Comprehensive English Test
[start-answers-block type=2]
1. Let's meet again next year, ... ?
[answer="shall we#isn't it#do we#are we"]
2. If you don't feel well, you ... better go to bed.
[answer="had#are#may#would"]
3. John is an authority ... medieval tapestries.
[answer="on#over#with#about"]
4. We'll have to drive carefully ... home.
[answer="on the way#in the way#in the way to#on the way to"]
5. ... there is no incentive, it's going to be hopeless!
[answer="Since#Despite#For#So"]
6. Your English is very fluent. I wish I could speak ... you.
[answer="like#better as#so as#as"]
7. He spends a lot of money ... books and music.
[answer="on#in#for#at"]
8. The hardest thing I ... to do was to look after some children for a week.
[answer="have ever had#yet have#had never#have always had"]
9. A small problem has ... in connection with the renewal of the visa.
[answer="arisen#raised#risen up#risen"]
10. ... clever idea!
[answer="What a#How#So#What"]
11. After a lot of difficulty he finally ... the car.
[answer="managed to start#managed starting#coped in starting#succeeded to start"]
12. I was ... in a city, and as a result I could never be completely happy living in the country.
[answer="brought up#brought out#brought off#brought about"]
13. Batic is the technique of putting colourful designs on fabric by covering portions with wax, dipping the cloth in dye, and ... .
[answer="allowing it to dry#it is allowed to dry#letting it dried#it lets to dry"]
14. ... restaurants are very good.
[answer="Both of these#Two these#These both#Neither these"]
15. "Do you know where ... ?" "No, he didn't say."
[answer="Tom has gone#has gone Tom#went Tom#has Tom gone"]
16. It was ... interesting museum that I went several times.
[answer="such an#so#a such#so an"]
17. "... a ticket to Sydney?" "230 pounds."
[answer="How much is#How much costs#How many is#How much has"]
18. If it ... , I'd have gone for a walk.
[answer="hadn't rained#wouldn't have rained#didn't rain#wasn't raining"]
19. Very few countries in the world ... by monarchs.
[answer="are now ruled#now ruling#now rule#now ruled"]
20. You have to work very ... if you want to finish the project by Friday.
[answer="hard#hardest#hardly#harder"]
21. When I saw Jack, he looked ... he had been ill.
[answer="as if#the same#so#such as"]
22. The lawyer insisted that his client ... never have been arrested in the first place.
[answer="should#ought#would#must"]
23. Please find enclosed ... you requested.
[answer="the information#informations#source of information#some informations"]
24. Nothing is going to prevent me ... my duty.
[answer="from doing#to do#of doing#against doing"]
25. They have just released a new record called "Starlight", ... you must buy.
[answer="which#who#what#whose"]
26. He ... me the book I asked for.
[answer="has just given#just given#does just give#just giving"]
27. I wish they ... to see us more often.
[answer="would come#will come#are coming#have come"]
28. "Would you prefer red or white wine?" " ... . "
[answer="I prefer red#Red one#I didn't care#Yes, I would"]
29. I ... you soon, I promise.
[answer="will call#do call#call#am calling"]
30. I was so tired that I ... on the sofa and went to sleep.
[answer="stretched out#glazed over#flaked off#dropped in"]
31. Her face is ... to me, but I can't think where I've seen it.
[answer="familiar#alike#friendly#similar"]
32. The students ... the library at ten o'clock last night.
[answer="left#leave#have left#had been leaving"]
33. People in Wales are ... Labour supporters.
[answer="predominantly#entire#most#all in all"]
34. Who else went with you to the concert ... Mark and Lisa?
[answer="besides#beside#accept#apart"]
35. There's no need to go; you can stay ... you like.
[answer="as long as#as far as#as soon as#as if"]
36. Radiocarbon dating is still the most common way of determining the age of human remains, ... it is not always accurate.
