Raymond Murphy essential grammar in use

parties! 
A) fair B)fairly 
11. This tool moves … in any direction. 
A) free B) freely 
12. This request is … unusual. 
A) high B) highly 
13. Can we get in … if we’re members of 
the club? 
A) free B) freely 
14. I thought this week’s programme was 
far … last week’s, so it’s definitely 
improving. 
A) funny than B) funnier than
C) as funny than D) more funny as 
15. I haven’t had this … at work for a long 
time. 
A) a hard day B) hard a day
C) a day hard D) day a hard 
16. So … was it that I never went back to 
that country again. 
A) an experience frightening
B) a frightening experience 
C) experience a frightening 
D) frightening an experience 
17. If we’d known how … it was going to 
be, we wouldn’t have agreed to do it. 
A) difficult a task B) a task difficult 
C) task a difficult D) a difficult task 
18. It was as … as I’d seen in a long time.
A) performance a moving
B) a moving performance 
C) moving a performance
D) a performance moving 
19. Alex has got that … he never seems to 
have to work hard at school. 
A) good a memory B) memory a good 
C) a good memory D) a memory good 
20. It was too … to turn down. 
A) a temping offer B) offer a temping 
C) an offer temping D) temping an offer 
21. No matter how … you have, there’s 
always the risk of failure. 
A) a career successful
B) successful a career 
C) a successful career
D) career a successful 
22. I don’t think I’ll ever be as … as my 
brother. 
A) a good pianist B) good a pianist 
C) a pianist good D) pianist a good 
23. Whenever she gets home from work, 
Mum always seems … about something. 
A) unhappy B) unhappily 
24. I don’t know what’s in it, but it smells 
… of cinnamon. 
A) strong B) strongly 
25. When Terry finally became … , I asked 
him what had happened. 
A) calm B) calmly 
26. I’m glad I didn’t go on holiday with Efy 
and Graham because it sounded … 
A) dreadful B) dreadfully 

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27. It’s hard to believe that the seeds you 
planted have grown so … 
A) quick B) quickly 
28. The car sped past me and turned … 
into the next street. 
A) sharp B) sharply 
29. Why are you looking so … at me? 
A) accusing B) accusingly 
30. I don’t think I get … very often, but 
one or two people do really annoy me. 
A) angry B) angrily 
31. She looked at me in a very … way. 
A) friend B) friendly 
32. Our flat’s … nice, but not perfect. 
A) quite B) quiet C) quit 
33. Platinum is about … gold. 
A) twice more expensive than 
B) twice expensive as 
C) twice as expensive as 
D) as twice expensive as 
34. … the building, … the fire risk. 
A) The tallest, the greatest 
B) Tall, great C) Taller, greater 
D) The taller, the greater 
35. Iron isn’t … as hard as diamond. 
A) near B) nearly 
36. When the building collapsed, … were 
rushed to hospital. 
A) injure B) injured C) injuring
D) the injured 
Destination C1-C2
Unit 17 
1. Davina, … kids you met last weekend, 
works for Cooper’s in the high street. 
A) who B) whom C) whose D) which 
2. I’ll never understand the reason … 
you decided to join the army. 
A) which B) why C) for D) what 
3. The village … Alan grew up in is only a 
few miles from here. 
A) which B) where C) what D) who 
4. Have you spoken to that guy … 
daughter might be able to help you with 
the contract? 
A) whose B) whom C) who D) which 
5. Back in the 1970s, … I was a 
teenager, no one … I knew had a 
computer. 
A) where/whom B) which/who
C) whom/which D) when/who 
6. They’ve just announced that 
Beddington youth club, … we all used to 
hang out after school, is going to be 
turned into a casino. 
A) which B) what C) where D) whom 
7. Chicago’s a city … I’ve always wanted to 
visit. 
A) which B) where C) what D) whose 
8. Do you remember the time … we got 
totally lost? 
A) where B) which C) what D) when 
9. The cows … are in that field over there 
are Friesians. 
A) which B) what C) where D) who 
10. Our cat Tibby, … loves being stroked 
all the time, is 16 years old today! 
A) which B) what C) that D) who 
11. Bob wants to become a pop star, … 
seems like a totally unrealistic ambition to 
me. 
A) what B) who C) whom D) which 
12. The official to … you need to address 
your enquiry is temporarily unavailable. 
