Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

John is _______ only child in his family so his parents love him a lot.

A. a

B. an 

C. the                                   

D.no article

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

These quick and easy _______ can be effective in the short term, but they have a cost.

A. solve

B. solvable

C. solutions

D.solvability

Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern

A. supportive            

B. leftovers                 

C. confidence           

D.hospital

Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern

A. household       

B. secure                     

C. pressure                 

D.active

Choose one word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest

A. bags

B. graphs

C. lands

D.days

Choose one word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest

A. shifts

B. thinks

C. joins

D.soups

Which is not TRUE about Jean?

A. She disliked staying at home and taking care of her child.

B. She worked outside the home before she had a child.

C. She was very happy when she got a baby.

D. She quit her job to look after her baby.

Jean _______.

A. served in the military

B. lived in Korea for fifteen months

C. had a daughter

D. got married when she was a student

Jean's husband was a _______.

A. teacher

B. dancer    

C. soldier                     

D. servant

 Which is not referred to Jean?

A. She was a responsible girl.

B. She never helped her mother with household chores.

C. She often did well at school.

D. She went to high school.

Before Jean's father passed away, her mother used to _______.

A. work outside the home

B. be a housewife

C. support the family alone        

D. work as a secretary

The memory (10) _____ me that nothing really matters, when I have the love of my children.

A. remembers      

B. minds                   

C. reminds

D.misses       

His words and love made me (9) _____ all about what I was stressing about.

A. forget

B.to forget              

C. forgot      

D. forgetting  

He kissed me and said, "Don't worry, Mum. We love you very much and always stand by you (8) ____ happens”.

A. whenever

B.whatever               

C. whoever             

D. however

When I suddenly woke up at midnight, I found my eldest son was sitting (7) _____me.

A. by        

B. next                

C. over                     

D. up              

Although I managed to solve the problem myself I could not help (6) _____ my sons about the things.

A. tell       

B. to tell                     

C.told              

D. telling        

I have been their only parent since my husband (5) _____ away twoyears ago.

A. passes 

B. passed                

C. has passed             

D.was passing

I could not buy a Christmas tree and some presents for my three boys,(4) _____ I had to use the money to find a place to live.

A. because

B. although               

C. as though          

D. if    

I had only some money (3) _____.

A. leave

B. to leave                

C. leaving  

D. left

Because Christmas was coming and it was difficult for me to (2) _____ a suitable accommodation.

A. notice        

B. watch                    

C. find        

D. see 

The landlady did not want to release the house any more so I had to (1)

_____ and only had one month to find a place.

A. transfer            

B. convert         

C. move                

D. change

Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets to complete the sentences

Tom’s wife (cook) luch while Tom (take) bath.

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When I (get)  up yesterday, the sun (shine) 

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He (have) dinner when he suddenly (hear) a loud bang.

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When I (do) the washing-up, I (break) a plate

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While we (do) a sight-seeing tour, our friends (lie) on the beach.

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While Tom (read) , Amely (watch) a documentary on TV.

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She (watch) TV when her mother (come) in.

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He (sit) in a cafe when I (see) him.

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They (study) in the library when the fire alarm (go off)

Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets to complete the sentences

At 8 p.m yesterday, I (go) out with my friends while my mother (cook) dinner at home.

Choose the best answer.

What __________(you/do) when it __________(rain)all day before?

A. were you doing/ rained

B. were you doing/ was raining

C. did you do/was raining

D. did you do/ had been

Choose the best answer.

The car _________(not/stop) as we ____________(cross) the road.

A. wasn’t stopping/crossed

B. wasn’t stopping/were crossing

C. didn’t stop/crossed

D. didn’t stop/ were crossing

Choose the best answer.

It _________(snow) when I got up this morning.

A. snowed

B. was snowing

C. has been snowing

D. snows

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Marry ____________(wait) in the lobby, wasn’t she?

A. was waited

B. waited

C. was waiting

D. wasn’t waiting

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He _________ at college at that time last year.

A. was being working

B. worked

C. was working

D. has worked

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Faker suddenly _______(sit) down on the chair when I ________(paint) it.

A. sat/was painting

B. was sitting/ painted

C. sat/painted

D. was sitting/was painting

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While he was doing homework, his sister _______(learn) English.

A. didn’t learned

B. was being learned

C. learned

D. was learning

Choose the best answer.

When we _______(cross) the street, we saw an accident.

A. have been crossing

B. had been crossing

C. were crossing

D. crossed

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He _________ in the garden when I came.

A. wasn’t working

B. didn’t work

C. wasn’t work

D. didn’t be working