People who are colour blind often can’t ______between red and green.
tell
make
differ
vary
Our car broke down twice on holiday.______to say we’re thinking of getting a new one.
Worthless
Pointless
Needless
Regardless
I hope the lecturer wasn’t referring ______my assignment when he made that remark.
of
in
for
to
Air ______is quicker and, with low cost airlines, often cheaper than other forms of transport.
fly
journey
travel
trip
An _____ means an old lady
old chap
old fella
old bloke
old dear
My first job was to arrange the files into ______order from the oldest to the most recent.
alphabetical
historical
chronological
numerical
Most cave art was created in prehistoric ______.
times
stage
era
epochs
Fish gillsare for ______.
breathing
digesting
reproducing
changing direction while swimming
Which phrase is NOT connected to seafarers?
Bumper harvest!
Land Hoy!
Steer to starboard!
Hello, me hearty!
Cleaning detergent is a common household ______that can be found in our waterways.
pollutive
polluter
pollution
pollutant
Although the new restaurant has had sensational review, we’ve been ______by its extremely high prices.
set down
put off
given into
carried up
A ______is not a musical instrument. The others are.
bream
French horn
sitar
marimba
You’re being ______. You surely can’t believe all his promises.
sent to Coventry
led up the garden path
left high and dry
thrown to the dogs
The door needs its ______oiling. It squeaks when you open it.
brackets
hinges
frames
screws
In the end, the board had to _____ to pressure from supporters and sack the manager.
shake
kick
bow
head
Which one is not correct?
A flock of sheep
A pack of flies
A school of fish
A pride of lions
There’s a proverb ‘A stitch in time saves ______. ‘ which means do something asap.
one
four
nine
eleven
It goes without ______I won’t be voting for them considering their attitude to immigration.
telling
saying
speaking
uttering
Beekeepers keep bees in ______.
dens
hives
kennels
cages
‘Are you going out tonight?’ ______. Quiet night in!
No, I can’t be bothered.
No, I’m not in the moody.
No, I don’t feel like me.
No, it isn’t a hassle.
I wish someone ______her mind.
had her to change
would get her to change
had got her changing
could have got her changing
As we ______see, those words were to cost him dear.
- shall
- should
- ought to
- must
He sat outside the Headmaster’s office ______his thumbs.
- meantime twiddle
- during twiddling
- whiletwiddling
- astwiddled
I insisted ______for dinner.
on them staying
them to stay
that they must stay
with them for staying
I ______this book. I couldn’t resist!
must have simply had
simply had to have
needed simply to have
needed having simply
The rock star admitted he ______on tour for months on end if he hadn’t taken drugs.
could never have been surviving
didn’t get used to be
wouldn’t have ever got used to being
had never got used to go
I ______. She knew already!
shouldn’t worry.
mustn’t have worried
needn’t have worried
hadn’t had to be worrying
______, I would have forgotten about her birthday!
Were you not to phone
Did you not phone
Had you not phoned
Hardly would you phone
He ______when he punched the police officer out of frustration.
was questioning
was being questioned
had been being questioned
has been questioning
‘You’re the best musician I’ve ever played with!’
‘______? Thanks!’
Aren’t I?
Am I?
Have you?
Haven’t you?
The job ______by now, but you can try phoning them just to make sure.
will be taking
will have been taken
will have taken
will have been taking
______English better, we’d take you on.
Can you speak
Were you able to speak
If you speak
Supposing you will speak
He said he _____ when the problem flat mate moved out himself.
no sooner moved out
would have moved out
was thinking to move out
had been about to move out
The murderer is thought ______still at large. Police warn against approaching him.
being
be
to be
to have been
What do you think of the course ______?
far
by far
so far
in as far
______I agree with it in theory, I don’t in practice.
Thus
Whilst
Hitherto
Even so
‘Shocked ______bytoday’s events, we remain steadfast in our resolve to defeat terrorism.’ the president said.
as we are
suchare we
eventhough we are
that we are
So now let’s turn to WB Yeats, a nineteenth and early twentieth century poet, ______many of you will have heard.
------
that
who
of whom
I’ve already told you. I don’t want to go away this weekend! _____ I don’t have enough money anyway!
By the way,
What’s more,
Nonetheless,
Besides,
Such was the public outrage _____ almost inevitable.
were riots
that riots were
many of riots were
riots and so on were