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?