Advanced English Grammar Test – Multiple-choice Test 32

1.A bridge is already … over the river.

2.The painting is …; the thief will be disappointed.

3.Even though he is thirty-three, he lives … his mother’s salary.

4.It should be obvious … you that this problem will be solved.

5.Mike often forgets to do what he has been told and is scolded for being … .

6.The house is quite warm. The oil heater gives … .

7.In the middle of my trip I stopped … a rest on the river bank.

8.After ruling that the article had unjustly … the reputation of the businessman, the judge ordered the magazine to … its libelous statements in print.

9.When she heard the news she went completely … .

10.I won’t … those children making a noise in my apartment!

11.It’s great that your father managed to … that man. Somehow he had deceived many people.

12.My car is much older … than yours.

13.I … in bed all night thinking about it.

14.According to the medical doctor, there’s absolutely nothing the … with you.

15.I looked everywhere but I couldn’t find … at all.

16.It was … a simple question that everyone answered it.

17.I like my eggs soft …, not hard.

18.I was utterly amazed when the train arrived exactly … time.

19.I’d like to take this … of wishing you all the best.

20.Learners of English may fail to ... between unfamiliar sounds.

21.… her opinion, English cheese is better than French cheese.

22.Their parents would not ... them to go there for the weekend.

23.Every Sunday the old man’s dog goes to the shop to … him a newspaper.

24.It’s late! It’s time we … .

25.I drove around the area for half an hour but I couldn’t find a car … .

26.The smell was so bad that it … me off my food.

27.Although she hasn’t said anything she … to be upset about it.

28.It’s strange: his sister is blonde, … he is very dark.

29.I very much … that you will come to dinner next Monday.

30.Crops are sometimes completely destroyed by … of locusts.