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1.

I’m really looking forward to _____ my new course.
A) start

B) starting

C) started

D) to start

2.

They can’t help us _____ the house.
A) move

B) moving

C) moved

D) move to

3.

She refused _____ the phone.
A) answer

B) to answer

C) answered

D) answering

4.

I don’t mind _____ to the restaurant.
A) driving

B) drive

C) drove

D) to drive

5.

We encouraged them _____ a new business.
A) setting up

B) to set up

C) set up

D)’d setup

6.

His parents don’t allow him _____ after ten o’clock.
A) stay up

B) to stay up

C) stay up

D) stayed up

7.

I’ll be back in touch _____ soon _____ possible.
A) as

B) like

C) like / as

D) as / as

8.

This wine tastes _____ vinegar!
A) likes

B) as / as

C) like

D) as

9.

I’ve known Andy for years. He went to the same school _____ I did.
A) liked

B) similar to

C) like

D) as

10. My sister’s a teacher _____ me.

A) likes

B) similar

C) like

D) as

11. ‘We had a new teacher today called Mary.’

‘What was she _____?’
A) liked

B) look like

C) like

D) as

12. Who do I look _____ , my mother or my father?

A) like

B) more

C) likes

D) as

13. She really annoys me. I can’t stand people _____ her.

A) likes

B) compared to C) like

D) as

14. I’ll see you tomorrow at 11.00 _____ usual.

A) like

B) as - as

C) like

D) as

15. It’s July and the weather’s awful! It’s _____ in winter!

A) likes

B) as like

C) like

D)as

16. I need to buy all sorts of things _____ socks, shirts and knickers.

A) likes

B) such

C) like

D) as

17. My wife has found a job _____ a personal assistant.

A) likes

B) as - as

C) like

D) as

18. Dave drinks _____ a fish! I’ve never seen anyone drink as much.

A) likes

B) as such

C) like

D) as

19. My brother has a car _____ yours.

A) likes

B) such

C) like

D) as

20. Don’t touch anything. Leave everything _____ it is.

A) likes

B) so

C) like

D) as

21. It’s freezing. My feet are _____ blocks of ice.

A) likes

B) such

C) like

D) as

22. I want _____ more careful with your homework in future.

A) you be

B) you to be

C) that you are

D) you being

23. I stopped _____ when I was thirty.

A) to smoke

B) smoke

C) smoking

D) too smoke

24. Why did I agree _____ with you? I can’t stand it.

A) to work

B) work

C) working

D) to working

- As, like
- Questions with like
- Phrasal verbs
- Infinitive, gerund

TEST - 6

INTERMEDIATE

25. I tried _____ you that you were making a mistake, but you didn’t

listen.
A) tell

B) to tell

C) telling

D) told

26. I’m looking forward _____ you again soon.

A) to see

B) to seeing

C) seeing

D) too seeing

27. My parents let me _____ what I wanted when I was young.

A) do

B) to do

C) doing

D) does

28. I wasn’t allowed _____ out unless they knew where I was going.

A) going

B) go

C) to go

D) going to

29. I finished _____ the television, and then I went to bed.

A) watching

B) to watch

C) watch

D) watch to

30. I don’t like people _____ arrive late.

A) which

B) whose

C) who

D) where

31. The company _____ he works for is based in Germany.

A) which

B) whose

C) who

D) where

32. Where are the scissors _____ I bought yesterday?

A) which

B) whose

C) who

D) where

33. I want you to meet the woman _____ taught me how to drive.

A) which

B) whose

C) who

D) where

34. The meal _____ you cooked was delicious.

A) which

B) whose

C) who

D) where

35. I like animals _____ don’t make a mess.

A) which

B) whose

C) who

D) where

36. The film _____ I’ve always wanted to see is on TV tonight.

A) whose

B) which

C) who

D) where

37. The flat _____ they bought was very expensive.

A) which

B) whose

C) who

D) where

38. The room in our house _____ is most used is the kitchen.

A) which

B) whose

C) who

D) where

39. I didn’t like the meal _____ we had yesterday.

A) which

B) whose

C) who

D) where

40. The people _____ work here are very interesting.

A) which

B) whose

C) who

D) where

41. The man _____ you were talking about has just come in the room.

A) which

B) whose

C) who

D) where

42. I received a letter this morning _____ really upset me.

A) who

B) which

C) where

D) whose

43. Toby, a boy _____ I went to school with, is ill in hospital.

A) who

B) which

C) where

D) whose

44. He’s going to have an operation _____ could save his life.

A) who

B) which

C) where

D) whose

45. Toby, _____ parents both died a few years ago,  is the same age as

me.
A) who

B) which

C) where

D) whose

46. I recently went back to the town ____ I was born.

A) who

B) which

C) where

D) whose

47. The people _____ used to live next door moved  a long time ago.

A) who

B) which

C) where

D) whose

48. I met a girl _____ I used to play tennis with.

A) who

B) which

C) where

D) whose

49. She told me a story _____ I found hard to believe.

A) who

B) which

C) where

D) whose

50. She said she’d married a man _____ had been married ten times

before.
A) who

B) which

C) where

D) whose

51. I’ll dry the dishes if you _____ them _____.

A) put / away

B) find / out

C) put / out

D) wash / up

52. ‘Can you _____ the time of the next train to London?’  ‘O.K. I’ll

phone the station.’
A) put away

B) find out

C) put out

D) clear up

Book 1 Part A

Intermediate Test 6