English Grammar Tests Intermediate/Upper Intermediate Test 2 online

The authorities will make him pay all his debts. He ______ pay all his debts.

______ you ever ______ of him? He is a world-famous violinist.

When I last talked to him, he ______ English.

She’s spring-cleaning the house from bottom to top. The house ______ from top to bottom.

A: Did you turn off the photocopier? B: The manager ______ already ______ it off.

The last days of the holiday ______ by rain.

I met her at yesterday’s party, but I ______ her by sight for years.

I ______ what the problem is by tomorrow.

By 2010, scientists surely ______ a cure for cancer.

They have used up all the petrol in the tank. All the petrol in the tank ______ up.

By the time I got to the stadium they ______ already ______ for ten minutes.

I expect the police will find him. I expect he ______ by the police

Someone ______ my bike last night. ______ you ever ______ your bike stolen?

Since the day he ______ ill he ______ a lot of reading.

A: What’s the time? B: I’m sorry I ______. My watch ______.

The doctor ______ the patient with a smile and told him that he ______ better

People don’t bring up children properly these days. Children ______ properly these days.

He ______ in the library every night for the last two months.

I used to smoke at one time but now I ______ it up.

He ______ silly questions until my patience finally ran out.

He ______ at tennis since he came to the USA.

It is probably about time we ______ the car serviced.

A: ______ we ______ somewhere before? B: Yes, I ______ you at your sister’s wedding

The weather ______ worse last year than I ______ it to be.

I______ hungry at four because I ______ a big lunch at one.

I woke up feeling tired this morning because I ______ very well.

Go out and get some fresh air! You ______ here reading all morning

A: Why are you crying? B: Well, I ______ up onions for the last five minutes

A: Did you spend your holiday in Miami? B: No. I was ______. It there, but I changed my mind and went to Antalya instead.

I don’t think your brother______ rid of his bad cold

Transport systems ______ likely to change in the future. One probable difference is that there ______ more electric vehicles.

The men were to ______ but the manager decided to give them a second change.

Mike ______ in a travel agency for six months in 1990. He already had some experience of the tourist industry because he ______ in a Tourist Information office in Bristol two years before.

The film ______ already ______ when we sat down.

It is due______ in five years’ time

I ______ her a week ago but she ______ yet.

A: What happens to traffic in a traffic jam? B: It______ up.

No one brought up that question at the meeting. That question ______ up at the meeting.

. By the end of this century most of the world’s oil supplies ______.

My brother ______ in a restaurant for the summer, but he ______ it
very much

Someone saw him. He was driving a Renault Manager. He ______ a
Renault Manager.

There has been a serious accident on the E5, and a section of the
motorway ______ to traffic.

They ______ the traffic problem when the plans for the project ______ made last year.

Because of the patient’s health, ______.

Last Sunday we ____ out of the house where we ____ for five years.

They hadn’t done any damage to it. No damage ______ to it.

People say that Istanbul is one of the world’s most interesting cities.
lstanbul ______ one of the world’s most interesting cities.

We spent hours talking about what we ______ since we left school.

“They say he robbed the bank.” means: ______.

They ______ married but in the end they changed their mind.

Long ago, people thought that the earth was flat. Long ago, the
earth ______ flat.

A: Did Arsenal beat Galatasaray in the final?
B: ______

When I arrived, no arrangements ______.

A: Would you like me to give Mike a message for you?
B: Oh, I don’t want to trouble you.
A: It’s no trouble, really. I ______ Mike tomorrow anyway.

The pilot ______ thought to ______ in the crash.

A: Who’s going to meet him at the airport?
B: He ______ by our ambassador

When I counted my change I realized they ______ me $ 3 too much.

People think he is guilty. He ______ guilty

This week we’ve had the house ______ into by thieves

When he’d counted his change he ______ it in his pocket

Foreign investments _____ reduced by 20 per cent since the election.

A: What do they use this building for?
B: Well, years ago it ______ as a dance hall but now it ______ for
offices

As soon as she ______ out of bed she got dressed.

A: Were you able to cure the patient?
B: He ______ already ______ by the time I got there.

Mars is the first planet ______.

It _____ that the Government would do something to relieve the situation.

In a fortnight’s time they ______ their exams.

They were unhappy with the way things ______.

The man who ______ by a snake was given a serum.

Don’t touch that electric stove while it ______.

They were very rude to us. We ______ there again.

A cease-fire ______ expected to ______ later this month

He was 8 kilos overweight and ______ to go on a diet.

In about forty years’ time we’ll probably ______ on pills.

People like policemen ______ always ______ against flu.

