Test your level of english grammar – intermediate level test

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

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

3) She apologized ____ being late.

4) While I ____ TV, the phone rang.

5) I don’t mind ____ a little late.

6) The room needs ____.

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

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

9) He’s used to ____ in noisy places.

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

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

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

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

14) She said she ____ be late.

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

16)

She succeeded ____ hard work and determination.

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

18) The problem is being looked ____ right now.

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

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