English Grammar Test Package

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140. intermediate-55
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Intermediate level # 55
How to ask a question
 
Q1
May I ask you whether you have had a chance to ....... my case?
(a) convene
(b) consider
(c) contend
(d) construct
Q2
Can I ....... it to you that the delay you have caused is not reasonable?
(a) place
(b) send
(c) hold
(d) put
Q3
Could I know why the business has ....... so long to conclude?
(a) lasted
(b) endured
(c) taken
(d) found
Q4
May I make another ....... to ask you to explain the situation more clearly?
(a) assault
(b) attempt
(c) attraction
(d) advice
Q5
I would be most interested to know why the committee has turned ....... my proposal.
(a) down
(b) off
(c) over
(d) out
Q6
We should be delighted to find out when the new scheme comes into ........
(a) affect
(b) effect
(c) infect
(d) confect
Q7
How much is the new car ....... to cost me?
(a) trying
(b) doing
(c) finding
(d) going
Q8
When are you thinking of buying a ....... washing machine?
(a) novel
(b) new
(c) recent
(d) actual
Q9
What has ....... to your New Year resolution to stop smoking?
(a) occurred
(b) fallen
(c) happened
(d) occasioned
Q10 Why do you always ....... me when I try to ask a question?
(a) interpose
(b) intercede
(c) interfere
(d) interrupt

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141. intermediate-56
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Intermediate level # 56
How to attract someone
 
Q1
I say, you've just ....... on my foot!
(a) stuck
(b) stode
(c) struck
(d) trodden
Q2
Look out, there's a car ....... on your left.
(a) driving
(b) approaching
(c) guiding
(d) conducting
Q3
Just a minute, you have just ....... my case.
(a) burst
(b) bundled
(c) braced
(d) broken
Q4
Mind, the doors are ........
(a) finishing
(b) ending
(c) closing
(d) falling
Q5
Watch it, you almost ....... my eye out with that umbrella.
(a) pointed
(b) poked
(c) placed
(d) pumped
Q6
Be careful, there's a large ....... between the platform and the train.
(a) gap
(b) fall
(c) area
(d) line
Q7
Hallo, do you see what you did to that ....... of books when you walked past?
(a) hill
(b) mount
(c) pile
(d) store
Q8
Hang on, you've given me the wrong ........ I gave you a ten-pound note.
(a) difference
(b) change
(c) alternation
(d) account
Q9
Stop, that man's just gone ....... with my wallet!
(a) off
(b) out
(c) on
(d) by
Q10 Excuse me, but you have ....... your car lights on.
(a) placed
(b) left
(c) found
(d) tested

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142. intermediate-57
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Intermediate level # 57
How to compliment
 
Q1
You look ....... in that dress, Amanda. How beautiful you are.
(a) startling
(b) stunning
(c) stretching
(d) starting
Q2
I can honestly say I haven't had such a ....... meal for ages.
(a) delight
(b) delighted
(c) delightful
(d) delighting
Q3
I must get to know the name of your ....... so that I can buy a suit like that.
(a) maker's
(b) dresser's
(c) warder's
(d) tailor's
Q4
I must ....... you on your performance in the play — it was remarkable.
(a) impress
(b) advise
(c) congratulate
(d) enquire
Q5
One can tell immediately that you are a ....... by the accomplished way you perform.
(a) amateur
(b) worker
(c) tyro
(d) professional
Q6
I honestly can't believe that you are ....... enough to have such grown up children.
(a) wise
(b) old
(c) grown
(d) clear
Q7
Even if I ....... for a hundred years, I couldn't possibly reach your standard.
(a) perfected
(b) pursued
(c) practised
(d) polished
Q8
You certainly don't look your ........ What's your secret?
(a) old
(b) age
(c) worth
(d) type
Q9
It's always a ....... talking to you — you know so much!
(a) please
(b) pleased
(c) pleasing
(d) pleasure
Q10 Thank you very much for your letter. As always it's ....... to read.
(a) fun
(b) amusement
(c) entertainment
(d) funnily

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143. intermediate-58
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Intermediate level # 58
Modal Medley
 
Q1
I know I ....... do it because I have done it before.
(a) ought
(b) must
(c) can
Q2
You really ....... see that film because I know you'll like it.
(a) will
(b) should
(c) could
Q3
It's quite clear that you ....... to visit their house, so why don't you?
(a) have been able
(b) may
(c) want
Q4
It's the right thing to do in this situation and it's my belief that you ....... to go.
(a) should
(b) might
(c) ought
Q5
I say to myself each morning I really ....... write that letter.
(a) can
(b) must
(c) might
Q6
....... I have your permission to leave the meeting early?
(a) Will
(b) Would
(c) May
Q7
You should take an umbrella with you today, it ....... rain later.
(a) must
(b) might
(c) will
Q8
Don't worry they ....... eventually succeed, I assure you.
(a) will
(b) might
(c) want
Q9
Now there's no argument here. You ....... to finish on time because you have no choice.
(a) must
(b) can
(c) have
Q10 ....... you really help me? If so, I should be most grateful.
(a) Could
(b) Must
(c) May