[answer="even though#that#in that#when"]
37. She used ... all her clothes there.
[answer="to buy#to buying#buy#buying"]
38. All the people at the meeting expressed their ... of the new arrangements.
[answer="approval#pleasure#agreement#satisfaction"]
39. It's hard to ... the difference between this forgery and the real painting.
[answer="tell#say#speak#talk"]
40. The manager asked her to ... with the complaint.
[answer="deal#follow#take care#attend"]
41. My parents got up very early this morning ... pack the car for our journey.
[answer="in order to#because#so that#in case"]
42. If I were you, I ... what he says with a pinch of salt.
[answer="would take#have taken#take#took"]
43. You ... pay now if you don't want to.
[answer="don't need#haven't got#aren't obliged#*needn't"]
44. At the end of the day we watch a little television before we ... to bed.
[answer="go#will go#will be going#went"]
45. He ... here from 1955 to 1960.
[answer="worked#has worked#has been working#works"]
46. We were the ... students in the class who could speak Spanish.
[answer="only#alone#one#single"]
47. He told me that he ... in London the previous year.
[answer="had been working#has worked#has been working#would work"]
48. I don't know if I'll be able to help you, but I'll ... my best.
[answer="do#make#give#work"]
49. The man ... his car outside hasn't come back for it yet.
[answer="who left#whose#whom he left#who he left"]
50. I'm not going to tell you the reason ... my decision.
[answer="for#on#with#to"]
51. I'm afraid I can't come to dinner on Wednesday. Could we put it ... until next week?
[answer="off#on#up#away"]
52. The sign on the lawn says clearly that people ... not walk on the grass.
[answer="may#might#have#will"]
53. Would you like ... the Tower of London?
[answer="to see#see#seeing#you see"]
54. I don't uderstand. I'm ... to know what you mean.
[answer="at a loss#in suspense#at fault#in doubt"]
55. Is there ... for everyone?
[answer="enough place#lots of place#too place#enough of place"]
56. Frank lives alone. He doesn't mind it. He ... alone.
[answer="is used to living#used to#used to living#is used to live"]
57. That is a ... for disaster with an ongoing crisis.
[answer="recipe#advise#clue#receipt"]
58. He tore my photo, ... upset me.
[answer="which#what#the#so as"]
59. English people are thought ... less friendly than people from the Miditerranean.
[answer="to be#be#been#being"]
60. "How ...?" "Nobody knows."
[answer="did the accident happen#did happen the accident#happened the accident#has happened the accident"]
61. Would you ... closing the door on your way out/
[answer="mind#care#kindly#please"]
62. When I answered the phone, my girlfriend ... "hello".
[answer="said#was saying#told#was telling"]
63. Before she started university, Jane ... in the States for six months working as a nanny.
[answer="lived#has lived#lives#has been living"]
64. He managed to come first in the race ... having a heavy cold.
[answer="despite#in spite#even if#through"]
65. The sign in the cinema asks people ... smoke.
[answer="not to#don't#to not#to stop"]
66. I'll go shopping with you ... I can get back in time for the lecture at 2pm.
[answer="as long as#so that#such that#in order that"]
67. Please, don't disturb me, unless ... urgent.
[answer="it's something#it is not anything#it will be something#it won't be anything"]
68. Why ... so fast? You are making a lot of mistakes.
[answer="are you typing#you type#are you typeing#do you type"]
69. Give me ... smile.
[answer="a#-#the#yours"]
70. In fact, the students have suggested ... a local business directory.
[answer="publishing#to publish#publish#to publishing"]
71. You can borrow my phone, but don't let anyone ... use it.
[answer="else#other#more#different"]
72. She was singing an old Spanish song, a favourite of ... .
[answer="hers#her#her own#herself"]
73. You must clean the cut thoroughly ... prevent any infection.
[answer="so as to#for#in order#so that"]
74. I remember ... her for her gift when we met last month.
[answer="thanking#to thank#being thanked#thank"]
75. It was ... windy that half the trees were blown down.
[answer="so#such a#so that#such"]
76. After the storm the ... of a small ship was thrown on the shore.
[answer="wreckage#breakage#damage#wastage"]
77. Don't smoke in here: it will make the fire alarm ... immediately.
[answer="ring#ringing#will ring#to ring"]
78. Many fires could be ... if new regulations were introduced.
[answer="prevented#excluded#protected#preserved"]
79. ... the time you get to the theatre, the play will have finished.
