TS10 - CA - Noun Clauses - Entry Test

SECTION 1. Fill the blank numbered (1) with one suitable word.

It was, perhaps, only to be .......... (1) that the day of my exam was cold and wet. .......... (2) it should coincide with a bus drivers' strike was perhaps less predictable but the .......... (3) that the exam centre was on the other side of town made it inevitable .......... (4) I was going to be late. .......... (5) was only when I realised the taxi drivers were also on strike that I realised how late.

SECTION 1. Fill the blank numbered (2) with one suitable word.

It was, perhaps, only to be .......... (1) that the day of my exam was cold and wet. .......... (2) it should coincide with a bus drivers' strike was perhaps less predictable but the .......... (3) that the exam centre was on the other side of town made it inevitable .......... (4) I was going to be late. .......... (5) was only when I realised the taxi drivers were also on strike that I realised how late.

SECTION 1. Fill the blank numbered (3) with one suitable word.

It was, perhaps, only to be .......... (1) that the day of my exam was cold and wet. .......... (2) it should coincide with a bus drivers' strike was perhaps less predictable but the .......... (3) that the exam centre was on the other side of town made it inevitable .......... (4) I was going to be late. .......... (5) was only when I realised the taxi drivers were also on strike that I realised how late.

SECTION 1. Fill the blank numbered (4) with one suitable word.

It was, perhaps, only to be .......... (1) that the day of my exam was cold and wet. .......... (2) it should coincide with a bus drivers' strike was perhaps less predictable but the .......... (3) that the exam centre was on the other side of town made it inevitable .......... (4) I was going to be late. .......... (5) was only when I realised the taxi drivers were also on strike that I realised how late.

SECTION 1. Fill the blank numbered (5) with one suitable word.

It was, perhaps, only to be .......... (1) that the day of my exam was cold and wet. .......... (2) it should coincide with a bus drivers' strike was perhaps less predictable but the .......... (3) that the exam centre was on the other side of town made it inevitable .......... (4) I was going to be late. .......... (5) was only when I realised the taxi drivers were also on strike that I realised how late.

SECTION 2. Fill the blank numbered (1) with one suitable word.

Our television just died a few weeks ago. It's amazing .......... (1) a difference having no television makes to a family like ours. At first, we wondered .......... (2) we would spend our evenings without it and .......... (3) what form of entertainment we could now turn. It was initially a bit of a problem as we argued over .......... (4) to listen to the radio, play computer games or just go out. After we got used to it, however, things became easier and now we find we can't decide .......... (5) we want it back or not.

SECTION 2. Fill the blank numbered (2) with one suitable word.

Our television just died a few weeks ago. It's amazing .......... (1) a difference having no television makes to a family like ours. At first, we wondered .......... (2) we would spend our evenings without it and .......... (3) what form of entertainment we could now turn. It was initially a bit of a problem as we argued over .......... (4) to listen to the radio, play computer games or just go out. After we got used to it, however, things became easier and now we find we can't decide .......... (5) we want it back or not.

SECTION 2. Fill the blank numbered (3) with one suitable word.

Our television just died a few weeks ago. It's amazing .......... (1) a difference having no television makes to a family like ours. At first, we wondered .......... (2) we would spend our evenings without it and .......... (3) what form of entertainment we could now turn. It was initially a bit of a problem as we argued over .......... (4) to listen to the radio, play computer games or just go out. After we got used to it, however, things became easier and now we find we can't decide .......... (5) we want it back or not.

SECTION 2. Fill the blank numbered (4) with one suitable word.

Our television just died a few weeks ago. It's amazing .......... (1) a difference having no television makes to a family like ours. At first, we wondered .......... (2) we would spend our evenings without it and .......... (3) what form of entertainment we could now turn. It was initially a bit of a problem as we argued over .......... (4) to listen to the radio, play computer games or just go out. After we got used to it, however, things became easier and now we find we can't decide .......... (5) we want it back or not.

SECTION 2. Fill the blank numbered (5) with one suitable word.

Our television just died a few weeks ago. It's amazing .......... (1) a difference having no television makes to a family like ours. At first, we wondered .......... (2) we would spend our evenings without it and .......... (3) what form of entertainment we could now turn. It was initially a bit of a problem as we argued over .......... (4) to listen to the radio, play computer games or just go out. After we got used to it, however, things became easier and now we find we can't decide .......... (5) we want it back or not.