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

6. A friend of mine would never let her children … a pet in the flat.

A) to keep B) kept C) keep D) keeping

7. Mum was angry with me again. I … hadn`t done my homework when she came home.

A) still B) yet C) just D) already

8. “– Is there anything to have a bite?”

“– Wait a minute. A table … out for luncheon in the garden.”

A) set B) is set C) is being set D) has been set

9. His ideas is so difficult that … people can understand them.

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

10. The doctor made the patient … in bed. In a few days the patient got better.

A) staying B) stayed C) stay D) to stay

11. Attention, please! Has anyone left … luggage on the train?

A) their B) its C) it D) theirs

12. Even in its earliest days, the United States was a very large country, … over 1600 kilometres of coastline.

A) stretches B) stretched C) stretch D) stretching

13. West Indians are one of the many minority ethnic groups who help to make life in the UK so … and colourful.

A) richer B) rich C) richest D) richly