Multiple-choice

When my parents go out I always have to ........ my younger brother.
1. look for
2. look up to
3. look over
4. look after
You look like your mother, but you ..... your father in other ways.
1. take up
2. take after
3. take on
4. take over
I haven't been ...... very well with Jim lately.
1. getting up
2. getting over
3. getting on
4. getting through
When Dad saw the mess we'd made in th eliving room, he really ......
1. got us down
2. told us off
3. set us up
4. brought us around
What have you kids been ...... while we've been out?
1. getting up to
2. getting away with
3. getting through to
4. getting round to
My parents died when I was young so I was ...... by an aunt.
1. brought through
2. brought on
3. brought up
4. brought over
My older brother Pete is a wonderful person and we all ..... him
1. look over
2. look up
3. look up to
4. look through
She was ...... girl I had ever seen.
1. most beautiful
2. a most beautiful
3. the more beautiful
4. the most beautiful
Mary is much quieter ..... her sister.
1. than
2. as
3. that
4. like
Qualifications are not as important ...... experience.
1. than
2. so
3. as
4. that
She's got ....... more friends than she used to have.
1. far
2. much
3. lot
4. few
I thought I was getting over this cold, but I feel ....... this morning than I did yesterday.
1. more bad
2. worse
3. as bad
4. so bad
Tim is a much ...... person than his sister.
1. nicer
2. more nice
3. nicest
4. nice
Don't be so ...... ! He was only joking.
1. sensible
2. sensitive
3. senseless
4. insensitive
My grandmother is getting ...... - she's eighty next week, but still very active.
1. in
2. over
3. on
4. through
You all ..... you're having a wondeful time.
1. look as
2. look that
3. look like
4. look so
My father ...... a bit bald, but he's still very handsome.
1. is having
2. has
3. is going
4. goes
How ...... is your brother?
1. high
2. height
3. long
4. tall
She ...... short curly hair and blue eyes.
1. is
2. is going
3. is getting
4. has got
My sister and my ...... have just had a baby boy.
1. brother-in-love
2. brother-in-low
3. brother-in-law
4. brother-in-lie
Just think! Next month you'll be ...... and it only seems yesterday you were a baby.
1. teenager
2. in your teenage
3. at your teens
4. in your teens
He's very ...... He gets to work at 7:30 and almost never leaves before 6:00.
1. worker
2. hard-working
3. working-hard
4. worked
I don't think you should be so ...... with the children. Watching television for half an hour a day won't do them any harm.
1. stubborn
2. thoughtful
3. reliable
4. strict
It was very ...... of you to lend us your car for the whole week.
1. ambitious
2. generous
3. modest
4. thoughtless
It was very ...... of you to eat the last slice of cake without asking.
1. loyal
2. naughty
3. self-confident
4. sensitive