Grammar And Vocabulary Test

She often gets bad headaches when the weather changes. 

She often ___ bad headaches when the weather changes.

It was Sunday yesterday, so it wasn’t necessary for me to get up early and I stayed in bed till 11 am. 

It was Sunday yesterday, so I ___ get up early and I stayed in bed till 11 am.

‘Which dress should I buy: the red one or the black one?’ ‘It doesn’t matter which one you choose. They are both very nice.’

 ‘You can choose ___. They are both very nice.’

It’s not a good idea to go cycling in this weather.

In my opinion, we ___ not to go cycling in this weather.

The organisers decided to cancel the performance.

The organisers decided to ___ the performance.

This guesthouse belongs to my friends.

This is my ___ guesthouse.

He feels unfit because he doesn’t do any sports.

If ___ more sports, he wouldn’t feel so unfit.

I’ve told you about that girl.

That’s the girl ___.

‘Please don’t make so much noise’, my mum said to us.

 My mum asked ___ so much noise.

We were too tired to carry on walking.

We were ___ walking.

   This 12th-century church is the oldest building in our town.

   This church, ___ in the 12th century, is the oldest building in our town.

You must promise to drive carefully or I won’t lend you the car.

I won’t lend you the car ___ you promise to drive carefully.

I was too angry to talk to them.

I was ___ to them.

A group of former students, who had highly progressed in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Their conversation soon turned into ______ about stress in work and life.

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some _______ looking, some expensive, some lovely - telling them to _______ themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said:

"If you noticed, all the nice-looking expensive cups were taken up, _______ behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the ______ of your problems and stress.

Be assured that the cup itself adds no _____ to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink.

What all of you really wanted, was coffee, not the cup, but you ______ went for the best cups. And then you began eyeing each other's cups.

Now _____ this: Life is coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups.

They are just _______ to hold and contain LIfe, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of the Life we live.

Sometimes, by concentraiting only on the cup, we _______ to enjoy the coffee.