Advanced English Grammar Test – Multiple-choice Test 5

1.Because of the crash barrier in the middle of the motorway cars are … from hitting those on the other side.

2.Everyone is … to the same laws.

3.As I was a stranger in that country I was not … with some of their customs.

4.You can have that car in any colour you want. You have a … of 18 different ones.

5.They were … to display some of the excellent newspaper reviews.

6.The patient found he had been … with a harmful virus a few days before.

7.As a … of the district he had no difficulty in understanding the local dialect.

8.There is a new regulation which … all employees from smoking at their workplace.

9.She finds breathing very difficult in restricted spaces as she … from asthma.

10.I am very pleased to be working with you because I … with your policies.

11.She hopes that her new project … with the approval of her boss.

12.It’s not within his character and I would never say that he was … to that kind of behaviour.

13.You couldn’t find a more loyal bunch of people who have a … of reliability.

14.There is absolutely no … to accept my proposal.

15.The company has … so much money on marketing that there is little left for other things.

16.He was … of murder.

17.They say that pregnant women develop a/an … for certain foods.

18.You must choose the right description for each word and I would … this one as an adjective.

19.It’s my belief that she is … to exaggerate.

20.We may not be able to … all your needs.

21.As a troubleshooter he was often … to sort out problems in different areas.

22.… to the newspapers he is supposed to have exaggerated the firm’s profits.

23.She’s … a rock and a hard place.

24.Having made up their minds, they … to appoint the outsider to the job.

25.In … to prevent any industrial espionage employees had to sign a document.

26.The couple decided to move … from the city to the countryside.

27.The manager wants you to explain the discrepancy and … for the sudden drop in profits.

28.The NGO is finding it difficult to continue operating and that’s why it’s … for the government to help.

29.They are erecting concrete blocks to … the building against possible terrorist attacks.

30.By parking there he was in … of a local bylaw.