Answer Key

Practice test 4

I. Choose the best expression.

You answered 0 of 15 questions correctly in this part of the test.

  1. John asked me what  [I was talking about] .
  2. What prevented  [you from coming] ?
  3. I'll get  [through with] the report by Monday.
  4. Well, I suggest  [taking] a short break now.
  5. I usually stay in  [-] bed late on Sundays.
  6. I wish I  [hadn't bought] the notebook. It wasn't a good idea.
  7. She  [must have seen] me. She was looking right at me.
  8. I wanted to copy the pages, but when I came to the copy center, all the copiers  [were being used] .
  9. I think I'll never get  [used to getting up] so early.
  10. She would be able to follow my instructions if she  [had prepared] for the meeting.
  11. She  [was not allowed to] let anybody read the document. It was for her eyes only.
  12. There is no point  [in waiting] any longer.
  13. It's high time they  [returned] .
  14. Paul is known  [to have cheated] on the previous grammar test.
  15. It was very stupid  [of] you to tell him all those lies.
II. Fill in the missing words.

You answered 0 of 15 questions correctly in this part of the test.

  1. Jane is independent  [of] her parents.
  2. I've worked in the company  [for] 25 years.
  3. What  [would] you say if she asked about it?
  4. They live  [in] Harbor Street.
  5. The man  [whose] teenage daughter got lost contacted the police.
  6. He told me I should  [do] my best.
  7. Anne hasn't seen her mother  [since] she got engaged to Bob.
  8. Our teacher gives us plenty of  [homework] . I can never manage to do all of it.
  9. Everybody laughed  [at] me when I dropped the cake.
  10. She was quite angry  [with] me.
  11. You've spoken to him,  [haven't] you?
  12.  [didn't, did not] use to go to parties when I was a student at university.
  13. Do it  [as] carefully as you can.
  14. Do you know an answer  [to] his question?
  15. It's not an important meeting for us. Really  [anybody, anyone] can go there. It doesn't matter.