Q.1
Choose the answer which best completes the sentence in suitable and accurate English. 'Since they changed the town centre traffic system earlier this year, it ... ... me on average 12 minutes more to get to and from my work ~ that's two whole hours wasted every week!'
  • ... takes ...
  • ... is taking ...
  • ... has been taking ...
  • ... has taken ...
Q.2
Choose the answer which best completes the sentence in suitable and accurate English. 'They ... ... asbestos into so many schools and hospitals, if they'd known back then how dangerous it ... ... .'
  • ... shouldn't build ... / ... was ...
  • ... would never have built ... / ... is ...
  • ... would never have built ... / ... was ...
  • ... shouldn't have built ... / ... was ...
Q.3
Choose the answer which best completes the sentence in suitable and accurate English. 'How often ... ... occasion to speak to you before about your overly-flexible attitude to work hours in this office?'
  • ... have I had ...
  • ... did I have ...
  • ... was I having ...
  • ... had I ...
Q.4
Choose the answer which best completes the sentence in suitable and accurate English. 'When I made those remarks about her hair, I didn't realise she ... ... back from a session of chemotherapy a couple of days beforehand.'
  • ... came ...
  • ... was coming ...
  • ... had come ...
  • ... did come ...
Q.5
Choose the answer which best completes the sentence in suitable and accurate English. 'When I made those remarks about her hair, I didn't realise she ... ... from Jamaica.'
  • ... had come ...
  • ... was coming ...
  • ... came ...
  • ... comes ...
Q.6
Choose the answer which best completes the sentence in suitable and accurate English. 'Chris ... ... regularly in our pub darts team for several years, until he retired to the coast.'
  • ... has played ...
  • ... played ...
  • .. was playing ...
  • ... used to play ...
Q.7
Choose the answer which best completes the sentence in suitable and accurate English. If there's one date that almost everyone knows in British history, it's that the last successful invasion of England was when William the Conqueror ... ... over in 1066.
  • ... has come ...
  • ... did come ...
  • ... comed ...
  • ... came ...
Q.8
Choose the answer which best completes the sentence in suitable and accurate English. 'But I ... ... , last thing yesterday evening!'
  • ... already put out the rubbish ...
  • ... 've put the rubbish out already ...
  • ... put out the rubbish already ...
  • ... have already put out the rubbish ...
Q.9
Choose the answer which best completes the sentence in suitable and accurate English. 'Women in bygone generations did not have the luxury of paid leave from their jobs while they ... ... their children.'
  • ... birthed and bought up ...
  • ... gave birth to and brought up ...
  • ... gave birth to, and were bringing up ...
  • ... had been borning and bringing up ...
Q.10
Choose the answer which best completes the sentence in suitable and accurate English. 'He ... ... the saxophone since he lost interest in the classical clarinet.'
  • ... plays ...
  • ... is playing ...
  • ... has been playing ...
  • ... does play ...
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