Gap fills

Complete the following sentences.

1. He invented a machine to ………………. people in wheelchairs to get up stairs.

a) enable
b) able
c) unable
d) capable

2. I really …………………. when I went to Venice.

a) enjoyed
b) enjoyed with
c) enjoyed myself
d) enjoyed myself with

3. I felt like ………………., but I didn’t dare.

a) to laugh
b) laugh
c) laughing
d) to laughing

4. I …………………. since six o’clock, and I was getting tired.

a) had been working
b) have been working
c) was working
d) is working

5. …………………., she went on working.

a) As she was tired
b) Tired she was
c) Tired though she was
d) None of these

6. He was thrilled to be ………………….. such a wonderful lady.

a) introduced
b) introduced to
c) introduced with
d) introduced at

7. ‘I know you don’t like me. I don’t like you ………………..’

a) neither
b) as well
c) either
d) too

8. ‘Excuse me, do you know where the post office is?’ ‘It is ……………….. the bus terminal.’

a) opposite
b) opposite to
c) opposite at
d) opposed to

Answers

1. He invented a machine to enable people in wheelchairs to get up stairs.

2. I really enjoyed myself when I went to Venice.

3. I felt like laughing, but I didn’t dare.

4. I had been working since six o’clock, and I was getting tired.

5. Tired though she was, she went on working.

6. He was thrilled to be introduced to such a wonderful lady.

7. ‘I know you don’t like me. I don’t like you either.’

8. ‘Excuse me, do you know where the post office is?’ ‘It is opposite the bus terminal.’