Advanced Grammar Test 07
Question 1 |
(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.)
I can clearly remember the first time I _____ Mr Andrews, my old headmaster, _____ _____.
A | met |
B | knew |
C | found |
D | discovered |
Question 2 |
I can clearly remember the first time I _____ Mr Andrews, my old headmaster, _____ _____.
A | even |
B | nevertheless |
C | although |
D | in spite |
Question 3 |
I can clearly remember the first time I _____ Mr Andrews, my old headmaster, _____ _____.
A | it’s now since over 20 years |
B | it’s over 20 years ago now |
C | it’s since more than 20 years now |
D | it makes more than 20 years now |
Question 4 |
During the war, I had been _____ school in the north of England but my family had just returned to London.
A | in the |
B | in |
C | at |
D | at the |
Question 5 |
_____ for children to go to and my father had to go from _____ asking them _____ ____ pupil.
A | There were not enough schools left |
B | There were not still enough schools |
C | There didn’t stay enough schools |
D | Not enough schools rested |
Question 6 |
_____ for children to go to and my father had to go from _____ asking them _____ _____ pupil.
A | one to another |
B | each to other |
C | one to other |
D | the ones to the others |
Question 7 |
_____ for children to go to and my father had to go from _____ asking them _____ _____ pupil.
A | that they took me |
B | for taking me |
C | for to take me |
D | to take me |
Question 8 |
_____ for children to go to and my father had to go from _____ asking them _____ _____ pupil.
A | as |
B | as a |
C | like |
D | like a |
Question 9 |
I used to go with him but he had _____ hard time trying to persuade people _____ him that I seldom had to do _____.
A | such |
B | such a |
C | so |
D | a so |
Question 10 |
I used to go with him but he had _____ hard time trying to persuade people _____ him that I seldom had to do _____.
A | just for seeing |
B | just for to see |
C | even seeing |
D | even to see |
Question 11 |
I used to go with him but he had _____ hard time trying to persuade people _____ him that I seldom had to do _____.
A | no test |
B | one test |
C | any test |
D | some test |
Question 12 |
We had been to all the schools _____ we lived, but _____ my father argued, the more impossible it became.
A | near where |
B | near |
C | near to |
D | near the place there |
Question 13 |
We had been to all the schools _____ we lived, but _____ my father argued, the more impossible it became.
A | the most |
B | the more |
C | how much |
D | for how much |
Question 14 |
In the end, we went to a school _____ from home.
A | at five miles |
B | five miles long |
C | about five miles away |
D | about five miles far |
Question 15 |
The headmaster _____ for at least an hour.
A | kept us to wait |
B | kept us waiting |
C | made us to waitin |
D | made us waiting |
Question 16 |
While we were waiting, I looked around the _____, _____ was one of those old Victorian structures, completely _____ but still standing.
A | building of the school |
B | building school |
C | school’s building |
D | school building |
Question 17 |
While we were waiting, I looked around the _____, _____ was one of those old Victorian structures, completely _____ but still standing.
A | which |
B | that |
C | what |
D | it |
Question 18 |
While we were waiting, I looked around the _____, _____ was one of those old Victorian structures, completely _____ but still standing.
A | of the old time |
B | outside its time |
C | past its date |
D | out of date |
Question 19 |
When the headmaster’s secretary finally let us _____ his office, Mr Andrews spoke to me first.
A | to enter |
B | to pass in |
C | to come into |
D | into |
Question 20 |
“Why do you want to come here?” he said. I had been thinking _____ something about studying but I couldn’t help _____ the boys outside.
A | of saying |
B | to say |
C | of telling |
D | to tell |
Question 21 |
I had been thinking _____ something about studying but I couldn’t help _____ the boys outside.
A | to remember |
B | remembering |
C | to remind |
D | reminding |
Question 22 |
“I don’t know __22__ in London,” I said.
A | no one |
B | none |
C | someone |
D | anyone |
Question 23 |
”I’d like _____ with the other boys. I read a lot of books, too” I added.
A | that I played |
B | the play |
C | to play |
D | playing |
Question 24 |
“All right,” Mr Andrews said. “We have one place free, _____.”
A | in truth |
B | it’s the truth |
C | in fact |
D | it’s fact |
Question 25 |
My two years at that school were among the _____ of my life.
A | happier |
B | happiest |
C | more happy |
D | most happy |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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