1. I planned to go for a walk but the rain put me ........ the idea.
	of	off	against	on
2. They haven't really been to China, ........ they ?
	were	did	have	had
3. My husband, ........ favourite hobby is stamp collecting, has many rare stamps
	whom	whose	which	that
4. I disagree. My ideas are entirely opposite ........ yours.
	to	from	of	against
5. Some people never set ........ to become rich and famous
	up	out	off	across
6. I didn't learn much Greek ........ I was in Crete
	as	during	since	while
7. The more ........ we walk the longer it will take us to get home
	slowly	slower	slowest	slow
8. Too ........ salt is not good for you
	many	great	few	much
9. All the runners have a number ........ we can quickly identify them during the race
	so that	so as	so to	in order
10. I'd rather you ........ smoke in the office
	couldn't	mustn't	shouldn't	didn't
11. If the weather hadn't been so bad we would have ........ to the beach
	went	gone	been	not been
12. A certificate from Cambridge University is a valuable ........ .
	examination	qualification	production	paper
13. I'll go shopping with you ........ I can get back in time for the lecture at 2 p.m.
	in order that	so that	such that	as long as
14. The phone has been out of order ........ yesterday afternoon
	since	for	during	after
15. I'd strongly ........ against staying up late the night before an important examination
	argue	advise	recommend	suggest
16. I look forward ........ you next week
	seeing	to seeing	see	to see
17. He turned ........ the offer of a new job and stayed with his present employer
	up	down	out	off
18. ........ being 70 years old he is very fit and healthy
	Although	Except	Whereas	Despite
19. Would you ........ opening the window please ?
	care	mind	like	help
20. His handwriting is very bad. I can't ........ out his signature.
	find	pick	make	read
21. You should take an umbrella. ........ it rains and you get wet.
	Although	What	Suppose	In case
22. It isn't ........ worrying about the traffic. We'll only be a few minutes late.
	of value	important	worth	necessary
23. I remembered ........ up in that house with my brothers and sisters
	to grow	to growing	grow	growing
24. The food will be wonderful if you follow the ........ carefully.
	instructions	plan	receipt	recipe
25. If I ........ lived in Cambridge, I wouldn't have met you.
	hadn't	didn't	wasn't	could

Q No	CORRECT ANSWER	INFORMATION
1	off	Phrasal verbs: to put someone off - to discourage
2	have	Question Tags: Negative main clause + positive tag in same tense (have)
3	whose	Relative Clauses: 'whose' - possessive relative pronoun is required
4	to	Adjective + preposition: 'opposite to' (adjective), but 'the opposite of'
5	out	Phrasal verbs: to set out ( to plan to do something ) is required
6	while	Conjunctions expressing time: 'while + clause' - within a period of time.
7	slowly	Comparatives: The adverb 'slowly' is required. The others are adjectives.
8	much	Uncountable nouns: salt is uncountable and only 'much' can be used with it
9	so that	Purpose clause: use of 'so that' + clause to express purpose
10	didn't	Expressing wishes: 'would rather' requires verb in the past tense (didn't)
11	gone	Conditional 3: If+hadn't+past participle..would+have+past participle (gone)
12	qualification	Lexical sets: 'Qualification' describes the academic result
13	as long as	Conditional 1: 'As long as', meaning 'if and only if', is needed
14	since	Since: refers to time that began at a time in the past and still continues
15	advise	Verb + preposition: 'advise + against' conveys the strong advice
16	to seeing	Verb Patterns: look forward requires 'to + verb-ing' (to seeing)
17	down	Phrasal verbs: to turn down - to refuse, is required
18	Despite	Contrast clauses: the -ing clause (being..) requires 'Despite'
19	mind	Making Requests: 'would you mind + verb-ing' is the polite form
20	make	Phrasal verbs: to make out - to identify, is required
21	Suppose	Suppose+clause: 'Suppose' means 'assume to be true'. 'What' requires 'if'
22	worth	Verb Patterns: (not) worth + verb-ing
23	growing	Verb Patterns: only 'remember(ed)+verb-ing' can be used here (growing)
24	recipe	Lexical sets: 'recipe' instructions and ingredients used in making food
25	hadn't	Conditional: requires If+past form (hadn't)..would(n't)+have+past participle

INTERPRETATION
Number of Answers Correct	Comment
21 - 25	Excellent. You should consider trying a test at a higher level
17 - 20	Very good for this level
12 - 16	Satisfactory for this level
0 - 11	Perhaps this level may be too difficult for you, but studying the questions and answers may help you improve the language areas covered by the test.

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