Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill each blank

(67) Who _____ in that house?

a) does live

b) lives

c) does he live

d) he lives

(68) I’ll call you when I _____ home.

a) get

b) ’ll get

c) ’ll have got

d) ’m getting

(69) If you _____ me, what would you do?

a) was

b) would be

c) were

d) have been

(70) I don’t know where _____ last night.

a) did he go

b) he did go

c) went he

d) he went

(71) John and Betty are coming to visit us tomorrow but I wish _____.

a) they won’t

b) they hadn’t

c) they didn’t

d) they weren’t

(72) I’m so hungry! If only Bill _____ all the food in the fridge!

a) wasn’t eating

b) didn’t eat

c) hadn’t eaten

d) hasn’t eaten

(73) I regret _____ harder in school.

a) not studying

b) not to study

c) to not study

d) not have studied

(74) Surely Sue _____ you if she was unhappy with your work.

a) will tell

b) would have told

c) must have told

d) had told

(75) Our neighbours aren’t very polite, and _____ particularly quiet!

a) neither they aren’t

b) either they aren’t

c) nor are they

d) neither did they be

(76) We had expected that they _____ fluent English, but in fact they didn’t.

a) were speaking

b) would speak

c) had spoken

d) spoke

(77) I’d rather _____ next weekend, but I do!

a) I don’t have to work

b) I didn’t have to work

c) not to work

d) no working

(78) Harriet is so knowledgeable. She can talk about _____ subject that comes up.

a) whatever

b) whenever

c) wherever

d) whoever

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Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill each blank.

(79) I always _____ milk in my coffee.

a) have

b) drink

c) mix

d) make

(80) I _____ TV every evening.

a) watch

b) look at

c) see

d) hear

(81) Can you give me a _____ with my bag.

a) leg

b) back

c) hand

d) head

(82) Before you enter the triathlon, please bear in _____ that you’re not as young as you used to be!

a) thought

b) question

c) mind

d) opinion

(83) The breath test showed he had consumed more than three times the legal limit of alcohol, so the police arrested him for _____.

a) trespassing

b) mugging

c) speeding

d) drunk driving

(84) The meeting was _____ and not very interesting.

a) time-wasting

b) time-consuming

c) time-using

d) out of time

(85) After the movie was released, the main _____ point was its excessive use of violence.

a) discussion

b) speaking

c) conversation

d) talking

(86) There have been several big _____ against the use of GM foods recently.

a) campaigns

b) issues

c) boycotts

d) strikes

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