Министерство образования Российской Федерации
Омский государственный университет

УДК 802.0
ББК 81.2Англ-922
Рекомендовано к изданию ученым советом
факультета иностранных языков ОмГУ
Test Your English Grammar. Self-Study Guide: Сборник тестовых заданий по грамматике английского языка / Сост. Т.В. Сенюшкина.
– Омск: Омск. гос. ун-т, 2003. – 70 с.

Test Your English Grammar
Self-Study Guide
Сборник тестовых заданий по грамматике английского языка

Сборник грамматических тренировочных заданий составлен на основе
аутентичных источников, включающих материал английских и американских
учебников, подготовлен с учетом требований современной методики в области тестового контроля.
Цель пособия – помочь изучающим английский язык проверить знание
грамматики, определить темы, которым следует уделить особое внимание и
на практике отработать проблемное грамматическое явление.
Для абитуриентов ОмГУ, выпускников средних учебных заведений, преподавателей, работающих на факультетах неязыковых специальностей.

УДК 802.0
ББК 81.2Англ-922

Издание
ОмГУ

Омск
2003

© Омский госуниверситет, 2003


СОДЕРЖАНИЕ
От составителя

ОТ СОСТАВИТЕЛЯ...................................................................................4
PART 1. DIAGNOSTIC TEST ....................................................................8
PART 2. PRACTICE SECTION ................................................................11
PART 3. PROGRESS TEST ......................................................................65
PART 4. ANSWER KEYS.........................................................................68

Предлагаемое пособие представляет собой сборник тестовых заданий по грамматике английского языка. Характер заданий, построенных по
принципу множественного выбора, определяется структурой теста вступительных экзаменов, принятой в Омском государственном университете,
так как пособие предназначено прежде всего для самостоятельной подготовки абитуриентов к вступительным вузовским испытаниям. Помимо
этого сборник может быть рекомендован школьникам, готовящимся к выпускным экзаменам в средних учебных заведениях, в которых принят тестовый итоговый контроль знаний, преподавателям, работающим на факультетах неязыковых специальностей и использующим в своей работе
эту форму контроля сформированности языковых навыков учащихся, а
также широкому кругу лиц, изучающих английский язык.
Тестовые задания, представленные в данном сборнике, включают в
себя проверочные и тренировочные упражнения по основным разделам
грамматики, изучение которых предусмотрено учебной программой по
английскому языку в объёме средней школы в соответствии с содержанием образовательного стандарта. Таким образом, тестовые задания позволяют судить о требованиях, предъявляемых вузами к уровню языковой
компетентности абитуриентов. Ниже приводится список грамматических
явлений, подлежащих усвоению в рамках школьной программы.
Grammar Problems Covered
The Noun and The Article
Morphological composition of the noun
Syntactical characteristics of the noun
The category of number of the noun
The category of case of the noun

Use of articles with common nouns
Use of articles with proper nouns
Use of articles in some set expressions
The Pronoun
Personal pronouns: I, he, she, it, we, you, and they.

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Possessive pronouns: my, his, her, its, our, your, their, mine, his, hers,
ours, yours, theirs.
Reflexive pronouns: myself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourself
(yourselves), and themselves.
Reciprocal pronouns: each other, one another.
Demonstrative pronouns: this (these), that (those), such, (the) same.
Interrogative pronouns: who, whose, what, which.
Indefinite pronouns: some, any, somebody, anybody, something, anything, someone, anyone, and one.
Negative pronouns: no, none, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, hardly,
scarcely, little.
The Adjective and the Adverb
Morphological composition
Syntactical characteristics
Degrees of comparison

The Non-Finite Forms of the Verb:
-ing Forms VS The Infinitive
Verb + -ing (Example: Stop talking!)
Verb + infinitive (Example: We decided to take a taxi.)

Preposition + -ing (Example: I'm interested in doing it.)
Verb + preposition + -ing (Example: They talked about going to France.)
Expressions+ -ing (Example: How often do you go shopping?)
Verb + object + infinitive (Examples: I asked Polly to help me. We expected him to be late.)
Verb+Object (Examples: Jane often plays the piano. She likes children
very much.)
Used to do VS to be (get) used to doing
Modal Verbs:
Can, could, be able to
May, might, be allowed to
Must, have to, be to, should, ought

The Verb
Tenses in the Active Voice:
Present Simple
Past Simple
Future Simple
Present Continuous
Past Continuous
Future Continuous
Present Perfect
Past Perfect
Future Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous
Past Perfect Continuous
The Sequence of Tenses
Reported Speech
Questions and auxiliary verbs

Syntax

Word Order and Embedded Questions
Relative clauses
Questions
Tag-questions
It vs. There

Conditionals:
If sentences (present/future) – type 1.
If sentences (present) – type 2.
If sentences (past) – type 3.
The Passive Voice:
The use of the Passive Voice
The use of tenses in the Passive Voice
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Пособие состоит из четырёх разделов
Part 1

Diagnostic Test

Раздел 1 – Diagnostic Test
Выполнение и анализ результатов этого теста поможет выявить те
аспекты грамматики, которые вызывают наибольшие трудности у учащегося. Цифры, приведённые в конце строки, соответствуют номерам вопросов по данной грамматической теме во втором разделе сборника.
Раздел 2 – Practice Section
Второй раздел представляет собой набор тренировочных тестовых
заданий по грамматике английского языка. Целью этой части сборника
является совершенствование навыков употребления основных грамматических структур.

Раздел 3 – Progress Test
По выполнении тренировочных заданий учащийся может проверить
свои знания, выполнив итоговый тест из третьего раздела пособия.
Раздел 4 – Answer Keys

Do the test and apply to the key-section. The numbers to the right correspond to the numbers of the questions in the practice section. The diagnostic test is to help you define your problem field.
Directions:
(Questions 1-500)

In each question, only one of the four answers is correct. Choose the correct answer and mark it on your
answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.

Example: 1. This ______ a book.
A. is

B. are

C. am

D. be

Answer: 1. A
1. ______ homeless are people who have nowhere to live.
a) A
b) Those
c) —
d) The
1-25
2. – Whose car is that in the drive?
– I don’t know – not ______.

a) our
b) your
c) ours

d) its
26-50

В конце сборника даны ключи ко всем тестовым заданиям, что поможет проверить правильность ответов и обратить внимание на те разделы, которые вызывают особые затруднения.
Все задания сборника были апробированы на вступительных испытаниях в ОмГУ в течение последних пяти лет. Время выполнения заданий
лимитировано и не должно превышать 0,6–0,7 минуты на 1 вопрос.

