Advanced English Grammar Test 7

1. John won’t be arriving until later, I’m afraid. His train’s been
______.

2. He kept ______ trying to annoy me and in the end I just hit him.

3. In some parks visitors are requested to keep ______ the grass.

4. As the doctor arrived to attend to the girl who had fainted, the
crowd moved to one side to ______.

5. I’ve just heard that John Parker – you remember who robbed a
house a few years ago- is being ______ this weekend.

6. This nuclear power station let ______ a cloud of dangerous gases.

7. The dog let ______ a yowl of pain when accidentally stepped on
its tail.

8. I hope help comes soon, Julie. I don’t think we can ______ much
longer.

9. I ______ the paper for news of the proposed strike, but didn’t
find anything.

10. The children had great fun ______ fireworks.

11. Instead of being sent to prison, The shoplifter was ______ with a
fine.

12. Keep ______ alcohol and don’t smoke.

13. I’m sorry I’m late. I was ______ in the traffic.

14. If you don’t know what the word means, you’d better ______ in
the dictionary.

15. ______ ! (Be careful) There is a car coming!

16. I’d like to ______ the house before I decide to rent it.

17. Our living room looks ______ the mountains.

18. If you want to make a good impression ,it’s important to ______
your colleagues.