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Choose the best word to put in the gap:

1. On Saturday I _____ shopping.
 go will do am going am go

2. Do you mind if I _____?
 smoke smoking don't smoke smoked

3. I bought _____ at the market.
 a sunglass some sunglass the sunglass a pair of sunglasses

4. _____ a drink? We have beer or Coke.
 Want you Do you like You have Would you like

5. I am not _____ Sylvia.
 clever as cleverer as as clever as clever than

6. Jim _____ that he loved Sydney.
 spoke told speaks said

7. Sydney is a very _____ city.
 safe safety safely safetiness

8. Every weekend I _____ sailing on the harbour.
 play do go make

9. Stella _____ to pay for the concert tickets.
 offered proposed desired suggested

10. Could you _____ me $10 until tomorrow?
 loan borrow rent lend

Which verb tense fits best in these sentences?

11. I'm not Australian. I _____ from England.
 comes come have come am coming

12. I _____ a cup of coffee, please.
 am liking will have would take take

13. Quick! Call an ambulance! There ____ an accident.
 made is happened has been

14. Bob felt very sick. He _____ too much beer earlier in the night.
 had drunk was drinking was drunk didn't drink

15. Jane was tired. She _____ swimming so far.
 didn't use to get used to wasn't used to usen't to

Match the first part of the sentence with the second part

16. Bill makes friends _____
 every time. today. wherever he goes. on his feet.

17. I'll help you _____
 very easily doing it. if I like. if you like

18. Dave fell in love with Mary _____
 at first sight. when they meet. with his heart. and she did too.

19. He asked Beth _____
 where is the station. describing her apartment. how she is. she can go.

20. Excuse me, could you tell me _____
 where is the station? where I am? what is this? the bus stop is?

Which word has the same vowel sound as the first three words?

21. there, hair, glare
 here hear pear fear

22. war, tore, floor
 jar blood foul paw

23. made, play, raid
 pad tread said freight

24. pool, room, tomb
 shoot poor floor good

25. hope, soap, show
 down how through blow

What do these idioms mean?

26. The cat is out of the bag.
 Please hurry. Everyone knows the secret now. He is in trouble. Please help me.

27. It's there in black and white.
 It's written down. It's either right or wrong. It's not coloured. It's halfway along.

28. They are like chalk and cheese.
 They are good friends. They go everywhere together. They are in love. They are very different.

29. They are thick as thieves.
 Everyone knows them. They do everything together. They are very stupid They are always in trouble.

Choose the correct preposition to put in each sentence

30. I'll meet you _____ 7 o'clock.
 on at in for

31. I have been waiting _____ January.
 before from on since

32 We had a big party _____ Christmas.
 by at in on

33. I'll lend you the money _____ the condition you pay it back.
 for in on by

34. She is married _____ my cousin
 with by for to

Which word is most similar in meaning to the word or phrase in CAPITAL LETTERS:

35. The passengers ALIGHTED from the ferry at the quay.
 disembarked boarded separated fled

36. The police CLAIMED that Dave had been carrying a gun.
 stated alleged asserted hinted

37. PROVIDED THAT you keep your word, everything should be OK.
 Understanding As long as Assuming that Believing that

38. Her ATTITUDE has always been rather superior.
 personality atmosphere behaviour character

39. Bill ALLUDED to our previous conversation when he rang.
 described referred to denied attended to

Decide which phrasal verb best completes the sentence:

40. The dog _____ Bill and bit his leg.
 took off went for made off took down

41. The match was _____ because of rain.
 called off taken down taken over given out

42. It is wrong to _____ other people.
 look over look through look for look down on

43. Betty was sad when her grandmother
 passed by passed away passed through passed across

44. Bill's friends _____ at the airport.
 saw him off picked him over put him down took him off

Choose the correct word

45. A stem is part of a
 computer flower body book

46. A wing is part of a/an
 dog newspaper aeroplane bed

47. A key is part of a.
 piano box floor teapot

48. A block is part of a
 chair door city station

49. A lane is a type of
 road human fire kitchen

50. A frame is part of a
 kitchen desk folder door

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