Grammar - Level B Test 18

in Level B

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1. Look at these two pieces of material I have just bought. Which do you like ________?

A. better
B. more than
C. best
D. most

2. Let's go out for dinner, ________?

A. will we
B. don't we
C. shall we
D. are we

3. Nutritionists have found that certain elements long known to be ________ in large quantities are ________ to life in small amounts.

A. lethal ... essential
B. deadly ... painful
C. healthy ... pleasurable
D. fatal ... unbearable

4. Stop criticising me all the time -you never stop getting ________ me.

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

5. Something must be done quickly if endangered species ________ saved.

A. are to be
B. be
C. can be
D. will be

6. I would like to offer a small ________ to any one who finds my missing dog.

A. receipt
B. repayment
C. expense
D. reward

7. I forgot to ________ him to buy some bread.

A. remember
B. repeat
C. remind
D. let

8. She ________ 20 pounds out of the bank every Monday.

A. pulls
B. draws
C. takes
D. removes

9. His office is only ________ away.

A. stone throw
B. a stone throw
C. stone's throw
D. a stone's throw

10. If it ________, the match will be postponed.

A. rains
B. will rain
C. has rained
D. is raining

11. He doesn't work now. He's ________ 65.

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

12. ________ there in time, we must start now.

A. Be
B. Being
C. To be
D. Is

13. Our Constitution was based on the belief that the free interchange of ideas ________ the preservation of a democratic society.

A. would sure help
B. can devastate
C. may help to preserve
D. is essential to

14. How ________ meat did you buy?

A. much
B. few
C. many
D. little

15. Mike had hoped ________ his letter.

A. her to answer
B. that she answer
C. that she would answer
D. her answering