A great deal of research ______ into the possible causes of cancer.

His novels ______ into eight languages

A: Why have you set your alarm clock to go off at 5.30?
B: Because I ______ then. I have to catch the early train.

We usually ______ the news on TV at eight o’clock, but tonight we
______ that new soap opera.

She promised that she ______ hospital until she ______ better.

He noticed that the room ______ recently

A: I’ve planned my future for the next five years.
B: That is very clever of you. What ______ when you retire?

New sources of energy ______ developed. This will become increasingly important as oil reserves ______ up.

I hate it when my boiled egg ______ properly.

You’ll feel a lot better after you ______ a rest.

A speech to the nation was ______ by the Prime Minister, but it had
to be cancelled at the last minute because of a cabinet crisis.

The transistor ______ in 1948. As a result of this, both the size and the cost of electronic equipment______ greatly reduced.

Next August, while you ______ for your exams, I ______ on a
Mediterranean beach.

He ______ empty the contents of his suitcases onto the counter.

The authorities feared the missing man was dead. The missing man
was feared ______.

Radio waves ______ by the ionosphere. This makes it possible ______ short-wave radio signals over great distances.

He ______ my name, so I reminded him.

Someone heard him shout for help. He ______ shout for help.

22. By 5.30 this afternoon, Tom ______ at work for eight hours.

Plans to develop cars on methanol are likely ______ in the future.

She ______ unwell for several days when she was taken to hospital.

There is no bread left because we ______ it all.

During this year we ______ many advances in computer science.

Our maths teacher ______ us a lot of homework last week but he
______ us very much so far this week.

Little ____ she realize that the evening was ____ out very differently.

It is expected that man ______ on several planets by the end of this
century.

It is highly probable that more and more solar energy ______ in the future.

A: I’m going to the pop concert. ______with me?
B: Thank you very much. I’d love to.

There isn’t any more chalk, it ______ all ______.

It rained! I didn’t think it ______.

I ______ to see you tomorrow, but now I find I can’t.

You can stop looking for his watch. He ______ just ______ it.

Don’t ask me what cauliflower tastes like. I ______ eating it.

He found everything rather strange as he ______ never ______ abroad
before.

We’ll close all the windows in case it ______ while we are out.

I ______ you know as soon as the telegram ______.

Please ______ until after the plane ______.

It is the first time I ______ of anything like that.

You’re always late. This is the third time you ______ late this week

It was the first time she ______ ever ______ a prize.

He ______ about to give up his job when they offered him a rise.

Yesterday while I ______ in class I ______ the hiccups. The boy next
to me told me ______ my breath.

Hello! I ______ to phone you all week. Where ______?

It is time we ______ goodbye to each other. The train is due to leave
in a minute.

I think you should apologize when you______ her.

His clothes are in a mess because he ______ the house all morning

Since I last met him he ______.

They quarreled last week. They ______ to each other since.

I bought another concert ticket in case you ____ to come with me.

I ______ much of the film because I fell asleep half-way through.

Take an umbrella with you in case it ______.

There is nothing we can do that ____ people from driving too fast.

She ought to pass her exams so long as she ______.

I didn’t answer the phone when it ______ because I ______ a shower,
so I ______ it until it was too late.

His hopes of making a fortune ______ when his factory burned down.

Last night I ______ you, but the phone was out of order.

When eleven o’clock came and he still ______, I began to wonder if he ______ an accident.

She wants us to meet at the cafeteria, but I’d rather we ______ here.

Some patients shout in pain while ______ an injection

We met at the cafeteria as she wanted. I’d rather we ______ here.

For various reasons, clothing of some type ______ by human beings since the beginning of time.

It is likely that by the time you ______ to the shop it______ shut.

Considering the weather is so uncertain, the reception ____ indoors.

In most non-western countries punishment______ as a deterrent.

If we compare the mass of hydrogen in a star with the rate at which energy ______, we can estimate its potential life.

It has been predicted that within the next 50 years, scientists ______ a drug to prolong life up to 150 years or more.

We ______ at the Italian restaurant last night, but it was full, so we ate somewhere else.

The door ______ unless you ______.

His parents ______ married for eight years when he was born.

By April 2010, he ______ for this organization for fifteen years.

He ______ from the company for several years before they found him out.

He ______ a cold for the last three days.

The Prime Minister refuses to enter into negotiations with the railway men until they ______ all ______ to work.

In the years ahead, it seems likely that people ______ even greater control over nature.

You ______ pleased to hear that your father______ to the committee.

Hardly _____ I_____ the phone down when it started ringing again.

The day she agreed to marry him was the happiest he ______ ever ______ in his life