Which ONE is NOT correct in a continuous tense?
A. She’s always breaking things!
B. He’ll be directing a film about the Syrian war next.
C. They’ve been painting two rooms so far.
D. We’d been drinking when you saw us.
______you to have a bit more patience, you wouldn’t have got so cross!
A. Did
B. Had
C. Were
D. Should
If the policeman ______as quick as he did, more people ______.
A. didn’t act/would have been hurt
B. hadn’t acted/could have been hurt
C. wouldn’t have acted/might have hurt themselves
D. hadn’t been acting/may have hurt themselves
Which ONE is NOT correct? The players ____ they were beaten before the game had even begun! No fighting spirit!
A. seemed as if
B. sounded like
C. looked as though
D. appeared to be
The statue ______by the railway station.
A. is being put up
B. has had put up
C. will be being put up
D. will have put up
I hope he’s learnt his lesson so that, in future, he’ll realise he ______acted like that.
A. wouldn’t have
B. shouldn’t have
C. won’t have
D. mustn’t have
He was ______insanity when he wrote his great novel.
A. on the verge of
B. to the point of
C. bound to
D. due to
Which ONE is NOT correct?
A. I don’t know where he is but he might be having a lie-in because it’s his day off.
B. And so I put it to you that the murderer must have been stalking the victim for days before.
C. There can’t be much doubt as to why this has happened.
D. The children should have been splashing paint which accounts for this mess!
How many of these are correct? I thought you a) would have got b) were supposing to be getting c) were going to get d) were about to get into politics in some way rather than teaching.
A. One of them
B. Two of them
C. Three of them
D. All four of them
The homeless live on the streets, ______have never had proper shelter since childhood.
A. many of whom
B. some of them
C. a lot of those
D. much of which
Which ONE is NOT correct?
A. There were no objections to the council’s latest proposals for a new sports centre.
B. The kids are keen on going camping for their next holiday.
C. Her boss tried to discourage her to leave the company just for more money.
D. The film star apologised for hitting the cameraman.
What you ______apply!
A. should do is
B. can is have
C. have is must
D. do had make
I wish ______.
A. they always wouldn’t shout in the street
B. I had have chosen a different career
C. the team would be playing less defensively
D. it were but it has never been
My main worry is ______.
A. not being tough enough to survive in the world of football
B. to not be ambitious
C. that I wouldn’t ever be such fit player as to make the first team
D. I’d have to train too hard that I’d never have time for my friends
Which ONE is NOT correct? ______
A. Never have they played so well.
B. Hardly had the singer finished his set when the crowd called for more.
C. Only did they get to the gig than they saw everyone was in fancy-dress.
D. Little did they know it would be his last performance.
His father urged ______in his footsteps and become a lawyer.
A. following
B. him following
C. to follow
D. him to follow
This is ______.
A. easily the best song on the album
B. much the same than the last album
C. far better album than the last one
D. nowhere near as a good album as the last
I ______.
A. have been used to use oil paints since I got my first oil set
B. wasn’t used to using oil paints but now I’m used to
C. am slowly getting use to using oil paints
D. got used to using oil paints once I had the money to buy them
The musical ______in London for twenty years this year. Quite a landmark!
A. runs
B. will be running
C. would run
D. will have been running
How many of these are correct? The kids’ party went great but we a) didn’t need to make b) needn’t have made c) didn’t have to make d) shouldn’t have made so many sandwiches! Hardly anyone touched them!
A. One of them
B. Two of them
C. Three of them
D. All four of them