Advanced English Grammar Test – Multiple-choice Test 23

1.My parents died in an accident, and I was … at the age of two.

2.How often do you go to the movies?

3.Mr. Brown outlived his wife by five years.

4.She telephoned while I … dinner.

5.Silvia said, “Book my seat in advance, Dave”.

6.In spite of bad weather, the concert will go ahead.

7.When he was a child, he was deprived of fatherly affection.

8.Sarah went to the hairdresser’s yesterday. She wanted have her hair washed.

9.These tiles are made for … purposes.

10.Would you mind turning the ventilation on? …

11.Are you saying you … Kate again?

12.It’s an hour since she …, so she must be at home now.

13.I’ve been waiting for him. I wonder if he … his way.

14.I … an Chinese language course now.

15.She owes you a lot of money, …?

16.Whose scarf is it? It’s my … .

17.If you burn the garbage, it will give off … odor.

18.Laws restricting hunting and fishing to conserve … have been passed by many countries.

19.She … book the tickets, but she hadn’t enough time to call at the cinema.

20.I am not ready, … .

21.I have worked for the organization … 2 years.

22.He has recommended me a car with very low consumption. It’s a very … car to run.

23.Was she your classmate? Yes, but I … like her.

24.All applicants should be over thirty years of age.

25.He’s not all that interested in politics and … affairs.

26.Why … an extra day in the city? I … tell you tomorrow.

27.… my uncle gets to the airport, they’ll check in his luggage.

28.This old man is as deaf as a post.

29.He said he … 28 the following month.

30.… your house painted last year?