3. Mary’s ______ of the four girls.
a) tallest
b) taller
c) the tallest
d) the taller
51-75
4. Oh, I’ll buy this carpet! How much ______ here?
a) it is costing
b) is it costing
c) does it cost
d) it costs
76-100
5. Sony Computer Science Laboratories in Japan ______ a little robot dog.
What wonderful news!
a) develop
b) has developed
c) developed
d) have developed
101-122

6. I ______ when the volcano erupted.
a) slept
b) was sleeping
c) had slept
d) used to sleep
123-130

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7. I advised her to go on a diet as she ______ on weight.
a) had been putting
b) were being put
c) put
d) were getting

16. You ______ knock before you come into my room.
a) may
b) can
c) ought
d) must
351-375
131-145

8. By 3 o’clock I ______ the shopping.
a) am doing
b) will have done
c) will do

d) do
146-158
9. He thinks I’ll feel better if he ______ to buy me an expensive gift.
a) shall promise
b) shall promise
c) promises
d) is promise
159-189
10. The father was singing to his three-week-old daughter _____ she fell asleep.
a) as
b) when
c) while
d) at
190-200
11. In Shakespeare’s famous drama, Macbeth receives the Scottish throne by
killing Duncan in battle and ______ by Duncan’s son.
a) is then defeated and kill
b) then defeats and kills
c) is then defeat and killed
d) is then defeated and killed
201-231
12. ‘Hamlet’ ______ by Shakespeare.
a) supposes to write
b) supposes to be written
c) is supposed to write
d) is supposed to be written
231-250
13. This picture reminds me of the Botticelli painting of Venus in Florence. Do
you remember ______ it?
a) see

b) seeing
c) to see
d) on seeing
251-303
14. The car-spotter was really disappointed at failing to notice a white Jaguar
______.
a) to pass b) to by-pass c) to passing d) passing
304-325
15. When we were kids, my mum used ______ us out on bikes all round the
countryside.
a) take
b) taking
c) to take
d) to taking
326-350
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17. Don’t you know ______
a) what the latest news about the situation in India?
b) what’s the latest news about the situation in India.
c) what the latest news about the situation in India is.
d) the latest news about the situation in India?
376-400
18. In this class, I was able to improve my results, ______ helped me feel better
about myself.
a) what
b) whose
c) which
d) who
401-425

19. Whose ______ ?
a) does the car belong to
b) the car is
c) the car isn’t
d) car is this
426-450
20. Miss Parker, do me a big favour, ______?
a) shall we
b) will you
c) shall you
d) don’t you
451-475
21. Look up in the newspaper if ______ a good film on tonight.
a) it is
b) it’s
c) there is
d) its
476-500

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Part 2
Directions:
(Questions 1-500)

7. I don’t usually have lunch but I always eat ______ good breakfast.
A. the
B. an
C. a

D. such

Practice Section
In each question, only one of the four answers is correct. Choose the correct answer and mark it on your
answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.

Example: 1. This ______a book.
A. is

B. are

C. am

D. be

Answer: 1. A
1. ______ Titanic, a British steamer, sank in the North Atlantic in 1912.
А. —
B. The
C. A
D. Titanic
2. There are environmental problems in ______.
A. United Stated of America
B. US
C. the America
D. the United States
3. I haven’t the least idea how many rooms there are in ______ Ritz and how
expensive they are.
A. a
B. the

C. —
D. theirs
4. The Titanic, a British steamer, sank in ______ North Atlantic last night.
A. —
B. a
C. some
D. the
5. The smell of ______ fresh bread is so tempting.
A. a
B. yours
C. these
D. —
6. The situation is critical. ______ president needs to do something.
A. A
B. The
C. Yours
D. An
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8. ______ thing that is happening on Green is the extinction of species.
A. The saddest
B. A saddest
C. Those saddest
D. What saddest
9. Environmentalists are making efforts to save ______.
A. the whale and the panda
B. whale and panda
C. the whale and a panda
D. a whale and a panda
10. ______ always has its requirements.

A. The love
B. A love
C. Love
D. Love of theirs
11. “Perhaps it doesn’t understand, ______” thought Alice.
A. English language B. the English
C. English
D. an English
12. Neil has committed a terrible crime. He is to be sent to ______ prison.
A. a
B. ⎯
C. an
D. the
13. – Where’s Mom?
– It’s Sunday. She should be at ______ church.
A. the
B. —
C. a
D. an
14. ______ Roosevelts have provided America with two presidents.
A. —
B. The
C. Any
D. Those
15. She’s ______ university teacher.
A. a
B. an
C. the

D. one


16. ______ unemployed are people who have no job.
A. The B. —
C. These D. Those
17. Yes, it’s ______ wonderful news. Congratulations!
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. —

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18. Oh! It was such ______ terrible weather.
A. a
B. an
C. —
D. the
19. Thank you for such ______ precious advice.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. —
20. Is ______ Times a daily newspaper?
A. —
B. that
C. the

D. a


21. Oh, I’ve had such ______ curious dream!
A. —
B. the
C. an
D. a
22. What ______ lovely dress!
A. a
B. —
C. an

D. the

23. ______ doctor must make sure that the patient understands what is wrong.
A. The
B. A
C. What
D. —
24. ______ Charing Cross Road runs north from Trafalgar Square.
A. —
B. the
C. a
D. an
25. I have never climbed in ______ Alps in winter.
A. —
B. that
C. the
D. this
26. Are there any volunteers? ______ who’s tall will do.
A. One
B. Anything

C. Something
D. Anyone
27. ______ you say, I won’t believe you.
A. Whoever
B. Whichever
C. Whatever
D. No matter
28. Did you enjoy ______ at the beach, Joy?
A. you
B. yourself
C. your self
D. yours
29. One prefers to shop at Harrods, ______?
A. doesn’t one
B. doesn’t it
C. don’t you
D. does one

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30. I like this painting but I don’t think much of those ______ .
A. rest
B. other
C. ones
D. besides
31. ______ believes in ghosts is a bit crazy!
A. Whatever
B. Everybody
C. Everyone
D. Anyone who

32. It’s not pleasant to hear oneself described by ______ employees.
A. his
B. their’s
C. your
D. one’s
33. Please invite ______ you like to the reception.
A. these
B. anyone
C. ones
D. all
34. I often like to spend time ______.
A. myself
B. by myself
C. on myself
D. on me own
35. – Do you need help?
– No, thanks. I can do it ______.
A. on myself
B. on my own
C. by my own
D. with yours
36. I hate that smelly dog of ______. Take it away at once!
A. your
B. yours
C. you
D. there’s
37. Who are ______ people over there?
A. that
B. these
C. those


D. —

38. We’ve hardly got ______ cat food left.
A. no
B. some
C. any

D. a

39. – Do you want me to give you a helping hand?
– Thank you I can do it ______.
A. on myself
B. by myself
C. my self
D. without your hand
40. Could I have ______ drink?
A. other
C. the another

B. an other
D. another
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41. – Will you lend me some money?
– No, I can’t. I don’t have ______.
A. some
B. any
C. none


