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enKeep a Phone Handy: Multiple Choice Grammar Test
Dave tells us about a problem on the job (1) _________ years back, that could easily be solved now by always making sure you have a cellphone handy and fully (2) _________ , just in case you (3) _________ yourself stuck somewhere you didn’t quite intend to be…
“25 years ago, I (4) _________ the interior of a two-storey house.
This day I was upstairs, (5) _________ ceilings with anaglypta paper. I had an assistant giving me a hand. He was working downstairs, (6) _________ doors with brush and roller. After morning tea he started doing a small door under (7) _________ . He unscrewed the handles, took out the spindle and started on the inside of the door.
Unfortunately he pushed the door too (8) _________ and it closed. He (9) _________ the handle and spindle on the outside so he was locked in! He tried (10) ————— out and banging on the wall, but as I was upstairs and had the radio (11) _________ , so I did not hear him. On stopping for lunch I came downstairs but could not find him for a start, till I heard him (12) _________ out. Not many doors done that morning!”
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1 | the fewest | a few | few | a fewer |
| 2 | be charged | was charged | charged | charging |
| 3 | find | will find | would find | found |
| 4 | had repainted | was being repainted | was repainted | was repainting |
| 5 | papering | papered | was papering | to paper |
| 6 | was undercoating | being undercoated | to undercoat | undercoating |
| 7 | a stairs | the stars | the stairs | the stair |
| 8 | hardest | hard | hardly | harder |
| 9 | has left | leaves | was leaveng | had left |
| 10 | yelled | to be yelling | to yell | yelling |
| 11 | going | gone | to go | being gone |
| 12 | to yell | yell | to be yelling | yelled |
Dave tells us about a problem on the job 1 a few years back, that could easily be solved now by always making sure you have a cellphone handy and fully 2 charged, just in case you 3 find yourself stuck somewhere you didn’t quite intend to be…
“25 years ago, I 4 was repainting the interior of a two - storey house.
This day I was upstairs, 5 papering ceilings with anaglypta paper. I had an assistant giving me a hand. He was working downstairs, 6 undercoating doors with brush and roller. After morning tea he started doing a small door under 7 the stairs. He unscrewed the handles, took out the spindle and started on the inside of the door.
Unfortunately he pushed the door too 8 hard and it closed. He 9 had left the handle and spindle on the outside so he was locked in! He tried 10 yelling out and banging on the wall, but as I was upstairs and had the radio 11 going, so I did not hear him. On stopping for lunch I came downstairs but could not find him for a start, till I heard him 12 yell out. Not many doors done that morning!”