[answer="By#Until#On#In"]
80. I think all drivers ... seat belt.
[answer="should wear#had better to wear#had better#need wear"]
81. May I have ... more juice, please?
[answer="a little#small#a few#another"]
82. That ... be the answer for our future deals.
[answer="might#perhaps#seems#ought"]
83. You've never told me ... your real opinion is.
[answer="what#which#that#how"]
84. Just as we ... down for the picnic it suddenly began to rain.
[answer="have sat#sit#*were sitting#sitting"]
85. "Is there any milk in the jug?" "Not ... ."
[answer="much#none#many#some"]
86. Tom said, "Please tell me about it. ... you if I've heard the story before."
[answer="I'll stop#I've stopped#I'm stopping#I stopped"]
87. He manages to visit his mother ... Saturday.
[answer="every other#every the other#another every#other every"]
88. "Let's go to the party this weekend, ... ?" "Yes, let's go."
[answer="shall we#will we#shouldn't we#won't we"]
89. I couldn't do it all by myself yesterday. I wish George ... me.
[answer="had helped#helped#would help#is helping"]
90. The police are accusing this businessman of having his store ... up so that he could collect the insurance.
[answer="blown#blow#blowing#blew"]
91. Do you think you ... her somewhere before?
[answer="have seen#had seen#see#were seeing"]
92. He works hard, but ... of the health.
[answer="at the expense#at a cost#at a loss#at the limit"]
93. Have you suffered from any serious illness ... ?
[answer="up untill now#in the future#when you were young#a long time ago"]
94. I can't make ... my mind whether to go to Switzerland or Spain for my holiday.
[answer="up#for#out#off"]
95. Would you like ... piece of cake?
[answer="another#else#other#more"]
96. If you ... me you were ill, I'd have visited you.
[answer="had told#wouldn't have#told#would have told"]
97. I'm not ashamed ... what I did.
[answer="of#in#for#by"]
98. I'll be very grateful if you ... me when you are ready to leave.
[answer="tell#had told#would tell#have told"]
99. Each member of the family was charged ... an eye on a beloved pet.
[answer="with keeping#keep#to keeping#keeping"]
100. My younger sister is very lively and so she loves going out, but I'm ... and prefer to stay at home.
[answer="much quieter#much more quieter#more quieter#much quiet"]
101. There was no ... in waiting longer than half an hour, so we left.
[answer="point#worth#reason#good"]
102. When did he have ... ?
[answer="his leg amputated#to amputate his leg#amputated his leg#his leg to be amputated"]
103. ... soldiers saluted as the officer went past.
[answer="Both#Every#Either#All of"]
104. I think our team depends too heavily ... a few very good players.
[answer="on#in#for#with"]
105. I ... the garden when my Dad came in through the gate.
[answer="was watering#have watered#am watering#water"]
106. Please ... to buy some postcards.
[answer="remember#not to forget#suggest#remind"]
107. Television was invented by a ... engineer.
[answer="Scottish#Scot#from Scotland#Scotch"]
108. The greater the repressive force, ... the will of the people to rebel.
[answer="the stronger is#is stronger#the stronger#the strength of"]
109. I have to leave before seven and ... .
[answer="so do you#so leave you#so you do#you have so"]
110. I must ... shopping tomorrow as we have no food in the house.
[answer="go#to go#going#gone"]
111. Unexpectedly the lights ... out and we were left in the full darkness.
[answer="went#put#turned#gone"]
112. The car ... I had the possibility of buying was a Toyota.
[answer="-#, that#what#, which"]
113. Oh, I'm tired. I wish I ... to bed earlier last night.
[answer="had gone#went#would have gone#could go"]
114. We have ... no progress at all in our talks about a common agricultural policy.
[answer="made#done#been made#been doing"]
115. Let's go for a walk, ... we?
[answer="shall#will#must#do"]
116. She has not yet got ... her recent illness.
[answer="over#through#out of#under"]
117. ... seemed to interest him was a small photograph.
[answer="The only thing that#The single thing what#The only thing what#The only which"]
118. ... go to work on Saturdays last year.
[answer="Sometimes I didn't#Never didn't I#Never I didn't#Sometimes didn't I"]
119. When I saw you yesterday, you ... in the garden.
[answer="were sitting#have sat#have been sitting#seated"]
120. When you make the sandwiches you will need 8 ... of bread per person.
[answer="slices#layers#loaves#bars"]
121. I wouldn't mind ... a few weeks off work.
[answer="having#to have#have#to be having"]
122. ... difficulties in getting tickets, in the end we succeeded.
