I’m going to meet a woman with _______ I used to study.

A. who

B.  whose

C. whom

D. that

It was difficult to deliver the letter_______the sender had written the wrong address on the envelope.

A. though

B.  but

C. so

D. because

The leader said that ................... to award the prize to you .

A. He is pleasing

B. he was pleasing

C. he is pleased

D. he was pleased

___________he missed the first bus, he came ten minutes late.

A. Since

B.  Although

C. However

The students arrived late _________the traffic jam.

A. because

B.  owing to

C. despite

D. so

We decided to leave the party early____________it was boring.

A. due to

B.  because

C. but

My sister will take the plane______________she dislikes flying.

A. because

B.  so that

C. although

D. before

Tom has a bike, ________he always walks to school.

A. but

B.  because of

C. because

D. despite

He had an _______ for a job with a foreign company two days ago.

A. interview

B.  interviewee

C. interviewer

D. interviewing

The kids really liked the zoo, _______ the elephants.

A. special

B.  specialty

C. specialize

D. especially

_______, we ask for a deposit of $200 beforehand.

A. Added

B.  Addition

C. Additional

D. Additionally

I feel so _______ because there's nothing I can do to make the youngster better.

A. help

B.  helpful

C. helpless

D. helper

We’re sorry that we weren't _______ to telephone you and your friends yesterday afternoon.

A. able

B.  unable

C. enabled

D. disabled

My sister wasn't enjoying the chance so she thought she'd spoil it for everybody else - it was very _______ of her.

A. children

B.  childish

C. childhood

D. childlike

His wife was possibly the most highly _______ prime minister of this century.

A. educate

B.  education

C. educational

D. educated

The _______ of policy is not our business - our job is to put it into practice.

A. determine

B.  to determine

C. determination

D. determined

We're going to try to keep _______ as we grow older.

A. act

B.  active

C. action

D. activity

The lights went _______ in several villages because of the storm.

A. by

B.  out

C. up

D. off

The boy ................. over there is my brother.

A. stand

B. stood

C. standing

D. being stood

Would you mind .............. in the front of the Taxi, Mark?

A. sit

B. to sit

C. sitting

D. siting

Public opinion is going _______ the government on this issue.

A. to

B.  in

C. against

I don’t go _______ her views on private medicine.

A. together with

B.  on with

C. away with

D. along with

We've received permission to go _______ with the music festival in spite of opposition from local residents.

A. along

B.  ahead

C. over

D. off

Are you planning to go _______ Paul's job when he leaves?

A. after

B.  ahead

C. on

D. up

Yesterday afternoon while my mother _______ for the taxi, the shower _______.

A. waited-stopped

B.  was waiting-was stopping

C. waited-was stopping

D. was waiting-stopped

If the wall weren't so high, he _____ it up to take his ball down.

A. climbed

B.  could climb

C. is climbing

D. climb

In spite _______, the baseball game was not cancelled.

A. the rain

B.  of the rain

C.  it was raining

D. there was a rain

It is ______ that English is ______ by many people in the world.

A. told-talked

B.  talked-said

C. spoken-told

D. said-spoken

If I ask Paul nicely, he____________ us.

A. may

B.  will

C. would

D. should

I _____ you sooner had someone told me you were in hospital.

A. visited

B.  visit

C. would have visited

_______ of the difficulty, they managed to climb to the top of the mountain.

A. In spite

B.  Despite

C. But

D. Although

It was difficut to guess what her______________to the news would be.

A. feelings

B.  reaction

C. capital

D. opinion

It’s a pity you didn’t ask because I ______________you.

A. should have helped

B.  could have helped

C. must have helped

D. would have helped

Dr. Evans has ____________a valuable contribution to the life of the school.

A. done

B.  created

C. caused

D. made

He made me _____________they had left the district.

A. to believe

B.  believed

C. believe

D. believing

I do not believe that this scheme is _________of our serious consideration.

A. worthy

B.  worth

C. worthwhile

D. worthless