Raymond Murphy essential grammar in use

part of the country. 
A) located B) which located
C) locating D) locates 
30. The fence … our house is made of 
wood. 
A) surrounded B) surrounding
C) surrounds D) surround 
31. Be sure to follow the instructions … at 
the top of the page. 
A) give B) gives C) given D) giving 
32. Our solar system is in a galaxy … the 
Milky Way. 
A) is calling B) is called
C) calling D) called 
33. The children … that school receive a 
good education. 
A) attend B) are attending
C) attending D) attended 
34. The people … for the bus in the rain 
are getting wet. 
A) wait B) waiting
C) are waiting D) waited 
35. We have an apartment … the park. 
A) overlooking B) overlooked
C) overlooks D) which overlooking 

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36. The scientists … the causes of cancer 
are making progress. 
A) researched B) researching
C) research D) are researching 
Chapter 14 
1. The rain prevented us … the work. 
A) to complete B) completing 
C) from complete D) from completing 
2. Fatima had a good reason for … to 
class yesterday. 
A) going not B) don’t going 
C) not to go D) not going 
3. The weather is terrible tonight. I don’t 
blame you … to go to the meeting. 
A) on not to want B) on wanting not 
C) for not to want D) for not wanting 
4. In addition … to school full time, Spiro 
has a part-time job. 
A) go B) going 
C) to go D) to going 
5. I stopped the child … into the street. 
A) run B) to run C) running 
D) to running 
6. Where should we go for dinner 
tonight? Would you object … to an 
Italian restaurant? 
A) go B) to go C) going 
D) to going 
7. The jury found Mr Adams guilty of … 
money from the company he worked for. 
A) taking B) take C) to take
D) to taking
8. Larry isn’t used … a suit and tie every 
day. 
A) wear B) wearing C) to wear
D) to wearing 
9. I’m going to visit my family during the 
school vacation. I’m looking forward … 
my mother’s cooking and … in my own 
bed. 
A) eat/sleep B) eating/sleeping 
C) to eat/sleep D) to eating/sleeping 
10. Nothing can stop me … to see you for 
the last time. 
A) go B) to go C) going D) to going 
11. We satisfy our hunger by … 
something. 
A) eat B) eating C) to eat D) to eating 
12. Don’t postpone … your work! 
A) doing B) to do C) to doing D) do 
13. Someone asked me … this package. 
A) deliver B) to deliver C) delivering 
D) to delivering 
14. You’re avoiding … my question. 
A) answer B) to answer C) answering 
D) to answering 
15. Ann advised her sister … the plane 
instead
of driving to Oregon. 
A) to take B) taking C) take 
D) to taking 
16. Tom suggested … on a picnic. 
A) to go B) go C) to going D) going 
17. The teacher permitted me … early. 
A) leave B) leaving C) to leaving 
D) to leave 
18. I’ve decided to quit … desserts. 
A) eating B) to eat C) eat D) to eating 
19. My friends encouraged me … our 
English teacher. 
A) visit B) to visit C) visiting 
D) to visiting 
20. Do you enjoy … to music? 
A) listening B) listen
C) to listen D) to listening 
21. Where are you considering … for 
vacation? 
A) to go B) going C) go D) to going 
22. I expected you … the fist. 
A) be B) being C) to being D) to be 
23. Mufasa warned Simba … outside his 
kingdom. 
A) not to go B) not going C) not go 
D) not to going 
24. I appreciate … able to study in peace 
and quiet. 
A) be B) to be C) to being D) being 
25. I spent five hours … my homework 
last night. 
A) do B) doing C) to do D) to doing 
26. I prefer … rather than … a plane. 
A) driving/taking B) to drive/take 
C) drive/take D) to take/driving 
27. Ann advised … the plane instead of 
driving to Oregon. 
A) take B) to take C) taking D) to taking 
28. It was a beautiful spring day. Dorothy 
was lying under a tree … to the birds sing. 
A) listening B) to listen
C) listen D) listened 
29. Yesterday I had trouble … the 
meaning of a word in English. 
A) remember B) to remember
C) to remembering D) remembering 
30. I was permitted … early. 
A) leave B) to leave C) leaving 

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D) to leaving 
31. The teacher reminded the students 
… their assignments. 