[answer="Despite#In spite#Given#Although"]
123. Phone us as soon as you ... .
[answer="arrive#will have arrived#will arrive#arrived"]
124. On-line banking ... you check your balance whenever you want.
[answer="lets#enables#allows#permits"]
125. He was so tired that he ... asleep in the chair.
[answer="fell#went#became#dropped"]
126. The sun was shining and ... sky was blue.
[answer="the#a#this#-"]
127. What a ... that your father is ill again.
[answer="pity#sorrow#sadness#pain"]
128. John always looks great. He wears ... wonderful clothes.
[answer="such#such a#such a lot#so"]
129. Susan is in the kitchen looking for something ... .
[answer="to eat#to eating#for eating#eating"]
130. It's nearly two years since I last ... to a dentist.
[answer="went#had gone#have been going#have gone"]
131. There is ... milk left.
[answer="plenty of#a lot#plenty#none"]
132. What ... on Sunday next? Have a look at your diary.
[answer="are you doing#will you do#do you do#you will do"]
133. ... you've asked me why I went there, I'll tell you.
[answer="As#That#What#Although"]
134. He went to live in France for a year ... he could pick up the language.
[answer="so that#because of#therefore#in order"]
135. I am not used to ... on the left.
[answer="driving#drive#driven#drove"]
136. It's time ... .
[answer="we went#for us going#that we go#we should go"]
137. He ... that the people he works with are all very helpful.
[answer="says#talks#speaks#tells"]
138. ... person who damages the trees in the park will be prosecuted.
[answer="Any#The#All#Some"]
139. When she got to the hotel, she found she ... of all her money.
[answer="had been robbed#to be robbed#has been robbed#is robbed"]
140. The first question must ... before you attempt the others.
[answer="be answered#been answered#have answered#answer"]
141. We ... with him if he came before ten o'clock tonight.
[answer="would go#went#would have gone#will go"]
142. I ... rung you earlier but I was extremely busy at work.
[answer="would have#have#have had#had"]
143. ... from collecting shells, he also enjoys looking for fossils.
[answer="Apart#Excluded#Except#Besides"]
144. I will enquire ... the bus stop.
[answer="where to find#where find#them to find#him where to find"]
145. After the explosion the restaurant lay ... ruins.
[answer="in#into#on#among"]
146. A notice on the gate said "Beware ... the dog."
[answer="of#off#for#from"]
147. I'd rather you ... smoke, if you don't mind.
[answer="didn't#don't#wouldn't#shouldn't"]
148. ... , after trying three times, he passed the examination.
[answer="At last#Last#Lastly#Last of all"]
149. If you ... the third turning on your right, you'll see the station ahead of you.
[answer="take#took#will take#would take"]
150. We saw that we ... to the station after all; the train was late.
[answer="needn't have hurried#hadn't hurry#won't need to hurry#need hurry"]
151. This was once a very prosperous part of the city, but now many of the businesses have moved away and gone ... .
[answer="bankrupt#bankruptcy#to bankruptcy#bankrupted"]
152. It's really dark outside. We'd better ... a torch with us.
[answer="take#to take#had taken#took"]
153. I ... him only one letter up to now.
[answer="have sent#send#am sending#will send"]
154. Would you mind if I ... the window?
[answer="opened#did open#was open#were opening"]
155. Jane suggested ... the afternoon at the swimming pool.
[answer="spending#spend#to spend#the spend"]
156. ... scientists have observed increased pollution in the water supply.
[answer="Lately#Last year#Later#Latter"]
157. I work ... I can.
[answer="as hard as#more hardly than#so hardly as#as hardly as"]
158. The boys ... we heard shouting were watching a football match.
[answer="-#what#them#they"]
159. You will see the procession if you ... out of the window.
[answer="look#have looked#looked#shall look"]
160. Fortunately, the bank clerk ... press the alarm button before the robbers got away.
[answer="was able to#managed#could have#succeeded in"]
161. Bob is the captain of our team, and we have confidence ... him.
[answer="in#with#to#on"]
162. ... me or aren't you?