A) which B) what C) whom D) who 
13. … spoils the film for me is the ending, 
… is just ridiculous. 
A) Who/which B) Which/what
C) When/who D) What/which 
14. Julian was the perfect … we all liked 
the best. 
A) who B) which C) what D) whose 
15. ... a US citizen, Eleni knew it would be 
difficult to get a visa. 
A) Not being B) Not to be C) Don’t be
D) Not been 
16. Philip was the only person … the 
committee on track. 
A) kept B) who keeping C) keeps
D) keeping 
17. More that 80 people came to the 
exhibition, many of … children had 
picture on the walls. 
A) who B) whom C) whose D) which 
18. The man … to safety was in his forties. 
A) who was lifting B) lifting 
C) lifted D) having been lifted 
19. Who was the receptionist … the phone 
at the time? 
A) answering B) was answering 
C) having answered D) to answer 
20. … a scholarship, I entered the 
frightening and unknown territory of 
private education. 
A) to award B) to be awarded

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C) Having awarded
D) Having been awarded 
21. … half a chance, I’d be there in a 
flash! 
A) Giving B) Given C) Being given
D) To be given 
22. … quickly we ran, we just couldn’t 
catch up with the van. 
A) Although B) Even C) Much
D) However 
23. Try … , Dom couldn’t finish the 
crossword. 
A) as he might B) he might as
C) might he as D) might as he
Our-of-body experiences 
(24)… most scientists dismiss tales of 
out-of-body experiences on the operating 
table as dreams and delusions, there are 
some cases which seem to defy rational 
explanation. Take Margaret Frobisher. In 
2003, she was undergoing a routine 
operation under general anaesthetic at 
Sansdown Hospital in Kent. There were 
serious complications, (25)…, and her 
heart stopped beating. Try (26)… they 
might, the surgeon and anaesthetist 
were unable to resuscitate her. Finally, 
after eight minutes, they succeeded. 
(27)… having been clinically dead, 
Margaret suffered no brain damage and 
no adverse side effects. The story doesn’t 
stop there, (28) … . When the 
anaesthetist went to visit her in her 
hospital bed, Margaret Frobisher 
recounted an amazing story. She said 
she vividly remembered floating above 
the operating table. And (29) … her never 
having been conscious in that room at 
any time, she described the room and 
the resuscitation attempt in great detail. 
She said that (30)… three of the walls 
were bright white, one was dark grey. 
This was true. She also said that, on the 
top of a cabinet in a corner of the 
operating theatre, there was an old book. 
(31) … the anaesthetist didn’t – and 
couldn’t – believe her, she checked. 
There, just as Margaret Frobisher had 
described it, was the book. (32)… as they 
tried, no one at the hospital could 
explain how Margaret could have known 
about the book. Even (33)… one does not 
believe in a ‘soul’ or in life after death, it is 
difficult to explain what happened in that 
operating theatre when Margaret 
Frobisher’s heart stopped beating. 
24. A) Despite B) While C) However
D) In spite 
25. A) whereas B) although C) however
D) despite 
26. A) as B) for C) with D) so 
27. A) However B) Whereas
C) Although D) Despite 
28. A) even if B) even though
C) although D) though 
29. A) in spite of B) although
C) however D) while 
30. A) nevertheless B) whereas
C) in spite of D) however 
31. A) In spite B) However
C) Even though D) Despite 
32. A) Most B) More C) Much D) Many 
33. A) so B) if C) though D) that 
34. The three men … have not been 
named. 
A) arrest B) arrested C) arresting
D) who arresting 
35. … mistakes is only human! 
A) Making B) Make C) Made
D) Having made 
36. … in the arm, the man ran bleeding 
into the undergrowth. 
A) Shooting B) Shot C) Having shot
D) Shot 
Destination C1-C2 
Units 19-20 
1. Not until we have no choice … the 
business down. 
A) close we B) we will close 
C) will we close D) we close 
2. It was … a victory that even Smith’s 
fans couldn’t believe it. 
A) such surprising B) so surprising 
C) too surprising
D) surprising enough 
3. At no time … I was going to fail the 
exam. 
A) did I think B) thought I 
C) I thought D) was I thought 
4. So … that they actually finished three 
weeks early. 
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B) fast the builders were 
C) the builders were fast
D) fast were the builders 
5. Never … complete and utter rubbish!
A) have I heard so B) I heard such 
C) did I hear so D) have I heard such 
6. In no way … that people will be 
prevented from organizing peaceful 
protests. 
