Exercise 7. Choose the right variant

1. (The, a, -) tea, which (grow) in India and China, (be) the national drink (of, off, at) Britain.

2. Mrs Green (wait) for the doctor for half an hour. When he (examine) the boy, he said, "(The, a, -) child must stay in (a, the, -) bed (as, just, until) he (get) (good)".

3. Hijackers (still, hold) twenty passengers in a plane at (a, the, -) Manchester Airport.

4. The hostages (sit) in the plane without (a, the, -) food or water for two days already.

5. As you (can, must, may) see from the letter, I (change) my address and live in the suburbs now.

6. Living in the country is (expensive) than in (a, the, -) big city nowadays.

7. I decided to change from la, the, -) central London to the suburbs because it (become) so expensive to live there.

8. Members of (the, a, -) British Parliament (pay) salaries since 1911.

9. (The, a, —) hereditary principle still operates in Great Britain and the Crown (pass) on to the sovereign's (older, elder, eldest) son.

10. If (many, a few, few, any) news comes in while I (be) away, let me know.

11. Henri Nestle, who was Swiss, (develop) the process of making (a, the, —) milk chocolate.

12. This week the police (arrest) a couple in (the, —, a) Switzerland, where they (try) to sell chocolate secrets.

13. I think that people (be, only) (interested, interesting) in news which (happen) near them or which (affect) them (economical/economically).

14. The word chocolate, which (come) from (the, a, -) Aztec language, is (a, the, —) only Aztec word in (the, a, -) English.

15. (The, -, an) Incas (discover) popcorn. They (live) in (-, the, a) South America in (a, the, -) fifteenth century.

16. People who live in (the, a, -) Netherlands (call) (the, a, -) Dutch.

17. The policeman asked me if the car (park, parking, parked) near the office (belong) to me.

18. I'm staying there until he (return) from his holidays. Then I (go) (on, in, at) holiday to Scotland.

19. Remember that even if you (have) the right qualification, you (may, could, should) have to fill in lots of application forms before you (ask) to attend an interview.

20. You are working slowly. - If I (have) a calculator, I (can) work this out a lot quicker.

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