103. Choose the correct item

1. Violet’s a really ….. person. She’s always smiling.

A. sensible B. interesting C. talkative D. cheerful

2. Jimmy came back from his holiday in Argentina looking really ….. .

A. tanned B. sunned C. coloured D. Darkened

3. I have no ….. what time the pool opens.

A. belief B. opinion C. idea D. feeling

4. Laura rarely leaves the house without ….. her make-up on.

A. doing B. putting C. having D. getting

5. It was a great meal, but pretty expensive. Just look at the ….. !

A. ticket B. recipe C. invoice D. bill

6. It was a beautiful day so we went on a boat ….. on the lake.

A. ride B. travel C. drive D. sightseeing

7. Could you ….. me that book for a couple of days, please?

A. lend B. owe C. borrow D. rent

8. Felix ….. that he hadn’t broken the computer, but no one believed him.

A. reassured B. informed C. insisted D. persuaded

9. I hope this cut on my hand ….. quickly.

A. cures B. heals C. treats D restores

10.He ….. me by the neck and demanded all the money.

A. pointed B. touched C. carried D. grabbed 11. She’s a very ….. writer, one day she’ll be famous.

A. successful B. promising C. well-known D. excellent

12. Mandy ….. everything I wanted to know.

A. spoke B. told C. talked D. explained

13. You are in great ….! What have you done?

A. figure B. shape C. fitness D. body

14. The meat is delicious. You are an excellent …..!

A. chef B. cook C. cuisine D. cooker

15. Shall we……a cake for your birthday?

A. boil B. grill C. cook D. bake

16. Could you…..your name here, please?

A. sign B. signal C. signature D. signing

17. I’m enjoying myself but I’ probably live to ….. it.

A. upset B. deny C. forget D. regret

18. The house ….. fields so it is very quiet.

A. looks into B. looks out of C. backs onto D. backs up to

19. The house needs ….. up but it won’t take long.

A. doing B. making C. taking D. working

20. There’s a small bird’s ….. in our tree.

A. hive B. nest C. kennel D. burrow

1. By the time they arrived at the beach, it ….. to rain.

A. was starting B. started C. had started D. had been starting

2. By 2012, Sandra ….. ten countries in Europe.

A. had already been visiting B. was already visiting C. already visited D. had already visited

3. They ….. for two hours before they found the house.

A. have walked B. had been walking C. walked D. are walking

4. The children were cold. They ….. in the snow all afternoon.

A. had played B. had been playing c. were playing D. played

5. It was a chilly evening. A strong wind ….. and clouds were covering the sky.

A. was blowing B. blew C. had blown D. had been blowing

6. This time last week, I ….. an exam.

A. sat B. had sat C. had been sitting D. was sitting

7. While Arnold was fixing the window, he ….. off the ladder.

A. fell B. was falling C. had fallen D. had been falling

8. Lucy was gardening ….. Adam was painting the kitchen.

A. when B. as soon as C. after D. while

9. Mark ….. tennis every day during the summer holidays.

A. is playing B. had played C. had been playing D. played

10. Matthew ….. an expensive mountain bike last year.

A. was buying B. had bought C. bought D. had been buying

11.I’m sure we ….. the match tomorrow.

A. will be winning B. are going to win C. are winning D. will win

12. I expect we ….. there in half an hour.

A. are being B. will be C. are D. will have been

13. Paul ….. in Oxford for five years by the end of the month.

A. will be working B. will have been working C. will work D. is going to work

14. I ….. see the Picasso exhibition at the National Gallery tomorrow.

A. am going to B. will have gone to C. will be going to D. will go to

15. It’s really cold today. I think it ….. .

A. will be snowing B. is going to snow C. will snow D. will have been snowing

16. Andrew ….. sixteen years old on May 1^st.

A. is being B. is going to be C. will be D. will have been

17. This time next week, I ….. to Jamaica.

A. fly B. will be flying C. will fly D. am going to fly

18. He ….. to Paris by the time I arrive in London.

A. will have flown B. will be flying C. is going to fly D. will have been flying

19. A young girl ….. by a firefighter yesterday.

A. is rescued B. was rescued C. has been rescued D. had been rescued

20. I don’t like ….. what to do.

A. telling B. to tell C. being told D. been told

1. All of their vegetables are home….. .

A. grown B. made C. done D. fixed

2. How…….have you been working here?

A. far B. many C. much D. long

3. The cottage has got a thatched……. .

A. harden B. door C. window D. roof

4. Mark has……been to Spain for his holidays.

A. last B. ago C. recently D. before

5. “Where can he have gone?” he……. .

A. suggested B. wondered C. explained D. begged

6. It’s a film about a famous……who discovered an island no one had ever travelled to before.

A. pilgrim B. sightseer C. explorer D. backpacker

7. Our boss is very……; she’s always calm and relaxed.

A. self-centred B. easy-going

C. down-to-earth D. level-headed

8. He’s called her ten times already and insisted on speaking to her. He’s very……. .

A. patient B. persuasive C. persistent D. punctual

9. The government has decided to increase the monthly…….of civil servants.

A. wage B. salary C. money D. interests

10. The company has more than one owner; there’s Mr. Peters and his two…… .

A. colleagues B. personnel C. employees D. partners

11. The cruise was cancelled due to the…… sea.

A. calm B. rough C. open D. dark

12. Ann loves to……every new fashion.

A. start B. follow C. sit D. pass

13. What was your first……of the new Maths teacher? Was she nice?

A. look B. view C. impression D. sight

14. The road was blocked so we had to take an alternative……via Arlington Avenue.

A. path B. route C. street D. lane

15. Mrs. Smith was a rather old-fashioned woman with……beliefs.

A. conventional B. adventurous

C. imaginative D. immature

16. The minister was in the public……after the scandal was exposed.

A. eye B. service C. interest D. light

17. Bill is on a business……..in Mexico.

A. travel B. trip C. journey D. voyage

18. The President, who signed a peace…….. with a number of countries in 1994, is enjoying the full support of his people.

A. agreement B. treaty C. union D. truce

19. Tony has been….at Manchester University.

A. accepted B. promoted C. appointed D. passed

20. We need a bit of……to win.

A. chance B. luck C. fortune D. accident