Graded level test
Choose the best answer. More than one answer may be correct.
1 I don’t understand this sentence. What ……………………?
a) does mean this word
b) does this word mean
c) this word means
d) means this word
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2 Robert…………………..away two or three times a year.
a) is going usually
b) is usually going
c) usually goes
d) goes usually
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3 It was a boring weekend………………..anything.
a) I didn’t
b) I don’t do
c) I didn’t do
d) I haven’t done
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4 The policeman……………………me not to park there.
a) said
b) let
c) made
d) told
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5 …………………………………..is a problem.
a) The widely spread use of Internet
b) The Internet’s widely spread use
c) Internet’s use widespread
d) The widespread use of Internet
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6 Sally has been working here………………..
a) for six months.
b) since six months.
c) six months ago.
d) since six months ago.
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7 My mother…………………………….in Italy.
a) grew up
b) has grown up
c) had been grown up
d) was grown up
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8 I…………………. tennis a lot, but I don’t play very much now.
a) Was playing
b) Was used to play
c) use to play
d) used to play
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9 That bag looks heavy. ………………………you with it.
a) I’m helping
b) I help
c) I’ll help
d) I could helped
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10 - Ana is in hospital.
- Yes, I know ………………. her this evening.
a) I visit
b) I’m going to visit
c) I’ll visit
d) I visit to
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11 I went to London …………….. clothes.
a) for buying
b) for to buy
c) to buy
d) for buy
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12 If…………that again, ……………….. you.
a) You say / I hit
b) You’ll say / I’ll hit
c) you’ll say / I hit
d) you say / I’ll hit
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13 The fire spread through the building very quickly, but fortunately everybody………………………..
a) was able to escape
b) was escaped
c) could to escape
d) had been escaped
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14 What was the problem? Why …………….. leave early?
a) had you to
b) did you have to
c) must you
d) you had to
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15 You missed a great party last night. You …………………. Why didn’t you?
a) must have come
b) should have come
c) could to have come
d) had to come
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16 If I were rich, ……………………a lot.
a) I’ll travel
b) I can travel
c) I would travel
d) I travelled
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17 I wish I ………………… have to work tomorrow, but unfortunately I do.
a) don’t
b) didn’t
c) wouldn’t
d) won’t
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18 The weather is horrible. I wish it …………………. Raining. Then we could go out.
a) would stop
b) had stopped
c) stops
d) will stop
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19 We …………………………… by a loud noise during the night.
a) Woke up
b) Are woken up
c) were woken up
d) were waking up
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20 A new supermarket is going to ……………. next year
a) build
b) be built
c) be building
d) building
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21 There’s somebody walking behind us. I think …………………………
a) we are following
b) we are being followed
c) we are followed
d) we are been followed
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22 - Where ……………………?
- In Chicago.
a) were you born
b) are you born
c) have you been born
d) did you born
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23 Jane …………….. to phone me last night, but she didn’t.
a) supposed
b) is supposed
c) was supposed
d) it supposed
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24 Paul is organising a party and He wants ..................................
a) that his friends come
b) to his friends come
c) to come his friends
d) his friends to come
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25 Hi Joe! I didn’t expect to see you. Sonia said you ………….. in hospital.
a) are
b) were
c) was
d) should
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26 Ann ........................ and left.
a) said goodbye to me
b) said me goodbye
c) told me goodbye
d) told to me goodbye
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27 - What time .............................?
- At 08:30.
a) starts the film
b) does start the film
c) does the film start
d) is the film start
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28 The Police officer stopped us and asked us where ..................................
a) were we going
b) are we going
c) we are going
d) we were going
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29 You can’t stop me…………………what I want.
a) from doing
b) do
c) to do
d) that I do
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30 Do you want ………………with you or do you want to go alone?
a) me coming
b) me to come
c) that I come
d) that I will come
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31 I know I locked the door. I clearly remember ………………….. it.
a) locking
b) to lock
c) to have locked
d) of locking
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32 She tried to be serious, but she couldn’t help …………………………..
a) laugh
b) to laugh
c) that she laughed
d) laughing
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33 I’m tired. I’d rather ………………..out this evening, if you don’t mind.
a) Not going
b) Prefer not to go
c) don’t go
d) not go
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34 ………………………………..a problem in the big cities.
a) Crime is
b) The crime is
c) The crimes are
d) It is crime
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35 When ……………………invented?
a) Was telephone
b) Were telephones
c) were the telephones
d) was the telephone
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36 …………………….. are two important international organizations.
a) NATO and UM
b) The NATO and the UN
c) NATO and the UN
d) NATO’s and UN’s
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37 Nuclear plants produce .......................................
a) extreme toxic waste
b) extremely toxic waste
c) waste extreme and toxic
d) toxic extreme waste
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38 What time .........................on TV?
a) is the news
b) are the news
c) is news
d) is the new
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39 It took us quite a long time to get here. It was ………………………….journey.
a) three hours
b) a three-hours
c) a three-hour
d) the three hour
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40 There are ..............................of people who do not have ............................... water.
a) millions / the running
b) millions / running
c) a million / running
d) million / the running
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41 What time shall we ………………………..tomorrow?
a) meet
b) meet us
c) meet ourselves
d) meet us up
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42 They live on a busy road. …………………………….a lot of noise from the traffic.
a) It must be
b) There were
c) there must have
d) there must be
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43 He’s lazy. He never does ......................................work.
a) some
b) any
c) no
d) nothing
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44 ...................................tourists don’t visit this part of town.
