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






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






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






4. Angela sang in bars ____ times






5. Steve would ____ to learn how to design web sites






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






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






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






9. That film isn't ____ seeing.






10. If you take into ____ how young Luke is - you must admit he's making excellent progress as a musician.






11. You must ____ out the teacher's instructions exactly.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Does your brother look ____ you?






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






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






22. If only I had ____ your advice.






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






24. You must ____ out the instructions exactly.






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






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






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






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






29. Melany was full ____ admiration for the painting.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Joanna ____ to swim rather than jogging






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






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






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






41. I am not ____ to driving on the left in England.






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






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






44. There is no ____ for being rude






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






46. Nobody knows what ____ Donata quit her job.






47. The suspects are being ____ by the police.






48. Magda saw Ela on her ____ to work.






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






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