Circle the correct letter. I’m 18 and my brother is 20, so he’s … me b older than

c. enjoyed

297. My friend was sorry as his father was DEAD.

c. killed

298. My friends can use my notes when they are ILL.

c. sick

299. Our classes usually ARE OVER at 7 in the evening.

c. finish

300. I enjoy our history lessons. At the moment ......................... about the Russian

Revolution.

a) we’re learning

1.My cousin ......................... his leg last Saturday.

b)broke

2.I’d like a new ......................... for my bedroom floor.

d)rug

3.Joe and I are vegetarians. ......................... of us eats meat.

b)Neither

4.Do you want a single or a ......................... room?

a) double

5.I’ve been here for a week. I came here ......................... .

d) a week ago

6.My father loves his old car. ......................... it for 20 years!

b)He had

7.There’s ......................... sugar in this coffee. Could I have some more, please?

d)not enough

8.Where ......................... last weekend?

d)did you go

9.I’d like to ......................... on this jacket, please.

c)try

10.Our new house ......................... south.

b)faces

11.There were only four horses in the ......................... , but my horse didn’t come first!

c)race

12.If ......................... hard, you’ll pass your exams.

a)you work

13.Harper’s is ......................... expensive shop in town.

c)the most

14.My brother is ......................... older than me.

c)much

15.I’m not very good ......................... playing the piano.

b)at

16.You ......................... drink too much coffee before you go to bed.

c)shouldn’t

17.I don’t mind working ......................... hours.

a)long

18.Take an umbrella. It ......................... .

a)might rain

19.We didn’t go ......................... last weekend. We stayed at home.

d)anywhere

20.‘Have you closed all the windows?’ ‘Yes, ......................... .’

c)I have

21Are you going to the ......................... tonight? An American jazz band is playing.

c)concert

22.Have you ever ......................... to Antarctica?

c)been

23.My grandmother was a tall woman ......................... short grey hair.

c)with

24.He was cooking breakfast ......................... he burned his hand.

d)when

25.Do you want to be a millionaire? is the most popular ......................... show on TV.

b)quiz

26.My exams will be finished ......................... two weeks, and then I’m going on holiday!

a)in

27.The ......................... of the United States is about 250 million.

d)population

28.My brother ......................... the new James Bond film yesterday evening.

b)saw

29.My favourite ......................... are Mozart and Beethoven.

c)composers

30.I stayed at home all day yesterday. I didn’t go ......................... .

b)anywhere

31......................... umbrella is this? Is it your mother’s?

c)Whose

32.Her car isn’t very old. She’s only had it ......................... January.

a)in

33.Our town has two cinemas, but it ......................... have a theatre.

b)doesn’t

34.I can never beat her at tennis – she ......................... the ball very hard.

b)hits

35.If our team ......................... the match tonight, I’ll take you out for a meal!

c)wins

36.Ben Nevis is the ......................... mountain in Britain.

b)highest

37.What time ......................... to bed last night?

c)did you go

38.They live in a big ......................... of flats in the town centre.

d)block

39......................... is longer, the River Nile or the River Amazon?

b)What

40________ at school yesterday.

c)Were you

41.Is your family large? ________

c)Yes, it is

42.What ____ he want?

c) does

43.____ do you have dinner?

c)What time

44.He ____ to go home.

c)didn’t want

45.Where ____ to school?

a) did you go

46.Latin ____ compulsory in Irish schools.

c)used to be

47.The boy ____ cake when his mother came into the room.

c)was eating

48.There ____ milk for my breakfast.

c)isn’t any

49.____ people from Poland went to Scotland in the 20th century.

c)Many

50.There are __________ French speakers in Montreal.

c)a lot of

51.She ____ with her friends on Facebook™ everyday

c)communicates

52.More and more people ____ divorced every year.

c)are getting

53.Many, but not all, people ____ get married in a church. .

c)want to

54.Would you like ____ to the theatre tonight?

c)to go

55.I ____ to Peru on holiday next month.

c)am flying

56.Oh! It ____. I’ll take an umbrella with me.

c)’s raining

57.Do you have any plans for tonight? Yes, we ____ to the cinema.

c)are going

58.I plan to ____ two weeks by the beach.

c)spend

59.The fast food restaurant was _____ dirty. We didn’t eat there.

c)extremely

60.This restaurant is ____ the one over there.

c)more traditional than

61.My coffee was ____ yours. I almost burned by mouth.

c)hotter than

62.The ____ coffee in the world comes from indonesia.

c)most expensive

63.I ____ sushi.

c)have never eaten

64.She has ____ finished this week’s report. .

c)already

65.I don’t think you ¬____ them.

c)should email

66.In the future there ____ cures to the world’s worst diseases.

c)might be

67.The space tourists ___ certainly need to be very fit.

b)─

68.If my new company is successful, I ____ employ people to help me.

a)will

69.The first reality TV show ____ in Sweden in 1997.

c)was shown

70.The film Avatar was directed ____ James Cameron.

c)by

71.I’ve had my cat ____ 4 years.

c)for

72.Her horse is lovely. She _____ it since she was a teenager.

c)has had

73.I’ve received 33 emails ____ .

c)this week

74.How often have you been to the doctor ______

c)in the last twelve months?

