English Grammar Tests Intermediate/UpperIntermediate Test 1 online

The series of TV programs that has just finished ______ very useful

A: Who told you they were moving?
B: They told me ______.

The toes of her shoes are open. She always wears open ______
shoes.

Everything is fair in ______ love and ______ war.

I didn’t buy the sweater because it wasn’t ______.

My chest hurts ______ I breathe.

What______ terrible news!

Larry is a friendly person. He meets new people ______ he goes.

You must do ______ he says.

In ______ past______ most people lived by ______ agriculture.

______ solved that problem must be very smart.

In ______ fog or rain, you should reduce______ speed.

We haven’t enjoyed ______ so much for years.

He’s studying ______ chemistry at ______ university at____ present.

Have you heard about Sally? She killed______.

She turned this way and that, admiring ______ in the mirror.

The couple in the flat upstairs are making ______ unpopular by
shouting ______ at the top of their voices every night.

Her children are too young to look after______.

She expresses ______ very clearly, though sometimes she doesn’t
remember______ the right word.

That is a beautiful dress you’re wearing. Did you make it______?

They were fighting with ______ and making ______ cry, but then
their mother told them to behave ______.

Many lakes and rivers are being ______ polluted.

A new means of detecting gold in travelers’ luggage ______ recently
been brought into use

Vitamins are produced synthetically in large quantities. This has made
them ______ and ______ available to most of the population.

The story seems to be ______ ______.

Several new dams are being constructed. This will help to control
floods and provide water for______.

I make ______ mistakes much too ______.

Physics ______ a subject that has grown enormously in importance
during this century.

A problem of fundamental ______ for the developing countries is
that of slowing down population growth.

“The Alfa River is 100 km long. The Beta River is 200 km long.”
means: The Beta River is ______ the Alfa River.

A pack of cards ______ scattered over the table

“Lake Beta is 20 m deep. Lake Alfa is 80 m deep.” means: The
depth of Lake Beta is ______ that of Lake Alfa.

It’s____ low season now, and____ most of____ hotels are half empty.

The height of Mt Vesuvius is about 1200 m and that of Mt Blanc is
4800 m. Mt Blanc is the ______ of the two mountains. Its height is
about ______ of Mt Vesuvius.

The few words he spoke ______ well chosen

______ great improvement in ______ patient’s condition was brought
about by ______ use of ______ newly developed antibiotic.

A: Will you boil the potatoes?
B: Yes. I like ______ potatoes.

______ abnormal behavior can be caused by ______ fear, but there
are ______ other causes as well.

A: Shall I write the recipe?
B: Yes, please. I need a ______ recipe.

Some of his advice ______ funny

Only doctors and nurses can go into the Intensive Care Unit. ______
is allowed inside.

We didn’t have much money, so we stayed at a/an ______ hotel

You looked ______ this morning but you look a bit______ now.

Let’s get ______ lettuce.

The nurse is very ______. She spoke ______.

The teacher looks ______.

Annie ______ lives in London. She moved to Bristol.

There were ______ snow on the car.

The teacher is looking ______.

I don’t want to stay here ______.

The poor ______ unable to look after themselves.

The soup tastes ______.

Are you ______ or do you want me to switch on the heating ?

I tasted the soup ______.

I’ve got ______ a lot to do today. I’m really busy

Two dozens of cows ______ lying peacefully in the shade

Poor people from rural areas are migrating to the cities to find work
and _____ the circles of slum housing in many suburbs are growing
larger.

I’ve made _____ many mistakes in this letter. I think I’ll type it again.

Heart disease remains the ______ of diseases. It killed about 750,000
Americans last year, almost 40 percent of all ______.

The poor girl looked ______ ______.

The Town Council ______ against raising the rents of its houses.

He’s got two very ______ daughters.

This is not______.

A ______ of vitamin C results in skin infections and slow healing

My brother is ______ yours.

The boss looked at him ______.

Of the two toys, the child chose ______ .

It was ______ hot in the train.

What is the difference in ______ between the Amazon and the Nile?

The more we looked at the abstract painting, ______.

She ran ______ to the telephone.

How many of ______ are present in class?

A: There is someone at the door.
B: ______ it is, I don’t want to see them.

“Shall we go?” David looked ______ at Susan.

______ you say to her, she still keeps smiling.

The child looked ______.

This isn’t ______ bottle

______ you go, I’ll go with you.

The world has gone ______.

You look very ______. What’s the matter?

The situation resolved itself ______ than I had expected.

The young man struck his boss and______ killed him.

Every child reacts ______ ______.

He stood up slowly and ______.

It is ______ interesting book. It gives ______ wonderful picture of
what ______ life was like in ______ Victorian times.

A: I’m afraid we can expect ______ temperatures over the holiday.
B: I’m ______ sorry about it.

I have noticed that ______ English people do not seem to shake
______ hands as much as people do in ______ Turkey.

I thought______ of the idea.

Although ______ brown rice is better for you, ______ most people
prefer______ white rice.

The supper looked ______.

Taylor knows a lot about ______ classical music. He seems to like
______ string quartets of Beethoven best.

It’s ______ to use and ______ to carry than other computers

I studied ____ modern history at ____ university. In ____ last year I
specialized in ____ history of ____ Turkish Independence War.

Yesterday the temperature was 20 degrees below zero. It hasn’t
been so cold this year. Yesterday was ______ day of the year.

Do you think that I could learn ______ Japanese ______ way ______
Japanese speak it?

The Taylors have three sons. They are all clever, but Bill is outstanding.
He is ______ of all.

