Please help me with this cloze test, you're basically required to fill in the gap.
This is part of an exam that I had to do yesterday!
I wish you ... that. Now you've ruined everything.
[ a] hadn't said
[ b] wouldn't have said
[ c] didn't say
[ d] wouldn't say
... the future looks bleak, I'm not giving up.
[ a] Despite
[ b] However
[ c] Nevertheless
[ d] Though
I regretted my mistake. It was one which I ...
[ a] mustn't have made
[ b] ought not to have made
[ c] should not to be making
[ d] hadn't to make
... at the station half an hour early, I decided to go and have a quick drink in the cofee bar.
[ a] Arrived
[ b] After I have arrived
[ c] When arrived
[ d] having arrived
The train ...
[ a] had two hours of delay
[ b] had two hour's delay
[ c] was two hours late
[ d] was late of two hours
We have to choose ... a house or buy an apartment
[ a] if to rent
[ b] between whether to rent
[ c] if we may rent
[ d] between renting
Had he got up earlier, he ... late for work
[ a] can't have been
[ b] mightn't have been
[ c] shouldn't have been
[ d] mustn't have been
Top answer
The following are wrong: ... the future looks bleak, I'm not giving up. [ a] Despite [ b] However [ c] Nevertheless [ d] Though I regretted my mistake.
— Mister Micawber
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