Intermediate Grammar 17

Exercise 1

Complete the following story with the words or phrases from the choices below.

Last week I was walking home after playing tennis when it started raining very (1)_____. 'Oh no, I will get soaked before I (2)_____ home', I thought. 'I wish I (3)_____ to bring my raincoat.' But unfortunately I (4)_____ it at home. Luckily, just a couple of minutes later a friend of mine was passing me (5)_____ her car and offered me a lift.
'(6)_____ I give you a ride home or would you (7)_____ have a cup of tea in Sam's cafe?' 'I think (8)_____ go home,' I said.'If I (9)_____ change my clothes, I know I'd fall ill, and (10)_____ I wouldn't be able to play in the tennis tournament next week. And I've been practising hard (11)_____' 'I'll wait for you to change if you like,' she told me. 'I think it's time you relaxed for a change. You (12)_____ too much about things lately. And people (13)_____ worry too much fall ill more easily. It's got nothing to do with rain!'

1) A) heavy     B) hardly     C) heavily     D) much
2) A) arrive     B) will arrive     C) will be arriving     D) am arriving
3) A) remembered     B) would remember     C) had remembered     D) have remembered
4) A) forgot      B) have forgotten     C) was leaving     D) had left
5) A) in     B) with     C) by     D) without
6) A) Would     B) Shall     C) Will     D) Could
7) A) prefer     B) rather     C) like     D) mind
8) A) I'd better     B) I'd like     C) it's better     D) why not
9) A) wouldn't     B) didn't     C) hadn't     D) won't
10) A) that     B) after     C) because     D) then
11) A) for the last month     B) since a month     C) a month ago     D) during last month
12) A) worried     B) have been worrying     C) worry     D) are worrying
13) A) whose     B) whom     C) who     D) ---

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