75.I was saving up ____ a new computer.

c)to buy

76.You ____ wear a suit to work, but you can if you want.

c)don’t have to

77.I had to ____ a uniform to school when I was younger.

c)wear

78.Cecilia knows someone ____ went to the carnival in Rio de Janeiro.

c)who

79.Oxfam is a charity ____ tries to find lasting solutions to poverty.

c)which

80.A lot of ____ came to Ireland in the 1990s.

c)immigrants

81.There was a nice meal and a band at the wedding ____

a) ceremony

82.I mostly ____ my friends via email.

c)keep in touch with

83.Bob has had a very interesting ___ . He has had jobs in many countries and industries.

d)work

84.She’s very successful. Her ___ has risen a lot in the past few years.

c)salary

85.I am very ___ in old cars.

c)interested

86.He ___ his exam because he didn’t study.

c)failed

87.The house will look cleaner when you have finished the ____.

c)housework

88.Stress is not an illness, but it can ___ to many illnesses.

c)contribute

89.He ____ off his holiday until after the winter.

c)put

90.I live in Manchester but now I am ___ with my aunt in London.

c) staying

91.How often ___ to the cinema?

c) do you go

92.Come in! I ___ .

c)’m not sleeping

93.He ___ spaghetti.

c) doesn’t like

94.Why don’t we ___ a party?

c) have

95.___ much money have you got?

c) How

96.It was a busy day at the office but Sheila and Bruce ___ tired at all.

c) weren’t

97.When I was young, Michael Jackson ___ my favourite pop star.

c) was

98.Who ___ at the café yesterday?

c) did you meet

99.What ___ when they arrived?

c) were you doing

100.I’m wearing silver ___ today.

c) earrings

101.In my opinion, Beethoven ___ the best classical music.

c) composed

102.Travelling on foot is ___ than going by car.

c) slower

103.I like your room very much. It’s the ___ room I have ever seen.

c) tidiest

104.He looks weird. I think he’s got ___ piercings.

c) too many

105.Do you think we can buy this camera? – Yes, we have ___ money.

c) enough

106.She looks great for her new job! Look at her ___ dress!

c) smart

107.I ___ to be a vet when I grow up.

c) would like

108.What ___ to do in the future?

c) are you going

109.I can’t stand ___ exams. I’m always really nervous.

b)To take

110.He learnt ___ a computer two years ago.

c) to use

111.Please can you ___ the application form for this job?

c) fill in

112.There are boys and girls in my school. It is a ___ school.

a)compulsory

113.Don’t sit in front of the TV for so long! You ___ move around more!

c) should

114.Mark gets bad marks all the time! He ___ study harder! It’s very important!

c) must

115.I like ___ Italian food.

a)an

116.I usually take two sandwiches and ___ orange to work.

c) an

117.I bought three ___ of chocolate yesterday and I ate them all!

c) bars

118.I am very thirsty. Can I have ___ lemonade, please?

c) a can of

119.Children are ___ to take toys to school!

c) not allowed

120.You ___ play computer games this evening if you clean your room first.

c) can

121.When Jake was five, he ___ allowed to stay up late.

c) wasn’t

122.At primary school, we ___ play ball games at playtime.

c) could

123.It’s important to ___ with people.

c) get on well

124.In your family, who ___ ? I mean who is the laziest one?

c) does nothing

125.Next weekend, we ___ to Mexico City.

c) are driving

126.My sister ___ to our end-of-semester party tonight.

c) isn’t coming

127.The weather will definitely change at the weekend. It ___ be sunny any more.

c) won’t

128.Scientists believe that very soon we ___ to live in space.

c) will be able

129.I feel awful! I don’t want to look at food! I think I’ve got ___ .

c) food poisoning

130.When your flight does not leave on time, ___ .

c) your flight is delayed

131.Have you ___ ridden a horse?

c) ever

132.We have already ___ three games.

c) won

133.Have you ___ somebody famous?

c) ever met

134.They ___ rock climbing.

c) have never done

135.The player who plays against your team is your ___ .

c) opponent

136.The thing you use to hit the ball in table tennis is called ___ .

c) a bat

137.A restaurant is a place ___ you eat food.

c) where

138.A.G. Bell is the man ___ invented the telephone.

c) who

139.If Stuart ___ to use his camera, he will have to put in some batteries first.

c) wants

140.When the parents meet next week, they ___ this situation.

c) will discuss

141.You can leave a message if he’s got ___ .

c) an answering machine

142.If you want to start a machine, first ___ .

c) switch it on

143.I ___ really scared of heavy storms when I was a little girl.

c) used to be

144.What’s happened to Josh? His room ___ be this tidy!

c) didn’t use to

145.I’ve known Jane ___ ten years.

c) for

146.I haven’t seen him ___ last summer.

c) since

147.On holidays we saw where the ___ runs into the sea.

