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Name: ______________________________________

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Example:

Where

A do you go

B have you gone

B rather

C sooner

B having

C doing

B who

C whose

B some

Ca

B monotonous B how

D earlier D chatting D whom D– D wobbly D which

B puerile

C infant

D youthful

B how

C that

D for

B stand

C allow

D agree

Unfortunately, he’s never _____ his potential, which is a great shame. C fulfilled

D overcome

Sorry I’m late, I stopped _____ the shopping on the way home. B to do

C to doing

D out to do

Jennifer _____ advantage of all the opportunities she was given and has done very well. A achieved

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D didn’t think

He can’t _____ hearing people arguing with each other.

A doing 15

C deep C where

A encountered B gained 14

C haven’t thought

I hate _____ when you keep interrupting me.

A beat 13

B aren’t thinking

His _____ good looks are what have made his fortune.

A it 12

D have been staying

Was that the building _____ the factory used to be?

A juvenile 11

C were staying

You could tell that the speaker was nervous from her _____ voice.

A when 10

B will be staying

It’s important to create _____ good relationship with work colleagues as teamwork is so important.

A husky 9

D came

The person to _____ we were speaking seemed to have all the information we needed.

A the 8

C were coming

Julia hated _____ small talk with the professors as she never knew what to talk about.

A which 7

B have been coming

No _____ had I said it than I realised it was the wrong thing to say.

A making 6

D go you

We _____ it’s a good idea to take too much time off work.

A quicker 5

C are you going

My parents are coming this weekend but I don’t know how long they _____ .

A don’t think 4

C for your next holiday?

We’ve been living in Brighton since we _____ to England three years ago.

A stay 3

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Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence.

A have come 2

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B had

C gained

D took

He wasn’t _____ in getting the job he wanted but he was offered another job in the same company. A succeeding

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B successful

C succeeded

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D successive

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He _____ to New Zealand to work but he decided to go to America instead. A should go

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B must have gone

C supposed to go

You _____ that it wasn’t going to be easy to become a doctor – everyone warned you. A might realise B can have realised

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C fancy

B doesn’t go B as B far

C great

B common

D close

B seriously

C exceptionally

D bitterly

B somewhere

C nowhere

D virtually

C routines

D customs

B affiliation

C association

D membership

B incompetent

C incapable

D inexpert

B occasion

C event

D exception

You should leave now, _____ you’ll be late for the meeting. B until

C otherwise

D except

We’ll offer you the job _____ as you realise that it’s only on a temporary basis. A providing

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C distant

In the _____ of a fire, leave the building immediately.

A unless 33

D deal

Some people just seem to be _____ of reading instructions correctly.

A case 32

D alike

In business it’s important to build up a good _____ with your customers.

A inefficient 31

D not going

There’s a training course next week for staff to improve their sales _____ .

A rapport 30

C wasn’t going C similar

A technologies B techniques 29

D rather

The new factory is _____ near finished. It’ll take another two months at least. A hardly

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B wish

She was _____ disappointed when she realised that she couldn’t go on holiday with her friends. A amazingly

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D hadn’t

Alan Grintley is a _____ relative of mine. He was my great-great-great-grandfather. A far

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C wouldn’t

This lesson is _____ more interesting than the last one. A so

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B doesn’t

I don’t think he looks at all _____ his father, do you? A like

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D pity

He often regrets _____ abroad when he was younger. A not to go

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C point

Many people would _____ spend their money than save it at the moment. A prefer

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B place

I wish she _____ always criticise what everyone else is wearing. A won’t

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C should have realised D must have realised

The TV company is looking for people to take _____ in a new reality show. A part

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D could have gone

B as long

C unless

D in case

We’ve got to _____ in mind that we have a very limited budget for the refurbishment. A consider

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B hold

C carry

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D bear

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They _____ several tests on the new equipment to check for safety. A carried out

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B by

C for

B about to B effect B concern B Concerning B shuffled

B plus

D mind

C Regarding

D Nevertheless

C buzzed

D creaked

C were going to think

D were thinking D further

B denying

C ignoring

D rejecting

I loved the film, _____ the scenes of violence, which were too graphic for me. B instead of

C rather than

D as opposed to

She wished she _____ some warm clothes with her as the weather was unseasonably cool and she was frozen. C could bring

D brought

Jo _____ some interesting proposals at the meeting this morning. A put back

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C matter

C more

A was bringing B had brought 49

D influence

There’s no _____ that the global climate is changing but how much of that change is due to human activity is debatable.

A apart from 48

D due

The company won an award this year and, what’s _____ , it also had its best sales figures ever.

A refusing 47

D of

We _____ of taking the train to London but we took the car instead.