[answer="Are you going to help#Will you help#Will you be helping#Have you helped"]
163. John ... to the Paris office for two years.
[answer="is promoted#been promoted#is promoting#promotes"]
164. Have you seen my dictionary? I can't find it ... .
[answer="anywhere#everywhere#somewhere#nowhere"]
165. In those days crowds of people on the beach ... up to us to say "Good morning".
[answer="would come#would have come#would came#coming"]
166. When all the tickets were sold, about twenty people had to be ... .
[answer="turned away#forced out#pushed off#driven back"]
167. He ... about his problem for hours.
[answer="spoke#told#said#asked"]
168. You will need a ... more eggs to make that cake.
[answer="few#deal#little#least"]
169. One of the main advantages ... this PC is that it is very simple to operate.
[answer="of#by#for#on"]
170. She wants to go shopping, but she has hardly ... .
[answer="any money#money#no money#some money"]
171. ... oil or butter when you cook it?
[answer="Do you use#Did you use#Were you using#Have you used"]
172. We ... disciplinary action 3 months ago. He accepted a bribe then and now he's done it again. It's a pity we didn't.
[answer="should have taken#should take#ought to take#ought have taken"]
173. I phoned the bank to ... how much money there was in my account.
[answer="check#control#test#inspect"]
174. The job was more difficult than I ... expected it to be.
[answer="had#might#have#would"]
175. Most metals are rigid, ... others are quite pliable.
[answer="but#like#there are#which"]
176. I don't want ... any mistakes.
[answer="you to make#to make you#you make them#that you make"]
177. I'm very grateful for your help. "... ."
[answer="Not at all#Don't mind it#Yes#It doesn't matter"]
178. No one helped him; he did it ... .
[answer="all by himself#himself all#by himself all#by all himself"]
179. If John ... so much, he wouldn't have been sick.
[answer="hadn't eaten#had eaten#wouldn't eat#ate"]
180. The sign said that unauthorized persons were prohibited ... that restricted area.
[answer="from entering#to enter#entering#not to enter"]
181. Children have to stay at school until they ... 15.
[answer="are#aren't#won't be#will be"]
182. Julian arrived at the meeting on time but his colleagues did not come ... much later.
[answer="until#after#yet#before"]
183. If you tried a bit harder, you ... actually succeed.
[answer="might#were#will#had"]
184. I ... up before six o'clock this morning.
[answer="got#awoke#rose#stood"]
185. ... about going to the cinema tonight?
[answer="How#Whose#Why#Why"]
186. We would very much appreciate a reply ... the end of the month.
[answer="by#till#in#on"]
187. I like England, but I wish it ... rain so much.
[answer="didn't#hadn't#won't#hasn't"]
188. The movie was very boring and many people bagan to leave early. By the end, most of them ... .
[answer="had already left#had already been leaving#were already leaving#were alreadyleft"]
189. I didn't enjoy the film and Henry didn't ... .
[answer="either#neither#also#as well"]
190. When I was a child, my parents wouldn't ... me stay out later than 9 o'clock in the evening.
[answer="let#allow#want#leave"]
191. Who ... to you about the money yesterday?
[answer="lied#did lie#laid#lain"]
192. The spokesman yesterday informed the EU wanted the UN ... to play a central role at these talks.
[answer="to continue#so that continue#continue#continuing"]
193. She had to ... because someone else wanted to use the phone.
[answer="hang up#take back#stand out#keep up"]
194. He isn't ... to reach the ceiling.
[answer="tall enough#so tall#as tall#enough tall"]
195. I am controlling it, ... ?
[answer="aren't I#isn't I#amn't I#are I"]
196. The two trains collided with ... a loud crash it woke everybody in the station hotel.
[answer="such#as#very#so"]
197. You can't blame me ... what happened.
[answer="for#on#in#of"]
198. I ... like to apologize for not replying to your letter earlier.
[answer="would#could#must#might"]
199. The changes were introduced gradually so that everyone could ... them.
[answer="get used to#used#make use to#get using"]
200. ... she is smart, she failed her exam.
