Test 13

Her husband is ill in _____ hospital, so she has to stay at _____ home to look after _____ children instead of going to work.
- A) __ / __ / __
- B) __ / the / the
- C) the / the / the
- D) __ / __ / the
Because _____ sun was so strong, they decided to sleep during _____ day and travel by _____ night.
- A) the / the / __
- B) the / __ / __
- C) the / the / the
- D) __ / __ / __
Here is a picture of _____ village where I was born. It is about ten minutes by _____ car from Wellington, _____ big town.
- A) the / __ / a
- B) the / the / __
- C) __ / the / __
- D) the / __ / __
The two kinds of _____ dog that I detest most are _____ snow dogs and _____ lap dogs.
- A) the / __ / __ C) __ / __ / __
- C) __ / __ / __
- C) __ / __ / __ B) __ / the / the__
- D) the / __ / __
Do you think that I could ever learn to speak _____ Japanese _____ way _____ Japanese speak it?
- A) __ / the / the__ C) __ / __ / __
- C) __ / __ / __
- C) __ / __ / __ B) the / the / the__
- D) __ / the / __
This is _____ toughest steak I have eaten. It is _____ last time I eat in this restaurant.
- A) __/__ C) __ / the
- C) __ / the
- C) __ / the B) the / __
- D) the / the
I would like _____ there yesterday.
- A) being C) to have been
- C) to have been
- C) to have been B) having to be
- D) to be
I can’t find my sister. Do you know _____?
- A) where is she
- B) where she is
- C) somewhere she is
- D) is she anywhere
Mr. Green has a _____ vacation.
- A) two weeks
- B) two-week’s
- C) two weeks’
- D) two-week
Have you heard _____ weather forecast?
- A) yesterday
- B) tomorrow’s
- C) for today’s
- D) next week
She ran in a _____ race.
- A) ten kilometer
- B) ten-kilometer
- C) ten kilometer’s
- D) ten-kilometers
_____ weather will be great.
- A) Tomorrow
- B) Yesterday’s
- C) Yesterday
- D) Tomorrow’s
I wish my car _____ make so much noise.
- A) won’t
- B) can’t
- C) didn’t
- D) doesn’t
“Are you leaving, Sam?” asked Mabel.
She asked Sam if he _____.
- A) is leaving
- B) leaves
- C) was leaving
- D) would leave
Alice said that _____.
- A) I’m at my office
- B) she was at her office
- C) I’m at her office
- D) you have been at your office
Jack _____ to Tom.
- A) says that he had spoken
- B) said that he had spoken
- C) say that he speaks
- D) had spoken that he will say
“How have you been, Mona?” asked Fred.
He asked Mona how _____.
- A) she was
- B) she had been
- C) was she
- D) had she been
He hoped that they _____ that question.
- A) don’t ask
- B) will ask
- C) would ask
- D) can’t ask
The new system is more productive and _____.
- A) cheap
- B) less dangerously
- C) less expensive
- D) costing less
It was foolish _____ your advice.
- A) to be forgotten
- B) for her forgetting
- C) of her to forget
- D) to listen
She gave me a very nice book _____.
- A) reading
- B) read
- C) to read
- D) will read
He can climb trees _____ a monkey.
- A) as though
- B) like
- C) as
- D) as if
_____ poverty in the world.
- A) There are always
- B) It has always
- C) It has always been
- D) There has always been
_____ the children for me while I’m out.
- A) Look after
- B) Take care
- C) Look at
- D) Care
Robert seems _____ ready.
- A) it is
- B) to be
- C) being
- D) of being
He was working at the office when the telegram _____.
- A) was arriving
- B) has arrived
- C) arrived
- D) arrives
This is the first time I _____ tennis this month.
- A) play
- B) have played
- C) was playing
- D) played
Tom _____ carefully when he had the accident.
- A) hadn’t been driving
- B) hadn,t been
- C) drives
- D) driving very
The Browns family _____ about moving for several months.
