Advanced English Grammar Test – Multiple-choice Test 35

1.Is he playing computer games? He’s … to be washing the car.

2.Mary was angry with me for breaking the windows, but it happened … accident.

3.The room was crowded with over fifty people … into it.

4.Beware of the friends who appear to be enthusiastic … your success.

5.They want to watch the latest movie … TV.

6.… to leave early is rarely granted.

7.…, my colleagues didn’t laugh at me.

8.If you had gone there, you … my sister.

9.She never goes in lifts because she is terrified of … spaces.

10.It never … to me that she would be there.

11.The assistant was … helpful, but Mike felt she could have given him more information.

12.The meal was excellent; the steak was particularly … .

13.Are there any seats left for this evening’s …?

14.Having … the table, she called the family for supper.

15.As I have been ill, I have had no … to discuss the business plan.

16.Tom … to turn up for the football match.

17.The manager’s presence was helpful, but he could … us more money.

18.There are five lawyers in my town and I have consulted … of them in turn.

19.The final course was so difficult that I didn’t … any progress at all.

20.I’m tired of looking at ancient … .

21.My bike is gone: it must … .

22.There’s a … to her patience.

23.I … hands with the guests.

24.We had a great … of trouble getting through customs.

25.Rose trees need to be … regularly.

26.What made you think … such a thing?

27.I would go to the pool if the weather … good.

28.I rang you up while he … his report.

29.The bus … is 50 cents.

30.Before the invention of refrigeration, the ... of meat was a problem.