[answer="Although#Despite#However#Because"]
201. I couldn't resist having another slice of cake even ... I was supposed to be losing weight.
[answer="though#otherwise#however#although"]
202. I don't think that this fashion will ... .
[answer="catch on#catch in#catch out#catch over"]
203. I suggest ... the blue coat rather than the pink one.
[answer="that you should wear#you wear#you to wear#you wearing"]
204. Have you got ... you need?
[answer="everything#each things#all things#every things"]
205. When David Smith opened his franchise, he ... such long hours.
[answer="wasn't used to working#didn't used to working#wasn't used to work#didn't use to work"]
206. He used to visit us every week but he ... now.
[answer="rarely comes#rarely came#has rarely come#is rarely coming"]
207. A lot of children ... were not at school often do well themselves.
[answer="whose parents#parents of whom#their parents#the parents of which"]
208. ... reason to doubt his honesty, he is absolutely sincere.
[answer="There's no#It has every#It is no#There's any"]
209. I saw ... the cakes.
[answer="him steal#him to steal#he steal#stealing him"]
210. There are many buildings which suffer ... a lack of renovation.
[answer="from#with#by#in"]
211. Pele is still perhaps ... famous footballer in the world.
[answer="the most#best#the more#most"]
212. She moved very slowly ... exhausted by her day's work.
[answer="as if#as#although#like"]
213. You smell awfull! It's about time you ... a bath.
[answer="had#to have#have#will have"]
214. She knew everything about our plans. She ... to our conversation.
[answer="must have listened#may listen#can't listen#should have listened"]
215. All John's friends felt sorry ... him when he had to give up playing football.
[answer="for#at#with#to"]
216. Even now there is ... we can do to control the weather.
[answer="little#least#few#less"]
217. The residents all wish bicycles ... in the hallway, as there's very little space there.
[answer="weren't left#wouldn't leave#aren't left#not to leave"]
218. They left everything in ... that it took a week to tidy up the house.
[answer="such a disorder#so disorder#such disorder#so a disorder"]
219. I ... you now if I could.
[answer="would help#am helping#helped#help"]
220. The church is on ... side of the street from the Post Office.
[answer="the other#the different#another#other"]
221. Artifacts are ancient objects ... at archeological site during excavations.
[answer="found#having found#which find#in the find of"]
222. I remember ... up in the house with my brothers and sisters.
[answer="growing#be growing#to grow#grow"]
223. I'm afraid that it won't be possible ... .
[answer="for me to come#for my coming#that I come#that I will come"]
224. It doesn't sound ... he knows anything adout it.
[answer="as if#so as#as to#that is"]
225. Leslie speaks English, but ... ?
[answer="does Pedro#speaks Pedro#is Pedro#Pedro does"]
226. Would you please be kind enough to ... me to the station?
[answer="direct#turn#signal#aim"]
227. The management was confident enough in Russia's investment climate ... half of a new company there.
[answer="to buy#in order to buy#so that buy#in buying"]
228. Who ... the carpet in the living room?
[answer="laid#lied#did lay#did lie"]
229. My brother ... extra tuition by the university.
[answer="was given#is giving#was to give#has given"]
230. If ... I'll tell him you called.
[answer="see him#I saw him#I'll see him#I'd see him"]
231. I ... this coat for very long.
[answer="haven't had#hadn't#haven't been having#wasn't having"]
232. Luckily, he remebered ... up with petrol, so he didn't run out of fuel.
[answer="to fill#filling#filled#having filled"]
233. I don't think these curtains ... very well with the wallpaper.
[answer="suit#go#fit#march"]
234. ... in the hall and front room.
[answer="There wasn't much furniture#There weren't many furnitures#Much furniture wasn't#It wasn't much furniture"]
235. The president ... his intention to retire before the next elections.
[answer="announced#informed#promised#told"]
236. By the time she reached the dentist, the pain in her tooth ... .
[answer="had stopped#has been stopped#was stopped#has stopped"]
237. Would you like some cake? There's ... more of it left.
[answer="plenty#lots of#many#enough"]
238. ... I'm studying at university and I hope to get a job very soon.