53. I’ve never owned ______ independent cat as this one!
A. a more than
B. such an
C. a so
D. as much an

D. One

42. Take your feet off the table ______ legs aren’t very strong.
A. Your
B. His
C. It’s
D. Its
43. Paranoids talk to ______ a lot. Talking to oneself is the first sign of madness.
A. each other B. themselves C. themselves D. himself
44. I don’t want to go ______ too expensive.
A. nowhere
B. somewhere C. no way

D. anywhere

45. I’ll go and see the President ______ if I have to.
A. on myself
B. oneself
C. himself

D. by himself

46. A dog’s intelligence is much greater than ______ of a cat.

A. that
B. its
C. it
D. what
47. The manageress spoke to me ______.
A. by herself
B. oneself
C. on her own

D. herself

48. Rachel has hardly ______ sympathy for her brother’s drinking problem.
A. some
B. any
C. no
D. many
49. We never touched ______ of the money.
A. no
B. none
C. any

D. some

50. Let’s go ______ nice for a drink.
A. anywhere
B. where

D. somewhere

C. there


51. I really think that apologising is ______ you can do.
A. not as enough as
B. a little
C. the least
D. as far as
52. – ‘How do you like your coffee?’
– ‘______’.
A. More stronger the better
B. The strong the good
C. More strong more good
D. The stronger the better

54. I can’t stand this weather. It’s getting ______.
A. more and more
B. worse and worse
C. coldest and coldest
D. further and further
55. Paula has been working ______ than before. Her speed is amazing!
A. quicklier
B. slowlier
C. more slowly
D. more quickly
56. Brian has been working ______ since he was promoted.
A. much harder
B. as harder
C. just as hardly
D. more hardly
57. In some ways walking is ______ than travelling by bus or car.
A. more less harmful

B. much more healthier
C. less harmfully
D. much healthier
58. He’s a far ______ intelligent person than my brother.
A. lesser
B. more
C. fewer
D. much
59. You are working too slowly. You’d better work ______ !
A. a bit faster
B. a piece faster
C. a bit more fast
D. an item more fast
60. “Oh, I beg your pardon!” cried Alice ______ than it was necessary.
A. hasty
B. hastilier
C. most hastily
D. more hastily
61. Because of the excellent faculty, King High students go far, ______ than
students in other high schools.
A. much far
B. more far
C. less further
D. much further

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62. Alice wasn’t ______ of the Liddle girls. There were three of them if I’m not
mistaken.
A. youngest
B. younger
C. the eldest
D. the elder
63. Andy’s the cleverest of them all, but Sue is ______.
A. less lazy
B. more lazy
C. laziest
D. most hardworking

71. You look ______ than usual.
A. even more beautiful
B. twice as beautiful
C. not as beautiful
D. not so beautiful
72. I have only a few debts, but my sister has even ______ debts than I do.
A. lesser
B. less
C. more
D. fewer

64. German is ______ than English.
A. not as difficult
B. not as easy
C. more easier
D. more difficult

73. She’s twice as ______ as her sister

A. livelier
B. lively
C. liveliest

65. She’s much taller ______ me.
A. than
B. as
C. then

74. Nurses handle babies gently, but new mothers handle them the ______ of all.
A. gentliest
B. gentlier
C. most gently
D. more gently

D. That

66. A Ford is ______ than a Volvo.
A. much expensive
B. too much expensive
C. much more expensive
D. not so expensive

D. more lively

75. We’ve all got terrible voices, but I sing ______ of all.
A. worse
B. bad
C. worst
D. more bad


67. Living in the country is not ______ as living in the city.
A. more expensive
B. so expensive
C. less expensive
D. such expensive
68. I would sleep ______ if I weren’t worried about Tom.
A. peaceful
B. more peaceful
C. more peacefully
D. less peacefully
69. Can you eat a bit faster ______ that?
A. then
B. as
C. so
70. The train isn’t ______ than the bus.
A. no quick
B. no quicker
C. twice as quick
D. any quicker
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D. than

76. How much money ______ him this time?
A. are you owing
B. are you owning
C. do you own
D. do you owe
77. Look at her! She ______ the soup to see if it needs more salt.

A. tastes
B. taste
C. has now been tasting
D. is tasting
78. The milk ______ sour. Have you been keeping it for a long time?
A. is smelling
B. isn’t smelling
C. smells
D. is being smelt
79. I tried a bit of the cake to see how it ______.
A. tasted
B. tastes
C. was tasting
D. is tasting
80. This soup ______ of disinfectant.
A. taste
B. tastes
C. is tasting
D. have got a taste
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81. That bottle ______ petrol and we used it as an explosive.
A. contains
B. is containing
C. containned
D. was containing

90. Tom and Mr. Pitt ______ a stormy conversation. I wonder what they are
talking about.

A. has been having
B. have had
C. are having
D. have

82. – What are you doing?
– I ______ to get this car started.
A. am wanting
B. will want
C. will be wanting
D. want

91. – Who ______ champagne?
– Me, when I can afford it.
A. has drunk
B. drank

83. ‘I love this hair-do – my hair ______ so modern now.’
A. looks
B. are looking
C. are being looked
D. look

92. – What ______ at?
– A strange bird is flying over there.
A. do you look
B. did you look
C. are you looking
D. were you looking


84. Say it again, I ______ you.
A. don’t listen to
C. am not hearing

93. Hi, Mike. I’m in France now. Can you imagine what a great time I ______?!
A. have
B. enjoy
C. am having
D. have had

B. am not listening
D. don’t hear

85. – Would you like a cup of coffee, Dr. Ho?
– Oh no, thanks. It ______.
A. is smelling delicious, but I am not drinking coffee.
B. smells delicious, but I don’t drink coffee.
C. is smelling delicious, but I don’t drink coffee.
D. smells delicious, but I am not drinking coffee at all.
86. This estate has no permanent owner! Who ______ this time?
A. belonged it
B. belongs it
C. does it belong to
D. is belonging it to
87. Come and sit by Leo and me. We ______ a boring gossip all about Clinton’s affair. Join us if you are interested.
A. have been having
B. have had
C. have
D. are having
88. I think it is a pity you don’t take more exercise. You ______ fat.

