Variant 1 You could have come first and won the race if you … faster

4. My friend as well as my parents … me the whole day.
A) shall observe B) observes C) are observed D) observe
5. Each time when we were together, she … tell me something new.
A) would B) must C) should D) will
6. The Prime Minister could not return … this compliment, so said nothing at all.
A) more honest B) honester C) honestly D) honest
7. He will return from London in May; his sister will stay there … month.
A) others B) other C) another D) the other
8. George, help me to do the room if you … nothing at the being time.
A) aren`t doing B) will do C) are doing D) do
9. You … to cut the grass, I`ll do it later.
A) don`t need B) mustn`t C) should D) needn`t
10. His brother decided to stay for … three weeks though Hans had spent much time in the mountains.
A) the other B) other C) another D) others
11. Everybody has come to the lesson … Sobir. He is ill.
A) besides B) between C) during D) except
12. Angelique walks … she studied modelling.
A) as though B) even though C) although D) far though
13. I had a little cat last year. Unfortunately, it was run … by a car.
A) with B) out of C) over D) away
14. Mother laid … table and put … big cake with candles in the middle of it.
A) a/the B) the/a C) the/the D) a/a
15. In the past, we threw a lot of our kitchen waste away, but today many items such as plastic bottles and newspapers … .
A) recycle B) were recycled C) are recycling D) are recycled
16. She`ll call in and see you tomorrow afternoon. She … your house. It`s on her way home from work.
A) will have passed B) had passed C) will be passing D) was passing
17. I`ve lived in Milan for years. So I`m used … a lot of pasta.
A) to eating B) eat C) to eat D) eating
18. He … the head of a gang of bank robbers.
A) believes to be B) is believing to be C) is believed to be D) believed to be