Please, choose the correct answer

My colleagues usually______four days a week, and tills week they______five days.


work, work
are working, work
are working, are working
work, are working
Please, choose the correct answer

It______outside; I do not like to walk in such weather.


rains
is rain
is raining
is rained
Please, choose the correct answer

I have lost my key again. I______things. I lose things too often.


always lose
am always losing
have always lost
was always losing
Please, choose the correct answer

Seventy-seven detective novels and books of stories by Agatha Christie______into every major language, and her sales______in tens of millions.


are translated, are calculated
were translated, were calculated
have been translated, are calculated
had been translated, were calculated
Please, choose the correct answer

I wish he______last Friday but his flight______because of bad weather. If he______the next day I would have brought him by car.


arrived, was cancelled, called
had arrived, was cancelled, had called
had arrived, had been cancelled, called
arrived, have cancelled, had called
Please, choose the correct answer

He______(1) write in German, but he______(2) to speak the language fluently. He______(3) to listen to many tapes ______(4) to understand native speakers when he______(5) to work in Germany.


can, isn't able, 'll have, to be able, 'll have
can, can't, 'll have, to be able, has
can, isn't able, 'll have, to be able, has
is able, isn't able, 'll have, to be able, has
Please, choose the correct answer

You look tanned. You______in Africa.


must have been
must be
need have been
can't have been
Please, choose the correct answer

I'll feel really sorry for her if she_____all the work without any help.


has done
did
does
has to do
Please, choose the correct answer

I wish you______biting your nails. It is really an unpleasant habit.


would stop
would not stop
stopped
have stopped
Please, choose the correct answer

Scotland ______ from London but in many ways it is a separate nation.


governed
was governed
is governing
is governed
Please, choose the correct answer

Jane answered that she ______ very early, so she______ the news.


went to bed, hadn't seen
had gone to bed, hadn't seen
has gone to bed, hasn't seen
had gone to bed, didn't see
Please, choose the correct answer

My parents never let me ______ in bed.


reading
to read
to reading
read
Please, choose the correct answer

Princess Diane didn't have any chance ______ after such a terrible automobile crash.


to surviving
to survive
of surviving
of survival
Please, choose the correct answer

The news was ______ very depressing.


a
the
zero article
an
Please, choose the correct answer

Chinese eat ______rice every day.


the
zero article
a
an
Please, choose the correct answer

Bob is _______seaman. He spends most of his time at ______sea.


a, zero article
the, zero article
an, the
a, the
Please, choose the correct answer

We were good friends, we ______ each other for years.


had known
had knowing
were knowing
know
Please, choose the correct answer

The pictures of Loch Ness show a reptile of the Mesozoic era which are ______to be extinct many years ago.


presumably
presumed
presumptuous
is presumed
Please, choose the correct answer

It was announced that the international treaty against the new warfare ______and had gone into effect.


would have been ratified
is ratified
had been ratified
was ratified
Please, choose the correct answer

I am so stupid, ______?


am I
is I
aren't I
are I