A. are getting
B. have to get
C. get
D. had got
89. Look at this sign. It ______ here ‘Leave your car here.’ Why not park our
car here?
A. reads
B. is reading
C. is writing
D. is advising
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C. drinks

D. is drinking

94. – the violin now?
– Actually, that’s the radio you hear now.
A. Does your son play
B. Who plays
C. How long has your son been playing
D. Is your son playing
95. Scientists believe the weather ______ now.
A. is changing
B. changes
C. was changed
D. changed
96. You know the current situation: cinema audiences ______ in the United
States now.
A. decline

B. are declining
C. decrease
D. is decreasing
97. I can’t interrupt him just now. He ____ a phone call to Australia at the moment.
A. is being made
B. makes
C. is making
D. has made
98. – The telephone is ringing, Ann. Can you get it?
– No, I ______ dinner. Maybe a little bit later…
A. have
B. am having
C. am being had
D. I had
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99. Paris is wonderful! I like the food here, and so I ______ like mad.
A. am eating
B. have eaten
C. had eaten
D. am not eating

108. “Wake up, Alice dear!” said her sister. “Why, what a long sleep ______!”
A. you had
B. you’ve had
C. you have
D. you got

100. Whitman is a historian. He ____ on a history of cross-cultural dating customs.

A. currently works
B. works now
C. is currently working
D. currently write

109. ______ Gloria last week?
A. Have you seen
B. Did you see
C. How many times have you seen
D. Were you seeing

101. I’ll never believe another thing that Craig tells me! Last week he told me
that he would cut the grass, but he ______ it yet! It’s still there!
A. didn’t do
B. hasn’t done
C. hadn’t done
D. hardly did

110. How often ______ in love in your life?
A. have you been
B. were you
C. are you
D. were you being

102. And here are the main points of the news again. The pound ______ against
the dollar.
A. have fallen
B. is fallen
C. falls
D. has fallen

103. So far, we ______ no response to our inquiry.
A. received
B. have not received
C. have received
D. were sent
104. ______ much of Bob lately?
A. Did you see
C. Have you seen

B. Were you seeing
D. Had you seen

105. He has been quite different since he ______ married.
A. has been getting
B. gets
C. got
D. has
106. Do you know the news? You ______ the exam!
A. passed
B. had passed
C. have passed
D. pass
107. – When ______ married?
– In 1974.
A. did they get
C. have they got

B. do they get
D. had they got


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111. All the wars in history ______ us nothing yet.
A. had taught
B. have taught
C. taught
D. teaching
112. When ______ that goldfish?
A. have you last fed
B. were you last feeding
C. did you last feed
D. do you last feed
113. In recent years, many movies – such as The Terminator and Blade Runner
– ______ robots as slaves that eventually rise up against their human masters.
A. were portraying
B. had portrayed
C. have portrayed
D. portray
114. I ______ with children before, so I know what to expect in my new job.
A. have worked
B. worked
C. was worked
D. work
115. Because the river ______ steadily since Sunday, the residents of the area
have been advised to prepare for flood conditions.
A. rose
B. had risen
C. is rising
D. has been rising
116. Although robots may be viewed negatively in Western culture, in Japan

the interest to stories about them ______ for the past several years.
A. has been increasing
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125. Mr. Sanders, what ______ between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM last Friday?
A. you were doing
B. did you do
C. were you doing
D. you did

B. increased
C. is increasing
D. has been decreased
117. The current robot craze ______ in 1996.
A. has started
B. started
C. had started
D. used to start

126. When I ______ this morning the sun was shining, the birds were singing.
A. get up
B. was getting
C. got up
D. was being got up

118. Although popular computer use exploded throughout the world in the
1990s, academics ______ by computer since the early 1970s.
A. communicated
B. had been communicating

C. are communicating
D. used to communicate

127. Mozart died while he ______ the Requiem.
A. had been composing
B. had composed
C. composed
D. was composing

119. Three years ago I got my law degree, and since then I ______ in a small
law firm where I am very happy.
A. am working
B. was working
C. have been working
D. worked
120. I want to break the news. Mary ______ a baby!
A. had
B. had had
C. has had
D. will have had
121. I can’t come to your party because I ______ my leg.
A. have been breaking
B. break
C. have broken
D. broke
122. I’ve known her since we ______ at school together.
A. had been
B. was
C. are
D. were

123. When I got home, I found that water ______ down the kitchen walls.
A. run
B. ran
C. was running
D. was being run
124. At that time we ______ in the caravan for about six months already.
A. lived
B. had been living
C. had left
D. were living

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128. While I ______ in this firm one summer, I met a terrific man, whom I
married the following year.
A. used to work
B. worked
C. was working
D. had been working
129. When the earthquake occurred at 3:49 AM, most people in the city ______
in their beds at home.
A. slept
B. sleeped
C. were sleeping
D. used to sleep
130. When you phoned I ______ in the garage.
A. worked
B. work
C. used to work
D. was working

131. I was tired because I ______ all day.
A. have been working
B. had been working
C. worked
D. was working
132. The headmaster entered. The boys ______ for him for a quarter of an hour.
A. waited
B. had been waiting
C. were waiting
D. was waiting
133. At six, when I got to the car park, I realised that I ______ my keys.
A. lost
B. has lost
C. had lost
D. was losing
134. Kate had dirt on her hands and knees as she ______ some gardening.
A. had been doing
B. hadn’t done
C. has done
D. has been doing
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135. In the morning all the roads were blocked: it ______ all night.
A. snowed
B. was snowing
C. had been snowing
D. has been snowing
136. All the people we had invited ______, and some that we had not invited.
A. came

B. come
C. have come
D. have been coming
137. Nobody came to the meeting as Angela ______ to tell people about it.
A. forget
B. forgot
C. had forgot
D. had forgotten
138. I told him that I ______ of the place before.
A. have never heard
B. never heard
C. didn’t hear
D. had never heard
139. By that time, Sam’s photo ______ to the policemen.
A. had already show
B. have already been shown
C. had already been shown
D. were already on show
140. The lesson ______, when I arrived . So I excused myself and came in.
A. already started
B. has already started
C. had already started
D. never started
141. When we came to live in the US my father couldn’t work as a dentist right
away because he ______ the state examination yet.
A. wasn’t passing
B. not passed
C. hadn’t been passing
D. hadn’t passed
142. By the time the ancient Egyptian civilization began to flourish more than

5,000 years ago, the onion ______ the main food throughout the Middle East
for many years.
A. had already been
B. was already
C. has already been
D. would have been

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143. In 1996 Honda Motor Corporation presented the world with P-2, a robot
different from any other that ______ until then.
A. appeared
B. has appeared
C. had appeared
D. had disappeared
144. By the time my father retired last year, he ______ dentistry for thirty years.
A. was practising
B. practiced
C. has been practising
D. had been practising
145. When I found Mary, I could see that she ______.
A. has been crying
B. had to cried
C. cry
D. had been crying
146. ‘Do you know when Mrs Greenleaf’s train ______?’ he asked.
A. arrives
B. will be arriving
C. will arrive
D. shall arrive

147. Look up in the time-table when the last train ______ the station.
A. is leaving
B. leaves
C. will be leaving
D. leave
148. By analyzing historical and current data, meteorologists can predict the
number of hurricanes that ______ in the Caribbean in any given year.
A. will appear
B. are appearing
C. will have appeared
D. would appear
149. So you’re visiting another country this year. You already have your tickets, and you leave next Tuesday at 4 PM. A week from now you ______ in the
sunshine.
A. will relax
B. will have relaxed
C. will be relaxing
D. are relaxing
150. My dear husband promised that he ______ me a car for my birthday, but
he didn’t say which birthday.
A. would give
B. will give
C. used to give
D. gave
151. One manufacturer, Smart Transport, Inc., ______ a press conference every
other month.
A. holds
B. had held
C. shall hold
D. is holding
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152. Lucy ______ for a drink this evening. I invited her yesterday.
A. comes
B. is coming
C. will come
D. shall come
153. By early in the 21st century, one in four Japanese people _____ over sixty-five.
A. will be
B. shall be
C. is
D. is required to be
154. I’ll think of you when ______ on the beach next week.
A. I’m being laid
B. I’m going to lie
C. I’ll be lying
D. I’m lying
155. The builders say they ______ the roof by Tuesday.
A. will finish
B. are finishing
C. will have finished
D. will be finishing

