Modality Advanced Level MCQs Test With Answers 1

The company had sent the advertisement to the newspaper when they realised they’d mistyped the salary they were offering for the position. Luckily, they ____ the newspaper to correct their mistake before they printed it.

A: I wish I hadn’t criticised Mark’s drawings yesterday because he hasn’t spoken to me today. Do you think he’ll come to my party on Friday?

B: Possibly, he ____ you by then.

Since the day his manager transferred him to the foundry section of the steelworks, he ____ safety goggles.

A: This student has circled the mistakes in the text, but he hasn’t corrected them, so he’ll only get half marks.

B: He ____ the instructions properly

As a single woman, Lucy ____ quite a lot of money on clothes, jewellery and cosmetics, but now married with two children, she can’t spare so much money on them.

A: Are you going to enrol on the second course when we finish this one?

B: I don’t know. It’s tiring coming every day after work. I ____ a month before I start the second course.

James will book the hotel rooms for the German representatives and you ____ them at the airport at eight o’clock. Is that clear?

____ lending me 25 cents so that I don't have to break a hundred-dollar bill?

A: Jack doesn’t work for a computer company, so why has he gone to the computer exhibition?

B: I don’t know. He ____ interested in buying a computer to use at home or perhaps he’s thinking of starting his own company.

You ____ anything to me if you want to spend virtually your entire wages on lottery tickets, then that’s up to you.

You ____ anything after your operation. The nurses will tell you when it is all right.

Oh dear, my fruit cake is a little too sweet. I ____ the amount of sugar I add to the mixture next time.

Isn’t it great that Tim and Sue have given up smoking? They both ____ too much.

A: What’s happened to Mr Meyer?

B: He’s ill in hospital. They ____keep him in overnight, and if they do, he ____ travel back to Germany tomorrow morning

A: ____we paint the kitchen this weekend?

B: We could, but I ____ wait until the weather gets better because we’ll have to open the window.

A: I couldn’t persuade John to come to the match with us. He said he couldn’t afford it.

B: You ____ to lend him the money.

A: I did, but he said he ____ borrow any money at that moment.

____I ask you a favour? ____ you work on Thursday night this week instead of Friday night?

Amy Johnson, the first woman pilot who ____ from England to Australia, ____ several times during her flight to fill her plane with petrol.

____ you take this screwdriver back to Mr Smith next door and thank him for lending it to us?

They ____ their house yet. They only put it up for sale yesterday.

We ____ get a visa before we ____ go to Bulgaria.

I only had a brief chat with Marry at the bus stop, so I ____ to ask her how she ____ on in her new job.

A: Well, I’ve got lots of great ideas, but I haven’t written anything down yet.

B: But you ____us a written outline of your section of the project today!

A: Don’t panic. I’ll do it tomorrow.

Our father ____ a small present for me and my sister every month when he ____ his salary.

I ____ listening to pop music at all, but recently I have realised that I quite like certain pop-songs.

When their baby was born, Lucy ____ up work until they found someone to look after the baby.

They had their baby daughter in June and, since then, they ____ in restaurants very often.

Do you think he ____ to watch the match with us? I know he enjoys football.

Would you mind if I ____ the secretary for half an hour, Mr Pitt? She has two thousand leaflets to send out.

A: I missed this week’s episode of “The Simpsons”. What happened?

B: I don’t know. I don’t watch it anymore.

A: Why not? I thought you were a fan of the show like me.

B: Yes, I ____ it three times a week, but now I go to German lessons every night.

I believe you ____this computer programme in your previous job, so you ____ it difficult at times. Please don’t hesitate to ask me for help.

Apparently, the man across the road ____ his car after all because he took down the for-sale sign a week ago and he is still driving to work.

A: Hopefully, Peter booked the tickets for us yesterday.

B: He ____them yesterday. The booking office is closed on Saturdays.

A: Oh well, I’m sure he’ll order them tomorrow then.

A: I didn’t think Paul and Sam were coming to the picnic.

B: They ____ their minds.

A: Well, it’s nice to see them again

I’m glad that I ____ hard to persuade my parents because they were already keen on the idea.

When it was completed, the Eiffel Tower ____ the tallest building in the world, but now there are many others that are taller than the Eiffel Tower.

Cats are very alert to any movement. For this reason, they will pounce when a victim ____ but ____prey that remains still.

When I lived in England, I ____Indian food several times a month, but here in Istanbul, it’s virtually impossible to find.

A: Mrs Parkinson ____ three accidents in the last month.

B: She ____ a very careful driver, then.

A: Couldn’t it have been just bad luck?

The weather is awful again today. Let’s look in the newspaper. There ____ a good film showing at the cinema.

Cellulose is indigestible by humans, but herbivores, such as cows and horses, ____ it because they retain it long enough for digestion by micro-organisms present in their digestive system.

You ____ all your holiday money on the first day. You will need some for the rest of the week.

Using lasers to produce extremely short and repeatable pulses of light, today scientists ____ events happening in time intervals as short as 1,000 trillionths of a second.

Living cells exist in a variety of shapes; for example, they ____ cube-shaped or flat

We ____ the football match on television yesterday, but we ____ because there was a power cut.

Oh no, look at the sign! We ____ here. These spaces are for doctors and emergency patients only.

You ____ your children some freedom; otherwise, they will resent you.

It’s not easy learning Turkish at home. Do you think I ____an evening course?

I refused to give my son any money for the “Mega Death” sweatshirt he wants to buy, but I’m sure he’ll try to get some from his grandmother. I’d really rather she ____ him the money because I don’t want him to wear such an awful thing.

He ____ safety goggles, but he wasn’t and, as a result, the hot steel badly damaged his eyes.

I ____ my car last week if I had accepted James’ offer. He offered me two thousand dollars for it, but I wanted more.

In parts of Africa, women still ____ water a long way to their village.

Why did you bother so much trying to change your money? You ____ it, you know, as they accept US dollars in Mexico.

I’d rather ____the match on television than here in the pouring rain. I’m sure we’ll all catch a cold!

You knew that we had to walk a long way today, so you really ____ those high heeled shoes. You only have yourself to blame for your aching feet.

I think Victoria ____ to the party although she really wants to because she is flying to Paris the next day and has to pack her things.

You ____ this report to the managing director personally. Do you understand?

You ____ for the cocktail party after the conference if you are worried about arriving home late.

He ____ handball quite often, but his new job requires him to travel a lot now, so he doesn’t have time anymore.

Would you mind ____ your cigarette smoke in my face? It’s getting on my nerves.

You ____ your jacket on a clothes hanger and not leave it on the chair. You’ll crease it!

It’s a long journey and there may not be any restaurants on the way. You ____ something before you leave.

I knew that Marcus didn’t have much money, but he has just bought a new car. He ____ the money from someone.

____ I get some plates while you are cutting the cake?

We ____ anything tonight. We ____ the leftovers from yesterday’s dinner party