GRAMMAR

 

Choose the correct answer

 

1  

_________, I don’t want to spend the weekend with her.

 

 In spite to enjoy working with her
 Much as I enjoy her company at work
 She is very good company while at work
 When liking her company at work

 

2  

She managed to pull the horse up is spite of ________ a broken rein.

 

 had
 having
 have
 has

 

3  

The main argument in the report is _________ correct.

 

 up to a point
 fundamentally
 primarily
 supposedly

 

 

4  

The thing _________ , once a film gets this kind of apocalyptically awful publicity, how do you not release it and give the public a crack at it?.

 

 

 that
 is
 what
 goes

 

 

5  

_________, I still was able to get to the top of the mountain.

 

 

 

 Unfit as I am
 Even though unfit
 While ever out of condition
 Much as I’m unfit

 

 

 

6  

By the time they _________ at the concert, the tickets were sold out.

 

 

 

 got through
 turned up
 filled in
 applied to

 

 

7  

There was a problem with the cellphone, but I _________ it now.

 

 have fixed
 fixed
 have been fixing
 would have fixed

 

 

8  

The fact of the _________ is we have a government that will do what it wants to do for the next two years

 

 

 problem
 point
 matter
 situation

 

 

 

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10  

_________ longer do we perceive the only great threat to our security in the hostile maneuvers of foreign armies

 

 Any
 Not
 No
 For

 

11  

The thing _________ , once a film gets this kind of apocalyptically awful publicity, how do you not release it and give the public a crack at it?.

 

 that
 is
 what
 goes

 

12  

I _________ some of my old drawings while I was clearing out the cupboard.

 

 came across
 turned up
 caught up with
 looked for

 

13  

I think going for the weekend to the coast _________ be a good idea.

 

 

 bound to
 mustn’t
 should
 would

 

14  

There are about twenty _________ so people waiting in the outer office.

 

 or
 and
 so
 but

 

15  

By the time they _________ at the concert, the tickets were sold out.

 

 turned up
 got through
 filled in
 applied to

 

16  

The fact of the _________ is we have a government that will do what it wants to do for the next two years

 

 problem
 situation
 point
 matter

 

17  

I think going for the weekend to the coast _________ be a good idea.

 bound to
 mustn't
 should
 would

 

18  

There are about twenty _________ so people waiting in the outer office.

 

 

 but
 or
 and
 so

 

 

19  

_________, I don’t want to spend the weekend with her.

 

 

 In spite to enjoy working with her
 Much as I enjoy her company at work
 She is very good company while at work
 When liking her company at work

 

20  

_________, I still was able to get to the top of the mountain.

 

 

 

 Even though unfit
 While ever out of condition
 Much as I’m unfit
 Unfit as I am

 

21  

I´m one hundred per cent certain that everything _________ all right in the end.

 

 will be
 will being
 is being
 will be going

 

22  

As a cab driver, I _________, though I’d love a bigger paycheck.

 

 take on
 get by
 get on
 carry through

23  

As a cab driver, I _________, though I’d love a bigger paycheck.

 

 take on
 get by
 get on
 carry through

 

24  

They are _________ to have arrived already.

 

 schedule
 ought
 needed
 supposed

25  

I´m one hundred per cent certain that everything _________ all right in the end.

 

 is being
 will be
 will being
 will be going

26  

They are _________ to have arrived already.

 

 schedule
 needed
 ought
 supposed

27  

I _________ some of my old drawings while I was clearing out the cupboard.

 

 turned up
 came across
 caught up with
 looked for

28  

_________ longer do we perceive the only great threat to our security in the hostile maneuvers of foreign armies

 

 Not
 No
 For
 Any

 

29  

There was a problem with the cellphone, but I _________ it now.

 have fixed
 have been fixing
 would have fixed
 fixed

30  

The main argument in the report is _________ correct.

 up to a point
 primarily
 supposedly
 fundamentally