A) to complete B) complete
C) completing D) to completing 
32. I remember … with dolls when I was 
a child. 
A) playing B) play C) to playing
D) to play 
33. She usually has difficulty … English 
words. 
A) pronouncing B) to pronounce
C) pronounce D) pronounces 
34. Don’t forget … your homework 
tonight! 
A) do B) to do C) doing D) to doing 
35. I regret … you that your loan 
application has not been approved. 
A) inform B) to inform
C) informing D) to informing 
36. When a student asks a question, the 
teacher always tries … the problem as 
clearly as possible. 
A) to explain B) explaining
C) explain D) to explain 
37. The taxi driver refuses … a check.
A) to take B) taking C) take
D) to taking 
38. My skin can’t tolerate … in the sun 
all day. I get sunburned easily. 
A) be B) to be C) being D) to being 
39. I can’t afford … a new car. 
A) buy B) to buy C) buying
D) to buying 
40. I think Sam deserves … another 
chance. 
A) have B) having C) to having
D) to have 
Chapter 14 second 
1. … English can be interesting. 
A) Learn B) Learning
C) To learning D) We learn 
2. It’s a good idea … gerunds and 
infinitives. 
A) to learn B) learn
C) learning D) to learning 
3. It’s important … English. 
A) learning B) to learn
C) learn D) to learning 
4. Oscar keeps … and … that things will 
get better. 
A) hope/pray B) to hope/praying
C) hoping/praying D) hope/to pray 
5. I finally managed … Yoko … in school 
and … her degree. 
A) persuade/stay/finish
B) to persuade/staying/finish 
C) persuading/to stay/to finish
D) to persuade/to stay/finish 
6. Olga finally admitted … responsible for 
the problem. 
A) be B) is C) being D) to be 
7. Nadia keeps … … us, but she never 
does. 
A) promise visit B) promising to visit 
C) promising visiting
D) to promise to visit 
8. Margaret challenged me … her across 
the pool. 
A) to race B) racing C) race D) to racing 
9. I appreciate your … the time to help me. 
A) take B) taking C) to take
D) to taking 
10. My little cousin is a blabbermouth! He 
can’t resist … everyone my secrets! 
A) tell B) to telling C) telling D) to tell 
11. Children, I forbid you … in the street. 
There is too much traffic. 
A) play B) playing C) played D) to play 
12. Mrs Freeman can’t help … about her 
children. 
A) worry B) to worry
C) worrying D) to worrying 
13. I urge Omar … to school and … his 
education. 
A) return/finish B) to return/finish 
C) returning/finishing
D) returning/finish 
14. Mr Kwan broke the antique vase. I’m 
sure he didn’t mean … it. 
A) to do B) doing C) do D) to doing 
15. Fred Washington claims … a 
descendant of George Washington. 
A) be B) to be C) to being D) being 
16. I avoided … Mary the truth because I 
knew she would be angry. 
A) tell B) to tell C) telling D) to telling 
17. Anita demanded … why she had been 
fired. 
A) knowing B) to knowing
C) know D) to know 
18. The horses struggled … the wagon out 
of the mud. 
A) to pulling B) pull
C) to pull D) pulling 

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19. Susie! How many times do I have to 
remind you … your coat when you get 
home from school? 
A) hang up B) to hang up C) hanging 
up D) to hanging up 
20. In the fairy tale, the wolf threatened 
… a girl name Little Red Riding Hood. 
A) to eat B) eat C) eating D) to eating 
21. The student practiced … the ‘th’ 
sound in the phrase these thirty-three 
dirty trees.’ 
A) pronounce B) to pronounce
C) pronouncing D) to pronouncing 
22. She advised me … until tomorrow. 
A) wait B) waiting C) to wait
D) to waiting 
23. Her laziness caused her … 
A) fail B) failing C) to failing D) to fail 
24. He dared me … better than he had 
done. 
A) do B) doing C) to do D) to doing 
25. The judge ordered me … a fine. 
A) paying B) to pay C) to paying
D) pay 
26. They forced him … the truth. 
A) to tell B) telling C) to telling D) tell 
27. He pretends …
A) don’t understand B) not to 
understand
D) not understanding
D) doesn’t understand 
28. The little boy had a lot of trouble … 
anyone he had seen a mermaid. 