A) this law means
B) does this law mean 
C) means this law
D) this law does mean 
7. If you don’t put the tent up …, it 
might blow away! 
A) too carefully B) such carefully 
C) so carefully D) carefully enough 
8. No sooner … everyone started to 
gossip about him. 
A) had Mike left than
B) did Mike leave when 
C) left Mike when
D) Mike had left than 
9. - I can’t stand this hot weather! 
- No, … Dreadful, isn’t it? 
A) so can’t I B) neither can I 
C) so I can’t D) nor I can 
10. - We were at the Rolling Stones 
concert last week. 
- Were you? So …! 
A) I was B) was I being C) I was there
D) was I 
11. You can’t just bury your … in the 
sand and hope that this problem goes 
away, you know. 
A) hand B) powers C) head D) thumb 
12. My dad pulled a few … and got me 
the job. 
A) law B) powers C) books
D) strings 
13. You can’t just take the … into your 
own hands and attack someone like that. 
A) law B) powers C) head D) way 
14. Ian’s really under his boss’s … and 
isn’t allowed to make any decisions 
himself. 
A) hand B) head C) powers D) thumb 
15. It was a difficult game, but I 
eventually managed to gain the upper … 
A) way B) thumb C) tape D) hand 
16. Out neighbour’s a bit strange, but … 
and let live, I always say. 
A) live B) law C) book D) tape 
17. The … that be have decided to ban 
skateboarding in the park. 
A) powers B) tape C) way C) law 
18. I had to get through a lot of red …, but 
I finally got the documents I needed. 
A) tapes B) ways C) thumbs D) books 
19. If you let Vanessa have her own … all 
the time, you’ll spoil her. 
A) way B) thumb C) hand D) powers 
20. This is the third time Heather’s been 
caught – they’re really going to throw the 
… at her this time. 
A) book B) hand C) thumb D) way 
21. Our town has a real problem with 
youth crime, … do many other British 
towns. 
A) so B) nor C) as D) like 
22. Jim’s a tough character and certainly 
won’t let anyone push him … 
A) up B) off C) around D) through 
23. My uncle pulled a few … and got me a 
job in the company where he works. 
A) ropes B) strings C) threads
D) chords 
24. The local people then leave the clay to 
… in the sun, creating simple bricks. 
A) hardship B) hard C) harden
D) hardly 
25. They’re … out the old-style passports. 
A) opting B) phasing C) blending
D) pushing 
26. You should … up to Stephanie. 
A) stand B) opt C) blend D) crack 
27. I wish you wouldn’t talk … to me. 
A) on B) for C) of D) down 
28. It was … good a meal that we left the 
waiter quite a large tip. 
A) so B) such C) too D) enough 
29. I never knew that Andrew had … few 
friends. 
A) so B) such C) too D) enough 
30. I was hoping to have a word with Alan 
before he left, but it seems to be … late 
now. 
A) so B) such C) too D) enough 
31. I worry about my grandparents 
because they have … a lot of health 
problems. 
A) so B) such C) too D) enough 
32. Little … that I had a big surprise 
planned for her. 
A) Caroline realised
B) did Caroline realise 
C) realised Caroline

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D) had Caroline realise 
33. Only if the weather is clear … to 
launch. 
A) the space shuttle will be allowed 
B) will be the space shuttle allowed 
C) will be allowed the space shuttle 
D) will the space shuttle be allowed 
34. Only when … the ticket again did I 
realise that I had won first prize! 
A) I checked B) did I check 
C) checked I D) had I checked 
35. Not only … my birthday, but he also 
forgot our wedding anniversary. 
A) did Jerry forget B) forgot Jerry 
C) Jerry forgot D) Jerry had forgotten 
36. Seldom … a vintage car in quite such 
good condition these days. 
A) see you B) you see 
C) did you saw D) do you see 
Destination C1-C2 
Unit 22 
1. I … that piece of swampy land 
as worthless. It can't be used for
anything. 
A) stand out B) brighten up 
C) write off D) brush up 
2. Since my aunt's operation, she has 
simply been … and may not last long. 
A) wasting away B) smarten up 
C) picked up D) touched up 
3. He got another chance and didn't 
want to … again. 
