English Grammar Test 25 (Level 1-A)

E.S.L.+

Oct 1, 2016

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Fill in the blanks with the most suitable answer.
1. . . .
  Are you still studying
  or have you found a job yet?
  - Are you still studied
  - Are you still studying
  - Have you studied
  - Have you been studying
2. Any advice that the Queen may offer the Prime Minister . . .
  is kept
  secret.
  - keep
  - are kept
  - is kept
  - was kept
3. Members of the British Parliament . . .
  have been paid
  salaries since 1911.
  - paid
  - have been paid
  - are paid
  - were paid
4. I decided to change from central London to the suburbs because it . . .
  has become
  so expensive to live there.
  - become
  - have become
  - will become
  - has become
5. The teacher asked her pupils where they . . .
  were going
  to spend their holidays.
  - are going
  - were going
  - will be going
  - have been going
6. As you can see from the letter my address . . .
  has been changed
  and I live in Oxford now.
  - change
  - changed
  - has been changed
  - had been changed
7. This time next week I . . .
  will be lying
  on the beach in Spain.
  - lie
  - will lie
  - will be lying
  - will have been lying
8. Living in the country is . . .
  less expensive
  than in a big city.
  - less expensive
  - most expensive
  - the least expensive
  - expensive
9. I would like to meet . . .
  you
  and thank you for your help.
  - with you
  - at you
  - by you
  - you
10. Every time I go shopping I ask . . .
  myself
  why I do it so often.
  - me
  - myself
  - mine
  - my
11. It rains every day. If you . . .
  don’t have
  access to the Internet, you will have nothing to do there.
  - not to have
  - don’t have
  - won’t have
  - aren’t had
12. The British Queen is not one of . . .
  the richest
  women in the world.
  - rich
  - richer
  - the richest
  - a rich
13. In 1979 Margaret Thatcher became . . .
  the first
  woman Prime Minister, yet she never appointed a woman in her Cabinet.
  - first
  - the first
  - а first
  - an first
14. A passer-by asked us if it . . .
  was
  the right way to Buckingham Palace.
  - is
  - was
  - has been
  - will be
15. Excuse me, . . .
  can
  I borrow your newspaper, if you are not reading it?
  - must
  - can
  - might
  - should
16. Paul said that he . . .
  would be waiting
  for me outside when I got to the station.
  - will be waiting
  - would be waiting
  - is waiting
  - waits
17. I need some time to think about . . .
  the offer
  you made me.
  - offer
  - the offer
  - а offer
  - an offer
18. We can’t fly today. The air traffic controllers are . . .
  on
  strike.
  - on
  - in
  - for
  - at
19. I think that he was lonely because he had few friends and . . .
  none
  of his neighbours ever spoke to him.
  - neither
  - either
  - none
  - no
20. After oil . . .
  was discovered
  near the Welsh Coast, Britain has become self-sufficient in this energy source.
  - discovered
  - was discovered
  - will be discovered
  - is discovered

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