A) convince B) to convince
C) convincing D) to convincing 
29. Could you please stop …? I’m trying 
… on my work. 
A) whistle/concentrate
B) to whistle/to concentrate 
C) whistling/concentrating
D) whistling/to concentrate 
30. Toshi was allowed … his student 
visa. 
A) renewing B) renew
C) to renew D) to renewing 
31. You shouldn’t put off … your bills. 
A) pay B) paying C) to pay
D) to paying 
32. The travel agent advised us … until 
August. 
A) not to wait B) not waiting 
C) not to waiting D) not wait 
33. Most children prefer … television to 
… to the radio. 
A) watch/listen B) watching/listening 
C) to watch/listen D) to watch/listening 
34. I’m getting tired. I need … a break. 
A) take B) taking C) to take D) to taking 
35. We discussed … our jobs. 
A) quit B) quitting
C) to quitting D) to quit 
36. I forgot … a book back to the library, 
so I had to pay a fine. 
A) take B) taking C) to take D) to taking 
Chapter 15 
1. The teacher opened the window … some 
fresh air in the room. 
A) let B) for let C) for letting D) to let 
2. Mustafa climbed onto a chair … change 
a light bulb in the ceiling. 
A) in order B) for C) in order to D) – 
3. My roommate asked me … clean up the 
dishes after dinner. 
A) to B) for C) in order to D) – 
4. It’s a good idea … where your children 
are at all times. 
A) to know B) know
C) for knowing D) in order to know 
5. Rita has to work at two jobs … herself 
and her three children. 
A) support B) in order to support
C) for supporting D) supporting 
6. I’m very careful … my things. 
A) keep B) to keep C) keeping
D) for keeping 
7. My children are sometimes afraid … the 
street. 
A) going B) go C) to go D) of go 
8. I’m a fortunate person … such 
wonderful friends. 
A) have B) having C) to having
D) to have 
9. I was very disappointed … that she told 
lies to me. 
A) discover B) discovering
C) to discover D) to discovering 
10. Nuclear physics is too difficult … you 
…
A) for/to understand
B) to/for understand 
C) to/understanding
D) for/understand 
11. We have enough time … lunch 
together. 
A) have B) to have C) having
D) for having 

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12. I expected … to the party, but I 
wasn’t. 
A) to invite B) being invited
C) to inviting D) to be invited 
13. Sometimes adolescents complain 
about not … by their parents. 
A) understand B) to understand
C) to be understand
D) being understand 
14. The babies diaper is wet. It needs … 
A) to change B) change C) to changing
D) changing 
15. My shirt is wrinkled. It needs … 
A) ironing B) to ironing C) iron
D) to iron 
16. I have books and papers all over my 
desk. It needs … some time … up my 
desk.
A) to take/to straighten
B) taking/straightening 
C) take/straighten
D) taking/to straighten 
17. The apples on the tree are ripe. They 
need … 
A) pick B) to pick C) to picking
D) picking 
18. Their … away to get married, 
shocked everyone. 
A) run B) running C) to run
D) to running 
19. I’m not accustomed … coffee with my 
meals. 
A) drink B) to drink C) drinking
D) to drinking 
20. She took a deep breath … herself 
before she got up to give her speech. 
A) relax B) relaxing C) to relax
D) to relaxing 
21. I’m prepared … any question that 
might be asked during my job interview 
tomorrow. 
A) to answer B) answering
C) to answering D) answer 
22. Mathew left without … anyone. 
A) tell B) to tell C) telling D) to telling 
23. His not … able to come is 
disappointing. 
A) being B) to be C) be D) to being 
24. We are very pleased … your 
invitation. 
A) accept B) to accept C) to accepting
D) accepting 
25. I can’t help … why Larry did such a 
fool thing. 
A) wondering B) to wonder
C) wonder D) to wondering 
26. It is very kind of you … care of that 
problem for me. 
A) take B) taking C) to take D) to taking 
27. They agreed … with us to the fullest 
extent. 