157. Before the construction of the English Channel, which connects France
and England, most people didn’t believe that travel by land between the two
countries ______ possible in the twentieth century.
A. will be
B. would be
C. used to be
D. is going to be

158. Next year the taxpayers ______ over twenty-two million dollars for a
transportation system that is already out-of-date.
A. will spend
B. will be spending
C. will have spent
D. will have been spending
159. She’ll pay us back when she ______ a job.
A. gets
B. have
C. will get
D. shall get

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162. I won’t tell you my secret unless you ______ not to tell anyone.
A. will promise
B. don’t promise
C. promise
D. won’t promise
163. Whenever ______ a thunder-storm, the cat hides under the bed.
A. there’ll be
B. there’s
C. there was
D. there will be
164. Your little robot dog will wag his tail if you ______ him on the floor.
A. place
B. will place
C. had placed
D. are placing


156. He promised that he ______ call my mother to wish her a happy birthday.
A. will
B. would
C. used to
D. would get used to

160. Don’t sweep the floor, before your parents ______.
A. arrived
B. arrives
C. will arrive

161. Will you stay here until ______ off ?
A. the plane will take
B. shall the plane take
C. the plane takes
D. the plane have taken

D. arrive

165. Your little robot dog will even bark if you ______ sound files info his
body.
A. put
B. had put
C. will put
D. are put
166. Unless they ______ ticket prices, I’m not going to fly anymore. I’m not
that rich.
A. don’t lower
B. will not lowered
C. will lower

D. lower
167. If I was free for six months, I ______ around the world.
A. travelled
B. would travel
C. travel
D. will travel
168. Your roommate is really noisy. If I ______ with him, I’d talk to him about
the problem.
A. lived
B. will live
C. live
D. would live
169. If I didn’t like flying that much, I ______ a pilot.
A. would
B. became
C. won’t be
D. wouldn’t be
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170. He took me for his housemaid. How surprised he’ll be when he ______
out who I am!
A. found
B. will find
C. shall find
D. finds
171. I’ll be surprised if he ______ an accident soon. He drives like crazy.
A. won’t have
B. doesn’t have
C. will have

D. has
172. If he ______ for you, he’ll be very angry.
A. still waits
B. will still wait
C. will still be waiting
D. is still waiting
173. If ______ you what you’re doing say you’re with me.
A. nobody’ll ask
B. anybody asks
C. nobody asks
D. anybody will ask
174. ______ him I’m ashamed.
A. If I saw
B. Whenever I see
C. If I’ll see
D. Whenever I’ll meet
175. If Bob ______ your letter, I’m sure he’ll phone you today.
A. will receive
B. will have received
C. has received
D. receive
176. I would tell you if I ______.
A. know
C. knew

B. had known
D. would know

177. If we ______ a map now we should be able to get out of here.
A. have

B. had had
C. had
D. would have
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178. It would be nice, dear, if you ______ me a bit with the housework.
A. do help
B. help
C. did helped
D. helped
179. If I had gone to university I ______ medicine then.
A. would study
B. would have studied
C. wouldn’t study
D. would be studying
180. If I married you, we ______ unhappy.
A. would have both been
B. would both be
C. could have been
D. will be
181. You ______ if you’d looked where you were going.
A. wouldn’t have crashed
B. would have crashed
C. wouldn’t crash
D. crashed
182. It would have been nice if he ______.
A. thanked you
B. should thank you
C. had thanked you
D. thanks you

183. If I ______ a better dancer, I would dance solo in the Bolshoy Theatre.
A. were
B. am
C. would be
D. can be
184. If I won the lottery, I ______ you half the money.
A. will give
B. gave
C. would give

D. give

185. I’m sure he wouldn’t mind if we ______ early.
A. arrived
B. arrives
C. would arrive
D. were arrived
186. If Jane’s nose ______ shorter, she would become a top model.
A. is
B. were
C. had been
D. would be
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187. If he hadn’t spent so much on his holiday, he ______ enough to pay for
the house repairs.
A. would
B. was
C. had had

D. would have had
188. If Bell ______ the telephone, somebody else would have done it.
A. invented
B. had invented
C. didn’t invent
D. hadn’t invented
189. If we ______ in a town, life would be easier.
A. live
B. will live
C. lived
D. move
190. ______ the time we find a spare minute to get there the exhibition will
have closed.
A. Until
B. Till
C. To
D. By
191. He’s been here ______ 10 o’clock.
A. for
B. at
C. since
192. – When did you leave school?
– ______ I was sixteen.
A. As
B. When
C. While

D. until

D. As soon as


193. This flight is full. ______ someone gives up a seat, you won’t get on this
flight today.
A. If
B. Unless
C. When
D. Where

198. ______ the moment you’ve received this letter I’ll have left this country.
A. Until
B. Till
C. At
D. By
199. She was studying law ______ the war started.
A. while
B. when
C. since
D. as
200. ______ 6 o’clock this morning I was walking along the beach.
A. while
B. when
C. since
D. at
201. Our first Spanish and Japanese editions of Modern Reader ______ this
year, and they have already found a large audience.
A. published
B. were published
C. were publishing
D. publish
202. Until after World War II almost all the automobiles driven in the US ______.

A. made in Detroit by automobile workers
B. have been made in Detroit
C. were made in Detroit by automobile workers
D. made in Detroit
203. The driver of the car ______ in the accident.
A. hurt seriously
B. seriously hurt
C. was seriously hurt
D. seriously hurts

194. ______ May she was studying hard for her final exam.
A. Since
B. In
C. —
D. Just as

204. The vegetables ______ up, what shall we do now?
A. cutted
B. have cut
C. are all cut
D. are cutted

195. – How long have you been writing this novel?
– ______ five years by now.
A. For
B. Since
C. Till
D. More

205. The furniture ______ for firewood.

A. was broke
B. was broken up
C. break up
D. broke up

196. He was cooking the dinner ______ I arrived.
A. while
B. as
C. since
D. when

206. I ______ by Mary’s wanting to tell everybody what to do.
A. annoyed
B. was annoyed
C. annoy
D. had annoyed

197. I’ve had this job ______ a month.
A. in
B. for
C. since

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D. when

207. The positive hydrogen atoms ______ to the negative oxygen atoms.
A. attract
B. are being attracted
C. are attracted

D. will never be attracted
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208. The traffic is so heavy nowadays that people ______ on the roads daily.
A. are killed
B. kill
C. killing
D. killed

