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1. When I turned on the radio, my favourite tune was being played [a]. The more often I was listening to [b] it, the more [c] I liked [d] it.

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   The correct phrase is the more often I listened to it. We use the simple past here to describe repeated completed acts of listening, not a continuous background action.

2. I had been painting the fence all day [a] yesterday and, although I was [b] exhausted, I still managed to cook [c] dinner, because Tom and I had arranged meeting [d] a few days before.

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   After arrange, we usually use the infinitive: had arranged to meet. The phrase arranged meeting is wrong here.

3. The child was told [a] that this issue was never [b] discussed in family [c] and that he should not ask any more questions [d].

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   The correct phrase is in the family. When we mean a particular family circle, the article is needed.

4. At that point the river was half as wide [a], so Tom suggested us to swim [b] across to the other bank, although we had neither [c] a boat nor a raft [d].

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   We do not normally say suggested us to swim. Correct variants are suggested swimming or suggested that we swim.

5. What is this novel about [a]? — It is very interesting: the police fight [b] the mafia, and, as always [c], the police wins [d].

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   The police is normally treated as plural in standard British English: the police win, not wins.

6. Your jeans are new [a], but they are torn [b] at the knees. Is that a latest fashion [c]? — Exactly [d].

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   With superlatives, we normally use the: the latest fashion, not a latest fashion.

7. By the time he turned thirty [a], he had already had two professions [b] and changed several works [c] over the years, which surprised no one [d].

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   We say changed jobs, not changed works. Work is usually uncountable in this meaning.

8. No sooner [a] had they got married when [b] they got divorced. They shouldn’t have [c] got married so early [d].

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   The correct structure is No sooner ... than: No sooner had they got married than they got divorced.

9. Anya planted [a] a flower and put it on the windowsill [b]. The next day it withered because she had forgotten watering [c] it properly [d].

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   The correct phrase is forgotten to water it. Forget to do something means you did not do it. Forget doing something means you did it but do not remember it.

10. The client wants to know when will he receive [a] an answer to his question and whether [b] he will receive one [c] at all [d].

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    In an indirect question, we use statement word order: when he will receive, not when will he receive.

11. Molly closed the book [a] she was reading [b] and looked on [c] her mother without saying anything [d].

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    The correct phrase is looked at her mother. Look on means “watch without taking part” or “regard,” and it does not fit here.

12. How long had this young man been standing [a] here and watching you before you noticed [b] him? — I think he has been standing here since early morning [c]. Let’s go and talk to him, will we [d]?

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    After Let’s..., the usual question tag is shall we?: Let’s go and talk to him, shall we?

13. How dare [a] you take my money [b] without asking it from me [c] first [d]?

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    The correct phrase is without asking me first. We do not say ask it from me in this context.

14. You had better told [a] them about it; now they don’t know [b] what to do [c] and are waiting for your explanation [d].

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    Had better is followed by the bare infinitive: had better tell. In this sentence, an even more natural correction is You should have told them about it.

15. Anna didn’t drink anything with ice [a] in it so as not to get [b] a sore throat. She was supposed taking part [c] in a concert that evening [d].

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    The correct structure is be supposed to do something: She was supposed to take part in a concert.

16. If her memory will come back [a], she will remember [b] who she is. But she has been so seriously ill [c] for so long that I don’t know whether it will ever happen [d].

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    In real conditional clauses after if, we normally use the present simple for future meaning: If her memory comes back, she will remember...

17. I wonder whether will he tell [a] her the truth. If she learns [b] it from other people [c], she will never forgive [d] him.

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    After I wonder whether, we use indirect-question word order: whether he will tell her, not whether will he tell her.

18. Sam loves cooking [a] something tasty, but he can’t stand being disturbed [b], although sometimes he doesn’t mind to be helped [c] when he is in a good mood [d].

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    Mind is followed by a gerund: doesn’t mind being helped, not doesn’t mind to be helped.

19. We didn’t have to fly there [a]; they drove us by car [b], although it took us three times more long [c], and we were late for Tom’s birthday because we went by car [d].

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    The correct comparative structure is three times as long, not three times more long.

20. John can’t have lost [a] his new watch; he must put [b] it somewhere else. He is always losing things [c]! The other day he spent the whole day looking for his binoculars [d].

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    For a strong deduction about the past, use must have + past participle: he must have put it somewhere else.

21. I will let Anna go [a] to the seaside on condition that she will pass [b] her university entrance exams. She is sure to pass [c] them, as she has studied a lot [d].

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    After on condition that, we normally use the present simple for future meaning: on condition that she passes.

22. The building that is building [a] in our district opposite [b] the park will be the tallest [c] residential building in the city [d].

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    The building is not doing the action itself. We need the passive: the building that is being built.

23. Having worked [a] for the company for twenty years [b], our manager knew all the outs and ins [c] of business transactions and could solve almost any problem [d].

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    The fixed idiom is the ins and outs of something, not the outs and ins.

24. Your clothes are so dirty [a]! Have you been working in the garage [b] again? Wouldn’t it be better to wait until Mum will come back [c]? She will do everything herself [d].

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    After until, we normally use the present simple for future meaning: until Mum comes back.

25. My friend didn’t tell any of us [a] when he was flying to London [b]. He said he would call both of us [c] when he would buy [d] the ticket.

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    In a future-in-the-past time clause, we use the past simple, not would: when he bought the ticket.

26. I had heard almost nothing [a] about this new ballerina before [b] I saw [c] her in the premiere performance on [d] the Bolshoi Theatre.

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    We say at the Bolshoi Theatre, not on the Bolshoi Theatre.

27. Yesterday I saw you telling [a] Anna something funny. She was laughing heartily [b]. I wonder what made [c] her laughing [d] so much.

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    After make + object, we use the bare infinitive: made her laugh, not made her laughing.

28. Have they explained to you [a] that, in order to stay [b] in shape and not gain weight, you should eat less sweets [c] and do sports at least twice a week [d]?

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    Sweets is countable, so the correct form is fewer sweets. We use less with uncountable nouns.

29. Do you think dogs are smarter than [a] cats? I think both dogs and cats are equally intelligent [b] animals. — But I don’t like cats at all [c]. — To be honest, so do I [d].

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    After a negative statement, agreement is expressed with neither do I or I don’t either. So do I agrees with a positive statement.

30. They say that Masha and Tom have finally married with each other [a] and are flying to Mauritius [b] tomorrow to celebrate their wedding [c]. I wonder what the weather is like [d] there now.

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    Correct forms are have finally got married or have finally married each other. We do not say married with each other.

31. Do you think this is [a] the worst news, or is there [b] any more worse [c] news waiting for us later [d]?

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    Worse is already comparative, so we do not add more. Correct: any worse news.

32. Do you know where the nearest cinema [a] is around here? — It is a ten-minute walk from your house [b]. Let’s go to the cinema, will we [c]? — Wouldn’t it be better to wait until my elder brother comes back [d]?

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    After Let’s..., the normal question tag is shall we?: Let’s go to the cinema, shall we?

33. Have you forgotten your English homework [a] at home again? — Of course not. I remember to put [b] it into my schoolbag today [c]. — Here it is [d].

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    The speaker remembers a past action, so the correct structure is remember putting it. Remember to do something means “not forget to do it later.”

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