A) to cooperate B) cooperating
C) cooperate D) to cooperating 
28. Jack wasted a lot of time … out with 
his friend on street corners. 
A) hanging B) to hang C) hang
D) to hanging 
29. I don’t remember ever … that story 
before. 
A) hear B) hearing C) to hear
D) to hearing 
30. Does your son regret … home and … 
to a foreign country …? 
A) to leave/go/to study
B) to leave/go/studying
C) leaving/going/to study
D) leaving/go/studying 
31. You should stop … if you get sleepy. 
It’s dangerous … when you’re not alert.
A) drinking/to drive B) to drink/driving
C) drinking/driving
D) to drink/to drive 
32. I have trouble … asleep at night. 
A) fall B) falling C) to fall D) to falling 
33. After for three hours, we stopped … 
something to eat. 
A) get B) to get C) to getting
D) getting 
34. Please forgive me for … here to help 
you yesterday. 
A) not help B) don’t help
C) not to help D) not helping 
35. I like to listen to the birds …when I get 
up early in the morning. 
A) singing B) to sing C) sang
D) to singing 
36. While I was waiting for my plane, I 
watched other planes … and … 
A) take off/land B) to take off/to land 
C) taking off/to land
D) to take off/land 
37. I was almost asleep last night when I 
suddenly heard someone … on the door. 
A) knock B) to knock C) to knocking
D) knocked 
38. As soon as I saw the fly … on the 
table, I swatted it with a rolled up 
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A) to land B) to landing C) landed
D) land 
39. Listen! Do you hear someone … for 
help? I do. 
A) calling B) to call C) to calling D) call 
40. You shouldn’t let other people … at 
you. 
A) to laugh B) laughing C) laugh
D) to laugh 
41. Could you help me … up the room. 
A) tidy B) tiding C) to tiding D) tidied 
42. Kostas got some kids in the 
neighbourhood … out his garage. 
A) clean B) to clean C) cleaning
D) cleaned 
43. I went to the bank to have a check …
A) cash B) to cash C) cashing
D) cashed 
44. The teacher had the class … a 2000-
word research paper. 
A) write B) to write C) writing
D) written 
45. I made my son … the windows before 
he could go outside to play. 
A) wash B) to wash C) washing
D) washed 
46. Peeling onions always makes me … 
A) crying B) to cry C) cry D) cried 
47. When I entered the room, I found my 
wife … over the broken vase that had 
belonged to her great-grandmother. 
A) cry B) crying C) to cry D) cried 
48. Sara is going to spend next year … 
Chinese at a university in Taiwan. 
A) study B) to study C) to studying
D) studying 
49. One of our fights ended with … 
having … send to hospital … stitched. 
A) me/to/to get B) my/-/getting 
C) my/to be/to get
D) me/being/getting 
50. Some people prefer … their money to 
… it. 
A) save/spend B) to save/spend 
C) saving/spend D) saving/spending 
Chapter 14, 15 
1. The teacher opened the window … 
some fresh air in the room. 
A) let B) for let C) for letting D) to let 
2. Mustafa climbed onto a chair … 
change a light bulb in the ceiling. 
A) in order B) for C) in order to D) – 
3. My roommate asked me … clean up the 
dishes after dinner. 
A) to B) for C) in order to D) – 
4. It’s a good idea … where your children 
are at all times. 
A) to know B) know
C) for knowing D) in order to know 
5. Rita has to work at two jobs … herself 
and her three children. 
A) support B) in order to support
C) for supporting D) supporting 
6. I’m very careful … my things. 
A) keep B) to keep C) keeping
D) for keeping 
7. My children are sometimes afraid … the 
street. 
A) going B) go C) to go D) of go 
8. I’m a fortunate person … such 
wonderful friends. 
A) have B) having C) to having
D) to have 
9. I was very disappointed … that she told 
lies to me. 
A) discover B) discovering
C) to discover D) to discovering 
10. Nuclear physics is too difficult … you 
…
A) for/to understand
B) to/for understand 
C) to/understanding
D) for/understand 
11. We have enough time … lunch 
together. 
A) have B) to have C) having
D) for having 
12. I expected … to the party, but I wasn’t. 
A) to invite B) being invited
C) to inviting D) to be invited 
13. Sometimes adolescents complain 
about not … by their parents. 
