Grammar and Vocabulary for FCE Entry Test

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I am _________ at the Imperial Hotel till they get my flat ready.

• staying

• stay

• stayed

• stays

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The River Amazon _______ into the Atlantic Ocean.

• is flowing

• flow

• flows

• flowed

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Buying a house nowadays _______ more and more expensive all the time.

• becoming

• become

• is becoming

• becomes

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We haven't decided yet, but we _________ of moving house.

• thinks

• think

• are thinking

• is thinking

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Whether we play on Saturday __________ on the weather.

• is depends

• is depending

• depend

• depends

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Jazz _______________ in the United States around 1900. (originate)

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Tom Hanks ____________ an Oscar several times already. (win)

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Even when we were children, our parents _____________ family problems with us. (discuss)

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I ________________ to fix this pipe since this morning and it's still leaking. (try)

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Scientists still __________________ a cure for cancer. (find)