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ECL round of 16

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I'll have to come on foot as my car __________________ .

a)

is repairing

b)

is being repaired

c)

has been repaired

d)

is to be repairing

2.

_____________ at our school next year as well, professor?

a)

Will you have taught

b)

Will you be teaching

c)

Will you have had taught

d)

Would you be teaching

3.

If they ___________ so much time surfing the internet, they would get better marks in their exams.

a)

don't spend

b)

hadn't spent

c)

didn't spend

d)

didn't spent

4.

If I had bought more milk, I ____________ enough for breakfast

a)

would have

b)

had had

c)

would have had

d)

would be having

5.

Gosh, the queue is painfully long. We ________ here for more than five hours now.

a)

wait

b)

are waiting

c)

have waited

d)

have been waiting

6.

A calf is not a baby ________.

a)

camel

b)

elephant

c)

goat

d)

giraffe

7.

We're arriving ___ Vienna tomorrow.

a)

at

b)

for

c)

to

d)

in

8.

I really put my _____________ – I asked her if Jane was her mother, but she said Jane is her sister.

a)

head over the parapet

b)

foot in my mouth

c)

head on the block

d)

finger on it

9.

Prof. Atiyah's proof sounds really bizarre and ____________. I don't think he's right.

a)

watertight

b)

unassailable

c)

indubitable

d)

far-fetched

10.

I am worried that we're becoming a nation of __________. A vast majority of the population is hugely unfit.

a)

sloppy joes

b)

lazy lemurs

c)

couch potatoes

d)

lingering souls

11.

I ______ the form and sent it. Here's to hoping that I get the job.

a)

filled out

b)

filled in

c)

filled by

d)

filled up

12.

Leave us your phone number and we will ____ you ____ as soon as we can.

a)

call out

b)

call in

c)

call back

d)

call off

13.

Several large rocks were sent ___________ down the mountain. Fortunately, no one got hurt.

a)

plummeting

b)

soaring

c)

fluttering

d)

quivering

14.

Medicine has been able to ________ the poor patient's suffering.

a)

eradicate

b)

exacerbate

c)

mitigate

d)

aggravate

15.

Are you ________ that I won by cheating? I thought you were my friend.

a)

rebuting

b)

insinuating

c)

repudiating

d)

confuting

16.

I simply can't believe they've fallen for it. Few people are ___________ enough to believe such nonsense.

a)

dubious

b)

vacillating

c)

irresolute

d)

credulous

17.

Hey, I have a test and have forgotten my dictionary. Could you ______ me yours for the next lesson? I'll give it back, promise.

a)

borrow

b)

snaffle

c)

lend

d)

purloin

18.

The windows ________________ open by the maid.

I had nothing to do with it.

a)

would have been left

b)

had been left

c)

would be left

d)

shouldn't be left

19.

Panettone is a ___________________ Christmas cake.

a)

bread-like round Italian

b)

round Italian bread-like

c)

Italian round bread-like

d)

Italian bread-like round

20.

He _________ to do that. Otherwise he'll be in a lot of trouble.

a)

oughtn't

b)

shouldn't

c)

can't have

d)

musn't