Advanced Grammar Test 09

1. Would you ______ holding this box for me while I open 8. I was so ______ by the news that I don’t know what to
the door? say.

A) like A) admired
B) matter B) marveled
C) mind C) amazed
D) object D) wondered
2. He is ______ dark glasses to protect his eyes from the 9. He’s ______ because he has won the prize.
sun.
A) nervous
A) carrying B) satisfying
B) fitting C) excited
C) bearing D) exciting
D) wearing
10. He likes lying in bed. He still wasn’t ______ when I
3. He has been told to get off the bus because he rang him at 10 o’clock.
couldn’t pay the ______.
A) out
A) bill B) away
B) journey C) up
C) travel D) in
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D) fare
11. If you don’t know how to spell a word, look it ______ in
4. They have put the bird in a cage to ______ it from the dictionary.
flying away.
A) up
A) avoid B) after
B) prevent C) out
C) hinder D) for
D) resist
12. He carries ______ as if he were the boss.
5. He has some very ______ habits. He always has a bath
with his clothes on. A) through
B) off
A) strange
C) out
B) rare
D) on
C) uneven
13. In this series of questions, three words have the
D) foreign
same sound but one does not. Choose one that does
6. The ______ outside the house said “Private”. not.

A) advice A) dull
B) label B) bull
C) notice C) wool
D) signal D) pull
7. If the boss sees you doing that, you’ll get into ______. 14. In this series of questions, three words have the
same sound but one does not. Choose one that does
A) trouble not.
B) nuisance
A) earth
C) mess
B) birth
D) problem
C) worth
D) north

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15. In this series of questions, three words have the 17. In this series of questions, three words have the
same sound but one does not. Choose one that does same sound but one does not. Choose one that does
not. not.

A) done A) wise
B) none B) cries
C) bone C) rice
D) son D) sighs
16. In this series of questions, three words have the
same sound but one does not. Choose one that does
not.

A) warn
B) dawn
C) scorn
D) barn

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Answer Key:

1: C 10: C
2: D 11: A
3: D 12: D
4: B 13: A
5: A 14: D
6: C 15: C
7: A 16: D
8: C 17: C
9: C

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