Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1. I have never ________ any experience of living in the country.

2. I'm sorry, I haven't got ________ change. Why don't you try the bank?

3. Dr Bannister has been on ________ for twenty-four hours without a break.

4. Each ________ of the family had to take it in turns to do the washing up.

5. Some drivers, after ________, annoy their fellow-motorists by slowing down again immediately.

6. Did you know that Vanessa is ________ a baby?

7. After closing the envelope, the secretary ________ the stamps on firmly.

8. If only he ________ told us the truth in the first place, things wouldn't have gone so wrong.

9. Too many footballers these days refuse to ________ the referee's decision.

10. The station clock is not as ________ as it should be; it is usually between one and two minutes fast.

16. How do you account ________ this?

A. on
B. for
C. in
D. with

17. It is not long until the exam; you ought to stop ________ so much television and study a bit more.

A. watching
B. of watching
C. to watch
D. and watch

18. Every day the old man's dog goes to the shop to ________ him a newspaper.

A. carry
B. fetch
C. take
D. bring

19. Your behaviour makes me ________.

A. anger
B. angrily
C. angry
D. in danger

20. There were so ________ people in the queue for tickets that I missed the train.

A. many
B. few
C. little
D. much