Duet received great applause.

1) Margaret and Robert’s

2) Margaret’s and Robert’s

3) The Margaret and Robert’s

4) Margaret and Robert

 

53. After ____ delay he suggested ____ another key.

1) moment’s, they try

2) a moments, try

3) a moment’s, to try

4) a moment’s, using

 

54. He said he wanted ____ badly. If he ____ a job he would have to commit suicide.

1) some work, doesn’t get

2) a work, couldn’t get

3) a job, didn’t get

4) job, hadn’t got

 

55. For thirty years now I have been studying my ____. I ____ very much about them.

1) fellow-mens, can’t know

2) fellow-men, do not know

3) fellows-man, won’t know

4) fellow-men, am not knowing

 

56. Here are ____ morning newspapers.

1) gentlemen’s

2) the gentlemen

3) the gentlemen’s

4) gentleman’s

 

57. From the depot he was sent to ____ training camp after ____ leave.

1) officers, a two-day

2) the officers’, two days’

3) an officer’s, a two-days

4) an officers’, two day’s

 

58. I could see now that he had changed. He had been drinking ____ and he looked like ____ man.

1) very much, old

2) more than usually, a 50 year’s

3) too much, a 50-years-old

4) more than usual, a 50-year-old

 

59. I couldn’t get a grant unless I had ____ teaching experience.

1) five years

2) five year’s

3) five years’

4) a five years

 

60. My ____ ambitions are not clear to me.

1) sons-in-law

2) son-in-law’s

3) son’s-in-law

4) sons’-in-law

 

61. The plant, with its ____ equipment, was to be modernized in the next three years.

1) 50-year-old

2) 50-years-old

3) 50-year’s-old

4) 50 years

62. The boys returned before 12 o’clock in the afternoon, ate ____ huge lunch and after ____ lunch went to the lake.

1) -, -

2) a, -

3) an, a

4) the, the

63. It was ____ early winter and the trees along the path leading to ____ Astoria Hotel were covered with snow.

1) an, the

2) -, -

3) the, an

4) -, the

 

64. Her hands were shaking. He leaned over and took ____ lighter from her hands,

steadily held ____ flame to her cigarette

1) the, the

2) a, a

3) a, -

4) her, her

65. We had ____ dinner at ____ Alfredo’s. It wasn’t ____ bad dinner, but I cannot say I remember what we ate.

1) -, -, -

2) the, the, a

3) -, -, a

4) a, the, -

 

66. We decided to hire a motor-car just after ____ breakfast and take____ Mother for a beautiful drive away into ____ country.

1) the, -, the

2) -, the, a

3) a, the, -

4) -, -, the

 

67. On 19-th March I left ____ King George Hotel to cross ____ Atlantic on____ Queen Mary.

1) the, the, the

2) -, -, -

3) -, the, the

4) the, -, -

 

68. ____ Openshaw and his friend were standing on the steps outside ____ where both had had ____ that morning.

1) Professor, the hotel, breakfast

2) The professor, that hotel, breakfast

3) A professor, a hotel, the breakfast

4) -, hotel, a breakfast

 

69. The three men came to the crossroads at the corner of ____ Grosvenor Hotel. ____ very busy at the moment.

1) the, There were

2) -, It is

3) the, It was

4) a, There was

 

70. ____ Professor Jones has been here for ages. He ____ his seventieth birthday years ago.

1) The, passed

2) -, must have passed

3) A, can have passed

4) -, has passed

 

71. She asked me ____ I would give her a little luncheon at ____ Foyot’s.

1) when, the

2) that, -

3) if, -

4) whether, a

 

72. One afternoon I was sitting in the lounge of ____ Grand Hotel. From the windows I had an excellent view of the harbour with ____ crowded traffic.

1) -, its

2) the, it’s

3) a, their

4) the, its

 

73. Tom Maitland was ____ big strong fellow, ____ very good-looking, and ____ fine athlete.

1) -, -, -

2) a, -, a

3) -, a, a

4) a, a, a

74. The three of us had had ____ dinner, and walked down past the theatre to ____ edge.

1) the, the river

2) -, a river’s

3) a, the rivers’

4) -, the river’s

 

75. ____ telephone ____ in the 19th century.

1) A, is invented

2) The, was invented

3) -, had been invented

4) The, has been invented

 

76. Presently ____ arrived. They brought with them ____ small child, ____ governess

and ____ dog.

1) the Browns, a, a, a

2) the Browns family, the, the, the

3) Browns, their, their, their

4) the Brown, -, -, -

 

77. He could not bear ____ thought of leaving her in ____ dreadful state.

1) a, so

2) that, such

3) the, such a

4) -, that

 

78. He was a tall, elderly man, bronzed after his summer on ____ Mediterranean. ____ ease in his bearing, and elegance.

1) -, There was

2) the, There was

3) the, It was

4) a, There were

 

79. Her one aim in life is to go to ____ university and become ____ teacher of Literature.

1) the, -

2) -, a

3) a, the

4) -, -

 

80. ____ number of people involved in the action reached two ____.

1) A, million

2) The, millions

3) The, million

4) A, millions

 

81. Conan Doyle is ____ master of ____ detective story.

1) a, the

2) the, a

3) -, -

4) the, -

 

82. You’re not ____ Andrew Morgan I ____ a few years ago.

1) -, married

2) that, have married

3) the, married

4) an, was married to

83. Mr. Dorrit was put into ____ prison for debt. His family lived in ____ prison too.

1) -, -

2) a, the

3) -, the

4) the, -

 

84. She bought herself ____ iron, as she felt she couldn’t keep borrowing ____.

1) -, that of Anne

2) an, Anne

3) an, Anne’s

4) the, from Anne’s

 

85. Robinson Crusoe found his servant on ____ Friday, ____ he called him ____ Friday.

1) -, so, a

2) the, that was why, -

3) a, therefore, -

4) -, because, the

86. After ____ dinner his mother played ____ piano; she seemed to play all the things he liked best.

1) the, the

2) -, -

3) a, a

4) -, the

87. A woman and two children got off the train. He could see ____ smaller child ____ with weariness, his eyes sleepy.

1. a, stagger

2. the, staggering

3. -, being staggering

4. the, to stagger

88. Stretching from ____ dawn to ____ darkness their life was hard and strenuous but it had meaning and regularity and permanence.

1. the, the

2. a, a

3. -, -

4. the, -

 

 

1. Complete each sentence with a/an, some or by leaving the space blank.

1. Let me give you....... advice.

2. I can't come out tonight. I have....... homework to do.

3. My friends bought me....... coffee maker for my birthday.

4. There is....... very beautiful countryside near here.

5. The inside is strengthened with....... steel frame

6. Sue received....... excellent education.

7. When the play ended, there was..... lengthy applause.

8. My trousers need pressing. Can you lend me....... iron?

9. David has just bought....... new furniture.

10. What shall we do tomorrow evening? How about.......

 

 

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