A) understand B) to understand
C) to be understand D) being understand 
14. The babies diaper is wet. It needs … 
A) to change B) change C) to changing
D) changing 
15. My shirt is wrinkled. It needs … 
A) ironing B) to ironing C) iron
D) to iron 
16. I have books and papers all over my 
desk. I need … some time … up my desk.
A) to take/to straighten
B) taking/straightening 
C) take/straighten
D) taking/to straighten 

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17. The apples on the tree are ripe. They 
need … 
A) pick B) to pick C) to picking
D) picking 
18. Their … away to get married, 
shocked everyone. 
A) run B) running C) to run
D) to running 
19. I’m not accustomed … coffee with my 
meals. 
A) drink B) to drink C) drinking
D) to drinking 
20. She took a deep breath … herself 
before she got up to give her speech. 
A) relax B) relaxing C) to relax
D) to relaxing 
21. I’m prepared … any question that 
might be asked during my job interview 
tomorrow. 
A) to answer B) answering
C) to answering D) answer 
22. Mathew left without … anyone. 
A) tell B) to tell C) telling D) to telling 
23. His not … able to come is 
disappointing. 
A) being B) to be C) be D) to being 
24. We are very pleased … your 
invitation. 
A) accept B) to accept C) to accepting
D) accepting 
25. I can’t help … why Larry did such a 
fool thing. 
A) wondering B) to wonder
C) wonder D) to wondering 
26. It is very kind of you … care of that 
problem for me. 
A) take B) taking C) to take
D) to taking 
27. They agreed … with us to the fullest 
extent. 
A) to cooperate B) cooperating
C) cooperate D) to cooperating 
28. Jack wasted a lot of time … out with 
his friend on street corners. 
A) hanging B) to hang C) hang
D) to hanging 
29. I don’t remember ever … that story 
before. 
A) hear B) hearing C) to hear
D) to hearing 
30. Does your son regret … home and … 
to a foreign country …? 
A) to leave/go/to study
B) to leave/go/studying
C) leaving/going/to study
D) leaving/go/studying 
31. You should stop … if you get sleepy. 
It’s dangerous … when you’re not alert.
A) drinking/to drive B) to drink/driving
C) drinking/driving D) to drink/to drive 
32. I have trouble … asleep at night. 
A) fall B) falling C) to fall D) to falling 
33. After for three hours, we stopped … 
something to eat. 
A) get B) to get C) to getting
D) getting 
34. Please forgive me for … here to help 
you yesterday. 
A) not help B) don’t help
C) not to help D) not helping 
35. I like to listen to the birds …when I get 
up early in the morning. 
A) singing B) to sing C) sang
D) to singing 
36. While I was waiting for my plane, I 
watched other planes … and … 
A) take off/land B) to take off/to land 
C) taking off/to land
D) to take off/land 
37. I was almost asleep last night when I 
suddenly heard someone … on the door. 
A) knock B) to knock C) to knocking
D) knocked 
38. As soon as I saw the fly … on the 
table, I swatted it with a rolled up 
newspaper. 
A) to land B) to landing C) landed
D) land 
39. Listen! Do you hear someone … for 
help? I do. 
A) calling B) to call C) to calling D) call 
40. You shouldn’t let other people … at 
you. 
A) to laugh B) laughing C) laugh
D) to laugh 
41. Could you help me … up the room. 
A) tidy B) tiding C) to tiding D) tidied 
42. Kostas got some kids in the 
neighbourhood … out his garage. 
A) clean B) to clean C) cleaning
D) cleaned 
43. I went to the bank to have a check …
A) cash B) to cash C) cashing
D) cashed 
44. The teacher had the class … a 2000-
word research paper. 
A) write B) to write C) writing
D) written 

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45. I made my son … the windows before 
he could go outside to play. 
A) wash B) to wash C) washing
D) washed 
46. Peeling onions always makes me … 
A) crying B) to cry C) cry D) cried 
47. When I entered the room, I found my 
wife … over the broken vase that had 
belonged to her great-grandmother. 
