1.

Mr and Mrs Wallace want to buy a house, so they go to the office of an estate
agent.
Agent: Good morning. Mr and Mrs Wallace?
Mrs Wallace: Mr Hogan?
Agent: How do you do.
Mrs Wallace: I spoke to you on the phone. .................... is my husband.
A. This
B. It
C. He
D. That

2. Mr Wallace: How do you do.

Agent: How do you do. ............................. sit down.
A. You
B. Please
C. Now
D. Let

3. Agent: I understand from our telephone conversation that you’re

....................................
A. intending
B. interesting
C. intended
D. interested

4. .............in buying a property for about £85,000, is that .............................. ?

A. true
B. possible
C. not
D. right

5. Mrs Wallace: No. Well the price is right, but – er – well, we ....................a
problem.
A. make
B. have
C. are
D. seem

6. We’ve been living abroad for the last ten years. Mr Wallace:
Longer.................that.
A. than
B. that
C. as
D. to

7. I wish the Mets ___________the game last night! If they had won, I would have
made a lot of money.

A. Had won.
B. Won
C. Win
D. Has Win

8. If the Mets had beaten the Yankees, I ___________$200.

A. Would beaten
B. Would have beaten
C. Beaten
D. Bet

9. If she ___________me that yesterday was her birthday, I would have bought her a
present. At least, I would have sent her a card.

A. Remined
B. Have remined
C. Has remined
D. Has had remined

10. If I had liked school better, I would have studied and [I would have] learned
more. I wish I _________a better student as a boy. I wish I had had better
teachers, too. I wish my parents ________ me to do my homework.

A. Had been, Had forced

B. Been, Had forced
C. Had been, Forced
D. Been, Forced

11. If I ________ a lot of money, I would buy a house.

A. Have
B. Has
C. Have been
D. Had

12. If I _________Japanese, I would work in Tokyo.

A. Will know
B. Know
C. Knew
D. Would know

13. If I ________ taller, I would play basketball. I wish I were six feet tall.

A. Was
B. Were
C. Has
D. Have

14. He wishes he were the mayor. If he were mayor, he ________the homeless

problem.
 A. Would solve
B. Solved
C. Will solved
D. Will solve

15. I wish I had a better job. If I had a good job, I _________ much happier.

A. Be
B. Would be
C. Been
D. Have been

16. Active. Authorities make rules to be broken," he said defiantly.

Passive. Rules _________to be broken," he said defiantly.

A. Maked
B. Have made
C. Are made
D. Have been made

17. Active. Surgeons successfully ____________a new experimental liver-

transplant operation yesterday.
Passive. A new experimental liver-transplant operation was performed successfully
yesterday.

A. Will perform
B. Performed
C. Would performed
D. Are performed

18. Active. The dispatcher is notifying police that three prisoners have escaped.
Passive. Police ____________ that three prisoners have escaped.

A. Are being notified

B. Are been notified
C. Were been notified
D. Will notified

19. Active. I have damaged your bicycle.

Passive. Your bicycle _____________ by me.

A. Has been damaged

B. Damaged
C. Damage
D. Have damaged