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Grammar - Level C Test 32
in Level C
Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
1. I'm afraid I can't come to dinner on Wednesday. Could we put it ________ until next week?
A. upB. on
C. away
D. off
2. Didn't it ever ________ to them that they would be punished?
A. occurB. happen
C. enter
D. strike
3. The President made a wonderful ________.
A. messageB. talk
C. lecture
D. speech
4. It always ________ me as odd that he should go off to work so late in the day.
A. struckB. hit
C. knocked
D. smacked
5. I could ________ a note of panic in his voice.
A. desistB. detect
C. detest
D. deter
6. "Keep ________ the good work," the teacher told the students, "and you'll all pass the exam".
A. onB. up
C. with
D. to
7. Would you mind if I ________ the window?
A. were openingB. was open
C. opened
D. did open
8. As soon as the firebell rang everyone walked quickly downstairs and out of the building, ________ gathered in the car park.
A. whileB. then
C. before
D. to
9. Would you mind ________ these plates a wipe before putting them in the cupboard?
A. makingB. doing
C. getting
D. giving
10. After his long absence from school he found it difficult to ________ up with the rest of his class.
A. catchB. take
C. make
D. work
11. ________ he had no money for a bus, he had to walk all the way home.
A. ForB. Thus
C. So
D. As
12. We must economize ________ fuel.
A. withB. from
C. on
D. in
13. I ________ milk chocolate to plain chocolate.
A. 'd betterB. want
C. like
D. prefer
14. As there was no transport of any kind, he had to make the journey ________ foot.
A. byB. on
C. with
D. at
15. He thinks he is really important but he is only really a big ________ in a small pond.
A. packB. market
C. shots
D. fish
16. I didn't realize everyone was going to wear formal clothes and I felt ________ in my jeans and jumper.
A. insultedB. annoyed
C. offended
D. embarrassed
17. He said that the plane had already left and that I ________ arrived an hour earlier.
A. should haveB. had to
C. must have
D. was supposed to
18. We very much ________ that you will come to dinner next Friday.
A. wishB. want
C. like
D. hope
19. I am not a serious investor, but I like to ________ in the stock market.
A. splashB. splatter
C. paddle
D. dabble
20. Teresa's father began to lose his ________ when he was in his sixties.
A. viewB. sight
C. look
D. vision