Grammar - Level C Test 54

in Level C

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1. The child was made ________ everything on her plate.

A. eat
B. to eat
C. eating
D. ate

2. I would go to the seaside if the weather ________ good.

A. were
B. is
C. has been
D. will be

3. Mrs Townsend was left to make all the ________ for the outing herself.

A. provisions
B. procedures
C. organizations
D. arrangements

4. You can try ________ if you want to improve your English.

A. listening to BBC
B. listening at BBC
C. to listening to BBC
D. to listen at BBC

5. If you have any ________ concerning this report please telephone the Planning Office.

A. queries
B. requests
C. investigations
D. wishes

6. There is a ________ of $10.000 for information leading to the arrest of criminals.

A. present
B. gift
C. prize
D. reward

7. One ________ of his job is that it is near where I live.

A. goodness
B. advantage
C. pleasure
D. preference

8. It's five years ________ I went to England.

A. since
B. for
C. last
D. when

9. Because the disease is relatively rare and doctors knoe little about it, any treatment prescribed can ________ the pain but cannot ________ the patient.

A. alleviate...infect
B. palliate...cure
C. abate...affect
D. minimize...revive

10. If I see Tom, I ________ to him.

A. am talking
B. talk
C. will talk
D. would talk

11. Mary never turned ________ at the cinema, although I waited over an hour.

A. out
B. in
C. up
D. to

12. Hello. Is that 21035? Please put me ________ to the manager.

A. across
B. up
C. over
D. through

13. She ________ me of the first time we met, when we knocked into each other with our umbrellas.

A. remembered
B. recalled
C. reminded
D. remained

14. I'm not satisfied ________ your work.

A. to
B. of
C. with
D. at

15. You must comply ________ the rules of the game.

A. to
B. in
C. at
D. with

16. Companies have to consider the age of the population when they are ________ new staff.

A. recruiting
B. enrolling
C. enlisting
D. raising

17. He stole one of the officers' uniforms and managed to escape by passing himself ________ as a guard.

A. by
B. out
C. through
D. off

18. We were all taken ________ surprise when they announced their engagement.

A. by
B. in
C. with
D. to

19. You will have to repeat the course because your work has been ________.

A. unpleasant
B. unnecessary
C. unsatisfactory
D. unusual

20. ________ people go to football matches now than twenty years ago.

A. Less
B. Lesser
C. Fewer
D. Few