Advanced Grammar MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise 16

(Please note: The following questions are part of a cloze test. They are interrelated, meaning that the information provided in each question is connected to the others.)

The news did not come directly to Ella herself. _____ her indirectly through hints that she had won the prize.

But as she was a calm, quiet girl, she _____ without _____, _____ the whole school was full of rumours and statements from students who had no right to be _____ at all because _____ really knew _____ what result of this year’s art competition was.

But as she was a calm, quiet girl, she _____ without _____, _____ the whole school was full of rumours and statements from students who had no right to be _____ at all because _____ really knew _____ what result of this year’s art competition was.

But as she was a calm, quiet girl, she _____ without _____, _____ the whole school was full of rumours and statements from students who had no right to be _____ at all because _____ really knew _____ what result of this year’s art competition was.

But as she was a calm, quiet girl, she _____ without _____, _____ the whole school was full of rumours and statements from students who had no right to be _____ at all because _____ really knew _____ what result of this year’s art competition was. 

But as she was a calm, quiet girl, she _____ without _____, _____ the whole school was full of rumours and statements from students who had no right to be _____ at all because _____ really knew _____ what result of this year’s art competition was.

But as she was a calm, quiet girl, she _____ without _____, _____ the whole school was full of rumours and statements from students who had no right to be _____ at all because _____ really knew _____ what result of this year’s art competition was. 

But Ella was _____ good artist, her lines so sure that _____ student in the art class was expected to win.

But Ella was _____ good artist, her lines so sure that _____ student in the art class was expected to win.

But you never _____.

Last year nobody had expected Frank Peters to win with the funny modern painting he had _____ the city bridge.

_____, it was hard to _____ the bridge until you looked at the picture for a long time.

_____, it was hard to _____ the bridge until you looked at the picture for a long time.

Still, Frank had got the prize and the President of the Board of Governors had presented _____ at a big dinner in the Ritz Hotel.

Ella was a rather shy girl but her classmates seldom thought of her _____ shy.

She was pretty and intelligent and _____ very well with everyone.

She played games well, had taken part in the school play, and never seemed to _____, except in pleasant ways.

She liked her school. She was very fond of her art teacher, Miss Drake, _____ was natural.

_____ wonderful about Miss Drake was that she brought out the best in her students - not _____ but theirs.

_____ wonderful about Miss Drake was that she brought out the best in her students - not _____ but theirs.

_____ best, _____, was not good enough to please Miss Drake.

_____ best, _____, was not good enough to please Miss Drake.

So Ella was _____ the prize, not just for herself and her parents but because she had heard Miss Drake _____ that it was the _____ seen from one of her students.

So Ella was _____ the prize, not just for herself and her parents but because she had heard Miss Drake _____ that it was the _____ seen from one of her students.

So Ella was _____ the prize, not just for herself and her parents but because she had heard Miss Drake _____ that it was the _____ seen from one of her students.