Q.1
Pick the answer that completes it best in good, clear, accurate idiomatic English. (from an old children's rhyme:) 'My mother said I never ... ... Play with the gypsies* in the wood.' (* 'Gypsies' = Roma, and/or Travellers, who were then seen as strange and mysterious, and hence not good company for mainstream children)
  • ... could ...
  • ... would ...
  • ... should ...
  • ... ought to ...
Q.2
Pick the answer that completes it best in good, clear, accurate idiomatic English. According to the experts, each of us ... ... to the dentist twice a year.
  • ... must go ...
  • ... should be going ...
  • ... ought to be going ...
  • ... may well go ...
Q.3
Pick the answer that completes it best in good, clear, accurate idiomatic English. 'Oh, dear! We were ... ... to send in this competition entry before the end of last month.'
  • ... going ...
  • ... expected ...
  • ... supposed ...
  • ... obliged ...
Q.4
Pick the answer that completes it best in good, clear, accurate idiomatic English. In Britain and many of her former colonies (and Commonwealth countries), traffic ... ... travel along the left-hand side of the road.
  • ... must ...
  • ... should ...
  • ... ought to ...
  • ... is supposed to ...
Q.5
Pick the answer that completes it best in good, clear, accurate idiomatic English. 'He ... ... got that idea from some nutty website he's been reading.'
  • ... should have ...
  • ... must have ...
  • ... can have ...
  • ... probably ...
Q.6
Pick the answer that completes it best in good, clear, accurate idiomatic English. You ... ... always wash your hands when you finish visiting the bathroom, and before handling food.
  • ... must ...
  • ... should ...
  • ... ought to ...
  • ... are supposed to ...
Q.7
Pick the answer that completes it best in good, clear, accurate idiomatic English. 'Passengers requiring a vegetarian or special-diet meal during their journey, ... ... put in a request to boarding staff before departure.'
  • ... must ...
  • ... should ...
  • ... might ...
  • ... need to ...
Q.8
Pick the answer that completes it best in good, clear, accurate idiomatic English. 'There goes the town hall bell, chiming ten o'clock. I ... ... be on my way home by now.'
  • ... (really) should ...
  • ... must ...
  • ... must have ...
  • ... ought to ...
Q.9
Pick the answer that completes it best in good, clear, accurate idiomatic English. 'Before the bad weather comes, we ... ... do something about tidying up the garden.'
  • ... must ...
  • ... should ...
  • ... ought to ...
  • ... might ...
Q.10
Pick the answer that completes it best in good, clear, accurate idiomatic English. The Driving Test examiners ... ... fail any candidate whose vehicle makes contact with the kerb*. ( *Kerb = the slightly-raised hard edge, where the road meets the pavement )
  • ... should ...
  • ... must ...
  • ... will ...
  • ... are under instructions to ...
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