Please select the Answer which completes the sentence in the most appropriate, elegant and accurate English. By the time a typical British child reaches secondary-school age, s/he ... ... enough head-hair (in total) to stretch from London to Oxford and back.

Please select the Answer which completes the sentence in the most appropriate, elegant and accurate English. When they ... ... to their next house, they can decide what other changes they may want to make.

Please select the Answer which completes the sentence in the most appropriate, elegant and accurate English. Once the decision ... ... , the parents can look forward to the next stage of their lives.

Please select the Answer which completes the sentence in the most appropriate, elegant and accurate English. In next to no time their grown-up children will ... ... families of their own, so there will be grandparenting visits to consider.

Please select the Answer which completes the sentence in the most appropriate, elegant and accurate English. Once the grown-up children ... ... home, their parents will have the house more to themselves again.

Please select the Answer which completes the sentence in the most appropriate, elegant and accurate English. 'Ah, here comes Stephanie now. She ... ... the last few of her social messages for the day, I would imagine!'

Please select the Answer which completes the sentence in the most appropriate, elegant and accurate English. By the time that same child sits GCSEs at age 16, after (probably) 11 years in mandatory schooling, s/he ... ... Maths for over 2,000 hours; and all for the sake of 3 hours of exams!

Please select the Answer which completes the sentence in the most appropriate, elegant and accurate English. 'It is almost only a matter of months now, and our Queen Elizabeth II ... ... longer on the British throne than any woman before her, including the redoubtable Victoria.'

Please select the Answer which completes the sentence in the most appropriate, elegant and accurate English. As and when the children ... ... , their parents may be able to reconsider whether to stay on after all or move somewhere smaller.

Please select the Answer which completes the sentence in the most appropriate, elegant and accurate English. 'Dear Messrs Bloggins, I ... ... your product very happily, man and boy, for nigh-on 50 years, and would never have expected to have occasion to write to you with a complaint; but, very regrettably . . . '