1) The President resigned; the whiff of scandal remained ………..

a) therefore     b) thus     c) otherwise      d) nevertheless

2) Thank you very much, we haven´t been to ……… party for years

a) a so enjoyable b) the so enjoyable c) so enjoyable d) so enjoyable a

3) My daughter is planning to spend a year before university working in New Zealand, ……….. seems to me to be a sensible idea.

a) that     b) which     c) what      d) where

4) You will ……….. up against a brick wall if you keep asking them about that matter.

a) get    b) reach    c) come     d) go

5) Why do you object to ………..? I believe he’ll be an asset to the company.

a) him be taken on b) he be taken on   c) him being taken on    d) he being taken on

6) Will they ……….. the reconstruction before we come back from our holiday?

a) finish   b) be fininshing     c) have finished    d) have been finishing

7) I´d better………them an e-mail immediately.

a) sent   b) to send   c) send   d) be sending

8) She ……… for that course if she ……… so busy. She´s got so much to do now!

a) will enrol/ is not    b) would enrol/ had not been    c) would enrol/ isn´t   d) would enrol/ were not

9) The old lady came near to ……….. of pneumonia but to everyone’s amazement she……….. through.

a) death/ put     b) dying/ pulled   c) die/ pulled    d) being dead/ put

10) ………..you to change your mind about handing in your notice, we would be happy for you to stay with us.

a) should   b) unless    c) were    d) if