"Grammar Banging" - Review your English - 1 - Upper-Intermediate

Choose the correct word to fill in the gap

1. If she ___________ about his financial situation, she would have helped him out.

   A) knew    B) had been knowing    C) had known    D) have known

2. I'll ______________ their cat while they are away on holiday.

   A) be looking into    B) be looking at    C) be looking after    D) be looking over

3. He made his children ______ their homework every afternoon.

   A) do    B) to do    C) studied    D) to study

4. The test was ____ difficult she had problems finishing it on time.

   A) such    B) a    C) as    D) so

5. By the time she arrives, we ________________ our homework.

   A) finish    B) will have finished    C) will finish    D) were finished

6. She _________________ lunch by the time we arrived.

   A) had finished    B) finished    C) have finished    D) finishing

7. The sun ______ at 9 last night.

   A) sat    B) setted    C) set    D) was setting

8. When I stopped __________ to Mary, she was picking some flowers in her garden.

   A) speaking    B) speak    C) to stop    D) spoke

9. Despite ______________ hard, he failed the exam.

   A) he studied    B) he has studied    C) studying    D) study

10. That room _______________ for a meeting today.

    A) is used B) is being used    C) used    D) is using

11. We ____________ tennis every day when we were young.

    A) use to play    B) would play    C) were playing    D) were used to play

12. If I __________ you, I would wait a while to begin investing.

    A) was    B) am    C) were    D) would be

13. He'll give you a call as soon as he __________.

    A) will arrive    B) arrives    C) is arriving    D) is going to arrive.