Choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.

Life in the city is ........ expensive for most people.

A. too much

B. much

C. very much

D. much too

My father made me ......... at home.

A. stay

B. stayed

C. to be staying

D. to stay

The long-awaited match was called .......... at the last moment

A. off

B. out

C. down

D. away

Get to work! Don't sit ....... doing nothing

A. about

B. up

C. on

D. by

We promised to tell the truth . .?

A. isn't it

B. didn't we

C. shouldn't we

D. wasn't it

No sooner had we set off ....... it started to rain

A. that

B. when

C. than

D. as

I cannot put up...... his saucy behaviour.

A. on

B. with

C. from

D. by

Several ______attended the two-day economic summit.

A. head of state

B. heads of states

C. heads of state

D. head of states

I won't go to the cinema with you; I ..... the movie.

A. seeing

B. have seen

C. seen

D. had seen

The committee has submitted its report .. the students' riot.

A. on

B. for

C. about

D. at