CEFR TEST - 1 B2 SECTION I: Grammar (Use of English)

 

CEFR TEST - 1 B2

SECTION I: Grammar (Use of English)

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1. By noon, Joe ......... for three hours.
   1.   will be fishing
   2.   is going to fish
   3.   will have been fishing
2. Jenny seems …. very happy these days.
   1.   being
   2.   be
   3.   to be
3. She was grateful to all the volunteers ............ their help.
   1.   for
   2.   of
   3.   about
   4.   in
4. My father ......... to be a teacher, but now he has retired.
   1.   is used
   2.   got used
   3.   used
5. "This cake tastes very sweet." "I think I put ... sugar in it."
   1.   too much
   2.   too many
   3.   a lot
6. By the time Eric ……… at the airport, his flight had already departed.
   1.   has arrived
   2.   was arriving
   3.   arrived
7. "Paul lost his watch." "Well, if he had looked after it, he ... it."
   1.   won´t lose
   2.   wouldn´t have lost
   3.   wouldn’t lose
8. Neil was reading the newspaper when he came ............. an article about an old friend of his.
   1.   on
   2.   across
   3.   into
   4.   up with
9. Try ................ with olive oil. It'll taste better.
   1.   cook
   2.   to cook
   3.   cooking
10. The man sitting next to me on the plane was very nervous. He ................ before.
    1.   didn’t fly
    2.   wasn’t flying
    3.   hasn’t flown
    4.   hadn’t flown
11. Where’s the book I gave you? What .............with it?
    1.   are you doing
    2.   have you been doing
    3.   have you done
12. “I haven't seen Mark for weeks.” “Well, I ...…. him this afternoon. Why don't you come along?”
    1.   am meeting
    2.   meet
    3.   have met
13. “I ….. to reach Jane on the phone all day .”
    “Don't you know? She's gone on holiday .”
    1.   have been trying
    2.   have tried
    3.   tried
14. It rained so hard the whole village .................
    1.   burnt
    2.   scalded
    3.   flooded
15. "Where is my bank book?" "If you ... in the drawer , you'll find it."
    1.   had looked
    2.   looked
    3.   look
16. Sam hopes .... an astronaut one day .
    1.   to become
    2.   becoming
    3.   to becoming
    4.   become
17. I can't believe you're going on a cruise this summer; it must be costing the ..............!
    1.   fortune
    2.   earth
    3.   nickel
18. In recent years there has been a large increase .............. the number of people who take no regular exercise.
    1.   of
    2.   for
    3.   in
19. Lisa ... the house when her husband came home.
    1.   was painting
    2.   has painted
    3.   paints
20. Listen! A siren is ..............
    1.   splashing
    2.   barking
    3.   wailing
    4.   crashing