exams yes Choose the correct answer 1.jpg GRAMMAR Try as I _______ , I couldn't turn the key. could might should would GRAMMAR _______ you to change your mind about handing in your notice, we would be happy for you to stay with us. If Should Unless Were GRAMMAR I find _______ very strange that Meena has not been promoted yet. that her it them GRAMMAR Did you really understand all _______ he said? which what when that GRAMMAR Please come and see me _______ day you like. some every all any GRAMMAR His grandfather often dozes _______ in front of the TV after dinner. off out over in GRAMMAR Only on very rare occasions _______ an appearance before midday. the old lady would make would make the old lady would the old lady make the old lady make would GRAMMAR He escaped by _______ a hair's breadth the hair's breadth the breadth of a hair a breadth of a hair GRAMMAR _______ he should have spent all the weekend preparing for his test, he in fact just lay in bed watching videos. Nevertheless However Whereas Despite GRAMMAR _______ with being so busy both at work and at home, she became increasingly tired and bad-tempered. How Where Which What GRAMMAR I benefited a great deal _______ taking that online training course. for from with off GRAMMAR In such a plight _______ that we had no choice but to radio for help. we found ourselves we ourselves found did we find ourselves did we ourselves find GRAMMAR Why do you object to _______ - he'll be an asset to the company? he be taken on him being taken on he being taken on him be taken on GRAMMAR Unfortunately, their house _______ while they were at the restaurant celebrating their anniversary. had burgled got burgled went burgled burgled GRAMMAR If the decision _______ before he arrived, he would have been furious. would have been taken was taken was being taken had been taken GRAMMAR You must phone us as soon as you _______ home. will get are getting get will have got GRAMMAR I can reassure you that everything _______ as quickly as possible. will deal with will be dealt will deal will be dealt with GRAMMAR Bob couldn't ______ a moustache to the photo of his Headmaster in the newspaper. resist adding resist to add resist from adding resist for adding GRAMMAR This time next week I won't be in a stuffy office, _______ on a beach in Spain. I'll lie I'll have lain I'll be lying I'm lying GRAMMAR He crept in _______ his parents should wake up. unless lest otherwise whereby GRAMMAR Capital punishment was done _______ in Britain nearly half a century ago. out for off by away with over from GRAMMAR No offence intended _______ I think you haven't understood the problem correctly. if when as but GRAMMAR I take great exception _______ the implication that I was not telling the truth. to against from with GRAMMAR In such a complex situation as this mistakes _______ happen occasionally. bound to are bound to bound bound to GRAMMAR No one wants to have extra homework tonight, _______? don't they don't he do they does he GRAMMAR _______ your house repainted every year? Have you Have you got Do you have Have you been GRAMMAR I had no difficulty _______ their house although they had said that people often did. finding to find to finding for finding GRAMMAR I'm sure he only said those things _______. for annoying me to my annoyance to annoy me for annoy me GRAMMAR James is staying with _______ while he is in New York — their son, Nick Green, will then come back with James for a few weeks over here. Greens the Greens the Green Green GRAMMAR The more I get to know him, the _______ I like him. less most much lesser GRAMMAR Women had to fight hard to gain _______ equality. an the her --- GRAMMAR I've never heard _______ ridiculous speech. a such such a so a a so GRAMMAR All their children are allowed _______ exactly what they like. do to do doing for doing GRAMMAR The old lady came near to _______ of pneumonia but to everyone's amazement she pulled through. die death dying being dead GRAMMAR I had no sooner told her what I thought of her _______ I wished I'd held my tongue. than when that as GRAMMAR I _______ rather you didn't tell my parents about this. would should had did GRAMMAR We promised to keep in touch _______ happened to us in life. whenever whatever however wherever GRAMMAR We were at a disadvantage _______ that we did not have a very good knowledge of the language the others were using. in by with for GRAMMAR The President resigned; the whiff of scandal remained _______ otherwise therefore immediately nevertheless GRAMMAR If you can win his attention _______ for you. the so much better the better so much so much the better so the much better GRAMMAR My daughter is planning to spend a year before university working in Australia, _______ seems to me to be a sensible idea. what that which where GRAMMAR I can't imagine any reason _______ he should have behaved in such an extraordinary way. how for that why GRAMMAR I borrowed a _______ bike and went into town in the lunch break. friend of mine's friend of my friend's of my friend's of mine GRAMMAR They live about _______ from here. a drive of an hour an hour of drive a drive hour an hour's drive GRAMMAR It was the collapse of the dotcom boom that finally did _______ him. with out for off GRAMMAR By the time you're my age, you _______ your mind. will probably change will probably have changed would probably change are probably changing GRAMMAR When I first came to Britain it took me a long time to _______ on the left. get used to drive be used to driving get used to driving get used to drive GRAMMAR You'd rather stay at home tonight, _______you? hadn't wouldn't didn't won't GRAMMAR Kevin'll do well in the job _______ he stays on the right side of the boss. as soon as as far as as long as as well as GRAMMAR Thank you very much — I haven't been to _______ party for ages. a so enjoyable the so enjoyable so enjoyable so enjoyable a