Test 7

Grammar-C1

Total: 30 questions
Question 1

We … to the concert, but we didn’t make it.

Question 2

The soldier has been on … for twenty-four hours without a break.

Question 3

They were … for smuggling perfumes into the country.

Question 4

The rainstorms … more than three days.

Question 5

This year the trees were … two weeks earlier than usual.

Question 6

Our best player got infected and won’t be … to play tomorrow.

Question 7

Tom has made his money by developing a travel … .

Question 8

She pretended that she agreed with me to avoid … my feelings.

Question 9

They take too much … of his kindness.

Question 10

There has been a rather worrying … five per cent in our profits last year.

Question 11

He is a fast typist but his letters are full of spelling … .

Question 12

I was unable to warn you because my telephone was … .

Question 13

They received considerable financial … for their work.

Question 14

She is busy … after her children.

Question 15

It was getting so cold that she had to … the sweater.

Question 16

The two sisters greatly … each other. They are exactly alike.

Question 17

I’ll just … the fried egg to see if it’s all right.

Question 18

I … the heat because I had been living there for a long time.

Question 19

I think the weather … be nice later.

Question 20

What a boring weekend! … anything!

Question 21

They have bought them … expensive new furniture.

Question 22

According … the map we should take the second right.

Question 23

The doctor arranged for me to see the … at the hospital about the pain.

Question 24

She finished … the book and watched TV.

Question 25

I don’t know the … of the game.

Question 26

Of the two new colleagues, one is experienced and … .

Question 27

This package … never been opened before I opened it this morning.

Question 28

Is he … arrested as we speak?

Question 29

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

Question 30

… of going home, he called in at a pub on the way back.