1. You are telephoning Dr Paton. What do you say when her secretary answers the phone?
2. Which word or phrase CANNOT be used to complete this sentence. Professor Fritz's plane _____ at 20.00 Tuesday evening.
3. Choose the best phrase to complete this sentence: ____ I listened to a football match on the radio.
4. Choose the best word to complete this sentence: The only effective way to tackle poverty in the developing world is to ____ off the debts that these countries owe to the West.
5. You are at an office party with your husband and encounter a senior colleague who hasn’t met your husband before. What do you say?
6. Which of the following sentences is NOT correct?
7. Choose the best word to complete this sentence: She only gave us one week’s notice, ____ I thought was very inconsiderate.
8. Choose the best word or words to complete this sentence: There's ____ speculation about who will become the new leader of the Labour Party once the present one retires.
9. Choose the best phrase to complete this sentence: The experts think that the company will do well next year and ____ .
10. Choose the best word or phrase to complete this sentence: I like ____ news on the radio in the morning.
11. Which word CANNOT be used to complete this sentence. Why is the USA ____ in Africa?
12. Choose the best word or phrase to complete the following: That isn’t your desk. It’s ____.
13. Choose the best word or phrase to complete this sentence: I think the company’s ____ a busy year next year.
14. Choose the best verb form to complete this sentence: Last Monday the House unanimously ____ the new legislation.
15. Choose the best phrase to complete this sentence: Tomorrow morning I ____ the 6.30 train to Rome to attend a European conference on world poverty.