- A) thinking
- B) had been thinking
- C) been thinking
- D) are thinking
We _____ for only a few minutes before you came.
- A) will wait
- B) have to wait
- C) have been waiting
- D) had been waiting
Julia _____ our visit.
- A) hadn’t been expecting
- B) was very surprised
- C) hadn,t been to expect
- D) had expected for
Tom: Have you seen that film?
Bob: Yes, I have.
Tom: When?
Bob: I _____ it a week ago.
- A) would see
- B) had seen
- C) saw
- D) have seen
He _____ the rent last Friday.
- A) pays
- B) has paid
- C) was paying
- D) paid
Has Nick finished his work yet? Yes, he _____ half an hour ago.
- A) has finished
- B) had finished
- C) was finishing
- D) finished
At eight o’clock last night I _____ a book.
- A) was reading
- B) have read
- C) read
- D) am reading
They would have gone home if we _____ here.
- A) aren’t
- B) won’t be
- C) hadn’t been
- D) are
If Bruce had been careful, he _____ had an accident.
- A) has
- B) have
- C) wouldn’t
- D) wouldn’t have
Wilma _____ called if she had forgotten her keys.
- A) had
- B) was
- C) would
- D) would have
If they _____ harder, they would succeed.
- A) could try
- B) try
- C) tried
- D) had tried
If Bruce ____ to a small country, his vacation would have been better.
- A) went
- B) have gone
- C) has gone
- D) had gone
If I _____ a politician, I would never tell lies.
- A) was
- B) were
- C) am
- D) cooked
_____ been made?
- A) Have the arrangements
- B) When the invitations
- C) The urgent steps
- D) A good salary was
“The letter _____ last week”, Lola said.
- A) is sent
- B) was sent
- C) will be sent
- D) sent
When the door _____ Frank was very surprised.
- A) opens
- B) is opened
- C) was opened
- D) shuts
I’m teaching _____ to speak English.
- A) himself
- B) yourself
- C) us
- D) myself
The work had _____ under extremely difficult conditions.
- A) for them
- B) completed
- C) to be done
- D) slightly
Traffic was bad because the highway _____ repaired.
- A) will be
- B) was being
- C) is
- D) being
_____ mountains that we climbed were high.
- A) All
- B) All of
- C) Of the
- D) All of the
Do you know the man _____ lives across the street?
- A) which
- B) there
- C) who
- D) what
I know a man _____ wife is a taxi driver.
- A) who’s
- B) his
- C) the
- D) whose
A special computer had _____ for use in space.
- A) to be
- B) to be designed
- C) been used
- D) developed
Jack’s always reading books. He _____ like to read.
- A) will
- B) must
- C) would
- D) can
He _____ buy a car so he could drive to work.
- A) has to
- B) has had to
- C) will have to
- D) had to
The phone is ringing. _____ I answer it?
- A) Will
- B) Would
- C) Shall
- D) Won’t
They _____ rather see a larger apartment.
- A) had
- B) have
- C) would
- D) will
When _____ the best time to call?
- A) it is
- B) they would
- C) have you
- D) would be
Tom hasn’t been working here since he came to Turkey, _____ ?
- A) did he
- B) has he
- C) didn’t he
- D) hasn’t he
Coffee beans are picked by hand and then _____.
- A) drying
- B) dried
- C) which are dried
- D) by drying
Ray and Ida were not at work today, _____ ?
- A) weren’t they
- B) they were
- C) they weren’t
- D) were they
Ramon and Jorge weren’t angry, _____ ?
- A) have they been
- B) did they
- C) have they
- D) were they
The European countries didn’t stop the war, _____ ?
- A) could they
- B) did they
- C) would they
- D) didn’t they
Sandy likes the green dress. She’s _____ now.
- A) trying for it.
- B) trying it on
- C) trying them on
- D) trying on it
We were at the train station _____ meet our father.
- A) to
- B) for
- C) in
- D) on
Albert has gone to the market _____ some eggs.
- A) for buying
- B) for buy
- C) to buy
- D) buy
It’s no use _____. Nobody will take any notice of you.
