Self Study Guide – Test Your English Grammar Part 12

Many of the early British settlers in Australia were criminals who were able to avoid ______ by agreeing to live on and develop the land there.

The environment group hopes ______ the forest to its original condition by the end of the decade.

Tom dislikes ______. It’s just terrible!

Normally I can’t stand being in a car with drivers who take risks but on this occasion, I couldn’t help ______.

Helen doesn’t mind ______ cigars in the bedroom.

I can’t stand ______ all the time when I am around them.

Instead of collecting art objects, more ordinary people enjoy ______ stamps or coins.

The French impressionist painters attempted to depict visual impressions and they succeeded ______ brilliant results.

The company has managed ______ profit this year.

The people in the state failed ______ clean up the mess that the oil spill had created.

You won’t succeed ______ your car at a profit. It’s far too old.

At last, after three days, they managed ______ to the top of the mountain.

Driving by a shopping mall on his way home, Steve stopped ______ his mother a birthday present.

– How are the both of you getting on?

– Don’t you know that we’ve stopped ______?

Fortunately it stopped ______.

When the teacher asked the students ______, they kept making noise.

Oh, dear! I forgot ______ the soap.

I remember ______ at the school gates with my mother on my first day there.

I remember ______ my first bicycle, the feeling of delight still being fresh in mind.

Oh, I forgot ______ the present for my sweet girl!

I regret ______ school at fourteen, it was a big mistake.

That night was terrible, to say the least of it. Jane remembers ______ all night through.

The Oscar winner was so happy to receive the highest honour of her profession that she nearly cried during her acceptance speech. Don’t forget ______ it in your report.

You must remember ______ Mr Lewis from the station tomorrow.

I’ll never forget ______ the Queen on that bright day in 1974.