Test 21

Grammar-C1

Total: 30 questions
Question 1

I am late because my alarm clock … this morning. I’m sorry.

Question 2

Would you … the stamps on to the documents?

Question 3

How can you agree … such an idea?

Question 4

The … question in this case is whether she was there or not.

Question 5

The competitors in the rally had to follow the … laid down by the sponsors.

Question 6

A witness … now been found.

Question 7

She … a coloured thread round her finger so as not to forget about the meeting.

Question 8

Boys and girls … enjoyed the show.

Question 9

I had … news of what she was doing in London.

Question 10

Their actions caused the rate of inflation to … sharply.

Question 11

The shirt I was wearing that day was dirty, but I don’t think anyone … .

Question 12

Because his presentation was so confusing, … people understood it.

Question 13

Artists struggle with the conflict between … their own talent and knowledge that very few succeed.

Question 14

The woman … case was described in the article never fully recovered.

Question 15

Their accounts were phony. They had been cooking the … for years.

Question 16

Take a toothbrush just in … .

Question 17

No longer … to do her housework with her hands.

Question 18

The flat is large but it is terribly … to live in.

Question 19

The plane … land at 11:00 but it was an hour late.

Question 20

My flat is … the second floor of the building.

Question 21

A … of days before, a terrible explosion took place.

Question 22

I … there once a long time ago and haven’t been back since.

Question 23

A useful way to … your vocabulary is to read as much as possible.

Question 24

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

Question 25

For Bill, the situation … clear.

Question 26

He was … of murder.

Question 27

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

Question 28

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

Question 29

They are twins but are not at all alike physically but are not … from one another in attitude.

Question 30

International restaurants are … adept at perfecting both eastern and western dishes.