1 The shops in the UK usually ... at 9:30.

a) open c) will open

b) opens d) opening

2 What time ... up in the morning?

a) are you get c) get you
b) do you get d) getting you

3 Peter has already ... three cups of coffee this afternoon.

a) had c) have had
b) to have d) have

4 She was surprised that her English was so fluent as she ... to England.
a) had never been c) have never been
b) wasn’t d) never was

5 Alan, you ... that book all day, haven´t you?

a) are reading c) read
b) have been reading d) had read

6 Before I met him, ... fallen in love.

a) never had I c) I had never
b) I haven't never d) never have I

7 Who was that pretty girl you ... when I passed you outside the café?
a) have talked to c) were talking to
b) talked to d) have been talking to

8 Ann gave up smoking a year ago. She ... 30 cigarettes a day.

a) has smoked c) used to smoke
b) was smoked d) smokes

9 They … next week.

a) are marrying c) will marry
b) will be marrying d) are getting married

10 By the time we get to the party, everything … eaten.

a) is c) was
b) had been d) will have been

11 What? You say you can’t see those lights in the sky? You ... be blind.
a) should c) must
b) will d) do

12 That rented car will ... returned soon.

a) have to be c) would have been
b) had to been d) had been

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13 You ... try to make your application a bit neater or you will never get a job.
a) shall c) ought
b) may d) should

14 When you see Kate again, I am sure you … her.

a) are not recognising c) will recognise
b) recognise d) recognised

15 When I … all the papers, I will let you know about my decision.
a) have studied c) don't study
b) will study d) studied

16 Unless they turn that radio off, I ... mad.

a) will go c) would have gone
b) won’t go d) go

17 If I didn’t have to work tomorrow evening, I ... you.

a) met c) had met
b) will meet d) would meet

18 If I ... you, I would have said hello.

a) have seen c) see
b) had seen d) would see

19 I definitely ... such a wonderful holiday if you hadn't gone with me.
a) wouldn't had c) wouldn't had had
b) hadn't have d) wouldn't have had

20 I would rather they ... home.

a) went c) should go
b) go d) will go

21 The front door is locked. You had better ... round to the back entrance.
a) to go c) go
b) be going d) going

22 The girls ... serve in the shop are the owner’s daughters.
a) whose c) whom
b) which d) who

23 Mary ... come to see you when you were in hospital.

a) was supposed c) is supposed
b) was supposed to d) were supposed

24 A driver might ... by the police.

a) stop c) be stopped
b) have stopped d) stopped

25 I am ... because there is nothing to do.

a) boring c) bore
b) bored d) born

26 Can your mother swim? - Yes, ... .

a) she does c) she do
b) he can d) she can

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27 You have been there, ... you?
a) have c) has
b) haven’t d) were

28 Do you want ... with you or do you want to go alone?

a) me to come c) me coming
b) me come d) coming me

29 Could you please pass me the pen ... on the table?

a) lying c) lay
b) lie d) lays

30 My mother dislikes ... in crowded supermarkets.

a) shopper c) the shopping
b) to shopping d) shopping

31 I am staying here for ... week.

a) - c) a
b) other d) all

32 The spokesman said that ... .

a) on himself c) oneself
b) himself d) him

33 How ... is an orange? - 50 p.

a) many c) few
b) much d) little

34 Did you buy any ... when you went shopping?

a) tomato c) tomatoes
b) egg d) some vegetable

35 I do not like this soup and he does not like it … .

a) neither c) always
b) only d) either

36 Do you have any money ... you?

a) at c) around
b) in d) on

37 Helen is fond ... literature and Martin is keen ... sports.

a) in, at c) of, on
b) for, in d) at, for

38 The patient died ... a heart attack.

a) from c) off
b) at d) by

39 It’s essential ... us all to eat healthy food.

a) to c) on
b) by d) for

40 Let's go … this project! It will be great!

a) up c) for
b) down d) off

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41 ‘I don’t know where to go.’ - She said she ... where to go.
a) will know c) didn’t know
b) don’t know d) knew

42 "Can you speak German?" - They wanted to know whether I ... German.
a) could speak c) can be speaking
b) can have spoken d) speaking

43 It is often ... that the death penalty prevents crime.

a) told c) spoken
b) related d) suggested

44 Everyone in the department was ... with the sack unless they worked harder.
a) threatened c) warned
b) promised d) bribed

45 It is a very long ... from Tokyo to London.

a) tour c) flyer
b) flight d) speed

46 Do you think Jane and Peter will marry … ?

a) lastly c) lately
b) in the end d) by the end

47 Ann felt rather ... when she found it out.

a) miserable c) miserably
b) badly d) strangely

48 The news ... depressing.

a) was c) are
b) were d) sound

49 A garden where flowers are grown is a ... .

a) garden flower c) flower garden
b) vegetable garden d) garden vegetable

50 ... people trying to get into the football stadium.

a) There were too much c) It was too many
b) There were too many d) There was too many

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