NAME: ABIODUN MICAH

DATE: 2/10/2017
TIME STARTED:
TIME ENDED:

Select the best answer:

______1. I prefer _____ by bus to _____ by train.

A) traveling / traveling B) to travel /traveling
C) traveling / to travel D) being traveled / having traveled

______2. Instead of being sent to prison, the shoplifter was ______ with a fine.
A) let away B) let off
C) let loose D) let out

______3. The other day I came ______ an advert for a job you might be interested in.
A) through B) over
C) across D) around

______4. Although she was only 16, she looked a lot older. In fact, she could easily pass ______ 21.
A) away B) for
C) in D) off

______5. He put six rings on the table and told her to ______ the one she liked best.
A) pick off B) pick out
C) pick at D) pick on

______6. The jury gave a unanimous ________ of Not Guilty.

A) decision B) opinion C) verdict
D) judgment E) assessment

______7. By the time I got to the stadium, they ______ already ______ for ten
minutes.
A) have / been playing B) were/playing
C) had / been playing D) will / have played

______8. There is ________ that I may have to go into hospital next week.
A) an opportunity B) bad luck C) a possibility
D) fate E) an occasion

______9. _____ that tea will make you feel_____.

A) To drink / relaxing B) Drinking / relaxing
C) Drinking / relaxed D) To drink / relax

______10. All relevant documents, duly _____, should _____ in at the secretary’s office one week
before the start of term.
A) completed / hand B) completing / handed
C) completed / be handed D) to be completed / hand
______11. I don’t believe a word you’re saying. I think you’ve made the whole thing ______.
A) for B) up
C) out D) down

______12. He knows enough English and German to make himself _____ and _____ other people.
A) understand / understanding B) understood / understood
C) understood / to understand D) understood / understand

______13. “The Alfa River is 100 km long. The Beta River is 200 km long.”
means: The Beta River is ______ the Alfa River.
A) shorter than B) half as long as
C) twice as long as D) half as short as

______14. I have two boys, but ______ of them likes pop music.
A) either B) both
C) neither D) none

______15. Fear showed in the eyes of the young man, while the old man looked tired and ________.
A) watery B) wearing C) weary
D) wandering E) wondered

______16. As soon as the children were ________, their mother got them out of bed and into the
bathroom.
A) woke B) awoke C) wake
D) awake E) waken

______17. We saw ______ last week.

A) award-winning of French film B) a French film award-winning
C) an award-winning French film D) a film of French winning award

______18. That isn’t as busy ______ this one.

A) as a corner B) corner as a
C) a corner as D) as a corner as

______19. The poor girl looked ______ ______.

A) miserable / unhappy B) miserably / unhappy
C) miserable / unhappily D) miserably / unhappily

______20. Well-mannered children have usually been properly ________ by their parents.
A) raised up B) borne up C) brought up

D) got up E) put up

______21. I suppose he wanted to get home as ______ as ______.

A) quickly / possibly B) quick / possibly
C) quick / possible D) quickly / possible
______22. “There was a lot of traffic. The bus took half an hour to get from Fifth
Avenue to Broadway.” means: ______.
A) The traffic was heavy but we could get to Broadway in half an hour.
B) The traffic was heavy. That is why we got to Broadway late.
C) If the traffic hadn’t been heavy, we could have got to Broadway earlier.
D) There was so much traffic that it took us half an hour to get to Broadway.

______23. That’s too ______ for me to carry.

A) heavy a suitcase B) heavy suitcase
C) a heavy suitcase D) a suitcase heavy

______24. It’s ______ to use and ______ to carry than other computers.
A) simple / easy B) simply / easily
C) simpler / easier D) more simply / more easily

______25. _____ Swiss Alps are _____ good place to go if you like ____ skiing.
There is usually plenty of _____ snow during _____ winter months.
A) _ / a / the / _ / _ B) the / _ / _ / the / _
C) a / a / _ / _ / _ D) the / a / _ / _ / the

______26. By 5:30 this afternoon, Tom ______ at work for eight hours.
A) had been B) would have been
C) will have been D) has been

______27. I ______ you know as soon as the telegram ______.

A) will let / arrives B) would let / arrives
C) will let / arrived D) let / had arrived

______28. Yesterday while I ______ in class I ______ the hiccups. The boy next to me told me ______
my breath.
A) was sitting / had got / to hold B) sat / got / to hold
C) was sitting / got / to hold D) am sitting / got / hold

______29. “Have you seen my grammar book?” Nancy wanted to know ______ grammar book.
A) whether she’d seen my B) if I’d seen her
C) did I see her D) I’d seen her

______30. Mr. Hopkins plans on ___ his students ___ the English test tomorrow.
A) to have / take B) having / take
C) having / to take D) to have / to take