Choose the correct answer:

The importance of __ role in different spheres of society has grown in recent years.

a) womans'

b) womens'

c) women's

d) womans's

Dave was watching __television when he received __ SOS message from his friend.

a) - , a

b) - , an

c) the, a

d) - , the

Oliver looked __ he was going to hit the culprit.

a) like

b) as

c) like if

d) as though

Before __ the office, Ben checks if his computer is turned off.

a) having left

b) have left

c) leaving

d) left

I haven't received a grade for the final essay yet. __has my brother.

a) Nor

b) None

c) Too

d) Neither

If only I ___ that T-shirt we saw at the shopping centre yesterday.

a) bought

b) had bought

c) have bought

d) will buy

Choose the line with only non-continuous (stative) verbs.

a) insist, belong, love

b) explore, recognize, prefer

c) love, know, prefer

d) belong, love, explore

I___ a taxi. It is more comfortable and faster.

a) would rather took

b) had better took

c) had better to take

d) would rather take

Choose a sentence with the correct use of hyphens.

a) it is time consuming to reply to all these neverending emails.

b) It is time-consuming to reply to all these neverending emails.

c) It is time consuming to reply to all these never ending emails.

d) It is time-consuming to reply to all these never ending emails.

When Joe came to the office, his secretary___.

a) already arrived

b) was already arrived

c) had already arrived

d) has already arrived

Anna saw a man___ a gun at another man and called the police.

a) points

b) pointed

c) pointing

d) to point

If they were living near the sea, they ___ to swim.

a) will go

b) would went

c) can go

d) could go

Choose a sentence with the correct punctuation.

a) I like eating chocolate ice-cream and my boyfriend likes vanilla cake.

b) I like eating chocolate ice-cream, and my boyfriend likes vanilla cake.

c) I like eating chocolate ice-cream; and my boyfriend likes vanilla cake.

d) I like eating chocolate ice-cream: and my boyfriend likes vanilla cake.

My boyfriend is so clumsy. I wish he ___ more careful!

a) were

b) had been

c) was

d) will be

Sarah has been Lucy's best friend since middle school. When she was bullied, Sarah ___ her.

a) stood out

b) stood up to

c) stood up for

d) stood in for

This man ___ as a miner for the last 20 years, and now he is thinking about retirement or a long vacation.

a) worked

b) works

c) is working

d) has been working

In ___ Fitzwilliam Museum you can see paintings and sculptures from ___ Middle Ages. ___ medieval art is truly fascinating.

a) the, - , -

b) -, the, -

c) the, the, -

d) -. -. The

Choose a sentence with the correct punctuation.

a) "Was this car really so expensive"? she wondered.

b) "Was this car really so expensive?" she wondered.

c) "Was this car really so expensive?, she wondered.

d) "Was this car really so expensive," she wondered.

Choose the correct rewritten sentence for "Nick concludes that the company has no need to hire more workers at the moment."

a) It has been concluded that the company has no need to hire more workers at the moment.

b) It is concluded that the company has no need to hire more workers at the moment.

c) it will be concluded that the company has no need to hire more workers at the moment.

d) It was concluded that the company has no need to hire more workers at the moment.

Choose the correct plural forms of nouns parenthesis, sheep, and stimulus:

a) parenthesus, sheeps, stimuli

b) parentheses, sheep, stimuli

c) parentheses, sheep, stimulae

d) parenthesus, sheeps, stimulae