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Grammar - Level C Test 85

in Level C

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1. He was born during the war, which would ________ him about 50 now.

A. give
B. make
C. age
D. calculate

2. There was a beautiful, small hotel standing ________ hundreds of palm trees near the beach.

A. in
B. between
C. around
D. among

3. I am sorry I opened your handbag but I ________ it for mine.

A. mistook
B. confused
C. recognized
D. imagined

4. I will ask him to come if I ________ him.

A. will see
B. see
C. saw
D. have seen

5. He left home more than an hour ago. He ________ be at work by now.

A. shall
B. can
C. must
D. would

6. We ________ the stolen car when the insurance money arrived.

A. replaced
B. misplaced
C. displaced
D. unplaced

7. ________ any of these films before?

A. have you seen
B. did you see
C. will you see
D. do you see

8. He didn't want to make up his mind until he had heard Pamela's ________ of the story.

A. side
B. angle
C. aspect
D. edge

9. The company made a record ________ last year.

A. benefit
B. earn
C. profit
D. wage

10. They had to ________ some trees that had been standing for over a hundred years.

A. cut
B. cutting
C. cut off
D. cut down

11. I ________ to read this book before I found an interesting article about it.

A. told
B. had told
C. was told
D. had been told

12. You could have avoided risking ________, General Brown.

A. the life of your soldiers
B. the lives of your soldiers
C. your soldiers' life
D. the life of your soldiers'

13. ________ we had to stand.

A. there being no seats left
B. there's being no seats left
C. there having been no seats left
D. there are no seats left

14. Which surgeon is ________ this month?

A. on the call
B. on call
C. at call
D. at the call

15. Sue hadn't seen her brother for thirty years and ________ they recognized each other instantly.

A. yet
B. so
C. despite
D. also

16. I have been looking for this book for months, and ________ I have found it.

A. at last
B. in time
C. at the end
D. at present

17. The Opposition cannot afford to ________ in such an important matter.

A. sit on the fence
B. be on the cards
C. be in the bag
D. be at large

18. If ________ it would stop raining for a morning, we could cut the grass.

A. ever
B. just
C. even
D. only

19. Mr White ________ the company in the way he wanted to.

A. owned
B. ruled
C. commanded
D. ran

20. All good things must come to ________ end.

A. one
B. the
C. their
D. an