A) cry B) crying C) to cry D) cried 
48. Sara is going to spend next year … 
Chinese at a university in Taiwan. 
A) study B) to study C) to studying
D) studying 
49. One of our fights ended with … 
having … send to hospital … stitched. 
A) me/to/to get B) my/-/getting 
C) my/to be/to get
D) me/being/getting 
50. Some people prefer … their money to 
… it. 
A) save/spend B) to save/spend 
C) saving/spend D) saving/spending 
Chapter 16, 17 
1. She did not study, … she passed the 
exam. 
A) and B) for C) yet D) so 
2. He was tired, … he went to bed. 
A) for B) yet C) because D) so 
3. The child hid behind his mother’s 
skirt, … he was afraid of the dog. 
A) so B) for C) yet D) but 
4. I didn’t like the leading actor … movie 
was quite good on the whole. 
A) and B) so C) for D) yet 
5. Caterpillars eat plants and cause 
damage to some crops … adult 
butterflies feed principally on nectar 
from flowers and do not cause any harm. 
A) and B) but C) because D) yet 
6. Either the students or the teacher … 
planning to come. 
A) is B) are
7. Both the students and the teacher … 
planning to come. 
A) is B) are 
8. Not only the teacher but also the 
students … here. 
A) is B) are 
9. Choose the correct sentence. 
A) They don’t have neither a refrigerator 
nor a stove. 
B) They have either a refrigerator nor a 
stove. 
C) They have neither a refrigerator nor a 
stove. 
D) They don’t have either a refrigerator nor 
a stove. 
10. I had a cup of tea before I left for work 
this morning … I didn’t have anything to 
eat. I rarely eat breakfast. 
A) yet B) though C) but D) unless 
11. … you’re a good cook and I’m not, you 
should cook the dinner. 
A) Yet B) Unless C) Even if D) Since 
12. … Larry is finally caught up on his 
work, he can start his vacation tomorrow. 
A) Now that B) Even though
C) So D) Yet 
13. I put on my glasses … it was dark, 
cloudy day. 
A) because B) even though C) so
D) for 
14. Jack is an interesting storyteller and 
conversationalist, whereas his brother … 
A) is a newspaper reporter
B) has four children
C) bores other people by talking
D) knows a lot of stories, too about himself 
all the time. 
15. You can’t travel abroad … you don’t 
have a passport. 
A) unless B) if C) even though D) so 
16. I’ll keep the eggs at the proper 
temperature, … they don’t hatch. 
A) in case B) unless C) if D) so that 
17. I put on my sunglasses … the sun was 
bright. 
A) because B) even though C) unless
D) if 
18. Some people are tall, … others are 
short. 
A) because B) though C) whereas
D) if 
19. Sam laughs at the jokes … they’re 
funny or not. 
A) whereas B) whether C) in case
D) so that 
20. I have my umbrella with me just … it 
rains. 
A) unless B) if C) even though
D) in case 
21. You can’t travel abroad … you have a 
passport. 
A) if B) unless C) in case
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22. … the teacher dismisses us can we 
stand and leave the room. 
A) When B) If C) In case D) Only when 
23. Tomorrow we’re going on picnic. It 
will be cancelled … it rains. 
A) unless B) whereas C) even if
D) only if 
24. … you paid for the theatre tickets, 
please, let me pay for our dinner. 
A) Since B) If C) In case
D) Even though 
25. In some nations the favourite 
beverage is coffee, … in others it is tea. 
A) while B) even though C) in case
D) only if 
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1. If I … enough time right now, I … my 
parents a letter. 
A) had/wrote B) have/would write 
C) had/write D) had/would write 
2. If I … breakfast, I … always get 
hungry during class. 
A) don’t eat/will B) didn’t eat/- 
C) won’t eat/will D) don’t/- 
3. If it … tomorrow, what will you do or 
not do? 
A) rain B) would rain C) will rain
D) should rain 
4. Tell me what to do, where to go, and 
what to expect if I … your hometown as 
a tourist. 
