PRE-INTERMEDIATE Test 28

(Please note: The following questions are part of a cloze test. They are interrelated, meaning that the information provided in each question is connected to the others.)

We _____ in our new house for several months.

Since we _____ in, we _____ very busy.

Since we _____ in, we _____ very busy. 

Everyone _____ to get the house ready.

So far we _____ the living room and the kitchen.

Soon after we arrived, the central heating _____ down, so we _____ to spend a lot of money to repair it.

Soon after we arrived, the central heating _____ down, so we _____ to spend a lot of money to repair it.

We _____ gardening very much, but we _____ time to do anything in the garden yet.

We _____ gardening very much, but we _____ time to do anything in the garden yet. 

And it _____ very heavily recently, so we’ll just wait till the weather gets better.

“Can I speak to Mr Thompson, please?”

“I’m afraid he’s just _____ out of the office.”

I _____ to most countries in Europe, but I’ve never _____ to Russia.

_____ me that you’ll always tell the truth.

He was taken to hospital by ambulance, but he was _____ on arrival.

I love the _____ and quietness of the countryside.

I saw a(n) _____ for a job as a waiter.

The sofa was so ______ that I felt asleep.

I gave the police a(n) _____ of the man who attacked me.

I had a few problems, but Bob gave me some good _____.

I was sitting at home when suddenly I had a funny _____ that I wasn’t alone.

I used to speak French _____, but I’ve forgotten it now.

Please drive _____. The roads are so dangerous.

I have _____ £5.17 until the end of the week.

There was an accident, but fortunately no one was _____ injured.

“Where does their money come from?”

“They have a very _____ business.”