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1. Choose the correct option:
There ______ a strange noise coming from the kitchen last night.
a) were
b) was
c) is being
b) was
2. In informal speech, we often use "there's" even with plural nouns. Which one is informal?
a) There are some apples on the table.
b) There's some apples on the table.
c) There were some apples on the table.
b) There's some apples on the table.
3. Complete the sentence:
There ______ to be a problem with the car engine.
a) appears
b) is appearing
c) appearing
a) appears
4. Choose the correct question form:
______ anybody in the room when you arrived?
a) There was
b) Was there
c) Is there
b) Was there
5. Which sentence uses an introductory "it" correctly?
a) To drive fast is dangerous.
b) It is dangerous to drive fast.
c) Driving fast is dangerous.
b) It is dangerous to drive fast
6. Complete the sentence:
It ______ that she has lost her memory.
a) seems
b) is seeming
c) seem
a) seems
7. Choose the correct phrase:
I ______ that you can swim so well.
a) hate
b) hate it
c) hate it that
b) hate it
8. Complete the expression:
It's ______ telling me now. I already know everything.
a) no use
b) no secret
c) no surprise
a) no use
9. Choose the correct option:
I take ______ as a compliment when people ask for my advice.
a) that
b) it
c) this
b) it
10. "Lea bought the car." Focus on "Lea" using an it-clause:
a) It was the car that Lea bought.
b) It was Lea who bought the car.
c) Lea was it who bought the car.
b) It was Lea who bought the car.
11. Focus on the action using a what-clause:
What I need ______ a long holiday.
a) is
b) are
c) it is
a) is
12. Complete the sentence:
______ I hate most is the cold weather.
a) It
b) That
c) What
c) What
13. Which one is correct for focusing on a reason?
a) Why I left was that I was tired.
b) The reason why I left was that I was tired.
c) It was why I left that I was tired.
b) The reason why I left was that I was tired.
14. Invert the sentence: "Alex stood in the doorway."
a) In the doorway Alex stood.
b) In the doorway stood Alex.
c) Stood Alex in the doorway.
b) In the doorway stood Alex.
15. Choose the correct option for "Here comes...":
______ the bus!
a) Here the bus comes
b) Here comes the bus
c) Comes here the bus
b) Here comes the bus
16. Complete the formal sentence:
Should you ______ more information, please call us.
a) need
b) needed
c) to need
a) need
17. Inversion after negative adverbials:
Seldom ______ such a beautiful sunset.
a) I have seen
b) have I seen
c) I saw
b) have I seen
18. Choose the correct form:
Only later ______ that she had made a mistake.
a) she realised
b) did she realise
c) she did realise
b) did she realise
19. Inversion with "Little":
Little ______ how lucky they were.
a) they knew
b) did they know
c) they did know
b) did they know
20. Inversion with "So + adjective":
So ______ the weather that we stayed indoors.
a) bad was
b) was bad
c) it was bad
a) bad was
21. There ______ no point in buying a new phone if this one works.
a) is
b) are
c) being
a) is
22. It ______ me that he didn't even say thank you.
a) shocked
b) shocked it
c) was shocked
a) shocked