Miscellaneous Upper-Intermediate Test 6

Isn't it ________ lovely weather today? – No it isn't, it's too warm for December.

1. ---
2. a
3. an
4. the

Brad was fired because he ________ his car in the parking space of the company CEO.

1. continually parked
2. has continually been parking
3. has continually parked
4. was continually parking

19 per cent of Czechs are religious. In the USA, ________ contrast, it is 90 per cent.

1. at
2. by
3. on
4. with

________ is such a waste of time. I spend two hours a day on a train!

1. Commission
2. Commitment
3. Communion
4. Commuting

“I'll ________ that you never work in a hospital again!” the doctor shouted at the nurse.

1. look into it
2. make it up
3. make sure
4. see to it

You can go out ________ you are home by midnight.

1. although
2. as long as
3. as soon as
4. whether

Sorry to rain on your ________, but you can't get in without a valid ID.

1. parade
2. party
3. picnic
4. umbrella

My dog is 15 years old and I dread her ________.

1. get ill and die
2. getting ill and dying
3. to get ill and die
4. to get ill and to die

He was bored with the classes and felt he ________ to the teacher.

1. didn't need to listen
2. hasn't got to listen
3. needn't have listened
4. needn't to listen

Lisa ________ on holiday to Canada sometime in June. I wish she could take me with her.

1. goes
2. is coming
3. is going to go
4. will have gone

If you answered “yes” to at least ten of the questions above, your relationship is at ________.

1. danger
2. hazzard
3. peril
4. risk

Going through college can be a very traumatic experience for someone who is ________ to stress.

1. likely
2. prone
3. suffering
4. tend

She was ________ startled by his tone of voice. “What happened?” she asked.

1. anyhow
2. anyway
3. somehow
4. somewhat

Lack of sleep can badly ________ your health.

1. affect
2. effect
3. result from
4. result in

She grew ________ her parents and left home when she was seventeen.

1. hating
2. hatred of
3. to hate
4. to hating