Grammar - Level B Test 1

in Level B

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1. I wish that we ________ with my brother when he flies to England next week.

A. could go
B. had gone
C. will go
D. are going

2. You're really old-fashioned. It's time you got more ________ it.

A. with
B. at
C. on
D. through

3. They claimed they ________ the law.

A. haven't broken
B. were not breaking
C. hadn't braken
D. wouldn't breaking

4. From now on I am not liable ________ my wife's debts.

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

5. The policeman told the driver to pull over and asked, ________.

A. "What's your hurry, mister?"
B. "Let me see your drever's license."
C. "You were speeding."
D. "You could have caused an accident."

6. He's not the sort of person to trust. He's a bad ________.

A. talker
B. snake
C. eel
D. egg

7. I intended to write to you several times, but something was always ________.

A. interferes
B. has interfered
C. interfered
D. was interfering

8. Tell him ________ some envelopes, please.

A. buy
B. to buy
C. buy to
D. to buy to

9. Then, all of a ________ there was an explosion and the lights went out.

A. sudden
B. once
C. moment
D. time

10. Good parents should ________ for their children.

A. supply
B. provide
C. foresee
D. support

11. July 10th is my wedding anniversary. Next month, my husband and I will ________ for twenty years.

A. merry
B. have married
C. be married
D. have been married

12. Mr Johnson, candidate for governor, was eulogized for his ________.

A. honesty and courage
B. being honest and his loyalty
C. strength and also what he did
D. wealth and excitement

13. This house ________ five rooms.

A. consists
B. consists of
C. is consisted
D. is consisted

14. If you still don't have an answer from the University of Iowa, why ________ call the admissions office?

A. you don't
B. not to
C. not
D. don't

15. I've decided to join ________ this club.

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