English testing level B - Exam 1
1. You can join the club when you ________ a bit older.
(A) will have got
(B) will get
(C) get
(D) are getting
2. If you ________ your money to mine, we shall have enough.
(A) add
(B) combine
(C) join
(D) unite
3. I'll phone as soon as I ________ to London.
(A) make
(B) get
(C) reach
(D) got
4. We decided ________ at home this afternoon.
(A) staying
(B) stayed
(C) stay
(D) to stay
5. He kept ________ the same thing again and again.
(A) repeat
(B) to repeat
(C) repeat to
(D) repeating
6. They ________ our party about eleven.
(A) leave
(B) left
(C) leaves
(D) have left
7. Paul ________ with us for about nine days by now.
(A) have lived
(B) has lived
(C) had lived
(D) lived
8. Last year I ________ all of my books in my office.
(A) keep
(B) kept
(C) have kept
(D) has kept
9. I'm afraid I ________ my gloves when I was walking home.
(A) lost
(B) will loose
(C) has lost
(D) have lost
10. Mark prefers cycling ________ driving.
(A) than
(B) for
(C) to
(D) as
11. Your sister used to visit you quite often, ________?
(A) didn't she
(B) doesn't she
(C) wouldn't she
(D) hadn't she
12. After the way she treated you, if I ________ in your place, I wouldn't return the call.
(A) be
(B) am
(C) was
(D) were
13. I think that you had better ________ earlier so that you can get to class on time.
(A) to start to get up
(B) started getting up
(C) start getting up
(D) to get up
14. I have finished typing all ________ the last page.
(A) until
(B) but
(C) to
(D) for
15. There is no reason to ________ the man simply because you do not agree with him.
(A) insult and defame
(B) enhance and defame
(C) insult and deput
(D) animate and destroy
16. I'm a sharp cookie. There's no way anybody can pull the wool over my ________.
(A) tissue
(B) eyes
(C) truth
(D) grass
17. If that firm wants to attract workers, it must ________ the pay.
(A) lower
(B) raise
(C) spread
(D) rise
18. The lung transplant operation was ________ complicated and the doctors had to take special
care to ensure its success.
(A) broadly
(B) immediately
(C) extremely
(D) slightly
19. Anne's boss is sometimes forgetful ________ the promises he has made.
(A) at
(B) with
(C) to
(D) of
20. I am glad so many people have passed the test. In fact, there were ________ who haven't.
(A) little
(B) a little
(C) few
(D) a few
English testing level B - Exam 2
1. The funeral will be ________, and only members of the dead man's family will attend.
(A) peculiar
(B) particular
(C) private
(D) alone
2. Do you really believe ________ ghosts?
(A) in
(B) for
(C) on
(D) about
3. I enjoyed ________ her again after all this time.
(A) seeing
(B) see
(C) to see
(D) to seeing
4. I am sorry that I can't ________ your invitation.
(A) take
(B) accept
(C) agree
(D) have
5. When he was a boy, he was always willing to join in a ________ of football.
(A) match
(B) play
(C) game
(D) group
6. The next ________ of the committee will take place on Thursday.
(A) seating
(B) group
(C) collection
(D) meeting
7. Who ________ the boss tell him that?
(A) did hear
(B) does hear
(C) hears
(D) heard
8. His parents never allowed him ________.
(A) a smoking
(B) smoking
(C) to smoke
(D) some smoked
9. I have absolutely no doubt ________ the innocence of the accused.
(A) about
(B) over
(C) on
(D) with
10. As James had distinctions in Chemistry and Biology in his Higher School Certificate
Examination, I hoped to ________ one of these subjects at university.
(A) abandon
(B) discover
(C) specialize
(D) take part in
11. The room was infested ________ cockroaches.
(A) to
(B) by
(C) at
(D) with
12. In my company only executives are eligible ________ share option schemes.
(A) for
(B) of
(C) with
(D) to
13. Johnny is simply blind ________ his own shortcomings.
(A) with
(B) to
(C) for
(D) at
14. John was born ________ two intelligent people.
(A) to
(B) of
(C) with
(D) from
15. He took a taxi ________ he wouldn't be late.
(A) less
(B) unless
(C) so that
(D) even so
16. He went to a school which ________ good manners and self- discipline.
(A) grew
(B) cultivated
(C) planted
(D) harvested
17. She ________ 20 pounds out of the bank every Monday.
(A) pulls
(B) draws
(C) takes
(D) removes
18. The lost of a front tooth has left an unsightly ________ in her teeth.
(A) slot
(B) slit
(C) gap
(D) hole
19. The terms toad and frog refer to different animals belonging to different genuses, and
careful students ________ the two.
(A) intermingle
(B) ignore
(C) distinguish
(D) confuse
20. Although the terms toad and frog refer to different animals belonging to different genuses,
some students ________ the two.
(A) distinguish
(B) confuse
(C) respect
(D) observe
English testing level B - Exam 3
1. Mr. Walker's new ________ fitted so badly across the shoulders that he took it back to the shop to
complain.
(A) skirt
(B) shirt
(C) sheet
(D) strap
2. I'll go on holiday ________ I can.
(A) as soon as
(B) as
(C) until
(D) how
3. Would you like ________ that for you?
(A) me doing
(B) me to do
(C) me do
(D) that I do
4. They ________ our new transistor radio before.
(A) never see
(B) are never going to see
(C) have never seen
(D) didn't see
5. She said she ________ to me, but she didn't.
(A) would have written
(B) will have written
(C) would write
(D) will write
6. If it ________ so late we could have coffee.
(A) wasn't
(B) isn't
(C) weren't
(D) not be
7. Frankly, I'd rather you ________ anything about it for the time being.
(A) do
(B) didn't do
(C) don't
(D) didn't
8. I wish that the weather ________ not so warm.
(A) was
(B) be
(C) were
(D) is
9. I walked away as calmly as I could ________ they thought I was the thief.
(A) or else
(B) to avoid
(C) owing to
(D) in case
10. Although he has ________, his poor writing often clouds his thoughts.
(A) a good penmanship
(B) excellent ideas
(C) good grammar
(D) good instructors
11. She's gone already? And I am only ________ minutes late!
(A) few
(B) a few
(C) little
(D) a little
12. When he was questioned by the police, the thief didn't ________ the truth.
(A) say
(B) reply
(C) answer
(D) tell
13. To get money for some purpose is to ________.
(A) raise it
(B) donate it
(C) promote it
(D) increase it
14. I ran quickly ________ late.
(A) in order to be not
(B) in order not to be
(C) not in order to be