Use of English.

Exam tip.

 Before you fill in any gaps pay special attention to words before and after each gap. First you decide what part of speech it needs to be. Always check your answers to make sure they fit logically as well as grammatically.

Task.  Read part of story. Choose the best option; a, b, c or d, to fill the gaps in the text.

A small side door   1............ into the white-washed corridor from which the three bedrooms opened.

We 2............. at once to the one in which her sister 3.............. with her fate. It was a cosy little room, with a low 4............... and a gaping fireplace, the style of old country houses. A brown chest of drawers stood in one corner, a narrow bed in 5................ , and a dressing table on the left- hand side  the window. These articles,  with two small wickerwork chairs, 6................ all the furniture in the room, save for a square of Wilton carpet in the centre. Holmes drew one of the chairs into a corner and sat in 7............... , while his eyes travelled round and round up and down, taking 8........... every detail of the apartment

1 a  carried

   b  led

   c  guided

   d  took

2  a  arrived

   b   entered

    c  reached

    d  passed

3  a  was met

    b  had met

     c  was meeting

     d  will meet

4   a  floor

     b  ceiling

     c  window

     d  walls

5    a  other

      b  another

      c  second

      d  the second

6    a  made up

      b  lined up

      c  put up

7    a  silent

      b  silence

       c  quietly

       d  silently

8    a  in

      b  on

       c  through

      d  up

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