Chapter 1 Vocabulary
I'm looking forward to attending my daughter's graduation_________.
a. competition b. ceremony
c. composition d. launch
b. ceremony
A. ______a break yet?
B. Yes. _____ a break a little while ago.
a. Did you take...I've taken
b. Have you taken...I took
c. Have you been taking...I've been taking
b. Have you taken...I took
You need to get a good night's_____ before tomorrow's important test.
a. dream b. oversleep
c. dinner d. sleep
d. sleep
I made a mistake. I _______driven to work today. I_____ taken the bus instead.
a. shouldn't have....should have
b. should have....must have
c. may have...shouldn't have
d. must have...couldn't have
a. shouldn't have....should have
I recently _______ for a position at the Blackwell Company.
a. installed b. adjusted
c. applied d. considered
c. applied
Brenda recently spoke with the personnel officer of her company about her maternity______.
a. celebration b. job
c. leave d. department
c. leave
A. _______sailing recently?
B. _____sailing in a long time.
a. Did you go.....I've gone
b. Have you gone....I didn't go
c. Have you gone....I haven't gone
d. Have you went....I haven't went
c. Have you gone....I haven't gone
When the president came into the room, he ______ everybody's hand.
a. skipped b. shook
c. shoveled d. stood
b. shook
I wonder why our supervisor was an hour late for work today. She _____ the bus.
a. may miss b. should miss
c. might have missed d. mustn't have missed
c. might have missed
I hear they're going to _____ the factory that was destroyed by a fire last year.
a. rebuild b. reject
c. compose d. offer
a. rebuild
Oliver speaks with a British_______.
a. speech b. system
c. accident d. accent
d. accent
I'm very tired. _______memos all morning.
______ more than 50.
a. I've been writing...I've written
b. I'm writing...I wrote
c. I wrote...I've been writing
d. I've written...I'm writing
a. I've been writing...I've written
I'm sorry I forgot to call you. I _____ you an apology.
a. owe b. return
c. give d. tell
a. owe
I was sorry I tried to move my piano by myself. I'm very lucky. I _______ hurt my back.
a. shouldn't have b. must have
c. could have d. might
c. could have
Are you free now Charlie? The mail needs to be _____.
a. invited b. promoted
c. distributed d. dedicated
c. distributed
My sister doesn't eat meat. She's been a _______ since she was in high school.
a. physician b. veterinarian
c. vegetarian d. couch potato
c. vegetarian
_______pancakes for breakfast yesterday.
_______pancakes the day before.
a. We had made...We didn't make
b. We haven't made...We made
c. We've made...We hadn't made
d. We didn't make...We had made
d. We didn't make...We had made
My husband and I had some ________ problems last month and we weren't able to pay our rent on time.
a. expensive b. pessimistic
c. final c. financial
c. financial
Our teacher didn't come to class today. She ____ do something very important.
a. should have had to b. might have
c. shouldn't have to d. must have had to
d. must have had to
Someone stole my wallet. All my money and ____ cards were taken.
a. construction b. identification
c. information d. invention
b. identification
I'm sorry to hear you're sick. When did you _______ the flu?
a. come down with b. come through
c. come over d. come from
a. come down with
It's a shame I had to cancel my trip to London.
____it for a long time.
a. I'm planning
b. I been planning
c. I had been planning
d. I had been planned
c. I had been planning
My children get frightened whenever they see a ________ movie.
a. scared b. scary
c. mean d. disappointed
b. scary
Tom looks exhausted. He_______ very far.
He ______ jogged far, but that doesn't usually make him so exhausted.
a. must have jogged...might have
b. should have jogged...couldn't have
c. might jog...mustn't have
d. may have jogged...should have
a. must have jogged...might have
Do you think camping should be _____ in our city's public parks?
a. permitted b. presented
c. conquered d. received
a. permitted