There is nothing ............ than going swimming in hot weather. a. gooder b. good c. better d. best 14. He tried very........... but still failed the exam. a. hardly b. hard c. harder d. hardest 15. She came to school........... and had to stand outside for 15 minutes. a. late b. lately c. latest d. latter 16. He was ................ successful with the business. a. complete b. completion c. completeness d. completely 17. This book is the ..................... of all a. bored b. boring c. more boring d. most boring 18. Mary speaks English very...................... a. fluent b. fluently c. more fluently d. most fluently 19. Tom runs faster than John and David runs the ............ in the group. a. fast b. most fast c. fastest d. most fastly 20. She has........... books than I do. a. least b. fewer c. more few d. fewest 21. I work as................. as you do. a. hard b .hardly c. harder d. more hard 22. She has read ……………… interesting book. a. a                             b. an               c. the              d. x 23. You’ll get ……………… shock if you touch ……………… live wire with that screwdriver.   a. an/the b. x/the  c. a/a  d. an/the 24. Mr. Smith is ……………… old customer and ……………… honest man.   a. an/the       b. the/an      c. an/an   d. the/the 25. ……………… youngest boy has just started going to ……………… school.   a. a/x                 b. x/the       c. an/x            d. the/x 26. Do you go to ……………… prison to visit him?    a. the                  b. a       c. x          d. an 27. ……………… eldest boy is at ……………… college.   a. a/the  b. the/x   c. x/ a         d. an/x 28. Are you going away next week? No……………… week after next.   a. an            b. a    c. the  d. x 29. Would you like to hear ……………… story about ……………… English scientist?   a. an/the      b. the/the       c. a/the     d. a/ an 30. There’ll always be a conflict between ……………… old and ……………… young. a. the/the    b. an/a        c. an/the       d. the/a 31. There was ……………… collision at ……………… corner. a. the/a b. an/the c. a/the d. the/the 32. 'Do you want tea or coffee? - '………….., I really don’t mind.' a. neither b. either c. so d. too 33. 'What day is it today - the 18th or the 19th?'  - ‘…………., It’s the 20th,' a. neither b. either c. so d. too 34. 'There are two sandwiches here; which one shall I take? 'Oh, take ……………' a. neither b. either c. so d. too 35. I asked two people the way to the station but ………… of them could help me. a. neither b. either c. so d. too 36. 'When shall I phone you, morning or afternoon?'  ……………., I’ll be in all day.' a. neither b. either c. so d. too 37. 'Where’s Kate? Is she at work or at home?'  - ‘…………….., she's away on holiday.' a. neither b. either c. so d. too 38. Tom and his wife are doctors! Their neighbor is a doctor ……… a. neither b. either c. so d. too 39. "I've been to Rome." – “……….. have I!"  a. neither b. either c. so d. too 40. "I went to bed late last night." “………….."  a. so do I b. so I did c. so did I d. so am 41. "I don't like beans." "I don't like beans…………”  a. so b. either c. neither d. too 42. "I was surprised at the news." "So……….”  a. did I b. surprised I c. so was I d. I am too 43. How ……………… do you spend on the computer every week?” - “20 hours.” a. much b. many c. often d. long 44. How ……………… times a day do you wash your hands.” - “About six times.” a. much b. many c. often d. long 45. The little girl asked what ……………… to her friend. a. has happened                     b. happened    c. had happened d. would have been happened 46. Since ……………… I have heard nothing from him. a. he had left b. he left c. he has left d. he was left 47. After I ……………… lunch, I looked for my bag. a. had           b. had had c. have has   d. have had 48. I have been waiting for you ……………… . a. since early morning         b. since 9 AM     c. for two hours            d. All are correct 49. Almost everyone ……………… for home by the time we arrived. a. leave           b. left        c. leaves      d. had left 50. By the age of 25, he ……………… two famous novels. a. wrote        b. writes          c. has written  d. had written 51. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I ……………… to play. a. try            b. tried        c. have tried d. am trying 52. It was ……………… so we didn’t get it. a. expensive enough b. too expensive c. enough expensive d. less expensive 53. It’s ……………… to read; I don’t understand it at all. a. enough difficult b. too difficult c. difficult too d. difficult enough 54. They didn’t sell ……………… to make it worthwhile. a. tickets enough b. tickets too c. enough tickets d. too tickets 55. It’s not ……………… to sort things out. a. enough late b. late enough c. late too d. too late