They say that ______ Turkish language is particularly difficult for
______ Europeans.

There were ______ people in the queue that it was impossible to
get on the bus.

______ physical fitness can help you live longer, feel healthier and
cope with ______ life’s problems.

“There was a lot of traffic. The bus took half an hour to get from 5th
Avenue to Broadway.” means: ______.

_____ Swiss Alps are _____ good place to go if you like ____ skiing.
There is usually plenty of _____ snow during _____ winter months.

She went ______ a sheet when she heard the news.

The ______ the problem ______ it is to find a solution.

A coalition government was in ______ power in Britain during ______
Second World War.

_____ cafeteria is located to _____ left of _____ Faculty of Engineering.

______ we leave, ______ we’ll arrive.

______ solar energy is produced in ______ central core of_____ sun

The car went______ and ______ down the hill.

______ Indian elephant is smaller than______ African elephant.

Although we hear about terrible air crashes, flying is still the ______
way to travel. It is much ______ than walking down the road!

At ___ beginning of ______ Pre-Cambrian era there was no life on
___ earth.

__ ancient Egypt consisted of __ desert regions surrounding __ Nile.

A Volvo is expensive. A Mercedes is very much more expensive,
but a Rolls Royce is ______.

It came out many years later that ______ pair had been happily
married since ______ beginning of ______ century.

I backed three horses. Night Star ran ______ . The Sun ran ______
and Wind ran the______.

It is not known whether ______ high blood pressure is due to ______
increased sodium intake.

He has ______ Rolls Royce and ______ Audi 7 and ______ MG.

In ______ past, ______ air pollution was generally considered basically
______ urban phenomenon

His father is ______ architect; quite ______ expert.

Many statues and monuments have been eroded in ______ last fifty
years than had been in ______ previous two hundred years.

______ price of sugar has risen by ______ penny______ kilo.

We’d booked the table for eight, and we got there fifteen minutes
______.

The food looked perfectly ______ to me.

______ Finance Minister increased ______ tax on ______ petrol in
his last budget

Economic growth is not ______ sufficient condition on its own to
ensure ______ increase in ______ economic welfare.

He works so hard that there are ______ minutes in the day when
he’s not busy doing something.

. ______ way is acceptable.

______ inflation is defined as ______ persistent rise in ______ general
level of prices.

There was ______ anyone could do to help.

In 1937 ____ explorer Sir Hubert Wilkens set out to search for ____
Soviet airman whose plane had gone down over ____ North Pole.

They were all strangers to me. I’d met______ of them before.

______ protein can only be found in ______ meat

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

When we read _____ lives of _____ great, we can catch their courage
as if by _____ contagion.

It seemed ______ that we would ______ have a crash.

Pressure is inversely proportional to volume; ______ greater the
volume ______ lower the pressure.

I think ______ truthfulness is______ greatest value.

___ Macy is ___ department store on ___ 34th Street in New York.

____ Queen of England lives in ____ Buckingham Palace in London.

______ life is going to be ____ little easier in ____ economic terms.

______ problem of fundamental importance for ______ developing
countries is that of slowing down ______ population growth.

We won’t get much benefit from ______ removal of ______ import
duty from ______ European goods.

You won’t reach to ______ back of ______ auditorium; so we’ll have
to use ______ amplifier

____ primary task of ____ development is to eliminate ____ poverty.

In _____ kingdom of Nepal, high up in _____ Himalayas and within
sight of _____ Mt. Everest _____ world’s highest mountain, _____
way of life in _____ villages has hardly changed in hundreds of years.

How many of ______ are present in class?

We don’t have ______ vacation

That’s too ______ for swimming

It isn’t ______ job for me to do alone

That’s too ______ for me to carry

It wasn’t as clear ______ today.

I guess I didn’t buy her ______ gif

You don’t need as fast ______ she bought.

That isn’t as busy ______ this one.

It cost me ______ than I thought it would.

It took us ______ time to get here than usual.

Do you walk ______, now that you live in a village?

I have two boys, but ______ of them likes pop music

I think my answer on the test was ______.

Not all English people ______ fish and chips

It is very difficult to drive in ______.

Nobody ______ objecting to the decision to closedown the factory

The audience ______ listening to a Beethoven symphony

Neither of these roads ______ to the airport.

Neither of the footballers ______ well.

Neither of us ______ hungry.

Neither of them ______ interested in history

All that glitters ______ not gold.

Measles ______ an infectious disease.

Neither Colin nor Digby ______ there

Either your brakes or your eyesight ______ at fault.

Either David or his parents ______ at home.

It was a ______.

A: What is the characteristic of people who live alone?
B: Some of them have tendency to talk to ______.

This used to be the home ______.

Terry is ______.

Our family is quite ______ united family.

The committee decided to award the prize to you and ______.

They always give the available seats to ______ comes first

She heard a sound ______ brought her heart into her mouth.

A: Why are you sitting there?
B: Frankly, there is ______ interesting to do

A: What do you think of politics?
B: Oh, I find politics really ______.

I agree. I get terribly ______ when people talk about politics

I find people who spit in the street ______.

Since divorce became easier to obtain in Europe, the divorce rate
has gone up ______.

They play the guitar ______.

I’m going to ______ next term, because the exams are getting closer

The migration of the ducks was due to the ______ of colder weather.

Since the old lady’s husband died, she’s been living ______.

The weather changed ______. There was an ______ change in the
weather

Her condition improved ______. There was a ______ improvement
in her condition.