Home > B2 Grammar > Upper-intermediate English Grammar Test 8 0% Upper-intermediate English Grammar Test 8 1. The Town Council ______ against raising the rents of its houses. are aren't were is 2. Are you ______ or do you want me to switch on the heating ? pretty cold too warm warm enough quite cold 3. You must do ______ he says. whatever whomever wherever whenever 4. ______ protein can only be found in ______ meat. _ / _ A / _ The / _ _ / the 5. ______ you go, Iโll go with you. Whoever Whatever Whichever Wherever 6. Although ______ brown rice is better for you, ______ most people prefer______ white rice. the / the / the the / _ / the _ / the / _ _ / _ / _ 7. __ ancient Egypt consisted of __ desert regions surrounding __ Nile. _ / the / the The / the / _ _ / _ / the The / _ / the 8. Taylor knows a lot about ______ classical music. He seems to like ______ string quartets of Beethoven best. _ / _ the / _ a / the _ / the 9. In 1937 ____ explorer Sir Hubert Wilkens set out to search for ____ Soviet airman whose plane had gone down over ____ North Pole. the / the / _ _ / the / _ the / a / the _ / a / the 10. All that glitters ______ not gold. are aren't were is 11. ______ inflation is defined as ______ persistent rise in ______ general level of prices. _ / a / the _ / _ / the _ / a / _ The / _ / the 12. Economic growth is not ______ sufficient condition on its own to ensure ______ increase in ______ economic welfare. _ / the / _ a / an / the a / an / _ the / _ / _ 13. You look very ______. Whatโs the matter? happily unhappily angrily unhappy 14. Not all English people ______ fish and chips. likes doesn't like like donโt like 15. It is ______ interesting book. It gives ______ wonderful picture of what ______ life was like in ______ Victorian times. a / a / the / the an / a / the / _ an / a / _ / _ an /_ / the / _ 16. Iโm going to ______ next term, because the exams are getting closer. study hardly hardly study studying hard study hard 17. ______ Finance Minister increased ______ tax on ______ petrol in his last budget. The / the / the _ / the / the The / the / _ _ / the / the 18. It came out many years later that ______ pair had been happily married since ______ beginning of ______ century. the / the / the _ / the / the the / _ / _ the / the / _ Your score is The average score is 0% 0% Restart quiz