Hello, dear teachers!!! I need your help! I was given an English test at school to fill in. I've done but still not quite whether the answers are correct or not( Could you please check them? This is the test itself: 1. British film industry was very successful at that time and billions of cinema tickets ____ every year.
a. sold
b. were sold
c. have been sold
d. were being sold
2. At that restaurant they treat you ____ if you were a princess.
a. just
b. almost
c. so
d. as
3. Basically, my inspiration comes from a lot of activities ____ I do.
a. when
b. what
c. which
d. whom
4. There is just ____ that Sean got you a ticket.
a. a chance
b. a tendency
c. a possibility
d. an ability
5. I suddenly realised that I should stop ____ to be so nice all the time.
a. to try
b. trying
c. not trying
d. not to try
6. I’ve got an idea! I’ll use that three trunk ____ logs for the fire.
a. to make
b. made
c. doing
d. to do
7. It’s a truly ____ experience.
a. elegant
b. skillful
c. awkward
d. useful
8. Most teenagers need from about eight and a half to more ____ nine hours of sleep each night.
a. that
b. then
c. than
d. of
9. Fred must ____ some money. He’s buying a new house.
a. have won
b. be winning
c. win
d. to win
10. It’s like a blank canvas ____ I write about all sorts of things.
a. what
b. which
c. where
d. that
11. There is no ____ for you to get up early – go back to bed!
a. need
b. necessity
c. responsibility
d. duty
12. As free healthcare covers every kind of ____ except dental care, most people don’t have private health insurance.
a. disease
b. condition
c. treatment
d. illness
13. Employment figures ____ that young women in the UK work in an administrative or secretarial role.
a. propose
b. suggest
c. figure out
d. suppose
14. Do you agree that it’s a ____ deadline?
a. ongoing
b. positive
c. realizing
d. realistic
15. Within the last 10 years, hundreds of tests ____ in English, German, French and other foreign languages.
a. have been developing
b. have developed
c. developed
d. have been developed
16. In the last ten years, the British government ____ over 170 million pounds on this equipment.
a. spends
b. has spent
c. was spending
d. is spending
17. Snake owners are ____ less strange than you might expect.
a. lots
b. a lot of
c. more
d. much
18. When do you usually ____ more clearly – after getting up, or before going to bed?
a. guess
b. mind
c. memorise
d. think
19. We set up a meditation session for 10 am and both parties arrived ____.
a. thoroughly
b. punctually
c. accurately
d. kindly
20. It’s an awful weather today, ____?
a. is it
b. isn’t it so
c. isn’t it such
d. isn’t it
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