IV. Choose the correct variant. 1. My dream is to visit ... Sahara. a) the, b) a, c) —, d) an. 2. The Second World War ... in 1939. a) broke out, b) broke up, c) broke open, d) broke off. 3. This test consists ... a number of multiple-choice questions. a) —, b) in, c) of, d) for. 4. She could ... open her eyes. a) hard, b) hardly, c) badly, d) well. 5. Peter ... since he left school. a) was working, b) works, c) has been working, d) will be working. 6. Jane is as ... as her elder sister. a) tall, b) taller, c) the tallest, d) much taller. 7. Take your umbrella. It ... . a) rain, b) rained, c) is raining, d) rains. 8. I knew him ... a considerate man. a) was, b) is, c) to be, d) be. 9. He said they ... to buy flowers for her.

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a) the — geographical names such as “the Sahara” take the definite article.
a) broke out — a war breaks out.
c) of — the expression is “consist of”.
b) hardly — “hardly” means “almost not”.
c) has been working — an action continuing from the past to the present.
a) tall — the structure is “as ... as”.
c) is raining — the action is happening now.
c) to be — the construction is “know somebody to be”.
The answer options for item 9 are not visible in the photograph, so the exact choice cannot be determined. The likely form is a past form after “said”, for example: were going or were to go, depending on the missing options.

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