Variant 1 You could have come first and won the race if you … faster

2. A: What time will you be back?

B: Oh, I expect … back some time around nine.

A) be B) am C) to be D) being

3. The building wouldn`t have fallen down if it … weak foundations.

A) hadn`t had B) wasn`t having C) didn`t have D) wouldn`t have

4. Jon seems to have very … luck. Nothing ever goes right for him.

A) few B) a little C) little D) a few

5. Martha always has a good … of food in the house.

A) to supply B) supplies C) supplied D) supply

6. The fortune-teller predicted that I … a scientist.

A) would marry B) marry C) married D) will marry

7. I have two brothers. One of them is in high school, and … is in college.

A) every other B) other C) another D) the other

8. I need to pay the bills so I … find a job soon.

A) dare B) am able C) ought D) have to

9. The English teacher got us … the whole list of irregular verbs. It took ages!

A) memorize B) to memorize C) memorizing D) memorized

10. Ladies and gentlemen, as we have very little time, let`s concentrate … our business.

A) to B) in C) at D) on

11. “Mark is always shouting at me,” she said. She complained that Mark … always shouting at her.

A) is B) was C) has been D) had been