1. This beautiful poem _______ in 1821.
A. written
B. wrote
C. was written
D. had been written
2. He _______ that my application was very impressive.
A. asked
B. told
C. said
D. wondered
3. Mary said, “I want to go out with my friends.”→ Mary said (that) _______ wanted to go out with _______ friends.
A. she - her
B. she - hers
C. he - his
D. he - him
4. Rico is ill. That’s _______ he hasn’t come to school.
A. who
B. why
C. where
D. when
5. The car, _______ is very expensive, belongs to my Uncle George.
A. that
B. whose
C. what
D. which
6. Thomas Edison was the man _______ invented the light bulb.
A. where
B. whose
C. which
D. who
7. _______ beef we had for dinner last night was excellent.
A. An
B. The
C. A
D. Ø
8. It’s _______ colder today than it was yesterday.
A. much
B. more
C. many
D. most
9. If I were rich, I _______ a big house for my family.
A. would buy
B. bought
C. will buy
D. had bought
10. If you _______ your glass on the table instead of the floor, I wouldn’t have knocked it over!
A. ’d put
B. put
C. ‘d have put
D. ‘ve put
11. I can’t finish my homework, _______ you help me.
A. unless
B. if
C. if not
D. as if
12. He painted the kitchen _______.
A. him
B. his
C. hisself
D. himself
13. I answered the door but there was _______ there.
A. anyone
B. someone
C. somebody
D. no one
14. Gary is very busy with his job. He has _______ time for other things.
A. a little
B. little
C. a few
D. few
15. My shirt is dry now, but I need _______ iron to press it with.
A. a
B. an
C. some
D. any
16. _______ I speak to you in my office, please?
A. Can’t
B. Must
C. Could
D. Should
17. You _______ take the bus to the centre. Dad will drive you there.
A. needn’t
B. shouldn’t
C. oughtn’t to
D. can’t
18. Michael and Steven are friends. They _______ like football.
A. neither
B. either
C. both
D. nor
19. Don’t forget _______ some milk on your way home from work.
A. buy
B. to buy
C. buying
D. bought
20. We can choose our friends, but we can’t choose our _______. That doesn’t mean, though, that members of family can’t be our friends.
A. couples
B. guests
C. strangers
D. relations
21. I hate people who are _______.
A. honest
B. dishonest
C. honesty
D. unhonest
22. Andy and I have _______ out again, so we’re not talking to each other.
A. fallen
B. hit
C. dropped
D. picked
23. This program is very different _______ the one you’re using at the moment?
A. by
B. for
C. with
D. from
24. I wanted to buy a drink, but the machine was out of _______.
A. work
B. order
C. position
D. operation