[answer="At present#In a moment#At this instant#In the present"]
239. Mother warned ... the electric plug.
[answer="her not to touch#her not touch#not touch#her touching not"]
240. You didn't know I was an artist, ... ?
[answer="did you#did I#didn't you#didn't I"]
241. Some working parents make ... being absent all day by giving their children lots of presents.
[answer="up for#out#out of#up"]
242. I ... told him if I had known he was your brother.
[answer="wouldn't have#wouldn't#don't have#hadn't"]
243. You look busy. ... you do your homework?
[answer="Shall I help#Would I help#Shall I have helped#I help"]
244. When ..., give her this book.
[answer="Alice arrives#Alice will arrive#Alice arrive#is Alice arriving"]
245. If you're feeling unwell you ... and lie down.
[answer="had better go#would have rather gone#would rather to go#had better to go"]
246. I think you'd better take a credit card with you ... you run out of cash.
[answer="in case#if#unless#otherwise"]
247. It happened while we ... last Friday night.
[answer="were asleep#was sleeping#were slept#have been sleeping"]
248. I'm afraid Mr. Brown isn't in. Would you like to ... a message?
[answer="leave#tell#take#say"]
249. Poor Jack - he lost his homework, and he ... do it again.
[answer="has to#needs#shall#ought"]
250. He paid ... in five-pound notes.
[answer="for the car#the car#the car for#how much the car"]
251. Jane suggested ... a car.
[answer="that I should buy#me to buy#to buy#that she will buy"]
252. ... I like your neighbours, I'm not sure that I trust them.
[answer="Although#However#In spite of#Despite"]
253. Did you remember ... the butter?
[answer="to buy#buy her#buy#her to buy"]
254. If you ... a ghost, how would you react?
[answer="saw#see#will see#would see"]
255. John ... sixteen tomorrow.
[answer="will turn#shall be#is being#is going to be"]
256. It was raining very ... so I took my unbrella.
[answer="hard#firmly#badly#hardly"]
257. Our headquarters are ... in Mountain View, California.
[answer="located#positioned#established#set out"]
258. In winter this town is often cut ... by heavy snowfalls.
[answer="off#out#dead#back"]
259. At ten o'clock he ... a letter to the Prime Minister, but he didn't finish it.
[answer="was writing#had written#has written#wrote"]
260. "Do you want to buy some?" "... ."
[answer="Well, I'm interested#Well, I'm interesting#Yes, I see#No, please"]
261. I'm sure she'll do all she can ... .
[answer="to help#help#for helping#to helping"]
262. We're not sure if we can have the barbecue this weekend. It depends ... the weather.
[answer="on#from#for#of"]
263. Some people take ... sugar with tea.
[answer="a lot of#lot of#many#a"]
264. Would you mind ... in here?
[answer="if I smoke#not to smoke#don't smoking#if I don't smoke"]
265. I'll never forget you as long as I ... .
[answer="live#lives#will live#have lived"]
266. It was very ... of you to give me a lift.
[answer="kind#friend#grateful#useful"]
267. Is John ... Jane?
[answer="as tall as#taller that#taller#so tall as"]
268. If we leave now, we'll be there ... plenty of time for the meeting.
[answer="in#within#at#on"]
269. Too ... is not good for you.
[answer="much#many#great#few"]
270. The truth of the matter ... Dr. Grey wants to leave the hospital.
[answer="is#that#is it#it"]
271. If you ... that red hat, I'll be able to spot you in the crowd.
[answer="wear#wearing#don't wear#won't wear"]
272. Some diseases ... quickly from one person to another.
[answer="spread#get about#catch#move"]
273. I ... I could eat another cake.
[answer="wish#like#desire#want"]
274. Why did he spend so ... money?
[answer="much#many#more#a lot"]
275. What was wrong with you? Why ... go to hospital?
[answer="did you have to#had you to#must you#needed you"]
276. You have to pick the car ... tomorrow.
[answer="up#by#till#untill"]
277. ... of them was any good at volleyball.
[answer="Neither#Either#A few#Both"]
278. ... a time when the English language was not in a state of change.
[answer="There has never been#It has never been#There was ever#There wasn't hardly ever"]
279. Today's newspaper has ... interesting article on space travel.
[answer="an#-#quite#the"]
280. You'd better leave for the airport now ... there's a lot of traffic on the way.
[answer="in case#in time#in fact#in order"]
281. Mrs Jones telephoned early last Saturday while I ... bed.
[answer="was still in#still was in the#was still in the#still was"]
282. Linda is married ... an American.
[answer="to#in#by#with"]
283. ... stay in touch, won't you?