A) liven up B) make over 
C) check out D) mess up 
4. Problems were just … but by no 
means were they fully faded away. 
A) scraped through B) picked up 
C) papered over D) brushed up 
5. He … his house for use as a hospital 
in the war. 
A) wasted away B) made over 
C) run down D) messed up 
6. Please try to … yourself … 
before we get to the party. 
A) paper/over B) scrape/ through 
C) smarten/up D) patch/up 
7. The moon … among the stars. 
A) stands out B) messes up 
C) checked out D) runs down 
8.The party … when the music got
better. 
A) livened up B) checked out 
C) brushed up D) patched up 
9. He … by one mark at the exam. 
A) touched up B) wrote off 
C) brushed up D) scraped through 
10. After the car crash, the driver was 
taken to the hospital to be … 
A) messed up B) patched up 
C) stood out D) run down 
11. When is the weather going to …? 
A) touch up B) brighten up 
C) pick up D) check out 
12.The battery …, causing the clock to
stop. 
A) messed up B) brushed up
C) patched up D) ran down 
13.It's only a little scratch in the finish.
We can … it … easily. 
A) mess/ up B) run/ down 
C) waste/ away D) touch/ up 
14. The technician … the 
computer system to make sure there were 
no errors in the software. 
A) wrote off B) brightened up 
C) papered over D) checked out 
15. My grammar is good. I must … my 
translation.
A) brush up B) paper over 
C) stand out D) run down 
16. A colored shirt 
can certainly … an outfit. 
A) check out B) patch up 
C) paper over D) liven up 
17. Have Jim and Mary … their quarrel 
yet? 
A) messed up B) touched up 
C) patched up D) smarten up 
18. The sky … 
quickly as the clouds dispersed. 
A) brightened up B) wasted away 
C) wrote off D) scraped through 
19. I hope I don't … on the exam. 
A) paper over B) mess up 
C) touch up D) patch up 
20.I heard a strange noise, so I went down
stairs to … it …. 
A) make /over B) smarten/up 
C) check/out D) pick/up 
21. The snow is … in winter. 
A) add fuel to the fire 
B) a sight for sore eyes 
C) draw in line
D) steal the show 
22. Their chocolate cake is just … 

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A) draw the line B) Achilles’ heel 
C) clean as a whistle 
D) out of this world 
23. All the singers were good, but 16-
year-old Karine … 
A) add fuel to the fire 
B) steal the show 
C) the edge over 
D) clean as a whistle 
24. This mobile phone is … technology. I 
like it. 
A) steals the show
B) adds fuel to the fire 
C) the last word in D) under par 
25. I'm a loyal employee, so 
I … when I am asked to do something I t
hink is wrong. 
A) draw the line B) steal the show 
C) over the top D) add fuel to the fire 
26. Soccer Maestro is undoubtedly the 
last … in online football simulation 
games at the moment. 
A) par B) heel C) line D) word 
27. You’re a … for sore eyes, Claire! 
Thank goodness you’re here – we 
desperately need your input.
A) line B) edge C) top D) sight 
28. The buffet at the party was out of 
this … ! I’ve never tasted such exquisite 
strawberries. 
A) word B) fuel C) sight D) world 
29. I’ve spent the whole morning 
vacuuming the inside of the car. It’s now 
clean as a …
A) par B) whistle C) sight D) pride 
30. I think the media’s response has 
been a little over the … - it’s only a TV 
programme, after all. 
A) line B) edge C) top D) par 
31. I’m happy to simplify things for the 
readers, but I draw the … at telling them 
blatant untruths. 
A) line B) edge C) top D) par 
32. Amis’s new novel is slight below … 
for a writer of his statue; I was a little 
disappointed. 
A) heel B) line C) par D) top 
33. All the bands were fantastic, but The 
Editors and Franz Ferdinand really stole 
the … 
A) sight B) show C) par D) world 
34. You’re a … for sore eyes, Claire! 
Thank goodness you’re here – we 
desperately need your input. 
A) edge B) top C) line D) sight 
35.I didn't get a chance to study, and I bar
ely … the final exam. 
A) smartened up B) checked out 
C) scraped through D) made over 
36. Don't try to … 
the mess you have made. 
A) brighten up B) run down 
C) wast away D) paper over 
Destination C1-C2 
Unit 23 
1. I don’t know how you could even 
contemplate … Vicky to go on holiday with 
her friends. 
