1. They don't work the same shift anymore, but they still meet .................. in the canteen.
a) in time
b) at the same time
c) from time to time
d) on time
2. The news of the robbery soon ..................
a) broke out.
b) spread out.
c) came round.
d) got round.
3. A .................. is someone who bets money on horse or dog races
a) punter
b) prude
4. Hardly ................... under the shower when the phone rang.
a) had he got
b) he has got
c) he got
d) he was getting
5. She obviously didn't want to discuss the matter so I didn't .................. the point.
a) maintain
b) chase
c) follow
d) pursue
6. She talks to me, .................. friends.
a) as if we were
b) as if we was
c) like we were
d) if we were
7. None of the girls at the bar were impressed by the guy's .... joke. It wasn't original or funny.
a) cheesy
b) lanky
c) moudly
d) meaty
8. If .................. you were coming, I would have baked a cafe!
a) I would know
b) I would have known
c) I had known
d) I had had known
9. She never comes here now. We only see her ..................
a) when the cows come home.
b) once in a blue moon.
c) time and time again.
d) once upon a time.
10. "You should stop smoking."
a) He demanded her to stop smoking.
b) He advised her to stop smoking.
c) He threatened her to stop smoking.
d) He said her to stop smoking
11. I asked my sister if .................. a bottle of perfume for me at the airport.
a) she had buy
b) she would bought
c) she had bought
d) she bought
12. The team's manager hoped that hiring a new head coach would be the .................. for the team's troubles this year.
a) paucity
b) panacea
c) vagary
d) vestige
13. You had nothing better to do. You .................. a hand with moving a furniture!
a) would have given
b) had to give
c) should give
d) might have given
14. .................. for her support and help, he would have given up years ago.
a) Unless it was
b) Had it not been
c) If she hadn't been
d) If it were
15. By the end of this year, he ................. in that house for fifty years.
a) will live
b) will have been living
c) has been living
d) will be living