A thousand ways to pass basic english examination

1.choose the best option to fill in the gap. With his reading glasses, he could see the word……………………
  • A. much more clearer
  • B. much more clearly
  • C. much clearer
  • D. clear
2.choose the best option to fill in the gap. Hardly had the journey started,………………the car engine developed a fault.
  • A. That
  • B. When
  • C. Than
  • D. soon
3.choose the best option to fill in the gap. The story she was reading made her ……………………
  • A. Laughed
  • B. To laugh
  • C. Laugh
  • D. Laughing
4.choose the best option to fill in the gap. I am not going to the stadium with you as i……..that team play before
  • A. Am seeing
  • B. Have seen
  • C. Had seen
  • D. Was seeing
5.choose the best option to fill in the gap. The visitor was very uncomfortable because of his ……………nose
  • A. Runny
  • B. Watery
  • C. Flowing
  • D. Running
6.choose the best option to fill in the gap. _______you should put in some effort to show that you are interested
  • A. However you are tired
  • B. However tired you are
  • C. However tired are you
  • D. However is you tired
7.choose the best option to fill in the gap. The teacher asked______will have the courage to try and lift that heavy Log?
  • A. whom
  • B. which
  • C. who
  • D. whomever
8.choose the best option to fill in the gap. This engine is………………that one
  • A. Superior
  • B. More superior than
  • C. more superior to
  • D. superior to
9.choose the best option to fill in the gap. I could not attend the meeting, so I asked my sister to stand………for me
  • A. Up
  • B. By
  • C. in
  • D. on
10.choose the best option to fill in the gap. Since we were not given all the things we requested, we should ……with what we have
  • A. Make up
  • B. Make on
  • C. make do
  • D. make with
11.choose the best option to fill in the gap. Must you always … lies? Why don’t you … the truth for once?
  • A. speak
  • B. say
  • C. talk
  • D. tell
12.choose the best option to fill in the gap. Don’t let him bully you, you must stand up……………… him
  • A. for
  • B. before
  • C. to
  • D. against
13.choose the best option to fill in the gap. In this letter there………good news about your elder brother
  • A. is some
  • B. are
  • C. to
  • D. against
14.choose the best option to fill in the gap. Here’s the book you wante(d) Is there anything………………….i can get you?
  • A. more
  • B. against
  • C. else
  • D. other
15.choose the best option to fill in the gap. My father ……………….to smoke a lot, but he gave it up several years ago
  • A. was used
  • B. has been
  • C. is used
  • D. used
16.choose the best option to fill in the gap.This classic …………with enjoyment for nearly two hundred years.
  • A. has been read
  • B. will have been read
  • C. shall have been read
  • D. was read
17.choose the best option to fill in the gap. The old railway station has been turned…………a very smart restaurant.
  • A. in
  • B. into
  • C. on
  • D. onto
18.choose the best option to fill in the gap. Let’s try to get home quickly before the rain really…………………
  • A. sets in
  • B. sets on
  • C. sets off
  • D. sets down
19.choose the best option to fill in the gap. There are too many people sleeping……on the streets of London and other big British cities.
  • A. rough
  • B. wild
  • C. hard
  • D. fierce
20.choose the best option to fill in the gap. Are you able to……………………CDs on your computer
  • A. toast
  • B. cook
  • C. bake
  • D. burn