Fill in the gaps with the appropriate grammar form:

#1. At the airport they reported the flight ( … )

1) to delay; 2) to be delaying; 3) to have been delayed.

#2. I suggest (...) a taxi if we don't want to miss the train.

1) taking; 2) to take; 3) take.

#3. Dictionary-making, since computers (....) the routine out of it, has become fun.

1) have taken; 2) had taken; 3) took.

#4. Your face seems familiar to me. We (...) somewhere.

1) should have met; 2) must meet; 3) must have met.

#5. The first English colony in North America (...) by the Pilgrims, who sailed from the English city of Plymouth in the Mayflower in 1620.

1) was founded; 2) was found; 3) founded.

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Fill in the gaps with the appropriate grammar form:

#1. We've delayed ( ... ) the date of the wedding to please everybody.

1) fixing; 2) fix; 3) to fix.

#2. Look at him! He ( ... ) the same clothes for years.

1) wears; 2) has been wearing; 3) had been wearing

#3. When I came up to the post office, it was closed. I ( ... ) a bit earlier.

1) can't have come; 2) must have come; 3) ought to have come

#4. A Scottish sailor, Alexander Selkirk, was marooned on one of the islands between 1704 and 1709, and his experiences are supposed ( ... ) the novel Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe.

1) to inspire; 2) to be inspired; 3) to have inspired.

#5. They were afraid of ( ... ), so they were considering where to hidethe money.

1) be robbed; 2) being robbed; 3) robbing.

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Fill in the gaps with the appropriate grammar form:

#1. If you accepted my proposal we (...) the contract immediately.

1) signed; 2) would sign; 3) will sign.

#2. She grew (...) with his constant excuses.

1) impatient; 2) impatiently; 3) satisfied.

#3. In the evening while I was reading newspapers she (...) TV.

1) had watched; 2) has watched; 3) was watching.

#4. Can I have this letter (...), please.

1) photocopied; 2) photocopying: 3) photocopy.

#5. Under no circumstances you (...) the safe unlocked.

1) must you leave; 2) you must leave; 3) must not leave.

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Fill in the gaps with the appropriate grammar form:

#1. He would never have made such a stupid mistake if he (...) so tired.

1) would have been; 2) had been; 3) has been.

#2. The copy editor looked (...) when I saw her in the morning.

1) sadly; 2) sad; 3) nervously.

#3. She wanted to know if the LOST SYMBOL by Dan Brown

1) will be translated; 2) is translated; 3) was translated.

#4. It isn't clear how far the ozone layer (...) by aerosol sprayers.

1) has been damaged; 2) had been damaged; 3) would be damaged.

#5. Rarely (...) so much responsibility before.

1) I had had; 2) had I had; 3) I had.

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Fill in the gaps with the appropriate grammar form:

#1. I could have been a great star, if the circumstances (...)

1) were better; 2) would be better; 3) had been better.

#2. Two coffees, please and make it (...)

1) quickly; 2) quick; 3) slowly.

#3. I looked through your thesis and thought your supervisor (...) satisfied with your work.

1) would be; 2) were; 3) had been.

#4. These days even the most remote places on earth (...) by tourists.

1) is visited; 2) were visited; 3) are visited.

#5. Never (...) a weaker excuse.

1) I have heard; 2) have I heard; 3) I heard.

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Fill in the gaps with the appropriate grammar form:

#1. I wish I (...) more articles in the future.

1) will write; 2) would write; 3) wrote.

#2. There is no friend so (...) as a good book.

1) faithfully 2) faithful; 3) truthfully.

#3. I heard that Ann (...) a position in the TIMES.

1) will accept; 2) accepting; 3) had accepted.

#4. Can I have this letter (...), please.

1) to photocopy; 2) photocopied; 3) photocopying.

#5. Never (...) a weaker excuse.

1) I have heard; 2) have I heard; 3) I heard.

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Fill in the gaps with the appropriate grammar form:

#1. If you won a million, what (...)

1) will you buy; 2) would you buy; 3) bought.

#2. The anchor looked (...)

1) beautifully; 2) awfully; 3) beautiful.

#3. He said it was a stupid idea and it (... ).

1) wouldn't work; 2) won't work; 3) does not.

#4. Have you had your eyes (...) recently?

1) test; 2) tested; 3) testing.

#5. Had the government acted, the crisis might (...)

1) be avoided; 2) avoid; 3) have been avoided.

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Fill in the gaps with the appropriate grammar form:

#1. She only wished they (...) before.

1) meet; 2) would meet; 3) had met.

#2. The situation seemed not very (...)

1) well; 2) good; 3) optimistically.

#3. The weather forecast said (...) in the afternoon.

1) will rain; 2) rains; 3) would rain.

#4. All the documents (...) before I arrived.

1) had been signed; 2) has been signed; 3) were signed.

#5. Little (...) how quickly he could act.

1) they realized; 2) did they realize; 3) they realize.

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Fill in the gaps with the appropriate grammar form:

#1. If I (...) to your advice then, I wouldn't be in such position now.

1) listened; 2) had listened; 3) would listen.

#2. The situation seemed not very good, you sound (...)

1) horrible) 2) horribly; 3) awfully.

#3. He gave all his money to me because he (...) me.

1) trust; 2) will trust; 3) trusted.

#4. I want to have my camera (...) as soon as possible.

1) to repair; 2) repaired; 3) repairing.

#5. Little (...) how serious the situation was.

1) did we realize; 2) we realized; 3) do we realize.

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Fill in the gaps with the appropriate grammar form:

#1. When you are typing the words (...) on the screen almost reflexively.

1) fly; 2) will fly; 3) would fly.

#2. It became quite (...) that she needed vocation because of overtime work.

1) obvious; 2) obviously; 3) certainly.

#3. He will go to Spain if he (...) time and money.

1) had; 2) has; 3) will have.

#4. I would like to have our camera (...) as soon as possible.

1) repaired; 2) repairing; 3) to repair.

#5. Hardly (...) when there was another knock on the door.

1) I had sat down; 2) had I sat down; 3) I sat down.

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Fill in the gaps with the appropriate grammar form:

#1. If you had asked politely I (...) you yesterday.

1) will help; 2) would have helped; 3) helped.

#2. We gradually noticed changes in Diana's personality; she became (...) and withdrawn from her friends and family.

1) quiet; 2) quietly; 3) calmly.

#3. Emerson said that truth (...) the property of no individual but was the treasure of all men.

1) be; 2) was; 3) been.

#4. Videos like these can (...) anywhere.

1) buy; 2) bought; 3) be bought.

#5. Not until I had been working with the company for a month (...) me.

1) did they pay; 2) they paid; 3) they will pay.

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