Q.1
Pick the most accurate, suitable and elegant Answer. 'Ah, that's the phone again now. I ... ... ; I daresay it ... ... Auntie Fleur again, worried about the rain.'
  • ... shall answer it ... / ... 's ...
  • ... 'll get it ... / ... 'll be ...
  • ... get it ... / ... must be being ...
  • ... will respond ... / ... was ...
Q.2
Pick the most accurate, suitable and elegant Answer. I had a silly postcard from someone the other day: the picture showed a young child eating with its mouth wide open, so you could see the food falling about inside ~ hardly a particularly pretty sight ~ and the caption said : 'When I grow up, I ... ... concrete mixer'!
  • ... am ...
  • ... 'm going to be ...
  • ... 'm going to be a ...
  • ... shall become ...
Q.3
Pick the most accurate, suitable and elegant Answer. ' . . . And in any case, ... ... over for lunch tomorrow?'
  • ... your aunt comes ...
  • ... is your aunt coming ...
  • ... isn't your aunt coming ...
  • ... wasn't your aunt going to come ...
Q.4
Pick the most accurate, suitable and elegant Answer. 'If you ... ... there before I do, [ . . . ] Tell all my friends I ... ... too !' ('Negro Spiritual', Swing Low Sweet Chariot)
  • ... get ... / ... 'm coming ...
  • ... 'll be ... / ... 'll come along ...
  • ... will reach ... / ... shall be travelling ...
  • ... reach ... / ... will come ...
Q.5
Pick the most accurate, suitable and elegant Answer. 'The chances of their joining us for a weekend away next summer are looking pretty thin: Megan ... ... baby in May.'
  • ... will have her ...
  • ... is going to have a ...
  • ... shall be having the ...
  • ... must have their ...
Q.6
Pick the most accurate, suitable and elegant Answer. 'Good morning, and here is the eight o'clock news this morning, on the First of April. A nuclear-powered hydrocarbon fracking rig ... ... in Trafalgar Square', the Government announced today . . . '
  • ... will be built ...
  • ... shall be built ...
  • ... must be built ...
  • ... is to be built ...
Q.7
Pick the most accurate, suitable and elegant Answer. 'I ... ... tea with Hannah next Friday week. I wonder whether she ... ... that silly little dog along with her again, as she did once before.'
  • ... have ... / ... brings ...
  • ... shall drink ... / ... 's bringing ...
  • ... 'm having ... / ... 's bringing ...
  • ... 'm having ... / ... 'll bring ...
Q.8
Pick the most accurate, suitable and elegant Answer. 'It sounds a lovely idea to go to that show next weekend; but ... ... most of Saturday?'
  • ... why aren't you at work ...
  • ... won't you be working ...
  • ... shan't you be working ...
  • ... shouldn't you be going to work ...
Q.9
Pick the most accurate, suitable and elegant Answer. 'Just as we were about to depart on holiday, someone noticed that the insurance ... ... halfway through our time away.'
  • ... was about to expire ...
  • ... would expire ...
  • ... was going to expire ...
  • ... would be expiring ...
Q.10
Pick the most accurate, suitable and elegant Answer. 'It's not much good arranging to meet them in the park for lunch tomorrow: according to this forecast, it ... ... for several hours from mid-morning onwards.'
  • ... rains ...
  • ... is raining ...
  • ... must rain ...
  • ... 'll be raining ...
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