A) allowing B) allow C) to allow
D) to allowing 
2. The interviewer somehow managed … 
the politician to admit his mistake. 
A) to get B) getting C) get D) to getting 
3. Did you mention … to book the 
restaurant when you saw Angie? 
A) to have B) having C) have
D) to having 
4. We missed our flight so we ended up … 
on the floor in the airport. 
A) to sleep B) sleeping C) sleep
D) to sleeping 
5. The woman demanded … who was in 
charge. 
A) to know B) knowing C) know
D) to knowing 
6. I can’t help … that I’ve forgotten 
something. 
A) to feel B) feeling C) feel
D) to feeling 
7. The board of directors opted … to the 
bank for a loan. 
A) to apply B) applying C) apply
D) to applying 
8. What happened when Sandra applied … 
the army? 
A) to join B) joining C) join
D) to joining 
9. We don’t foresee … to employ anyone to 
replace Amy when she’s on maternity 
leave. 
A) to need B) needing C) need
D) to needing 
10. I really wasn’t expecting … into Ken in 
Brimingham. 
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D) to bumping 
11. I’m beginning to wish I hadn’t 
volunteered … Sandra move house. 
A) to help B) helping C) help
D) to helping 
12. Please don’t hesitate … me if you 
require further information. 
A) to contact B) contacting C) contact
D) to contacting 
13. How can you justify … so many lives 
at risk like that? 
A) put B) to put C) putting
D) to putting 
14. Everyone voted … Mr Greenwood to 
join the golf club. 
A) to allowing B) allow C) allowing
D) to allow 
15. People who have been accused … 
serious crimes are usually sent to prison 
to await their trial. 
A) to commit B) committing
C) commit D) of committing 
16. The man claimed … by two young 
men, but something about him mad me 
suspicious. 
A) to have robbed B) having been 
robbed 
C) being robbed D) to have been robbed 
17. We can’t afford … for everyone to 
agree or we’ll miss this opportunity. 
A) to wait B) waiting C) wait
D) to waiting 
18. We are trying to encourage all local 
people … more of their rubbish. 
A) recycle B) to recycling C) to recycle
D) recycling 
19. Why do you keep … me about what 
Susan said? 
A) ask B) asking C) to ask D) to 
asking 
20. I challenge you … those accusations! 
A) to prove B) prove C) to proving
D) proving 
21. The assistant manager hoped … 
before too long. 
A) being promoted B) having been 
promoted
C) to be promoted D) promotes 
22. When she suggested … over the 
weekend, I was so angry that I 
threatened to quit. 
A) me to working B) me to work 
C) me work D) me working 
23. The manager requested that all staff … 
present at the meeting. 
A) have been B) be 
C) are being D) being 
24. Didn’t you … that Martha wasn’t with 
Ashley? 
A) think it strange B) think strange 
C) think strangely D) think it strangely 
25. It’s very important that we … as soon 
as there’s any change in the patient’s 
condition. 
A) be it notified B) being notified 
C) were notified D) be notified 
26. I feel … to inform the committee that a 
number of members are very unhappy 
with the decision. 
A) my duty B) this my duty
C) it my duty D) that my duty 
27. After what the manager said this 
morning, I didn’t … him about the 
problems I’ve been having. 
A) dare telling B) dare it telling 
C) dare tell D) dare to telling 
28. Don’t you … that Veronica and George 
are still together? 
A) incredibly find B) find incredible 
C) find incredibly D) find it incredible 
29. You shouldn’t have let Kerry … 
without apologizing for what you said to 
her. 
A) leave B) to leave 
C) leaving D) to leaving 
30. It was a bit embarrassing when the 
teacher caught us … during the test. 
A) to cheat B) cheating 
C) cheat D) to cheat 
31. It’s not fair to make the dog … in the 
car on such a hot day. 
A) to wait B) waiting
C) wait D) for waiting 
32. Do you regret … Liam to join us on the 
trip? 
A) invite B) to invite 
C) inviting D) to inviting 
33. I used to quite like … a bedroom with 
my brothers when I was young. 
A) share B) to sharing 
C) to share D) sharing 
34. What inspired you … such a fantastic 
character in your new novel? 
A) create B) to create 
C) creating D) to creating 
35. Did you turn oven off? I can smell 
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A) burn B) burning
C) to burn D) to burning 
36. We watched the burglar … out of the 
window and then called the police. 