- A) you complain
- B) complaining
- C) to complain
- D) complain
Isn’t it about time _____ taking life seriously?
- A) you started
- B) starting
- C) you start
- D) start
I’d rather _____ in tonight. There is too much pollution outside.
- A) stay
- B) to stay
- C) staying
- D) stayed
There’s no point _____ with him.
- A) to argue
- B) you argue
- C) in arguing
- D) of arguing
_____ you stop that noise or I will.
- A) Either
- B) If
- C) Or
- D) Rather
_____ Gordon or Sam will help you.
- A) Both
- B) Because
- C) Either
- D) Neither
_____ you leave now, or you’ll miss the bus.
- A) Neither
- B) Nor
- C) Either
- D) Or
_____ the child nor her mother could play the violin.
- A) Either
- B) Although
- C) Both
- D) Neither
Neither of the boys brought _____ lunch.
- A) his
- B) its
- C) their
- D) he
Each of the countries sent _____ representative to the international conference.
- A) their
- B) its
- C) some
- D) official
Please tell us about some of the dangers a detective _____ to face in his work.
- A) will
- B) can
- C) has
- D) have
His choice of words _____ very good.
- A) is
- B) are
- C) will
- D) being
_____ does Helen behave foolishly.
- A) Always
- B) Sometimes
- C) Usually
- D) Never
_____ to become a film star.
- A) Every child want
- B) Not every child wants
- C) Not every child want
- D) Not children want
Next month you _____.
- A) will be as old as I am
- B) will be so old as I am
- C) will be very old as me
- D) will be so old as me
They need some envelopes. They don’t have _____ left.
- A) some
- B) any
- C) a few
- D) much
She runs _____ than her brother.
- A) faster
- B) fastest
- C) as fast
- D) more fast
Ships are fun, but _____ to travel by plane.
- A) also faster
- B) they were faster
- C) it is faster
- D) they aren’t as fast as
Peter’s essay was different _____ Paul’s.
- A) between
- B) to
- C) for
- D) from
They live _____ than we do.
- A) comfortable
- B) more comfortably
- C) comfortably
- D) very comfortably
She isn’t _____ to run a big business.
- A) so old
- B) enough old
- C) very old
- D) old enough
Men _____ work is good receive high wages.
- A) whom
- B) who
- C) whose
- D) of whom
Children _____ behavior is bad may be punished.
- A) who
- B) of whom
- C) whom
- D) whose
Is that the man _____ sells newspapers?
- A) who is known
- B) that is sometimes
- C) whose brother I know
- D) who
Now that I’ve bought a car, I _____ walk to work.
- A) mustn’t
- B) must
- C) needn’t
- D) hadn’t
They are giving away _____ of their old furniture.
- A) any
- B) many
- C) few
- D) some
The author still works hard, but not quite as _____ as he used to.
- A) hardly
- B) —
- C) hard
- D) more
The film was _____ boring that we walked out in the middle.
- A) such
- B) so
- C) too
- D) because
He drove so _____ that he lost his job.
- A) badly
- B) quick
- C) cowardly
- D) worse
After _____ , I washed my face.
- A) got up
- B) getting up
- C) can get up
- D) gotten up
How _____ from Leeds to Liverpool?
- A) far is there
- B) far is it
- C) long is there
- D) long is it
Don’t you think he’s still _____ young to stay out so late?
- A) enough
- B) very much
- C) far too
- D) extremely
Jimmy took a book from the shelf a few minutes ago. He’s putting _____ now.
- A) it on
- B) back it
- C) it back
- D) them back
Tom has never been to Turkey. _____ .
- A) Neither is Helen
- B) Nor is Helen
- C) Neither has Helen
- D) Helen isn’t, either
It would be polite _____ to write and thank Martha for the gift.
- A) your letter
- B) of you
- C) of you a letter
- D) a short letter
It was good _____ to return my tools.
- A) for you
- B) about you
- C) of you
- D) you come

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