1.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
After .... corrected by the teacher, the students' papers were returned to them.
A) having B) being C) had D) be
being
If Tom hadn't hurt his arm yesterday, he .... volleyball competition tomorrow.
A)would attend b )would have attended
C)attended D)will attend
would have attended
Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
....... said under oath was disputed by several other witnesses.
A) What the man B) The man C) It is the man D) That the man
what the man said
.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
She misses ........ the neighbours, of course.
A)to see B) to seeing
C)seeing D) to be see
seeing
13.Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
The road will remain safe ..... the flood washes out the bridge.
A) unless B) as long as
C) if D) since
unless
. She _____ a fortune by the time she was twenty-five.
a. amazed b. allotted c. bolstered d. amassed
amassed
teacher janet lost her _____ and punched the man.
a. component b. compoundn
c. composition d. composure
composure
16. The thief stole the money with some very _____ moves.
a. nimble b. numb c. innumerable d. intensive
nimble
37. The game is sold _____ at this store. You won’t find it anywhere else.
a. exceptionally b. explicitly
c. extravagantly d. exclusively
exclusively
49. He was _____ from the army due to his disability.
a. accepted b. exempted
c. expected d. prevented
exempted
The two businesses _____ and formed a large company.
a. marched b. marked
c. merged d. emerged
merged
find the error
Researchers have just dropped a health bombshell: natural remedies might be done us more harm than good.
Researchers have just dropped a health bombshell: natural remedies might be doing us more harm than good.
Unregulated natural products on sale by the counter could contain toxic compounds.
Unregulated natural products on sale over the counter could contain toxic compounds.
The steady increase in the using of so-called 'detoxifying products' is causing alarm in medical circles.
The steady increase in the use of so-called 'detoxifying products' is causing alarm in medical circles.
Perhaps we should take a less hysteric approach to the issue.
Perhaps we should take a less hysterical approach to the issue.
desperate rescued mission was launched to lift a beached whale from the banks of the Thames.
desperate rescue mission was launched to lift a beached whale from the banks of the Thames.
Crowds gathered on the banks, but like earlier generations who would have killed it, these onlookers desperately wanted the whale to be saved.
Crowds gathered on the banks, but unlike earlier generations who would have killed it, these onlookers desperately wanted the whale to be saved.
This manual is too difficult for me.
CONCERNED
As far .................. , this manual is too difficult for me.
As far as i am concerned , this manual is too difficult for me.
Susan couldn't get to the date because of the heavy rain.
PREVENTED
The heavy rain ................... getting to the date.
The heavy rain prevented susan from getting to the date.
Sally gets on well with her father-in-law.
TERMS
Sally is ............. her father-in-law.
Sally is on good terms with her father-in-law.
I didn't realise that she would suffer in the first place.
DID
Little .................would suffer in the first place
Little did i realise would suffer in the first place
The pupils are living temporarily in a hotel.
BEING
For ................... , the pupils are living in a hotel.
for the time being the pupils are living in a hotel
It looks as if he's forgotten about the meeting again.
TO
He seems ................... about the meeting again.
he seems to have forgotten about the meeting again
35. The severe earthquake _____ a toll on the poor residents of the town.
a. had b. put c. took d. made
took
36. That's her _____ book. She’s taking a break until she starts the next one .
a. last b. latest c. later d. late
latest
jenny's generosity means that people exploit her good nature.
ADVANTAGE
Jenny's so .......... of her good nature.
jenny 's so generous that people take advantage of her good nature
29. The _____ snowstorm spoiled our plans for an excursion.
a. impending b. deficient
c. allocated d. categorical
impending
add the correct word
The plan has .......... found to have several weaknesses.
been
Add the correct word
My grandfather .......... always take me for a ride in his taxi when he visited.
would
the rate of unemployment hasn't increased quite as much this year compared to previous years.
SLIGHTLY
This year the rate of unemployment has increased .......... did in previous years.
his year the rate of unemployment has increased slightly less than it did in previous years.
Everyone ........ about the plan to build a highway right next to their houses.
A was up in arms ....... B flocked about C raged
was up in arms about
Fans .............................. Paul McCartney as he left his New York hotel yesterday.
A flocked around B flocked over C flocked about
flocked around
The old bus ..................... the steep mountains of Peru.
A chugged B chugged up C chugged for
chugged up
this is what helen says to you now report her words
"I would have visited the hospital, if I had known you were sick."
She said that she would have visited the hospital, if she had known I was sick.
this is what Helen says to you now report her words "Would you mind telling me how to get to the art gallery, please?"
[ She asked me how to get to the art gallery