Choose the best answer

Choose the best answer.

1. The most widely read English language newspaper in … world is … USA Today.

A) a/an B) a/the

C) the/the D) the/-

2. A: What’s my diary like for the next week?

B: Pretty busy. You’re traveling to … Manchester on … Monday.

A) a/- B) -/the

C) the/the D) -/-

3. I blame … for the mistakes in the report – I didn’t check it carefully.

A) myself B) herself

C) me D) her

4. Everything here … expensive.

A) is B) are

C) do D) did

5. Indian elephants are … African elephants, but they are a bit smaller.

A) as big as B) bigger

C) similar to D) the biggest
6. Mikal’s motorbike is … mine. We both have Honda 250s.

A) bigger than B) the same as

C) different from D) as small as
7. We … to our parents’ for lunch on Sundays.

A) go B) are going

C) went D) will go

8. Suarez … to Messi. Messi … - he … !

A) has passed/has shooted/has scored

B) passed/shooted/scored

C) passes/shoots/scores

D) passes/shoots/scored

9. We … at my mother’s while the builders … the roof of our house.

A) stay/repair

B) are staying/are repairing

C) stayed/are repairing

D) stayed/repaired
10. More people … their pets to the vet with behavior problems these days.

A) were taking B) are taking

C) take D) took

11. I … it difficult to organize my time at the moment. I usually organize my time well.

A) finding B) finds

C) am finding D) found
12. Dr. Livingstone … a Scottish explorer, famous for his work in Africa. While he … for the source of the River Nile, he … .

A) is/is searching/disappeared

B) is/was searching/ disappeared

C) was/searched/had disappeared

D) was/was searching/disappeared
13. When he was younger, he … on very difficult expeditions and he … risks that many other explorers wouldn’t.

A) used to go/would take

B) went/had taken

C) used to go/had taken

D) went/would taken
14. Emily was unhappy – her husband … her a birthday present.

A) hadn’t bought

B) didn’t buy

C) was buying

D) hadn’t been buying

15. I gave up after I … six times without getting through.

A) phone

B) phoned

C) was phoning

D) had phoned
16. Barry and Gill were soaked when they arrived because it … heavily.

A) rained

B) was raining

C) had rained

D) had been raining
17. My boss is pleased with my work. If I … a pay rise this year, I … buy a new car.

A) got/will buy

B) get/will buy

C) got/would buy

D) had got/would have bought
18. I … for your help … I … it.

A) wouldn’t ask/unless/needed

B) didn’t asked/when/had needed

C) will ask/only if/hadn’t needed

D) will ask/although/will need

19. After a slow start, she went on … the race.

A) to win B) winning

C) to be win D) win

20. They stopped, but we went on … .

A) walking B) to walk

C) walk C) to be walk

21. Solzhenitsyn wrote his books while he was still a prisoner, … was very brave.

A) who B) which

C) whom D) that
22. My aim is for my children … happy

A) be B) to be

C) being D) are