Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. It was raining when I _________ the house this morning.
A. leave
B. leaving
C. left
D. have left
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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. Every morning Tessa _____ at 7.30.
A. is getting up
B. got up
C. get up
D. gets up
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More than half of the 850 asylum seekers currently detained in Britain . . . . . . . . in prison with no right of appeal, even though the vast majority . . . . . . . . with any offence, let alone convicted.
A. were held/are not charged
B. are being held/have not been charged
C. have been held/would not be charged
D. being held/had not been charged
E. will be held/were not being charged
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A sentence can be formed when A, B, C, and D are put in an order. Identify the part which has an error.
A. When the young boy
B. was accused
C. to steal,
D. he started to cry.
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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. Look! The girls ___ in the park.
A. skate
B. skated
C. are skating
D. will skate
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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. She _________ to hospital yesterday.
A. was taken
B. took
C. is taken
D. can take
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Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:We ______ he _______ ill.
A. knew/was
B. knew/am ill
C. knew/will be
D. had known/is
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Choose the correct word/phrase to complete the sentence. Yesterday, the marathon participants ______ a certificate each.
A. are given
B. will be given
C. had given
D. were given
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Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words. Mary _______ Nick where he ______ after graduating from the University.
A. asked / works
B. ask / would work
C. ask / worked
D. asked / would work
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Complete the following conversation using the most appropriate option:A:Oh, I've just realised. I haven't got any money.B:Haven't you? Well, don't worry. _________ you some. (I / Iend)
A. I have lent
B. I will lend
C. I had lent
D. I am lending
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Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:I _______ he _______ it interesting.
A. hoped/find
B. hoped/finds
C. hopes/would find
D. hoped/would find
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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. A: Did you get my fax? B: No, I didn't. A: OK, I _____ it again.
A. send
B. will send
C. am going to send
D. am sending
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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option. A: Have you written to them? B: Yes, ________ twice last month.
A. I'd written to them
B. I wrote to them
C. I've written to them
D. I would have written to them
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Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words. When I ____ home, I _____ a friend of mine.
A. was going / met
B. go / meet
C. was going / was meeting
D. are going / meet
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What . . . . . . . . almost all Hollywood pictures . . . . . . . . their inner emptiness.
A. characterized/was
B. characterizes/had been
C. has characterized/were
D. characterized/will be
E. characterizes/is
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A friend has just come back from holiday. You ask him about it. Write your question using the following words:(go alone?)
A. Did you go alone?
B. Have you gone alone?
C. Do you go alone?
D. Do you went alone?
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Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words. The sports competition which _____ on Sunday _____ by a lot of people.
A. are held / will be visited
B. was held / will visit
C. will held / will visit
D. have been held / have visited
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I . . . . . . . . forty on my next birthday.
A. am
B. shall be
C. have been
D. going to be
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Choose the correct word/phrase to complete the sentence. She fell ill as the juice she ______ stale.
A. has is
B. have is
C. had was
D. hasn't is
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My brother . . . . . . . . three years in jail when he was younger, but now he . . . . . . . . to give up his life of crime.
A. spent/has decided
B. spends/is deciding
C. has spent/has been deciding
D. was spending/decides
E. has been spending/decided
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