Advanced English Grammar Test – Multiple-choice Test 9

1.I told her I … just going out for a walk.

2.She asked me what I … with the paint brush.

3.They told me … carefully on the icy roads.

4.I wonder what … happened while I was away.

5.My girlfriend wonders why I never … abroad by plane.

6.All I was doing was simply … polite conversation.

7.Steve was wondering what … prompted him to take no notice at all.

8.I was asking myself what in all honesty Mary … do next.

9.The man actually denied … anything.

10.He demanded … what was happening.

11.What … be doing this time tomorrow?

12.… go if you like because I have to do some shopping.

13.I … simply wait until she comes back.

14.She was quite definite about it and assured me she … come.

15.If they … arrive late, they will miss the opening party.

16.I really hope I … see you again.

17.What … happen to the family if she loses all her money?

18.… be buying the flat or haven’t you decided yet?

19.I’m sure they … get married and live happily.

20.What do you … to do when you leave college?

21.No sooner … I shut the door than the smartphone rang.

22.By the time I had reached the top of the mountain, I … extremely tired.

23.When he was only twenty years old, he … already experienced more things than most people.

24.The witness … everyone that he hadn’t had anything to do with the murder.

25.I asked her why she … telephoned earlier.

26.Actually, I had … it to Marry before I set out.

27.I admit I … thought how the story would finish before I read the book.

28.I’d had scarcely any time to think about it before they … me for my view.

29.She realized she … left it in the car.

30.It … a great shock to us because she hadn’t said a word for many years.