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Test your basic knowledge |
Complete Basic Sentences
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Subjects
:
english
,
grammar
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. There must be better ____ than this one in the city.
hotels
spite
as
where
2. If only I had ____ your advice.
must
followed
put
accustomed
3. Susan went to the gym three times a week in ____ to be fit for skiing.
where
hotels
that
order
4. There is no ____ for being rude
excuse
supposed
in
made
5. You are not ____ to smoke in the library.
made
put
allowed
even
6. There's no ____ learning French because the language is not widely spoken.
point
until
order
like
7. We had a good time in ____ of the terrible weather.
point
in
made
spite
8. My job is to ____ advice to people on how to throw a good party.
went
give
better
prefers
9. You must ____ out the instructions exactly.
went
carry
in
sent
10. Unfortunately ____ is a mark on the screen of this television set
there
that
hardly
order
11. John never pays any ____ to what his children say
point
called
attention
warm
12. I can't smoke more ____ five cigarettes in one night.
allowed
than
such
first
13. David wanted to know if I had ____ to the tennis tournament on Saturday
like
the
that
been
14. I am ____ in going to university this year.
putting
interested
point
put
15. Patrick will never pass his driving test if he ____ not arrange some more lessons.
wish
does
waste
order
16. The students were ____ not to do that again.
suggested
month
warned
went
17. Due to heavy rain the teacher wouldn't ____ the children go outside at lunchtime.
waste
like
allowed
let
18. He ____ that she came over for dinner at the weekend.
went
until
allowed
suggested
19. They ____ off the lecture because the professor was ill.
comparison
point
called
hardly
20. In my opinion - there is no ____ between these two kinds of music.
very
such
interviewed
comparison
21. The motorway is closed ____ to the fact that there was heavy snow the night before.
hardly
than
due
many
22. Did you manage to succeed in __________ in contact with the boss today?
objection
getting
allowed
case
23. Nobody knows what ____ Donata quit her job.
made
getting
in
sent
24. His boss won't ____ up with lateness.
put
order
first
interviewed
25. It is ____ warm enough to go to the lake today.
made
warm
even
been
26. Students must pay ____ course fees before the course begins.
good
followed
repaired
all
27. There is no ____ in inviting her to the party. She will never come.
that
concerned
put
point
28. It was ____ a nice meal in the restaurant.
such
many
even
made
29. We insisted on ____ the hotel manager to make our complaint.
point
seeing
getting
attention
30. Julie asked Maria if she knew ____ the italian restaurant was
where
point
not
concerned
31. Magda saw Ela on her ____ to work.
the
than
way
followed
32. I was so tired ____ I couldn't go to the party.
even
not
that
very
33. My mother is the same age ____ my father.
as
her
hardly
like
34. Other than my grandfather there are ____ few people alive who fought in the war.
such
even
though
very
35. Joanna ____ to swim rather than jogging
use
followed
prefers
own
36. The thieves managed to get away ____ though the police chased them.
even
month
made
not
37. Abdul's mother ____ him do his homework before he played on the computer.
interviewed
carry
getting
made
38. I ____ I had not taken up smoking.
wish
such
warned
in
39. The film was ____ than Jo had expected.
prefers
sent
better
than
40. I did not ____ to go to parties very often.
use
getting
interested
her
41. It's a ____ of time asking Lynda to help as she's really busy.
such
waste
been
comparison
42. She had ____ a quiet voice that we could hardly hear her.
like
carry
such
concerned
43. The film will have started - so there is no ____ in going to the cinema now.
followed
where
let
point
44. Jenny was robbed of ____ bracelet as she was leaving for the airport.
prefers
the
that
her
45. It was the ____ time I had ever met Pia's husband.
first
there
due
warned
46. It is a ____ since the family went skiing
carry
month
use
allowed
47. As far as I am ____________ you can do what you like.
concerned
due
in
hardly
48. The two boys were sitting on their ____ in the classroom.
put
not
own
prefers
49. That film isn't ____ seeing.
as
been
very
worth
50. It ____ have been Ana I saw in town as I recognised her coat.
must
of
way
better