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






2. If only I had ____ your advice.






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






4. There is no ____ for being rude






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






6. There's no ____ learning French because the language is not widely spoken.






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






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






9. You must ____ out the instructions exactly.






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






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






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






13. David wanted to know if I had ____ to the tennis tournament on Saturday






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






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






16. The students were ____ not to do that again.






17. Due to heavy rain the teacher wouldn't ____ the children go outside at lunchtime.






18. He ____ that she came over for dinner at the weekend.






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






20. In my opinion - there is no ____ between these two kinds of music.






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






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






23. Nobody knows what ____ Donata quit her job.






24. His boss won't ____ up with lateness.






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






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






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






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






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






30. Julie asked Maria if she knew ____ the italian restaurant was






31. Magda saw Ela on her ____ to work.






32. I was so tired ____ I couldn't go to the party.






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






34. Other than my grandfather there are ____ few people alive who fought in the war.






35. Joanna ____ to swim rather than jogging






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






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






38. I ____ I had not taken up smoking.






39. The film was ____ than Jo had expected.






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






41. It's a ____ of time asking Lynda to help as she's really busy.






42. She had ____ a quiet voice that we could hardly hear her.






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






44. Jenny was robbed of ____ bracelet as she was leaving for the airport.






45. It was the ____ time I had ever met Pia's husband.






46. It is a ____ since the family went skiing






47. As far as I am ____________ you can do what you like.






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






49. That film isn't ____ seeing.






50. It ____ have been Ana I saw in town as I recognised her coat.