Choose the Letter Corresponding to the Correct Answer and Blacken it on your ANSWER SHEET .

  1 ...... 10  (cf Phrasal Verbs test)

  11.The football match had to be ……….. …………. because of rain .

   a.put of     b- call off     c- turned off     d- called off

  12.Some people are so nervous that they ……… ……… at the sight of blood .

   a.pass out     b- pass on     c- pass away     d- blacken out

  13.World War II …………. ……………. In 1939 .

   a.came to     b- brought about     c- broke in     d- broke out

  14.She ………… …………… when she heard the sad news .

   a.broke down     b- broke off     c- broke out     d- broke up

  15.Our headmaster doesn’t …………. ………….. with bad behaviour .

   a.put up     b- catch up     c- keep up     d- get over

  16.Jihane …………. her parents ……….. when she refused to help them financially .

   a.let/down     b- let/off     c- turned/out     d- cut/down

  17.The new manager ………….. …………….. the company last week .

   a.took up     b- took over     c- took after     d- took in

  18.He told Dalia he was a bachelor but he …………. ……………. to be married with six children .

   a.turn out     b- turned up     c- turned in     d- turned out

  19.Karen didn’t ………. the fight ……… but she promised to end it .

   a.brought/on     b- bring/out     c- bring/up     d- bring/about

20- Sigrid is going to ………. ……….. her friend to ask her a few questions .

   a.call at     b- to call on     c- call out     d- call on

  21.Marcel was walking in Disney Land when, suddenly, he ………. ………. his English teacher .

   a.run into     b- come across     c- came upon     d- came across

  22."If I cheat in the examination , do you think I might ……… ……….. with it ?"
" Never !"

   a.get out     b- get off     c- run away     d- get away

  23.A runner can’t ………. ………. with a cyclist ; he can’t stay at the same level with him !

   a.keep up     b- catch up     c- put up     d- keep on

  24.Small boys often look ………… ………… little girls and refuse to play with them .

   a.down on     b- up to     c- out on     d- forward to

  25.Jean-Michel , you’ll have to work very hard today to ……… ………. for the time you wasted yesterday .

   a.make up     b- make out     c- make up for     d- make off

  26.Lara started last in the race , but she soon ………… ………… with the others .

   a.keep up     b- catch up     c- put up     d- caught up

  27.When Joanna got married , she left her father’s company and ………. ………. her own one .

   a.set off     b- set to     c- setted up     d- set up

  28.Last summer Nada ………… her husband ………….. spending the summer in France and England . They enjoyed themselves a lot there .

   a.taked/into     b- talk/into     c- talked/about     d- talked/into

  29.Grandmother ………… ………… last month ; her death was very painful to me .

   a.passed out     b- past away     c- past out     d- passed away

  30.I wish I could believe your story , but I’m sure you’ve …………. it …………. .

   a.made/up     b- made/out     c- make/up     d- had made/up

  31.Riad is a senior at university this year ; he’s looking forward ……….. in June .

   a.to graduating     b- graduate     c- to graduate     d- graduating

  32.The diplomat …… in England last week is the Lebanese ambassador .

   a.I saw     b- I saw him     c- I have seen     d- I had seen

  33.Scientists report that many cities …….. by pollution .
   a.are destroying              c- had been destroyed
   b- are being destroyed    d- have been destroy

  34.For the past ten years or so , overpopulation ….. a serious problem in the developing countries .

   a.will have been considered     c- had been considered
   b.has been considered     d- was considering

  35.Some students ….. all this week for the examination , while others …… yet .

   a.studied/didn’t begin         c- have studied/have not began
   b.studied/do not begin         d- have been studying/haven’t begun

  36.When I ……. from England next week , I …… several museums in London .

   a.return/see                       c- will return/will have seen
   b.return/will have seen     d- have returned/will see

  37.I regret having lied to you ; I wish I ……… you the truth .

   a.tell     b- have told     c- had told     d- could have told

  38.It rained all night , ……. obliged Elie to cancel the picnic .

   a.that     b- wich     c- which     d- it

  39.Tim had a car accident yesterday ; If he ……. on time he would ……. the accident .

   a.breaked/have avoided     c- had breaked/have avoided
   b.had braked/have avoided     d- braked/avoid

40- By the time the rescuers ….. the place where the plane crashed , many passengers …… .

   a.reach/will have died     c- will have reached/will have died
   b.will reach/will die         d- reach/will die

41- None of the boys in this room ……. ever satisfied , ………… ?

   a.are/aren’t they         c- is/isn’t it
   b.is/are they                 d- is/aren’t they

42- Diane feels she will never get used to ……. looked after by her brother .

   a.be     b- beeing     c- have been    d- being

43- I’d rather you …….. so early ; go back to bed !

   a.don’t rise     b- didn’t rose     c- hadn’t raised     d- wouldn’t rise

  44.It is necessary that Spiridon …… on time ; he shouldn’t be late .

   a.comes     b- will come     c- would come     d- come

  45.It is so cold today ; if the weather ….. warmer we ….. swimming .

   a.was/would have gone                 c- were/could go
   b.had been/would have gone         d- had been/would have been

  46.Suddenly , Nabil came and …….. by her side .

   a.lied     b- laid     c- lay     d- has lain

  47.Aileen washed the clothes , ………. them then ironed them .

   a.hanged     b- has hanged     c- hung     d- has hung

  48.The man ……. yesterday is my dear husband .

   a.to who I talked     b- whom I talked     c- which I talked to
   d- whom I talked to

  49.Of the two children , the younger is , without any doubt , ……………

a- the most lovely     b- the loveliest     c- the lovelier     d- the more lovly

  50.The food in this restaurant is twice ………… the food in other restaurants .

   a.more healthy than     b- as healthy as     c- healthier than
   d- as healthier as

51- By the time Carine and Joyce arrived ……. the party , the guests …….. their dinner .

   a.in/finished     b- at/had finished     c- to/finished     d- at/finished

  52.It’s the second time I …….. such a beautiful carpet !

     a- show     b- have been showed     c- am being shown
     d- have been shone

  53.Abir suggested that Caline ……… more time to finish her quiz .

   a.gives     b- is given     c- would be given     d- be given

  54.I’m so sorry I gave you a bad mark . I wish I ……. you a 12 , then you would ……. !

   a.gave/have succeeded         c- had given/have succeed
   b.gave/succeed                     d- had given/have succeeded

  55.When the police …… , the house ………… robbed .

   a.arrive/will have been             c- will arrive/will have been
   b.arrives/will have been         d- arrive/is being

  56.Don’t bother , I won’t listen to your ……….. . ………….. will do me no good .

   a.advice/It     b- advise/it     c- advices/They     d- advises/They

  57.Karim’d better not hand in his assignment after 8 o’clock tomorrow ,……….. he ?

   a.would     b- had     c- wouldn’t     d- hadn’t

  58.Never …….. such a bad presentation ! You deserve a minus .

   a.I have seen     b- did I see     c- have I seen     d- did I saw

  59.Tom’s friends are so ………. because he never feels responsible …………his acts .

   a.little/for     b- little/of     c- few/of     d- few/for

  60.I wonder why …….. Japanese ; is he going to Japan ?

   a.he is learning     b- is he learning     c- does he learns
   d- did he learnt

Good Luck!
Nada Salem Abisamra

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