1) If you call my secretary at 5, he _____ be able to give you the test result. a) would b) will c) can 2) Terry keeps on _____ Sandy, and she's just fed up with it. a) ringing b) ring c) to ring 3) I've known her _____ ages. a) for b) since c) from 4) If Alison hadn't got promoted she ____. a) would resign b) would had resigned. c) would have resigned. 5) The management regrets _____ theatre-goers that tonight's performance has had to be cancelled. a) informing b) to inform c) for informing 6) It's a pity Sheila didn't know about it, _____? a) isn't it b) does it c) doesn't she 7) I'm not accustomed to _____ publicly. a) speak b) spoke c) speaking 8) This is the first time I _____ Hungary. a) visit b) have visited c) visited 9) If you go on _____ so badly you will lose all your friends. a) bahave b) to behave c) behaving 10) Surely, you can't make children _____ that! a) to do b) do c) doing 11) What they do is _____ all day. a) lounging around b) lounge around c) to lounge around 12) The guest speaker failed _____ at the conference. a) to turn up b) to turning up c) turn up 13) You used to be in the army, _____? a) did you b) didn't you c) used you 14) _____ is not allowed in here. a) smoking b) smoke c) to smoking 15) I can't stand his behaviour! He always promises to help me and then he _____ back out at the last moment. a) will b) should c) must 16) The suspect refused _____ that he had been involved in the robbery. a) admitting b) of admitting c) to admit 17) I won't let you _____ me like that! a) treating b) to treat c) treat 18) In the canteen you are only allowed _____ food bought at the counter. a) eating b) eat c) to eat 19) Simon agreed _____ with the preparations for the party. a) help b) to help c) helping 20) If the water _____ disconnected, the pipe _____ burst. a) hadn't been / would b) had been / wouldn't have c) is / was 21) If you speak aggressively about that politician he's bound _____. a) retaliating b) to retaliate c) retaliate 22) I _____ to travel around the world but then I changed my mind. a) had always wanted b) have always wanted c) always wanted 23) I don't like _____ like a fool. a) treating b) having treated c) being treated 24) You don't know what 'vir' means! How long _____ Latin? a) are you studying b) have you been studying c) do you study 25) John's delighted to _____ promoted. a) be b) being c) have been 26) As a rule, I _____ anyone after nine at night. a) not call b) don't call c) 'm not calling 27) The reason _____ they got lost was that they hadn't taken the map. a) which b) why c) what 28) I'm _____ living alone, I've been doing it for years. a) used b) used to c) using to 29) When the liner _____ the iceberg most of the passengers _____ dinner. a) hit / had b) hitted/ were having c) hit / were having 30) I _____ to think what Marianna is going to do now. a) dread b) want c) can't 31) Andrew, congratulations _____ the prize! a) for winning b) on winning c) to win 32) Ann is responsible _____ ordering new stock. a) for b) about c) on 33) If it rained we _____ at home. a) would have stayed b) stayed c) stay 34) Last holiday we _____ to Italy. a) 've been b) went c) were being 35) If Martin _____ his alarm he wouldn't have overslept. a) had set b) hadn't set c) would set 36) The car _____ in the morning, I had to catch a bus. a) wouldn't start b) couldn't start c) not started 37) What she'd like _____ is _____ with her son. a) doing / moving in b) doing / to move in c) to do / move in 38) What I liked about them _____ their humour. a) is b) was c) about 39) I've had plenty of difficulty _____ to the new workplace. a) adaptation b) to adapt c) adapting 40) _____ thing that annoys me is that they did nothing. a) what b) the c) a

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