Test your level of english grammar – intermediate level test

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

2) While I ____ TV, the phone rang.

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

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

5) She apologized ____ being late.

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

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

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

9) He’s used to ____ in noisy places.

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

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

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

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

14) The problem is being looked ____ right now.

15) I don’t mind ____ a little late.

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

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

18)

She succeeded ____ hard work and determination.

19) The room needs ____.

20) She said she ____ be late.