Test your level of english grammar – intermediate level test

1) I’d rather you ____ me about the changes.

2) If I were you, I ____ apply for that job.

3) She said she ____ be late.

4) It was such a boring lecture that I couldn’t help ____ asleep.

5) The problem is being looked ____ right now.

6) That’s the actor ____ starred in the latest James Bond film.

7) They ____ to the party if they had known about it.

8) We would have caught the bus if we ____ earlier.

9) No sooner ____ the door than the phone rang.

10) I haven’t seen him ____ last year.

11) He’s the man ____ car was stolen last week.

12) While I ____ TV, the phone rang.

13) He managed to pass the exam despite ____ very little.

14) The room needs ____.

15) I don’t mind ____ a little late.

16) Neither the manager nor his assistants ____ at the meeting yesterday.

17) He’s used to ____ in noisy places.

18) She apologized ____ being late.

19)

She succeeded ____ hard work and determination.

20) By the time we arrived, the film ____.