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144. intermediate-59
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Intermediate level # 59
Christmas Postman (1)
First, read the lesson www.english-test.net/lessons/34/index.html 
Q1
My main ....... for becoming a temporary postman during the Christmas holiday period.
(a) cause
(b) incident
(c) rational
(d) reason
Q2
Was because I had amassed some rather large ........
(a) sums
(b) amounts
(c) bills
(d) totals
Q3
And what was more ....... I had got no money.
(a) interesting
(b) important
(c) valuable
(d) vital
Q4
My trainer was a postman by the ....... of Ted.
(a) title
(b) label
(c) name
(d) sign
Q5
With a life time of ....... in doing all the walks in the town.
(a) experience
(b) knowing
(c) habit
(d) custom
Q6
It was all a question of ......., he said and then he explained
(a) ruling
(b) straightening
(c) tidying
(d) order
Q7
the moment I got into the ....... office.
(a) selecting
(b) dividing
(c) choosing
(d) sorting
Q8
He didn't want any of his ....... to imagine that being a postman was an easy job.
(a) trainers
(b) training
(c) trainees
(d) trains
Q9
He was ....... up with people he met every so often
(a) eaten
(b) fed
(c) consumed
(d) digested
Q10 who ....... it was a part-time job because it was all finished by mid-day.
(a) tested
(b) criticised
(c) claimed
(d) held

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145. intermediate-60
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Intermediate level # 60
Christmas Postman (2)
First, read the lesson www.english-test.net/lessons/34/index.html 
Q1
He described the ....... very carefully.
(a) processing
(b) sequence
(c) follows
(d) followed
Q2
The first thing was to be ....... since you started at a time when most people were asleep.
(a) punctual
(b) pointed
(c) punctilious
(d) pointing
Q3
Immediately you arrived you had to start sorting the mail into different pigeon ........
(a) parts
(b) gaps
(c) slots
(d) holes
Q4
Sometimes you found some ....... handwriting and didn't know where the letter should go.
(a) wonderful
(b) meticulous
(c) terrible
(d) beautiful
Q5
He was always criticising teachers for not teaching children to write ........
(a) personally
(b) privately
(c) proper
(d) properly
Q6
These letters should be put to one side and old Charlie, the handwriting ......., would look through them later.
(a) expert
(b) exponent
(c) exhibitor
(d) executive
Q7
The next ....... was to draw some cold water, fill the kettle and make a cup of tea.
(a) foot
(b) step
(c) pace
(d) stride
Q8
Ted was always calm and optimistic. He never let himself get ....... by the job.
(a) doomed
(b) downgraded
(c) depressed
(d) downed
Q9
He left me alone for an hour to follow his method and asked me to call him if I ....... any difficulties.
(a) encountered
(b) engendered
(c) entered
(d) enquired
Q10 As he had been very busy in his house since two that morning ....... of a burst water pipe, he went to have a
rest.
(a) through
(b) for
(c) on
(d) because

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146. intermediate-61
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Intermediate level # 61
Christmas Postman (3)
First, read the lesson www.english-test.net/lessons/34/index.html 
Q1
At first I got on famously finding the right pigeonholes, checking Ted's list and putting the letters in ........
(a) bounds
(b) bundles
(c) bonds
(d) bounded
Q2
After about two hours of this my internal battery started to get low and I found myself losing ........
(a) patients
(b) patents
(c) patters
(d) patience
Q3
It was at this stage that Ted came in quickly ....... me to finish and get on the road.
(a) demanding
(b) taking
(c) giving
(d) encouraging
Q4
The post office in this country district didn't use vans because of the ........
(a) costing
(b) monies
(c) expense
(d) expenses
Q5
I had to ....... do with a bicycle that looked as though it had been hit several times.
(a) try
(b) make
(c) end
(d) take
Q6
Once out in the open air I experienced a violent ....... but soon the sun came out.
(a) wet
(b) raining
(c) rains
(d) shower
Q7
The shouts of joy coming from some houses as I put the mail through the letter ....... made up for the
discomfort and.
(a) space
(b) line
(c) box
(d) opening
Q8
I was beginning to feel like a ....... Father Christmas.
(a) sort
(b) real
(c) type
(d) kind
Q9
I then came to number 56 that Ted had ....... me about. They had a ferocious dog.
(a) warned
(b) threatened
(c) indicated
(d) shown
Q10 The only way to ....... with this one, Ted recommended, was to rush at the door, shove the letters through the
door and go away as quickly as possible.
(a) tackle
(b) manage
(c) handle
(d) deal

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