216. The cable TV ______ my personal computer.
A. connects
B. is connected
C. is connected to
D. keeps in touch with

209. Tickets ______ from any travel agent or directly from the airline.
A. may be purchased
B. may purchase
C. purchase
D. purchased

217. CD-ROMS are much better than books because much information can
______ on them.
A. store
B. storage
C. be stored
D. be storing

210. This method of decorating metal ______ invented in the Middle East and

perfected by the Chinese, Japanese, and French.
A. probably
B. was probably
C. had probably
D. –
211. The Great Wall of China was the only man-made structure on earth which
______ when they were circling the dirt.
A. could see by the astronauts
B. could be seen by the astronauts
C. the astronauts could be seen
D. could see the astronauts

218. The Internet should ______ the government.
A. control
B. be controlled by
C. be controlled with
D. be under the control by
219. I felt as if ______.
A. I watch
C. I was being watched

B. I am being watched
D. I have watched

220. When my mother phoned her Liz ______.
A. interviewed
B. was being interviewed
C. is interviewing
D. is being interviewed


212. The Battle of Hastings ______ in 1066.
A. fought
B. was fought
C. was fighted
D. being fought

221. Excuse the mess; the house ______.
A. is being painted
B. paints
C. is painting
D. is painted

213. My computer ______ viruses every six months.
A. is being checked for
B. checks with
C. is checked by
D. is checked for

222. What a pity! All the washing machines ______ now.
A. are used
B. are been used
C. are being used
D. are using

214. Blair is not in his room, and his bed ______.
A. doesn’t sleep in
B. doesn’t touched
C. hasn’t been slept in
D. hasn’t been slept


223. He ______ stealing the money by our sales manager.
A. was
B. is
C. caught
D. was caught

215. Channels ______ by using the remote control.
A. can change
B. can switch (on, off)
C. can be switching (on, off)
D. can be changed

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224. My resume ______ to the statement of purpose.
A. includes
B. attach
C. is attached
225. A disqualified driver has ______ to prison.
A. sent
B. to send
C. to be

D. attaches

D. to be sent

226. The laws used to be so strict that people ______ for trifle crimes they
committed.
A. were hanged

B. hanged
C. get hanged
D. hang
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227. Every night the children ______ a fairy-tale by their aunt, who unwillingly
chooses the same bed-time stories her parents would read to her.
A. read
B. are being read
C. are reading
D. are read
228. The Lord of the Rings ______ at our local cinema now.
A. shows
B. is showing
C. is being shown
D. has shown
229. I ______ a present for my last birthday.
A. gave
B. was not given
C. has given
D. am given

236. I am expected ______ for work at 5:00 PM.
A. leave
B. to leave
C. leaving
D. to leaving
237. The earth ______ the centre of the universe.
A. was thought to be

B. thought
C. didn’t think
D. thought to be
238. Shakespeare’s famous drama Macbeth ______ on fact.
A. bases
B. is known to be based
C. is known be basing
D. knows to be based

230. We can’t use the sports hall yet because it ______.
A. is still built
B. is still building
C. is still being built
D. is to build
231. This picture ______ by a friend of my mother’s many years ago.
A. is painted
B. was painted
C. is being painted
D. painted

239. Mary ______ for shoplifting.
A. is said to arrest
B. said to arrest
C. is said to be arrested
D. say to be arrested

232. – Wasn’t Gabe going to bring hot dogs to the picnic?
– He ______, but I don’t think he did.
A. was supposed to
B. was supposed to bringing

C. supposed to bringing
D. supposed to be brought

240. In the past fresh air ______ to be bad for sick people.
A. was considered
B. is considered
C. considered
D. considers
241. The naughty child ______ by the parents.
A. was expected to punish
B. expected to punish
C. was expected to be punished
D. expect to be punished

233. The house ______ in 1486.
A. believes to build
B. is believed to be built
C. believes to be built
D. is believed to build
234. The rate of inflation ______ to rise.
A. expects
B. expected
C. is expected
235. This picture ______ Rembrandt.
A. is believed to be painted
B. is painted
C. was painted
D. was believed to belong to

D. —


242. In order to ______ for admission to some top universities, a candidate
needs to get a high score on a well-known standardized test.
A. consider
B. be considered
C. be considering
D. consideration
243. He hates ______ a fool of.
A. being
C. being played

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B. making
D. being made
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244. Nobody enjoys ______ absurd measures and rules.
A. being forced upon
B. forced upon
C. to be forced upon
D. forces upon
245. The gift cost her 5 pounds, ______ the package.
A. included
B. with included
C. including
D. with including

253. I hope to have a chance of ______ you again.

A. to see
B. seeing
C. having seen
D. being seen
254. I’m sorry to ______ you.
A. disturbing
C. disturb

B. the disturbing
D. disturbed

255. They were quite content with ______ where they were.
A. stay
B. to stay
C. be staying
D. staying

246. People usually dislike ______ at home by strangers.
A. telephoning
B. to telephone
C. to be telephoned
D. being telephoned

256. They agreed on ______ the profits equally.
A. to share
B. share
C. sharing

247. Being ______ to foreign TV stations helps you to learn foreign languages.
A. in connection

B. in touch
C. connected
D. connect

257. We are in favour of ______ the bridge.
A. build
B. building
C. to build
D. having been built

248. I can’t believe my eyes. I’ve had my car ______!
A. stolen
B. stealing
C. to steal
D. be stolen

258. I hate the idea of ______ old.
A. to get
B. get
C. to become

249. One of the great fiction writers in English, Charles Dickens writes about
all problems of society, ______ child labour, debt imprisonment and others.
A. which are including
B. that they including
C. included
D. including
250. – Why is Jane crying?
– She has had her tickets to Germany ______.
A. steal

B. stole
C. —
D. stolen
251. Because of an extremely high accident rate, restrictions on teenagers’
______ will be discussed at the next City Council meeting.
A. drive
B. having driving
C. driving
D. to drive
252. You were a fool ______.
A. to agreeing
C. agree

B. agreeing
D. to agree
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D. to sharing

D. getting

259. There is a lot of work ______ here.
A. doing
B. to do
C. do

D. to not do

260. She has a terrible fear of ______ alone.
A. be

B. to be
C. being

D. to being

261. The Japanese art of origami is created by ______ paper into various forms.
A. fold
B. to fold
C. to have folded
D. folding
262. Let’s just keep on ______.
A. dance
B. to dance

C. dancing

D. to dancing

263. – What do you want to do tonight?
– I feel like ______ to a movie.
A. to go
B. to going
C. going
D. go
264. I am not good ______ letters.
A. to write
C. at writing

B. to writing
D. to be writing

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265. Do you often go ______?
A. to fish
C. fishing

275. This road is blocked for two miles north and south, so I suggest ______ an
alternative route if possible.
A. to using
B. using
C. use
D. to use