A) climb B) climbed
C) to climb D) to climbing 
Destination C1-C2 
Unit 24 
1. I haven’t seen much of Cameron since 
he and Nicola broke … 
A) out B) at C) up D) away 
2. She really loves him and is determined 
not to let anything come … them. 
A) at B) from C) together
D) between 
3. Why don’t we meet … here again on 
the 12th, when I get back from 
Germany? 
A) up B) in C) between D) together 
4. I didn’t take … my stepbrother at first, 
but after a while we grew closer. 
A) up B) to C) together D) between 
5. We should bring everyone … and 
discuss what we’re going to do for 
Grandpa’s 80th birthday. 
A) up B) to C) together D) between 
6. Being given some responsibility really 
brought … a side of Lindsay’s character I 
hadn’t seen before. 
A) out B) to C) together D) between 
7. I’d like to ask Melanie … on a date, 
but I’m afraid of being rejected. 
A) out B) to C) together D) between 
8. I had a row with Elizabeth and it just 
cancelled … all the effort I’d put into 
getting her to like me. 
A) out B) to C) together D) between 
9. Guess who I bump … in town. Our old 
physics teacher, Mr Watson. 
A) up B) into C) out D) back 
10. After I got to know Ben a bit better, 
he started to open … about his feelings. 
A) on B) into C) around D) up 
11. The jeans and the top are both fine 
on their own, but they don’t really go … 
A) up B) together C) around D) into 
12. Don’t pick … the other children in 
your class just because you’re bigger 
than them. 
A) into B) up C) on D) after 
13. I wish you would just do as you’re told 
and not answer … every time I ask you to 
do something. 
A) back B) on C) around D) up 
14. You should sound your parents … and 
see what they think of your plan. 
A) on B) up C) into D) out 
15. When the woman fainted in the street, 
everyone crowded … her but no one 
seemed to know what to do. 
A) back B) up C) around D) on 
16. Michael really takes … his 
grandfather, doesn’t he? They’ve both got 
the same red hair. 
A) on B) after C) up D) into 
17. Vivian and I usually agree, but we’re 
not always on the … wavelength. 
A) flesh B) silver C) human D) same 
18. I don’t know Pauline that well, but I’m 
on good … with her sister. 
A) terms B) peas C) books D) flesh 
19. I know I made a mistake, but I’m only 
…, after all. 
A) flesh B) human C) term D) same 
20. My brother and Jack got on like a … 
on fire when they first met. 
A) book B) put C) term D) house 
21. It’s a shame to fall out so badly with 
your own … and blood. 
A) house B) human C) flesh D) book 
22. Life’s very easy for you. You were born 
with a … spoon in your mouth. 
A) same B) term C) human D) silver 
23. Jill and Emily are so alike. They’re like 
two … in a pod. 
A) peas B) terms C) puts D) books 
24. I don’t think we’re ever going to … eye 
to eye on this issue. 
A) put B) see B) term D) silver 
25. When something like that happens, it 
certainly … your own problems in 
perspective. 
A) books B) puts C) terms D) flesh 
26. I’m avoiding Mr Hunter because I 
think I’m in his bad … 
A) terms B) house C) peas D) books 
27. Austin takes … his father, doesn’t he? 
A) after B) up C) on D) into 
28. My cousin and I ... when we first met. 
A) were born with a silver spoon in our 
mouth 
B) were flesh and blood 
C) got on like a house on fire 
D) were only human 

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29. I left my last job because I … eye to 
eye with my manager. 
A) weren’t born B) didn’t get 
C) weren’t on D) didn’t see 
Very little in our lives prepares us for 
(30)…. Suddenly, your life is turned 
upside down and all sorts of (31)… 
demands are placed on you. How we 
ourselves were treated by our parents in 
our (32)… can have an (33)… effect on 
who we become as parents. Our own 
(34)… of how our parents responded to 
us creates a model of parenting that is 
(35)… connected to the kind of parents 
we become. It’s not uncommon for 
people to show the same child-rearing 
(36)… as their own parents. 
30. A) parenting B) parental
C) parentally D) parent 
31. A) familiarise B) familiarity
C) familiarly D) unfamiliar 
32. A) youthful B) youthfully
C) youth D) young 
33. A) appreciation B) appreciable
C) appreciably D) appreciate 
34. A) observation B) observable
C) observably D) observe 
35. A) intimacy B) intimate
C) intimately D) intimated 
36. A) characterise B) characterisation
C) character D) characteristics 
Destination C1-C2 
Unit 26 
1. I don’t have much money these days, 
so it’s hard to keep … my music 
collection. 
