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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. Nobody knows what ____ Donata quit her job.






2. If the train had been come on ____ Roberto would not have arrived late this morning.






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






4. Joanna ____ to swim rather than jogging






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






6. If only I had ____ your advice.






7. They decided to ____ an advertisement for their house on the internet.






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






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






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






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






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






13. Magda saw Ela on her ____ to work.






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






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






16. That film isn't ____ seeing.






17. You .are not ____ to bring food into this room.






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






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






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






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






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






23. I ____ I had not taken up smoking.






24. She had to stay in ____ she had finished her homework






25. Melany was full ____ admiration for the painting.






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






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






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






29. The suspects are being ____ by the police.






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






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






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






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






34. John was able to compete in the race even ____ he had several broken bones.






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






36. The film was ____ than Jo had expected.






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. It is a ____ since the family went skiing






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






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






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






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






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






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






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