B2 English Grammar Test – Multiple-choice Test 7

1   I really can’t tell what’s … .

a) taking in

b) going by

c) going on

2   The trouble is that somebody is … .

a) standing in front of me

b) standing about me

c) standing to me

3   The best thing I suppose is to ask him … .

a) to depart

b) to vanish

c) to move

4   That’s better I’ve got a clearer … .

a) view now

b) picture now

c) vision now

5   It looks as if there’s been some kind of … .

a) event

b) collision

c) position

6   There are two cars in the park that have … .

a) gone through each one

b) gone into each one

c) gone into one another

7   There are some people in the car park and they are … .

a) driving their arms about

b) waiving their arms about

c) sailing their arms about

8   I’m walking right up to the crowd now to see … .

a) what’s happened

b) what’s happens

c) what’s happen

9   Now I can see quite clearly that the big red car has … .

a) struck the little green one

b) stuck the little green

c) stroked the little green one

10   I’ve just discovered that the little green one … .

a) belonged to me

b) has belonged to me

c) belongs to me

11   Do you know the difference … ?

a) between will and shall

b) by will and shall

c) from will and shall

12   I can see from the expression on your face that you haven’t … .

a) got a view

b) got a clue

c) got a thought

13   I think the best way is to tell you a story that … the difference.

a) clears

b) explains

c) exposes

14   The main difference is that “I will” … “I want to”.

a) means

b) says

c) signifies

15   If you say “I shall” then you are talking … .

a) on the future

b) to the future

c) about the future

16   I want you to imagine that a man is walking … .

a) on the countryside

b) by the countryside

c) in the country

17   After a few minutes she … a river.

a) nears

b) attains

c) reaches

18   There is a man in the river fully clothed who is … .

a) in hardships

b) in hazards

c) in difficulties

19   The man in the river keeps … .

a) calling off for help

b) calling out for help

c) calling to for help

20   Someone who isn’t good at grammar, thinks the man really want to drown, walks on and … .

a) lets him drown

b) permits him drown

c) allows him drown

21   There were some frogs who thought it would be a good idea to … .

a) out go

b) go out

c) go on an outing

22   To them it was a very big … .

a) adventure

b) advent

c) adventurer

23   The frogs experienced a sense of … for the first time in their lives.

a) freed

b) freedom

c) freeing

24   The weather was perfect and the sun never … .

a) stopped to shine

b) stopped shining

c) stopped to burn

25   They found plenty of food and decided to stop and take … .

a) resting

b) rested

c) a rest

26   In the hot sun they started to feel sleepy and very soon fell … .

a) asleep

b) into sleepy

c) into sleep

27   Suddenly, the sound of a dog made the boys … .

a) waken

b) wake up

c) waking

28   They panicked and … for their lives.

a) fled

b) flew

c) flowed

29   Some frogs jumped into a barrel where they … in order not to sink.

a) hoping and hoping

b) hopped and hopped

c) hoped and hoped

30   A frog kept on moving about and in the end … from the barrel.

a) rescue

b) evaded

c) escaped