1. They bought a new __________ armchair. It's very comfortable.
a) leather
b) paper
c) marble
d) china
2. A ___________ person is friendly and enjoys being with other people.
a) lazy
b) sociable

c) bossy
d) shy
3. Our college football team ___________ the first match and didn’t win a
game until October.
a) got
b) entered
c) lost
d) scored
4. Ann never liked school, she often ____________ classes.
a) missed
b) had
c) took
d) payed
5. The USA _____________ more carbon dioxide than any other country.
a) reduces
b) produces
c) destroys
d) throws
6. My sister was very sad when she ___________ up with her boyfriend.
a) fell
b) stayed
c) made
d) split
7. How did it happen that you ______________ your ankle?
a) made
b) sprained
c) moved
d) hit
8. The __________ is a person in charge of a newspaper magazine.
a) editor
b) author
c) reader
d) artist
9. His paintings made a great ____________ on me!
a) feeling
b) expression
c) notice
d) impression
10. He has a very ______________ mind; he produces ten new ideas a day.
a) informative
b) communicative
c) creative

d) poor
11. Carlos is not so _______________ at English as Jack.
a) good
b) better
c) worse
d) best
12. _________________ to stay late at work yesterday?
a) must you
b) had you
c) have you had
d) did you have
13. She asked her son if ________________ at home soon.
a) he is
b) he would be
c) he will be
d) would he be
14. If you had obeyed my instructions, you ________________ into trouble.
a) wouldn’t have got
b) will not get
c) wouldn’t get
d) didn’t get
15. The economic situation is very bad and it _______________ worse now.
a) is getting
b) gets
c) get
d) have got
16. At eleven o’clock yesterday Dennis _______________ football.
a) played
b) had played
c) has played
d) was playing
17. Yesterday I bought a new pair of gloves, as I ______________ the old ones.
a) had to lose
b) had lost
c) lost
d) have lost
18. This text _____________ without a dictionary.
a) can be translated
b) can translate
c) can have translated
d) translated
19. He gave up _______________ two years ago.
a) Smoke
b) Smoking
c) Being smoked

d) Having smoked
20. The baby is too little ______________.
a) Walk
b) Walking
c) to walk
d) to have walked