GRAMMAR
If you _________ carry those bags all the way home, we ___________ a taxi.
a- aren't wanting to / can take
b- don't want to / can take
c- can't / let's take
b- don't want to / can take
The 1920s was a ________ of change, when many people owned cars, radios, and telephones for the first time.
a- deceive
b- decade
c- decay
b- decade
Anna says she feels ________ every time another woman looks at her boyfriend.
a) tired
b) shy
c) jeolous
c) jeolous
Sometimes after midnight, temperature can __________ below zero.
a) drop
b) reduce
c) shorten
a) drop
I ________ to the rattling sound of the washing machine in the middle of the night.
a) got up
b) woke up
c) sat up
b) woke up
When the earthquake hit, ________________.
a- I froze up and could not even move to take shelter
b- I freezed up and can't even move to take shelter
c- I frozen up and couldn't even move to take shelter
a- I froze up and could not even move to take shelter
Two companies received £20,000 as a ________ for their efforts to reduce carbon emission.
a- reward
b- award
c- price
a- reward
I was scared of the cockroach but I was too ___________ to admit it to my girlfriend.
a) brave
b) embarrassed
c) generous
b) embarrassed
Shall we ______ a meeting to discuss this tomorrow afternoon?
a) trap
b) hold
c) slip
b) hold
Okay guys enough talking! Let's _________ business!
a) get down to
b) get into
c) get out of
Let's get down to business!
Did you get the message ________________?
a- that we send you last night
b- we sent you last night
c- which we sended you last night
b- we sent you last night
The earth has limited ____________, and if we don’t recycle them, we will use them up.
a- courses
b- clauses
c- resources
c- resources
They were afraid that the bears were ________ and ready to eat them.
a) curious
b) ravenous
c) humorous
b) ravenous
Right after I saw my obnoxious ex walk in, I left the pub to _______ a fight.
a) avoid
b) terrify
c) eliminate
a) avoid
After he had learned about his fiance's secret affair, the unlucky man immediately __________ their wedding.
a) called off
b) had off
c) turned off
a) called off
I want these reports ______________ by tomorrow afternoon.
a- to be completed
b- to completed
c- to complete
a- to be completed
For me, job ____________ is more important than the money.
a- satisfaction
b- resurrection
c- prediction
a- satisfaction
Nobody sounded _______ about working indoors the entire week. So they scheduled two outdoor activities for Tuesday and Thursday.
a) eager
b) suspicious
c) random
a) eager
Martin Luther King's famous speech __________ the civil rights movement and the course of American history.
a) hesitated
b) defected
c) influenced
c) influenced
Did you really think you could ________ cheating during Mrs. Dawson's test? Man, I gotta tell you she's nobody's fool!
a) come across
b) go over
c) get away with
c) get away with
This is the third time I've had to _____________ in the last two months! I think it was a mistake to buy it in the first place!
a) get this machine repaired
b) have repaired this machine
c) had this machine repaired
a) get this machine repaired
I owe my life to the bravery and ___________ of the rescue services.
a- frustration
b- elimination
c- dedication
c- dedication
Do you have to swear like ths all the time?! Can’t you express your opinions without being _________?
a) obnoxious
b) tedious
c) colossal
a) obnoxious
a) bombed
b) boomed
c) bonded
a) bombed
She's been promising to pay back the money she owes me for six months, but I think she's just ___________. She may never pay me back at all!
a) stringing me along
b) turning me down
c) pushing me around
a) stringing me along