Grammar - Level B Test 7

in Level B

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1. He ________ on the bank fishing when he ________ a man's hat floating down the river.

A. has sat - had seen
B. was sitting - saw
C. sat - was seeing
D. was sitting - has seen

2. Tito was the only foreigner ________ I saw at the convention.

A. whom
B. which
C. who
D. what

3. The old man was very fond ________ telling stories.

A. to
B. -
C. of
D. for

4. Can this be the little girl ________ hair I used to stroke?

A. which
B. whose
C. of whom
D. who's

5. Some authors are too ________ to critisism.

A. sensible
B. sensitive
C. sensational
D. senseless

6. - Do you want to wait? - Two weeks ________ too long for me to wait.

A. is
B. are
C. were
D. was

7. I ________ this letter around for days and haven't even looked at it.

A. carry
B. have been carrying
C. am carrying
D. was carrying

8. Helen is expert ________ drafting the minutes of a meeting.

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

9. Our plane will arrive ________ Don Muang at noon.

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

10. He is a good student. He always ________ his hand.

A. rises
B. raises
C. arises
D. risen

11. He got ________ bronchitis and was taken to ________ hospital.

A. a ... a
B. the ... -
C. - ... -
D. the ... a

12. I don't know where he lives; I don't ________ know who he is.

A. moreover
B. as well
C. even
D. either

13. The hotel is next ________ the bank.

A. from
B. to
C. on
D. in

14. The visitors ________ all the different ways of making brandy.

A. had shown
B. were shown
C. showed
D. has shown

15. Does your new secretary ________ shorthand?

A. know to take
B. know how to take
C. know how take
D. know how taking