A moreover 46

C just to C sequel

A are thinking B would think 45

D Which

The old door _____ noisily as she tried to shut it. A croaked

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C What

_____ of what other people think, it’s important to follow your heart in these matters. A Regardless

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B It

It doesn’t _____ what you say, I’m not going to change my mind about this. A care

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D ideas

The _____ of the research into the use of painkillers was to prove that many of them are addictive. A outcome

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C brain

We were _____ leave for the airport when the phone rang. A going

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B thoughts

Jean was terrified _____ making a mistake. A with

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D enacted

_____ concerned me about the trip was the lack of security. A That

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C achieved

I’ve been racking my _____ to remember that man’s name but it still won’t come. A mind

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B fulfilled

B put away

C put up

D put forward

Have you taken all the factors into _____ in your calculations? A issue

B account

C advantage

D allowance / 50

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Complete the sentences with words formed from the words in capitals.

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The police need to find __________ that the man was in the flat at the time of the burglary. PROVE

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You need to get __________ for your travel expenses from the department manager. AUTHORITY

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His behaviour at that time was __________ stupid. He should have known better. CREDIBLE

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Gemma pushed the doorbell and waited __________ for someone to answer. NERVE

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He shook his head in __________ . ‘You shouldn’t have done that,’ he said. APPROVE

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Young children tend to ask __________ questions about anything and everything around them. END

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The manager’s attempt at motivating everyone was __________ and everyone ignored him. LAUGH

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Today, a term in prison doesn’t seem to act as a much of a _________ to potential criminals. DETER

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The __________ of alcohol is not allowed on the streets of this town. CONSUME

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I haven’t got the __________ idea what you’re talking about. SLIGHT

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There must have been some kind of __________ – this is not the model I ordered. UNDERSTAND

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The hotel prides itself on a very high standard of __________ . CLEAN

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Unfortunately, his application for the course was __________ . SUCCEED

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Although they are completely different __________ , they get on well with each other. PERSON

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Who has been the most __________ person in your life so far? INFLUENCE

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It was very __________ of her to send me flowers after the accident. THOUGHT

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He lives in Ecuador now but he’s __________ from Scotland. ORIGIN

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She said she’d seen a __________ character hiding in the bushes behind her house. SUSPECT

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It wasn’t until later that they realised the __________ of the events they had just witnessed. SIGNIFY

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The police asked him for some kind of __________ when they stopped his car. IDENTIFY

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The room was small, dirty and painted in an __________ shade of grey – awful! APPEAL

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Please make sure you take all your __________ with you when you disembark. BELONG

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It’s important to give young children __________ when they are trying new things. ENCOURAGE

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The country is seeing a gradual __________ of the social system. EVOLVE

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The witnesses’ statements were __________ , so the police couldn’t make an arrest. CONTRADICT / 25

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Complete the text. Use only one word for each gap.

The history of tennis It is almost impossible to pin (76) __________ one point in history when tennis began. As far (77) __________ as the 12th century, there was a French game called Paume (Palm) (78) __________ players used the palm of their hands to hit a ball over a net. (79) __________ fact, further investigations have revealed that similar games (80) __________ played by both the Ancient Greeks and Romans and (81) __________ is thought that the Romans brought the game with them as they invaded Europe just over 2,000 years (82) __________ . The game (83) __________ to be played against the walls of buildings and castle keeps, as (84) __________ as inside and outside monasteries and other church buildings. Today there is still discussion as to (85) __________ the game came to (86) __________ known as tennis. One theory holds that it came from the Anglo-Saxon tenetz, (87) __________ means ‘Take this! Play!’ or it could have been from the French word tenir, meaning ‘to hold’, but no one is absolutely sure. However, it wasn’t (88) __________ the 14th century that the leather gloves used to protect the hands when playing developed (89) __________ small rackets – although some people credit the invention of the first racket (90) __________ the Italians in the 16th century. From this time tennis was played with a racket (91) __________ of the hand, and was played inside, not outside. It became very popular with Henry VIII, who had his own tennis court and, as a (92) __________ , it became (93) __________ as the Game of Kings. It was also extremely popular in France with religious men and (94) __________ is evidence that the Bishops (95) __________ receive a gift of tennis balls on Easter Day from the parishioners. In England it was called ‘real tennis’. Two centuries later, in 1873, a Major Walter Wingfield invented a new game called Sphairistike, a Greek word which meant ‘playing ball’, and it was played on hourglass-shaped courts on the lawns of wealthy English people. Today, the most famous tennis tournament is (96) __________ at Wimbledon, which is where the court shape we recognise today (97) __________ born. The very first championship was in 1877 and, (98) __________ today, only 22 players entered the Men’s Singles tournament. Strangely (99) __________ , the winner of the competition, Spencer Gore, announced that he didn’t think the game would become very popular because it was quite boring. (100) __________ wrong he was! / 25 TOTAL:

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