________
21. These are the photos ________________ I me the way to the station, please?
took on holiday.

a) which a) give
b) who b) take
c) what c) tell
d) where d) say

22. We’ll stay at home if it _______________ this 30. I wasn’t interested in the performance very
afternoon. much. ________________.

a) raining
b) rains a) I didn’t, too.
c) will rain b) Neither was I.
d) rain c) Nor I did.
d) So I wasn’t.
23. He doesn’t smoke now, but he
__________________ a lot when he was 31. Take a warm coat, _______________ you
young. might get very cold outside.

a) has smoked
a) otherwise
b) smokes
b) in case
c) used to smoke
c) so that
d) was smoked
d) in order to
24. Mark plays football ___________________
32. __________________ this great book and I
anyone else I know.
can’t wait to see how it ends.

a) more good than

a) I don’t read
b) as better as
b) I’ve read
c) best than
c) I’ve been reading
d) better than
d) I read
25. I promise I __________________ you as soon
33. What I like more than anything else
as I’ve finished this cleaning.
___________________ at weekends.

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 a) playing golf 41. It’s cold so you should __________________
b) to play golf on a warm jacket.
c) is playing golf
d) is play golf a) put
b) wear
c) dress
34. She ________________ for her cat for two d) take
days when she finally found it in the garage.
42. Paul will look ______________ our dogs while
a) looked we’re on holiday.
b) had been looked
c) had been looking a) at
d) were looking b) for
c) into
35. We won’t catch the plane d) after
_________________ we leave home now!
Please hurry up! 43. She ___________________ a lot of her free
time reading.

a) if
b) providing that a) does
c) except b) spends
d) unless c) has
d) makes
36. If I hadn’t replied to your email,
I___________________ here with you now. 44. Hello, this is Simon. Could I
___________________ to Jane, please?

a) can’t be a) say
b) wouldn’t be b) tell
c) won’t be c) call
d) haven’t been d) speak

37. Do you think you ___________________ with 45. They’re coming to our house
my mobile phone soon? I need to make a call. ___________________ Saturday.

a) finish a) in
b) are finishing b) at
c) will have finished c) on
d) are finished d) with

38. I don’t remember mentioning 46. I think it’s very easy to ___________ debt
__________________ dinner together tonight. these days.

a) go into
a) go for
b) become
b) you going to
c) go down to
c) to go for
d) get into
d) going for
47. Come on! Quick! Let’s get _____________!
39. Was it Captain Cook ______________ New
Zealand?
a) highlight
a) who discovered b) cracking
b) discovered c) massive
c) that discover d) with immediate effect
d) who was discovering
48. I phoned her ____________ I heard the news.
Vocabulary
a) minute
40. You may not like the cold weather here, but b) during
you’ll have to ________________, I’m afraid. c) by the time

a) tell it off 49. I feel very ____________. I’m going to go to

b) sort itself out bed!
c) put up with it a) nap
d) put it off b) asleep
c) sleepy
d) sleeper

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