c) river

148.There are a lot of ___ on the road because of the heavy rain.

c) floods

149.Most films ___ by big studios these days.

c) are made

150.Have you heard the news? All the tickets ___ out yesterday!

c) were sold

151.My favourite book ___ by C.S. Lewis.

c) was written

152.Has the story ___ into a film?

c) been made

153.I hate reading ___ . They are too long.

b) novels

154.The latest Baz Luhrmann film Australia ___ Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.

c) stars

155.If music was cheaper, I ___ for it.

c) would pay

156.If you ___ so many mistakes, you would pass the test.

c) didn’t make

157.He told me ___ quiet.

c) to be

158.She asked them ___ their friends the secret.

c) not to tell

159.Don’t ___ me! I didn’t do it!

c) blame

160.Why ___ it is a good idea to go there?

c) do you think

161.Ann can’t answer the phone. She ___ a shower.

c) is having

162.Thomas, are you doing homework? – Yes, I ___ about my History project.

c)’m thinking

163.This is the man ___ son won the sailing competition in July.

c) whose

164.___ John recently?

c) Have you seen

165.You’ve been playing really well. You ___ the match again.

c) won

166.I met Stuart finally. – What ___ like?

c) does he look

167.Sue is 1.17 metres tall and Jill is 1.80 metres tall. Jill is ___ taller than Sue.

c) much

168.I am like my father. I am very ___ to him.

c) similar

169.I’ve got to be on time. I ___ be late.

c) mustn’t

170.My mum ___ me do my homework immediately when I return from school.

c) makes

171.___ me invite some friends home next Saturday, Mum?

c) Will you let

172.Please, come back home as soon as it ___ to rain.

c) starts

173.Look at the grey clouds in the sky. It ___ .

c) is going to rain

174.I’ll phone him after I ___ back from work.

c) come

175.The film is going to start in a minute. Why don’t you switch the TV ___ ?

c) on

176.I’ve been reading this book for the last few weeks, and I still ___ it.

c) haven’t finished

177.I last went to the theatre three months ___ .

c) ago

178.Ed ___ for J&J Company since 1997.

c) has been working

179.I look terrible. I need to ___ .

c) have my hair cut

180.I won’t feel safe until the thieves ___ .

c) are caught

181.Who ___ by?

c) was Guernica painted

182.What ___ if you won a lottery?

c) would you do

183.I always get a ‘D’ in Maths tests. I wish I ___ a ‘B’.

c) could get

184.When he arrived at the station he realised that he ___ his train ticket at home.

c) had left

185.‘Do you want to go?’ he asked. – He asked me ___ .

c) if I wanted to go

186.‘What are you doing?’ he shouted. – He asked me what ___ .

c) I was doing

187.He’s not at home. He ___ earlier.

c) must have left

188.We are the best class in the school and our teacher is very ___ us.

c) proud of

189.If I had known about the accident, I ___ you.

c) would have helped

190.My friends ______ on the computer.

c) chat often

191.At the moment we _____ our clothes.

c) are washing

192What’s that noise? _______ again?

b) Is she shouting

193.That’s right. I_____ with you.

c) agree

194.My brother is really _____________. He can’t sit quietly for two minutes!

c) noisy

195.They are coming this afternoon. ____________?

c) Aren’t they

196.My brother’s got a job at the bank. ____________?

c) Has he

197.I’m __________ a teacher when I finish my studies.

c) going to be

198.He’s usually friendly but now he ____ to be alone.

c) wants

199.I must go. I _____ Sara for lunch.

c) ‘m meeting

200.Could you tell me where _____?

a) is the telephone

201.Could you tell me what time ____________?

d) does the concert start

102.We’re going to cross America ___ foot.

c) on

203.Yesterday I ___ really ill.

c)felt

204.I ___ about the problem for a long time but I didn’t know what to do.

c) thought

205.Why ______ me from the station last night?

c) didn’t you telephone

206.He _______want to come with us yesterday.

c) didn’t

207.______ you the letter last week?

c) Did John give

208.I _______ to be quiet but now I’m not.

c) used

209.They ______ to like us but now they do.

c) didn’t used

210.Where _______ to go on holidays?

c) did you use

211.Did you find ________ who took your coat?

c) out

212.What makes you feel really ________?

c) annoyed

213He’s always very ______ to listen to.

a) interesting

214.What _____ when the accident happened?

c) was he doing

215.I was walking along when I ________ a strange noise.

c) heard

216.They went on holiday in June. ________, they came home in September.

c) Finally

217.The red car is ___ than the blue car.

c) faster

218.John is ____ than Paul.

c) lazier

219.This is the ______ film at the cinema.

c) best

220.Cheryl is the _______ girl in my class.

c) most beautiful

221.He’s not as ________ I thought.

c) intelligent as

222.These big windows make this room really ___________.

c) spacious

223.The soup was _______ cold.

c) too

224.This room isn’t ______ for our meeting.

b) too big

225.This is the shop ______ sells cheap clothes.

b) where

226.Who’s that man _____ was talking to you?