Revision for the 1st end-of-term test

The shoes were very clean because I       hours cleaning them.

• spend

• spent

• was spending

• had spent

Vitamin C         by the human body. It gets into the bloodstream quickly.

• absorbs easily

• is easily absorbing

• absorbed easily

• is easily absorbed

Vitamin C         by the human body. It gets into the bloodstream quickly.

• absorbs easily

• is easily absorbing

• absorbed easily

• is easily absorbed

If she    as I told her, she would have succeeded.

• had done

• does

• has done

• did

            people were so careless, the Earth wouldn’t be in danger.

• Unless

• If

• In case

• When

Steven Spielberg,          career excelled in the film industry, is one of the leading figures in Hollywood.

• who

• whose

• whom

• that

I’m afraid they weren’t very       about your idea of going out this evening.

• enthusiasm

• enthusiast

• enthusiastically

• enthusiastic

I don’t know what all the fuss was about; it was just a(n) in a teacup.

• blaze

• storm

• flood

• earthquake

I last heard this song ten years ago.

• It was ten years since I have heard this song.

• It is ten years since I’ve last heard this song.

• I haven’t heard this song for ten years.

• It is ten years when I have heard this song.

The doctor said, “You really ought to rest for a few days, Jasmine.”

• The doctor strongly advised Jasmine to take a few days’ rest.

• The doctor suggested that Jasmine should take a short rest.

• Jasmine’s doctor insisted that she should rest for a few days.

• It is the doctor’s recommendation that Jasmine rested shortly.