English - Fill up the blanks :: Practice Exercise

English - Fill up the blanks

 Practice Exercise

1. "You are welcome to order the goods now."
"But payment should be made _____." 

 for advance  advancing  in advance  to advance

2. "Where do you live now?"
"I live in Utah; my _____."

 parents too do  parents do  parents do, too  parents also do

3. I cannot understand my neighbor's accent. I wish she would _____.

 speak clearer  clearer speak  more clearly speak  speak more clearly

4. "Why are you driving so fast?"
"I'm _____."

 must be hurry  in hurry  in a hurry  hurrying

5. I have your music CD. I think I _____ your concert video.

 also have  have too  too have  have further

6. I hear you have started a new job. _____ like it?

 How do you  How  What you  What do you

7. I really have to go now. I have _____ the doctor.

 appointments to  an appointment to  appointment with  an appointment with

8. I can meet you at Central Station. Will _____?

 convenient for you  that convenient  that be convenient  you be convenient

9. I don't have any results for you today. I _____ tomorrow.

 have any  may have any  have some  may have some

10. I would rather _____ a quiet cup of coffee in the office than sit in a noisy cafe.

 have  to have  prefer  prefer to have

11. "Where _____ last weekend?"
"I went to see my aunt and uncle."

 are you go  do you go  have you went  did you go

12. I was very surprised _____ that she didn't pass the exam."

 hearing  to hearing  at hearing  to hear

13. "Why _____ she isn't speaking to us?"
"We must have done something that upset her. She is just too sensitive."

 are you think  are you imagine  do you think  you think

14. I hope that this winter won't be _____ last."

 as cold as  so cold as  as cold like  so cold like

15. Sorry to be late. I was delayed by _____."

 a heavy traffic  heavy traffic  some heavy traffic  traffic being heavy

16. The sky is getting dark. It _____ rain is on its way.

 looks  looks like  seems to  will be

17. Would you do me a small favour? I _____ very much.

 appreciate it  would appreciate  would be appreciative  would appreciate it

18. I am familiar with that product. I don't know _____ times I've seen it advertised on TV.

 how many  how often  how much  many often

19. "When _____ leaving for Toronto, Canada?"
"We are planning to set out at 10 o'clock."

 are we  will we  will us  are us

20. I asked Robert when he could fix my leaking tap. He said that he would come round and fix it _____.

 as much as possible  as possible as he could  as fast as he could possibly  as soon as possible

21. "Do you know _____ that building is?"
"I would say that it was built at least 100 years ago."

 old  how age  how old  which age

22. The man told us that the next train would arrive _____.

 at three thirty  at three thirty o'clock  in three thirty  in three thirty o'clock

23. "How _____ a crowd had gathered at the scene of the accident?"
"I don't know exactly, but there were a lot of shocked onlookers."

 large  often  many  much

24. That is the city _____ worst crime record.

 on the  in the  with the  for the

25. "Where should I put this key?"
"You can _____ it on the shelf."

 hang  deposit  sit  put