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Complete Basic Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. As far as I am ____________ you can do what you like.






2. Patrick will never pass his driving test if he ____ not arrange some more lessons.






3. Abdul's mother ____ him do his homework before he played on the computer.






4. My job is to ____ advice to people on how to throw a good party.






5. The boss would not have any ____ to you going early today.






6. There is no ____ for being rude






7. The film will have started - so there is no ____ in going to the cinema now.






8. There must be better ____ than this one in the city.






9. Melany was full ____ admiration for the painting.






10. That film isn't ____ seeing.






11. I ____ I had not taken up smoking.






12. Did you manage to succeed in __________ in contact with the boss today?






13. The director decided on ____ introduction of interesting displyas for the children.






14. I ____ for not having paid you on time.






15. My mother is the same age ____ my father.






16. You must ____ out the instructions exactly.






17. The rescue team succeeded ____ rescuing all the victims of the crash.






18. Students must pay ____ course fees before the course begins.






19. Joanna ____ to swim rather than jogging






20. They ____ off the lecture because the professor was ill.






21. John never pays any ____ to what his children say






22. Magda saw Ela on her ____ to work.






23. That's where I went .to have my car ____ last week.






24. Angela sang in bars ____ times






25. I can't smoke more ____ five cigarettes in one night.






26. I am ____ in going to university this year.






27. The car was ____ moving when it hit the wall.






28. If only I had ____ your advice.






29. It is ____ warm enough to go to the lake today.






30. Tony asked Jane whether she had ____ on holiday recently.






31. The thieves managed to get away ____ though the police chased them.






32. Nobody knows what ____ Donata quit her job.






33. The film was ____ than Jo had expected.






34. The referee ____ him off the field for arguing.






35. Unfortunately ____ is a mark on the screen of this television set






36. It was ____ a nice meal in the restaurant.






37. I did not ____ to go to parties very often.






38. Susan went to the gym three times a week in ____ to be fit for skiing.






39. We insisted on ____ the hotel manager to make our complaint.






40. There is no ____ in inviting her to the party. She will never come.






41. You are not ____ to smoke in the library.






42. 'I have an interview tomorrow - so I had better leave soon - 'Yannis said.






43. It is a ____ since the family went skiing






44. The two boys were sitting on their ____ in the classroom.






45. We had a good time in ____ of the terrible weather.






46. Hania promised to start ____ money aside every month.






47. The union claims its members will ____ return to work unless the company agrees to a meeting.






48. This school isn't as ____ as my last one.






49. The motorway is closed ____ to the fact that there was heavy snow the night before.






50. We would have bought that car if it had ____ been so expensive.