Oxford Placement Test 2 Grammar Part 2

Dear Marge, I'm writing/I will write/I should write to you because I am not knowing/don't know/know not what to do.

I'm writing don't know

It's the first time I live/I'm living/I've lived with anybody before, but I should guess/I might have guessed/I'd have guessed what would habben.

I've lived I might have guessed

I'm twenty-six and a teacher at a primary school in Norwich where I'm working/I've worked/I work for the last five years.

I've worked

There aren't no/any/some shortcuts to becoming proficient - everyone needs training and practice.

any

I'm next on the list to go out there, am not I/are I/aren't I?

aren't I?

Then, about eighteen months after she has arrived/to have arrived/arriving in Norwich, she decided to buy her own/herself/her a house.

arriving her own

Learning to use the Internet is not the same as/like/than learning traditional skills.

as

It is thought that we'll have mobile phones as powerful as PCs till/by/in the end of the decade.

by

Tom didn't tell you, hasn't he/didn't he/did he?

did he?

So you think he'll be back before November, shall he/will he/do you?

do you?

She works in a library, isn't she/doesn't she/doesn't he?

doesn't she?

When I was/have been/had been there for a couple of years, ofe of the older members of staf would leave/left/had been leaving, and a new teacher would be/became/was appointed to work in the same department as me.

had been left was

There are many who wish they started/would have started/had started learning earlier.

had started

We'd better not delay reading this any longer, should we/did we/had we?

had we?

He's rarely been away for this long before, is he/hasn't he/ has he?

has he?

I believe he's given up smoking, isn't he/don't I/hasn't he?

hasn't he?

The majority of children in the UK have/has/are having access to a PC.

have

Nobody's disagreed with the latest proposals, did he/has he/ have they?

have they?

Someone's forgotten to switch off the gas, didn't one/didn't they/haven't they?

haven't they?

Now's hardly the time to tell me you didn't need a test at all, did you/is it/isn't it?

is it?

He's geting the 9.15 train, isn't he/hasn't he/wasn't he?

isn't he?

Steve's off to China, has he/hasn't he/isn't he?

isn't he?

A few unsuccessful learners have resigned themselves to never know/knowing/known how to use the Internet.

knowing

She was tired of to live/live/living in rented accommodation and wanted a place by her own/of her own/of herself.

living of her own

Those who do best are those who also use computers a lot on their own/by their own/on themselves.

on their own

Millions of persons/people/peoples around the world now ue the internet almost every day.

people

Others decide they would just rather/prefer/better ot have anything to do with computers.

rather

Some cmpanies already have more palmtops that/than/as desktops.

than

The tred continues to be/be/by being for computers to get smaller and smaller.

to be

Some new users quickly become almost atticted to be/to being/be on line.

to being

Children generally find using computers easy, but some adults can't get used to work/to working/work with them.

to working

She said/told/explained me that by the time she would pay/would have paid/had paid the mortgage and the bills it/there/they wouldn't be a lot/many/few left to live on.

told had paid there a lot

It's no use in trying/to try/trying to become an expert just by reading books.

trying

At about the same time, I was given/have been given/gave notice by the landlord of the flat what I was living/that I had lived/I was living in and she asked me if I liked/had liked/would like to live with her.

was given I was living would like

She suggested us to/we should/we may share the house and share the costs

we should

It seemed like a good idea, so after we'd agreed/we could agree/we agreed with all the details what/that/who needed to be worted out, we moved into the new house together.

we'd agreed that

At the end of this month we have lived/we have been living/we'll have been living together for a year and a half.

we'll have been living

Most of us start off with email, who/which,what is fairly easy to use.

which

It'll be a year before we see him again, won't it/won't we/shan't it?

won't it?

We worked/have worked/should work together with the same class during her first year and had the opportunity for building/possibilities to build/chance to build up a good professional relationship.

worked chance to build

No doubt you'd rather he didn't stay abroad too long, shouldn't you/wouldn't you/hadn't you?

wouldn't you?