B. to fishing
D. fish

266. At the moment that the plane touched down safely, the passengers expressed their gratitude for having survived the terrifying flight by ______ the
pilot and the crew.
A. applaud
B. applauding
C. to applaud
D. applause

276. Many of the early British settlers in Australia were criminals who were
able to avoid ______ by agreeing to live on and develop the land there.
A. be imprisoned
B. to be imprisoned
C. being imprisoned
D. to imprison


267. “I do hope it’ll make me grow large again, for really I’m quite tired
______ such a tiny little thing!” said Alice to herself.
A. to be
B. of to be
C. being
D. of being

277. The environment group hopes ______ the forest to its original condition
by the end of the decade.
A. restoring
B. to restore
C. to be restored
D. having restored

268. I’m looking forward ______ there in six months’ time.
A. go
B. to go
C. going
D. to going

278. Tom dislikes ______. It’s just terrible!
A. to cook
B. Ann to cook
C. Ann cook
D. Ann’s cooking

269. She is very good at ______ problems.
A. to solve
B. solving

C. get rid of

D. to get rid of

270. Her uncle suggested ______ a job in a bank.
A. getting
B. to get
C. her to get
D. her
271. I look forward ______ from you.
A. to hear
B. hear
C. to hearing

D. hearing

279. Normally I can’t stand being in a car with drivers who take risks but on
this occasion I couldn’t help ______.
A. to laugh
B. to be laughing
C. laughing
D. being laughed at
280. Helen doesn’t mind ______ cigars in the bedroom.
A. Tom to smoke
B. Tom’s smoking
C. Tom smoke
D. to smoke

272. I dislike people ______ me what to think.
A. to tell

B. telling
C. being told
D. to be telling

281. I can’t stand ______ all the time when I am around them.
A. them fighting
B. they fighting
C. them fight
D. them to fight

273. I don’t mind ______ at home to look after the children.
A. to stay
B. staying
C. stay
D. –

282. Instead of collecting art objects, more ordinary people enjoy ______
stamps or coins.
A. to collect
B. collect
C. to collecting
D. collecting

274. Would you like ______ the weekend with us?
A. spending
B. spend
C. to spending
D. to spend

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283. The French impressionist painters attempted to depict visual impressions
and they succeeded ______ brilliant results.
A. achieving
B. achieve
C. to achieve
D. in achieving
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284. The company has managed ______ profit this year.
A. making
B. in making
C. to make

D. —

285. The people in the state failed ______ clean up the mess that the oil spill
had created.
A. to have
B. helping
C. to help
D. helping hand
286. You won’t succeed ______ your car at a profit. It’s far too old.
A. to sell
B. in having sold
C. selling
D. in selling
287. At last, after three days, they managed ______ to the top of the mountain.
A. getting

B. get
C. to get
D. —
288. Driving by a shopping mall on his way home, Steve stopped ______ his
mother a birthday present.
A. to get
B. to getting
C. getting
D. get
289. – How are the both of you getting on?
– Don’t you know that we’ve stopped ______?
A. to date
B. dating
C. dated
290. Fortunately it stopped ______.
A. to rain
B. raining

C. to raining

D. date
D. rain

291. When the teacher asked the students ______, they kept making noise.
A. stop talking
B. to stop to talk
C. stopping talking
D. to stop talking

294. I remember ______ my first bicycle, the feeling of delight still being fresh

in mind.
A. to buy
B. being bought by
C. bought
D. buying
295. Oh, I forgot ______ the present for my sweet girl!
A. buying
B. to buy
C. to buying
D. buy
296. I regret ______ school at fourteen, it was a big mistake.
A. to have
B. to have left
C. to leaving
D. leaving
297. That night was terrible, to say the least of it. Jane remembers ______ all
night through.
A. to pray
B. saying prayers
C. to say prayers
D. say prayers
298. The Oscar winner was so happy to receive the highest honour of her profession that she nearly cried during her acceptance speech. Don’t forget
______ it in your report.
A. writing
B. to write
C. on writing
D. write
299. You must remember ______ Mr Lewis from the station tomorrow.
A. fetching
B. fetch

C. to have fetched
D. to fetch
300. I’ll never forget ______ the Queen on that bright day in 1974.
A. meeting
B. to meet
C. being met
D. to be met

292. Oh, dear! I forgot ______ the soap.
A. buying
B. buy
C. to buy
D. having bought

301. George regretted ______ Dick the money.
A. to give
B. to have given
C. giving
D. that was given

293. I remember ______ at the school gates with my mother on my first day
there.
A. to have arrived
B. to arrive
C. arriving
D. to be arrived

302. We regret ______ but your suggestion is not accepted.
A. informing
B. to inform

C. inform
D. to informing

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303. The car needs ______.
A. servicing
C. serviced

B. to service
D. to be of service

304. I expect ______ you working very hard when I come back.
A. to find
B. find
C. to finding
D. finding
305. Her parents don’t want ______ married.
A. her get
B. that she get
C. she will ever
D. her to get
306. Be careful! I don’t want there ______ any trouble.
A. was
B. be
C. to be
D. occur

307. Watch ______ over the stream.
A. he jump
C. him jump

B. him to jump
D. his to jump

308. I looked out of the window and saw Mary ______ the road.
A. crossing
B. to cross
C. being crossed
D. to have crossed
309. I had a strange dream last night. I dreamt I was in bed when suddenly I
heard a dog ______ at the front door.
A. to bark, then scratching
B. to bark, then scratch
C. barking, then to scratch
D. barking, then scratching
310. I felt someone ______ my hand.
A. to grasp
C. to have grasped

B. to be grasping
D. grasp

311. I saw someone ______ the bathroom.
A. to be entering
B. enter
C. to enter
D. be enter

312. I once heard Brendel ______ all the Beethoven concertos.
A. to play
B. play
C. being played
D. to be played

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313. She watches me ______ football every weekend.
A. to play
B. playing
C. to have played
D. to be playing
314. I can hear someone ______ upstairs.
A. to be talking
B. to talk
C. to talking
D. talking
315. I’m so scared that I can feel my hands ______.
A. to shake
B. shaking
C. being shaken
D. to be shaken
316. Did you notice anyone ______ outside when you left?
A. to wait
B. waiting
C. to waiting
D. to have waited
317. Even her getting fatter and fatter didn’t ______ less.
A. eat her

B. make her eat
C. make her to eat
D. make her eating
318. Mr. Trager let us ______ our dictionaries during the test.
A. to use
B. use
C. using
D. the using
319. Eating and drinking too much didn’t let ______ weight.
A. her
B. her lose
C. her to lose
D. her losing
320. Why won’t you let ______ everything?
A. me to explain
B. me explain
C. to explain
D. do explain
321. She was tired, but we couldn’t ______ accept our help.
A. have made
B. make her to
C. making her
D. make her
322. In 1938, Anna Freud was forced ______ from Vienna to England.
A. emigrate
B. emigrating
C. be emigrated
D. to emigrate