A) on B) at C) up D) in 
2. If you’re taking Amanda … this 
weekend, why don’t you go to the 
Popwave festival? 
A) out B) in C) up D) off 
3. I didn’t like this CD at first, but now 
I’m really getting … it.
A) on B) up C) at D) into 
4. Carl and I just spent the whole day 
lazing … listening to music. 
A) out B) up C) at D) around 
5. I’m still not sure about this track, but 
I think it’s starting to grow … me. 
A) in B) into C) on D) with 
6. Before the concert started, we could 
hear the band warming … off stage. 
A) into B) up C) out D) – 
7. I used to love this band, but I’ve gone … 
a lot of hard work when you listen to their 
latest album. 
A) off B) on C) out D) up 
8. – Oh, I’m exhausted! I’ve been doing 
housework all day. 
- Come and put your … up for five 
minutes and I’ll make a cup of tea. 
A) hair B) feet C) heart D) time 
9. – Do you fancy going to that new jazz 
club in town? 
- Yes, let’s go and let our … down a bit, 
shall we? 
A) whim B) batteries C) spice D) hair 
10. – Jamie is so much fun! 
- Yes, he really is the life and soul of the … 
A) heart B) end C) party D) potato 
11. – You’re not changing jobs again 
already, are you? 
- Well, they do say that variety is the … of 
life. 
A) spice B) time C) whim D) end 
12. – Roger wasn’t pleased to get rejected 
by the team, was he? 
- No. He really had his … set on playing 
for them. 
A) heart B) feet C hair D) batteries 
13. – You look a bit bored. 
- Well, I’ve been at a loose … since I 
finished the book I was reading. 
A) heart B) time C) whim D) end 
14. – You weren’t planning to go to 
Singapore on holiday, were you? 
- No. I got to the travel agent’s and just 
decided to go there on a … 
A) spice B) whim C) potato D) hair 
15. – I can’t believe you built the Eiffel 
Tower out of matchsticks! 
- I guess I must have had a lot of … on my 
hands. 
A) spice B) whim C) time
D) batteries 
16. – Does Jenny ever move from in front 
of the TV? 
- I think she’s in danger of becoming a bit 
of a couch … 
A) potato B) hair C) heart D) party 
17. – You’ve got a great suntan! 
- I went away for a few days to recharge 
my … 

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A) feet B) heart C) batteries D) time 
18. The cricket ground and the theatre 
make this a very … area to live in. 
A) desire B) desirable C) desirably
D) desiring 
19. My family have always gone in for 
traditional country …, such as hunting, 
shooting and fishing. 
A) pursue B) pursuer C) pursuits 
20. What I like about Stravinsky’s music 
is the … complexity, which has a 
powerful effect on the listener.
A) rhythm B) rhythmically C) rhythms
D) rhythmical 
21. After ten matches, we had the … 
record of played ten, won none, lost ten. 
A) envy B) envious C) unenviable
D) enviably
22. I know you’d rather take your 
holiday in August, but when the boss is 
offering you extra days off, I don’t think 
you can afford to be so … 
A) choose B) choosy C) choice
D) chosen 
23. You don’t have time to do all the 
sports you’d like to, so you’re going to 
have a bit …
A) select B) selection C) selectively
D) selective 
24. After dinner, we went for a … stroll 
along the seafront. 
A) leisure B) leisured C) leisurely
25. Try to get …  the  habit  of drinking  
a glass of water every hour. 
A) with B) into C) up D) on 
26. Dan walks so fast that it’s not easy to 
… with him. 
A) grow up B) keep up C) put in
D) pick up 
27. Does this milk smell like it’s … to you? 
A) hanging out B) put in
C) gone off D) taking out 
28. The dogs are trained to … drugs. 
A) grown on B) seek out
C) get into D) take in 
29. On my birthday, I … everyone … 
bowling. 
A) took/out B) seek/out 
C) went/off D) kept/up 
30. The new design … immediately. 
A) took out B) took in
C) took off D) put in 
Betty Schrampfer Azar 
ENGLISH GRAMMAR 
Subject and Verb agreement