MARCO SUCUPIRA LANGUAGE MATERIALS

LEVEL TEST - ADVANCED

ONLY ONE ANSWER IS RIGHT. CHOOSE A, B, C OR D.
DO THE WHOLE (COMPLETE) TEST AND THEN CHECK YOUR ANSWERS. YOU CAN ALSO PRINT THE TEST OUT, DO IT OFF-LINE AND THEN CHECK YOUR ANSWERS!!! TIME IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF IT!!!

56) "I can't reach the book."
"Try _____________ on a chair."
a) stand
b) to stand
c) standing
d) stood
CHECK ANSWER C) STANDING

57) I don't speak Italian. I wish _____________ Italian.
a) I spoke
b) I speak
c) I had spoken
d) spoke
CHECK ANSWER A) I SPOKE

58) He seems ______________ for a bus.
a) to be waited
b) being waited
c) to wait
d) to be waiting
CHECK ANSWER D) TO BE WAITING

59) He cut the meat into small pieces. He cut ________ the meat.
a) up
b) out
c) down
d) off
CHECK ANSWER A) UP

60) ____________________ a holiday every summer?
a) Have you got
b) Do you have
c) Have you
d) Are you having
CHECK ANSWER B) DO YOU HAVE

61) They're very proud _________ their son.
a) on
b) at
c) of
d) by
CHECK ANSWER C) OF

62) He coughed once. I heard him _____________.
a) to cough
b) coughed
c) coughing
d) cough
CHECK ANSWER D) COUGH

63) It's time he _______________ that work.
a) finishes
b) finish
c) finished
d) is finishing
CHECK ANSWER C) FINISHED

64) He was ________ a new car; but he didn't have enough money.
a) buy
b) to have bought
c) buying
d) bought
CHECK ANSWER B) TO HAVE BOUGHT

65) He had no sooner sat down ____________ the phone rang.
a) as
b) than
c) when
d) that
CHECK ANSWER B) THAN

66) He never drives fast. He's afraid ______________ an accident.
a) about having
b) to have
c) of having
d) by having
CHECK ANSWER C) OF HAVING

67) This meat tastes ________________.
a) strange
b) strangely
c) as strange
d) in a strange way
CHECK ANSWER A) STRANGE

68) First, she played some Beethoven. Then she went on ________ some Bach.
a) play
b) playing
c) played
d) to play
CHECK ANSWER D) TO PLAY

69) When the bus came, __________________ for an hour.
a) I'd be waiting
b) I was waiting
c) I'd been waiting
d) I've been waiting
CHECK ANSWER C) I'D BEEN WAITING

70) He doesn't want to do the work. He's making excuses. He's trying to ___________ the work.
a) get up
b) get on with
c) get away
d) get out of
CHECK ANSWER D) GET OUT OF

71) The boss says that you must work harder. _______ work harder.
a) You're about to
b) You had to
c) You're to
d) You do
CHECK ANSWER C) YOU'RE TO

72) He doesn't like the meal. If ________________________ it.
a) he likes the meal, he'll eat
b) he'd liked the meal, he'd have eaten
c) he liked the meal, he'd eat
d) he likes the meal, he's eaten
CHECK ANSWER C) HE LIKED THE MEAL, HE'D EAT

73) When I was younger, I _____________. But I don't any more.
a) used to smoke
b) would smoke
c) was used to smoking
d) had to smoke
CHECK ANSWER A) USED TO SMOKE

74) It's very kind ____________ me the money.
a) to you of lending
b) that you lend
c) of you to lend
d) you lend
CHECK ANSWER C) OF YOU TO LEND

75) All English children _______ go to school until they are sixteen.
a) need
b) must
c) have to
d) have
CHECK ANSWER B) MUST

76) The doctor will be angry. ___________________ get out of bed.
a) Henry supposed he didn't
b) Henry didn't suppose to
c) Suppose Henry didn't
d) Henry wasn't supposed to
CHECK ANSWER D) HENRY WASN'T SUPPOSED TO

77) I am surprised _________________ such a rude letter.
a) at Mary writing
b) for Mary to write
c) with Mary that she wrote
d) of Mary to write
CHECK ANSWER A) AT MARY WRITING

78) He blamed ______________ the car.
a) me to damage
b) that damaged
c) for me damaging
d) me for damaging
CHECK ANSWER D) ME FOR DAMAGING

79) She felt ill. The doctor advised ________________ in bed.
a) stay
b) staying
c) her stay
d) that is staying
CHECK ANSWER B) STAYING

80) I can't understand John ____________ that house.
a) buy
b) to buy
c) buying
d) that he bought
CHECK ANSWER C) BUYING

81) They pushed and pushed, and at last they ____________ the car. a) might move
b) could moved
c) were able to move
d) should move
CHECK ANSWER C) WERE ABLE TO MOVE

82) Only when the police arrived, _________________ the bill.
a) he didn't pay
b) he paid
c) he had paid
d) did he pay
CHECK ANSWER D) DID HE PAY

83) It's strange that your son ______________ football and opera.
a) should like
b) would like
c) had liked
d) might like
CHECK ANSWER A) SHOULD LIKE

84) I find ________________ to remember everyone's name.
a) it being difficult
b) it to be difficult
c) so difficult it is
d) it difficult
CHECK ANSWER D) IT DIFFICULT

85) Several letters get _____________ by the Post Office.
a) tearing
b) tear
c) torn
d) to tear
CHECK ANSWER C) TORN

MARCO SUCUPIRA LANGUAGE MATERIALS

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TIME: ___________ SCORE: __________

20 or more correct answers means you are an ADVANCED student.

INTERMEDIATE AND UPPER TEST
BEGINNERS TO LOWER INTERMEDIATE

TESTS ON SPECIFIC GRAMMAR POINTS
VOCABULARY TESTS (4 LANGUAGES)
ENGLISH AND THE INTERNET
TEST YOUR ENGLISH - PART 1 BEGINNERS - LOWER INTERMEDIATE
TEST YOUR ENGLISH - PART 2 INTERMEDIATE AND UPPER
TEST YOUR ENGLISH - PART 3 ADVANCED
WONDER VERB TENSE EXERCISE
PREPOSITIONS WITH POP SONGS LYRICS

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