a) The most
b) Most of
c) Most
d) The most of
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45 I asked two people the way to the station, but ………………..of them could help me.
a) none
b) either
c) both
d) neither
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46 The bus service is excellent. There’s a bus ……………….ten minutes.
a) each
b) every
c) all
d) the
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47 I don’t like stories.................have unhappy endings.
a) that
b) they
c) that they
d) who
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48 I didn’t believe them at first, but in fact …………………………was true.
a) all which they said
b) that they said
c) all what they said
d) what they said
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49 What’s the name of the man ………………………..?
a) You borrowed his car
b) Which car you borrowed
c) whose car you borrowed
d) his car you borrowed
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50 Sarah couldn’t meet us, ………………was a shame.
a) that
b) it
c) what
d) which
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51 Jane doesn’t enjoy her job anymore. She’s ………………. because every day she does exactly the same.
a) boring
b) bored
c) bored of it
d) boring with it
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52 María’s English is excellent. She speaks ………………….
a) perfectly English
b) the English perfectly
c) perfect the English
d) English perfectly
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53 I haven’t seen for …………………….. , I’ve forgotten what she looks like.
a) too long
b) so long time
c) a such long time
d) such a long time
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54 We don’t have …………………………… on holiday right now.
a) enough money to go
b) enough of money to go
c) money enough for going
d) money enough to go
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55 The exam was quite easy - ……………..I expected
a) more easy that
b) more easy than
c) easier than
d) easier as
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56 The more electricity you use, ……………………………
a) Your bill will be higher
b) Will be higher your bill
c) the higher your bill will be
d) higher your bill will be
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57 The movie was really boring. It’s ……………………. I’ve ever seen.
a) The most boring movie
b) The more boring movie
c) the movie more boring
d) the most boring movie
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58 Ben likes walking. …………………………….
a) All mornings he walks to work.
b) He walks to work every morning.
c) He walks every morning to work.
d) He all mornings walks to work.
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59 Joe never phones me. …………………………………
a) Always I have to phone him.
b) I always have to phone him.
c) I have always to phone him.
d) I have to phone always him.
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60 Lucy ………………………. She left last month.
a) still doesn’t work here
b) doesn’t still work here
c) no more works here
d) doesn’t work here anymore
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61 ……………………………. she can’t drive, she bought a car.
a) Even
b) Even when
c) Even if
d) Even though
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62 I couldn’t sleep ……………………very tired.
a) in spite I was
b) in spite of being
c) despite I was
d) despite of being
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63 You should insure your bike ………………. stolen.
a) in case it will be
b) if it will be
c) in case it is
d) if it is
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64 The club is for members only. You ………………………………… you’re a member.
a) can’t go in if
b) can’t go in without
c) can’t go in unless
d) can go in unless
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65 We watched TV all evening ……………..we didn’t have anything better to do.
a) when
b) because of
c) while
d) since
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66 - What’s that noise?
- It sounds……………..a baby crying.
a) as
b) like
c) as if
d) as though
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67 ………………………… history there have been armed conflicts.
a) Throughout
b) All along
c) Along
d) During all
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68 Our apartment is……………………… the second floor of the building.
a) at
b) on
c) in
d) to
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69 I saw Steve ………………………… a conference on Sunday.
a) at
b) on
c) for
d) to
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70 ……………….. are directives that define the circumstances in which the use of force may be applied.
a) Rules of engagement
b) Engagement rules
c) Engagement’s rules
d) Rules for engagement
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71 I don’t understand this sentence. Can you ……………………
a) explain to me this word
b) explain me this word
c) explain this word to me.
d) explain this word me.
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72 - What time Will you be home?
- I don’t know. It depends ……………..the traffic.
a) of
b) for
c) from
d) on
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73 These shoes are uncomfortable. I’m going to …………………
a) Take out them
b) Take them off
c) take off them
d) take them out
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74 They were playing cards, so I …………………………
a) joined in
b) found out
c) came in
d) broke in
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75 Nobody believed Paul at first, but he ………………………to be right.
a) worked out
b) came out
c) found out
d) turned out
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76 We can’t …………………..making a decision. We have to decide now.
a) Put away
b) Put over
c) put off
d) put out
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77 - Have you finished painting the kitchen yet?
- Nearly. I’ll ……………….. tomorrow.
a) end it out
b) finish it over
c) finish it off
d) end it up
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78 You can always rely on Paul. He’ll never …………………………….
a) put you up.
b) let you down.
c) take you over.
d) see you off.
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79 Children under 16 ……………………….. half the population of the city.
a) make up
b) put up
c) take up
d) bring up
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80 I parked in a no-parking zone, but I ……………………. it.
a) Came up with
b) Got away with
c) made off with
d) got on with
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1b), 2c), 3c), 4d), 5d), 6a), 7a), 8d), 9c), 10b), 11c), 12d), 13a), 14b), 15b), 16c), 17c), 18a), 19c), 20b), 21b), 22a), 23c), 24d), 25b), 26a), 27c) 28d), 29a), 30b), 31a), 32d), 33d), 34a), 35d), 36c), 37b), 38a), 39b), 40b), 41a), 42d), 43b), 44c), 45d), 46b), 47a), 48d), 49c), 50d), 51b), 52d), 53d), 54a), 55c), 56c), 57d), 58b), 59b), 60d), 61d), 62b), 63c), 64c), 65d), 66b), 67a) 68b), 69a), 70a), 71c), 72d), 73b), 74a), 75d), 76c), 77c), 78b), 79a, 80b)