[answer="You will#You did#You won't#You do"]
284. Nobody trusts you anymore as you keep ... about almost anyting.
[answer="lying#laying#to lie#lieing"]
285. His suit was badly made and didn't ... him properly.
[answer="fit#frame#round#meet"]
286. They'll never ... to get there by six - the roads are quite busy today.
[answer="manage#succeed#arrive#able"]
287. They went so unwillingly to school. They were ... unwilling students.
[answer="such#so#such an#so much"]
288. If you don't want to get wet, then you had better ... this umbrella with you.
[answer="take#to take#for taking#taken"]
289. Some firm's executives ... cars by the company.
[answer="are given#are giving#be given#give over"]
290. Would you be ... to hold the door open?
[answer="kind enough#as kind#too kind#so kind"]
291. This is Mr Evans, ... invention has helped hundreds of deaf people.
[answer="whose#which#that#whom"]
292. On holiday I ... on the beach when the weather was fine.
[answer="was always#always will be#always used to#am always"]
293. Please be quiet; I can hardly hear myself ... .
[answer="speak#spoken#to speak#spoke"]
294. Hieroglyphics ... on the walls of caves provide scientists with important details on prehistoric man.
[answer="painted#were painted#have been painted#that was painted"]
295. I'd have helped you if you ... me.
[answer="had asked#would have asked#asked#would ask"]
296. He was expected to pass the exam, but he has failed it. He ... have studied harder.
[answer="should#would#needed#must"]
297. You're out of breath. ... ?
[answer="Have you been running#You ran#Have you run#Are you running"]
298. I absolutely agreed with everything that ... .
[answer="had been said#would be said#has been said#had been told"]
299. When she ran her business she ... working late.
[answer="was used to#used to#was used#had used to"]
300. The corner market is ... only until 8:30 pm.
[answer="open#opening#opens#opened"]
301. ... a result, they never went there again.
[answer="As#By#For#So"]
302. The money ... under the bed.
[answer="was hidden#is hiding#were hidden#are hidden"]
303. It was ... play I've ever seen.
[answer="the longest#so long#too long#a long"]
304. An unscrupulous town official said he ... back the money for the sake of peace in the town.
[answer="would pay#will pay#would be to pay#has paid"]
305. We couldn't buy anything because ... of the two shops were open.
[answer="neither#none#all#no one"]
306. You really must ... an effort to study harder.
[answer="make#put#have#do"]
307. I don't expect ... again until next Tuesday.
[answer="to see her#to seeing her#her seeing#her to see"]
308. He looked at the bits of wood and metal ... around him.
[answer="laying#lying#laid#lied"]
309. I wish the neighbours ... making so much noise.
[answer="would stop#stopping#have stopped#will stop"]
310. I believe our local newspaper was ... published in 1852.
[answer="first#at first#once#firstly"]
311. Who ... my umbrella?
[answer="found#did find#fined#founded"]
312. I can speak ... German.
[answer="a little#a lot#few#much"]
313. I'd like to be in one of that ..., Paul said.
[answer="teacher's classes#teacher's class#teachers classes#teacher classes"]
314. Don't worry. You'll soon get used ... ten hours a day.
[answer="to working#working#work#to work"]
315. The unpaid bills will be ... to next month's account.
[answer="carried over#carried up#carried in#carried on"]
316. She had changed so much that ... anyone recognised her.
[answer="hardly#not#nearly#almost"]
317. A guard is never ... the gates of the palace.
[answer="far from#distant#far away#away"]
318. You'll have to hurry because the ... train leaves in ten minutes.
[answer="last#latter#latest#least"]
319. How does this word processor ... ?
[answer="work#set#do#run"]
320. You shouldn't make Johnny ... everything on his plate, he might be sick.
[answer="eat#to eat#ate#eating"]
321. After ... his keys three days running, Adrian began to worry about how absentminded he was getting.
[answer="forgetting#has forgot#forgot#had forgot"]
322. ... the heavy snow, we managed to get to the office on time.
[answer="In spite of#However#Although#While"]
323. To ... the truth I don't really understand computers.
[answer="tell#allow#say#talk"]
324. ... each school year all the children were given copies of the school rules.
[answer="At the beginning of#At first#To start with#Immediately"]
325. I can't swim. ... .
[answer="Neither can I#Nor I can#So can I#So I can't"]
[end-answers-block]