A) visit B) visited C) will visit
D) would visit 
5. If it rains, I … to stay home. 
A) decided B) would decide 
C) might decide D) will have decided 
6. I’m expecting a call. I wish the phone 
…
A) rings B) would ring 
C) will ring D) may ring 
7. I don’t know her, but I wish I … 
A) did B) do C) had D) will 
8. The teacher is going to give an exam 
tomorrow. I wish he … us an exam 
tomorrow. 
A) wouldn’t give B) won’t give 
C) doesn’t give D) hadn’t given 
9. If I could speak Japanese, I … next 
year studying in Japan. 
A) would spend B) would have spent
C) will spend D) spend 
10. We will move into our new house next 
month if it … by then. 
A) is completed B) will be completed 
C) has been completed
D) would be completed 
11. I wasn’t able to pick up your clothes. 
Otherwise, I … 
A) had B) did C) will D) would 
12. If I … your number, I …
A) have/would call B) had/will call 
C) had had/would have called
D) have/call 
13. I … with you but I had to study. 
A) will go B) would go
C) would have gone D) had gone 
14. … you … more money, go to the bank 
before six o’clock. 
A) If/will need B) Were/need 
C) Had/needed B) Should/need 
15. We’re going to be late. I wish you …
A) would hurry B) had hurried 
C) hurry D) will hurry 
16. He won’t talk about it but I wish he … 
A) will B) talk C) does D) would 
17. Your boss sounds like a real tyrant. … 
you, I would look for another job. 
A) Had I been B) Would I be C) Were I
D) Am I
18. The room is full of flies. If you … the 
door open, the room … full of flies. 
A) didn’t leave/wouldn’t be
B) don’t leave/won’t haven’t been 
C) didn’t leave/won’t be
D) hadn’t left/wouldn’t be 
19. If you …, I … you the news as soon as 
I heard it. 
A) weren’t sleeping/would have told
B) aren’t sleeping/will tell 
C) didn’t sleep/told
D) hadn’t been sleeping/would have told 
20. He is busy right now, but if he …, he 
would help us. 
A) isn’t B) wasn’t C) didn’t D) weren’t
21. If I … any friends, I … lonely. 
A) didn’t have/would be B) don’t 
have/would be 
C) won’t have/am
D) hadn’t had/would be 
22. If I … my camera with me yesterday, I 
… a picture of Alex standing on his head. 
A) have/will take B) had/would take 
C) had had/would take
D) had had/could have taken 

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23. If there … a global nuclear war, life 
on earth as we know it … forever. 
A) are/ends B) were/would have ended 
C) had been/might end
D) should be/would end 
24. Tarek … his education, but he had to 
quit school and find a job in order to 
support his family. 
A) would have finished B) had finished 
C) finishes D) will finish 
25. If I … breakfast several hours ago, I 
… hungry now. 
A) ate/wouldn’t be
B) had eaten/wouldn’t be 
C) had eaten/wouldn’t have been
D) eat/won’t be 
26. Bill has such a bad memory that he 
… his head if it … attached to his body. 
A) forgets/isn’t B) will forget/isn’t
C) would forget/weren’t
D) would have forgotten/hadn’t been
27. – Are you coming to the party? 
- I don’t think so, but If I change my 
mind, I … you. 
A) tell B) will tell C) told D) would tell 
28. Our classroom doesn’t have any 
windows. I wish it … windows. 
A) has B) does C) had D) did 
29. I know that something’s bothering 
you. I wish you … me what it is. Maybe I 
can help you. 
A) tell B) had told C) will tell
D) would tell 
30. I wish I … all around the world next 
year. 
A) travel B) will travel 
C) had travelled D) could travel 
31. I wish I … English when I was young. 
A) learn B) would learn 
C) learned D) had learned 
32. I was very tired. Otherwise, I … to 
the party with you last night. 
A) went B) would go
C) would have gone D) had gone 
33. Had I known Mr Jung was in 
hospital, I … him a note and some 
flowers. 
A) may send B) would send
C) had sent D) would have sent 
34. Khalid didn’t come to the meeting. I 
wish he … to the meeting. 
A) came B) would come
C) had come D) would have come 
35. I didn’t go shopping. I wish I … 
shopping. 
A) went B) would go C) had gone
D) would have gone 
36. I can’t go with you tomorrow, but I 
wish I …
A) can B) could C) could have gone
D) had gone 

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