CAE Grammar Quiz Units 1-9 (Ready)

You ... at least help me! (annoyance)

• might

• could

• may

• can

She ... be famous, but that doesn't give her the right to behave like that in public.

• may

• could

• can

• might

I ... speak to him last night, but I couldn't persuade him to come to the opera with us.

• could

• managed to

• was able to

• allowed

I ... have a parrot, but he escaped.

• would

• used to

• could

• may

It's years since I [ride] a bike. I'm not sure if I could do it now.

• 've ridden

• haven't ridden

• rode

• was riding

I remember that gig. Itwas the first time I [see] the band play live.

• 've seen

• 'd seen

• was seeing

• see

[do] it once, he was happy to give another presentation.

• Doing

• After he'd done

• Having done

• Being done

I'd much rather ...

• you have told me the truth

• I have a motorbike than a car

• have gone shopping on my own

If it hadn't been for the rain,...

• we didn't get wet

• we could've eaten outside

• we've enjoyed ourselves very much

If I were to lend him money,...

• he hadn't paid it back

• he wouldn't have paid it back

• he'd have to pay it back soon