Q.1
Please select the Answer which completes the sentence in the most appropriate, elegant and accurate English. By the time a typical British child reaches secondary-school age, s/he ... ... enough head-hair (in total) to stretch from London to Oxford and back.
  • ... has grown ...
  • ... will grow ...
  • ... will have grown ...
  • ... would have grown ...
Q.2
Please select the Answer which completes the sentence in the most appropriate, elegant and accurate English. When they ... ... to their next house, they can decide what other changes they may want to make.
  • ... move ...
  • ... shall be moving ...
  • ... have moved ...
  • ... are moved ...
Q.3
Please select the Answer which completes the sentence in the most appropriate, elegant and accurate English. Once the decision ... ... , the parents can look forward to the next stage of their lives.
  • ... was took ...
  • ... is taken ...
  • ... has been taken ...
  • ... has taken ...
Q.4
Please select the Answer which completes the sentence in the most appropriate, elegant and accurate English. In next to no time their grown-up children will ... ... families of their own, so there will be grandparenting visits to consider.
  • ... start to have ...
  • ... begin having ...
  • ... be starting to have ...
  • ... have started having ...
Q.5
Please select the Answer which completes the sentence in the most appropriate, elegant and accurate English. Once the grown-up children ... ... home, their parents will have the house more to themselves again.
  • ... leave ...
  • ... shall leave ...
  • ... will leave ...
  • ... must leave ...
Q.6
Please select the Answer which completes the sentence in the most appropriate, elegant and accurate English. 'Ah, here comes Stephanie now. She ... ... the last few of her social messages for the day, I would imagine!'
  • ... was ending ...
  • ... has even completed ...
  • .. just finished ...
  • ... 'll have been finishing ...
Q.7
Please select the Answer which completes the sentence in the most appropriate, elegant and accurate English. By the time that same child sits GCSEs at age 16, after (probably) 11 years in mandatory schooling, s/he ... ... Maths for over 2,000 hours; and all for the sake of 3 hours of exams!
  • ... has studied ...
  • ... will have been studying ...
  • ... will have studied ...
  • ... will study ...
Q.8
Please select the Answer which completes the sentence in the most appropriate, elegant and accurate English. 'It is almost only a matter of months now, and our Queen Elizabeth II ... ... longer on the British throne than any woman before her, including the redoubtable Victoria.'
  • ... will have been being ...
  • ... will have been ...
  • ... will be ...
  • ... is ...
Q.9
Please select the Answer which completes the sentence in the most appropriate, elegant and accurate English. As and when the children ... ... , their parents may be able to reconsider whether to stay on after all or move somewhere smaller.
  • ... leave ...
  • ... have left ...
  • ... go away ...
  • ... will go ...
Q.10
Please select the Answer which completes the sentence in the most appropriate, elegant and accurate English. 'Dear Messrs Bloggins, I ... ... your product very happily, man and boy, for nigh-on 50 years, and would never have expected to have occasion to write to you with a complaint; but, very regrettably . . . '
  • ... have used ...
  • ... used ...
  • ... was using ...
  • ... have been using ...
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