Quiz: Advanced Exam Tricks- 1

This is a advanced-level quiz containing 28 multichoice quiz questions from our 'exam traps and tricks' category. Simply answer all questions and press the 'Grade Me' button to see your score. This exercise is also available as a printable worksheet.

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Advanced Exam Tricks- 1 Quiz

Exercise Instructions: Choose the correct answer.

Q1 - .......... the good reviews, the film was a box office failure
Q2 - You should ....... two hours for the journey
Q3 - He looked ........ his record collection to see if he could find the album
Q4 - In the 1970s she .................flared trousers like everybody else
Q5 - I finished two novels ......... the holiday
Q6 - He's always complaining........ his flatmates
Q7 - They are always shouting ..... their children
Q8 - She was ........... with murder
Q9 - When I was 40, I wanted to start something new, so I took.... painting
Q10 - The dog will not bite you.......... you leave it alone
Q11 - I wouldn't recommend .......... that car; it's got a lot of faults
Q12 - She resembles her mother very closely; she is not at all ...... her mother
Q13 - We...........for a few hours when the lightning struck
Q14 - This stew would taste better if you added a ........ of butter
Q15 - He ........ shout even though I asked him to keep the noise down
Q16 - I never buy expensive gloves because I'm always .......... them
Q17 - The results of the research were .... convincing that we felt obliged to publish them
Q18 - The scones were ..... hot that we had to wait for them to cool down
Q19 - Under no circumstances ......... press that button
Q20 - Hardly .................. her speech than the sound failed
Q21 - The police tend to do things ..... the book
Q22 - He looked as though he............... some bad news
Q23 - I tried to learn from it by putting it ....... to experience
Q24 - The project has been ...... by her illness
Q25 - When she found the purse there was ........ any money in it
Q26 - By the time we get there, it ........... finished
Q27 - You are always leaving the milk out of the fridge. I wish you ..........!
Q28 - Despite the investigation, the ....... of the accident remains a mystery

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