Grammar - Level C Test 74

in Level C

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1. It is ________ impossible to tell the twins apart.

A. virtually
B. realistically
C. closely
D. extremely

2. If you eat a lot of chocolate, your teeth will begin to ________.

A. decay
B. collapse
C. fall
D. drop

3. I ________ to inform you that we cannot exchange articles once they have left the shop.

A. regret
B. resent
C. respect
D. sense

4. They had a great ________ of trouble getting through customs.

A. lot
B. level
C. quantity
D. deal

5. - Joan: Could I have another spoonful of your delightful pudding? - Maud: Oh dear, there doesn't seem to be ________.

A. some left
B. any left
C. left any
D. leaving some

6. Could you give me a rough ________ of what the job might cost?

A. value
B. correlation
C. estimate
D. account

7. A professor recently came ________ an unknown poem by Shakespeare while he was looking through an old book.

A. round
B. off
C. up against
D. across

8. Many accidents in the home could be ________ if householders gave more thought to safety in their houses.

A. avoided
B. excluded
C. protected
D. preserved

9. But why did the police suspect you? It just does not make ________ to me.

A. reason
B. right
C. sense
D. truth

10. After two months, he had ________ news of what she was doing in London.

A. several
B. few
C. little
D. a

11. She was singing an old Spanish folksong, a favourite of ________.

A. her
B. hers
C. herself
D. her own

12. Mr Smith was ________ in a road accident.

A. wronged
B. wounded
C. injured
D. damaged

13. I must ________ shopping tomorrow as we have no food in the house.

A. to go
B. go
C. going
D. gone

14. You ________ better be careful not to miss the train!

A. would
B. should
C. had
D. did

15. He was the only person to ________ the crash. Everyone else was killed.

A. alive
B. cure
C. recover
D. survive

16. He thought ________ getting a new job for a long time, but in the end he decided not to.

A. at
B. about
C. on
D. for

17. I'll have to ________ to you, otherwise he will hear.

A. shout
B. say
C. whistle
D. whisper

18. If you fail in this attempt, don't count ________ me for help.

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

19. No, it's no good. I've ________ my time in trying to make it work.

A. spent
B. spoiled
C. consumed
D. wasted

20. He is not only indifferent ________ other people; he is often extremely rude to them as well.

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