English Grammar Quiz PROFICIENCY 1

This device was used ... dirt from chimneys.

• a by removing

• b in removal

• c for removing

• d to removing

"How's your meal?" "It's ... bad"

• a nothing as

• b nothing so

• c not too

• d not very

My mom ... clean my room.

• a suggested to me

• b asked me

• c made me

• d requested me

It is difficult for young people to understand ... experience.

• a the importance of

• b how important is the

• c importance of

• d how important is it to

You shouldn't have come down so hard ... Tom. It wasn't his fault.

• a at

• b with

• c on

• d to

The book is very useful as it has ... notes after each chapter.

• a explaining

• b explanatory

• c explanation

• d explicable

"I don't care if you don't like my idea". "That's not what I said, so stop being so ..."

• a defense

• b defending

• c defensible

• d defensive

If we paint the house ourselves, it would save time ... money

• a on top of

• b in contrast to

• c not to mention

• d as far as

I was ... of leaving the office when it started to rain.

• a. on the point

• b. in the point

• c. about the point

• d. to the point

Why is he always making joke ... my expense?

• a to

• b on

• c at

• d for