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323. She was allowed ______ Sally Tomato at Sing-Sing once a week.
A. to visit
B. visit
C. visiting
D. paying a visit to
324. He doesn’t allow us ______ personal calls.
A. to make
B. make
C. making
D. to making
325. We don’t allow ______ in the lecture room.
A. smoking
B. to smoke
C. smoke
D. to be smoking
326. I ______ to have an old Rolls-Royce.
A. used
B. would
C. was used
D. got used
327. When fashion changed I ______ to wearing short skirts.
A. didn’t use
B. used not
C. couldn’t get used
D. can’t get used
328. Unfortunately we are less well-off now than we ______.
A. got used to be
B. get used to being

C. used to be
D. would be

332. Jeans ______ just work clothes but then they began to appear on movie stars.
A. are used to being
B. were used to being
C. got used to be
D. used to be
333. I never wore tight jeans before, but now I ______ them. It’s so stylish!
A. am used to wear
B. am used to wearing
C. used to wear
D. accustomed to wear
334. When we were little, we went to school in the sea. The master was an old
Turtle - we ______ call him Tortoise…
A. were used to
B. used to
C. got used to
D. would to
335. In earlier times, someone ______ home and was able to take proper care
of the pets.
A. has stayed
B. used to stay
C. was used to stay
D. accustomed to stay
336. Before the train was invented people ______ travel mostly by horse.
A. were used to
B. got used to
C. used
D. used to


329. From now on, we won’t be able to go out as much as we ______.
A. were to
B. used to being
C. used to
D. get used to

337. Sean’s ______ with difficult kids.
A. used to dealing
C. got used to deal

330. In those days, trains ______ to have a guard in the last carriage.
A. used
B. were used
C. got used
D. would

338. I ______ sleeping on the floor.
A. never used to
B. never be used to
C. will never get used to
D. will never get used

331. I always buy tight jeans. I ______ them loose.
A. can’t use to wear
B. didn’t used to wear
C. can’t get used to wear
D. can’t get used to wearing

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B. used to deal
D. used

339. Ancient people ______ to believe that the earth was flat.
A. used
B. got used
C. were used
D. was used

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340. I’m not sure where to turn. I ______ driving this way.
A. am used to
B. am not used to
C. used to
D. didn’t use to
341. Although I come from Russia I ______ driving in London.
A. am used to
B. used to
C. am used
D. got used
342. I ______ be shy when I was younger.
A. am used
B. am used to
C. used to
D. was used to
343. In the 19th century people ______ bigger families.
A. have

B. are used to having
C. used to have
D. used to having
344. Aren’t you ______ this far? It’s only 5 miles.
A. use to walk
B. used to walking
C. used to walk
D. got used to walking
345. When we were children we ______ go skating every winter.
A. use to
B. were used to
C. used to
D. am used to
346. I used to write my letters by hand, but now ______ I typing them.
A. got used
B. got used to
C. would
D. used to
347. I ______ to belong to a cycling club when I was young.
A. would
B. got used
C. was used
D. used
348. I used to travel to work by train, but the fares got too dear so now I
______ coming to work on my bicycle.
A. would
B. got used
C. am used to
D. used
349. As a child, I ______ science fiction, and my mind was full of strange images.

A. have been reading
B. had been reading
C. used to read
D. was used to read
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350. When I was a boy, I ______ to visit my aunts in the country.
A. used
B. would
C. got used
D. was used
351. Anorexia nervosa is a disease typical for young women who believe that
they ______ to be as thin as the models in the fashion magazines.
A. have got
B. obliged
C. could
D. must
352. The coach has very strict rules about exercise: all students ______
exercise at least three times a week.
A. have to
B. should
C. ought
D. would
353. She ______ write the whole exercise. Ten sentences are enough.
A. needs to
B. need
C. needn’t
D. mustn’t
354. The sign ‘Overtaking forbidden’ means that you ______ overtake.
A. are allowed to

B. aren’t allowed to
C. don’t have
D. have to
355. Cold sufferers should stay at home, not only for their own health but because they ______ endanger the health of their co-workers.
A. must
B. have to
C. might
D. are supposed to
356. Although some desert plants can survive without water, most plants and
all animals ______ have food in order to live.
A. should
B. must
C. ought
D. have got
357. It is generally agreed that when you travel in countries other than your
own, you ______ conform to the local customs as much as possible.
A. could
B. might
C. ought
D. should
358. I hear you’ve been to Patagonia. That trip ______ been interesting.
A. ought
B. must
C. must have
D. had

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359. I think they ______ consult a doctor as soon as possible. It can be too late.

A. might
B. can
C. ought
D. must

369. I ______ work tomorrow. It is a good opportunity to go to the country.
A. will have
B. won’t have to
C. am allowed
D. am not allowed

360. If she doesn’t buy a ticket, she ______ go to the theatre tomorrow.
A. won’t be able
B. won’t be permitted
C. can’t
D. won’t be allowed

370. The sign ‘Do not bring pet animals’ means that you ______ bring pet animals.
A. are allowed to
B. aren’t allowed to
C. have to
D. don’t have to

361. It was a nice evening, but I’m afraid I ______ Aunt Mary today more than
usual.
A. might annoy
B. could annoy
C. might have annoyed
D. could be annoying
362. It’s rained a lot, so we ______ water the garden.

A. don’t need
B. don’t have
C. needn’t
D. need
363. You ______ pay now – tomorrow’s OK.
A. needn’t
B. must
C. don’t need
D. don’t have
364. People ______ to drive more carefully.
A. should
B. ought
C. must
D. are allowed
365. ______ to work extra?
A. Have I
C. Need I

B. Do I have
D. Must I

366. I ______ to speak English fluently by the end of the year.
A. will be allowed
B. could
C. will be able
D. can
367. Residents ______ hang washing out of the windows. It’s prohibited.
A. should
B. don’t have to
C. must

D. must not
368. If you like this scarf, you ______ find it at any shop.
A. must
B. should
C. ought to
D. can
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371. The sign ‘Non Members Welcome’ means that you ______ be a member to
get in.
A. are allowed to
B. are not allowed to
C. have to
D. don’t have to
372. Students ______ register at the tutorial office in the first week of term. It’s
our demand.
A. must to
B. ought
C. may
D. must
373. They knelt in front of the child who ______ one day rule all England.
A. were to
B. would
C. hadn’t to
D. may not
374. People really ______ hard in those days.
A. had to work
B. must work
C. may work
D. was to

375. There’s the phone. I’ll get it. That ______ be Tony.
A. has to
B. must
C. ought
D. is to
376. What ______ is that it’s not right to gossip.
A. do I think about this news
B. I think about this news
C. think I about the news
D. don’t I think of the news
377. ______ is not my concern.
A. Where is on earth Charlie now
B. Where on earth is Charlie now
C. Where on earth Charlie is now
D. Where is Charlie now
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