1) He _______ in New York for about three years when he was a child.
a) lives b) lived c) has lived d) has been living

2) The Olympics, probably the greatest sporting event on earth, _______ every four years and competition is always fierce between potential host cities.
a) take place b) took place c) will take place d) have taken place

3) By the end of February, the proposed changes to the school curriculum agreed on at the Annual General Meeting of the P.T.A. _______ in their entirety.
a) implement b) will implement c) had implemented d) will have been implemented

4) After a few minutes of small talk with the man who was sitting next to me on the plane, I realized that his brother _______ to the same elementary school as me some fifty years ago.
a) goes b) went c) had gone d) was going

5) That man works in the same company as I do, but I'm afraid I _______ his name.
a) knew b) am not knowing c) have known d) don't know

6) I _______ the music of Mozart ever since I heard it for the first time at a concert of the London Philharmonic.
a) love b) am loving c) have loved d) had loved

7) The Johnson twins, the best students in the class, and their sister _______ absent tomorrow as they have to attend their grandmother's funeral.
a) is going to be b) are going to be c) will d) are

8) He was only twelve when war broke out, and he and his classmates _______ evacuated to the countryside.
a) was b) were c) had been d) have been

9) It goes without saying that everything that goes up must _______ down.
a) come b) came c) is coming d) has come

10) The Newhaven Suspension Bridge, voted the most beautiful of its kind in Europe, _______ to traffic and pedestrians on the fourth of next month, two years behind schedule.
a) opens b) opened c) has opened d) opening

11) It looked like everything was set for our first high school reunion in twenty years, but at the last minute the plan _______ .
a) fell over b) fell down c) fell back d) fell through

12) After formally complaining to the police that she was being stalked, two officers came to her house and told her that they would _______ the matter.
a) look at b) look into c) look after d) look around

13) If you want to go through school without a blemish on your record, it is important that you _______ the rules
a) keep to b) keep on c) keep off d) keep at

14) He was so tired that when he sat down he _______ to sleep in just a few seconds.
a) dropped out b) dropped in c) dropped by d) dropped off

15) Probably the easiest way to _______ in a company is to make sure your boss notices you for the right reasons.
a) get by b) get through c) get over d) get on

16) As a result of the increasing threat from terrorism, the ICRC decided to _______ of Iraq.
a) pull out b) pull back c) pull over d) pull down

17) He's very economical with the truth: in fact he's always _______ stories.
a) making do b) making up c) making sure d) making out

18) While proofreading his dissertation, I _______ lots of the most elementary spelling mistakes.
a) came to b) came forward c) came by d) came across

19) When he left university, he worked for a while for Microsoft before leaving to _______ his own software company.
a) set down b) set to c) set up d) set aside

20) The sofa was too big to be carried up the narrow staircase, so we had to _______ before we could get it into my new apartment.
a) take it down b) take it apart c) take it easy d) take it over