C1 Mid-Term Test Revision | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

When I was younger, eating vegan food was ______________ popular as it is now.

nowhere near as

nothing near as

not as nearly

not such

If only I _________ the habit of going to bed so late.

could get out of

should get off

can get into

will get over

What do you think your parents ________ differently when you were a child?

could have done

need have done

could be doing

would have done

He____________ his ambitious goals.

wasn't successful in achieving

didn't succeed to achieve

was unsuccessful to achieve

unsuccessfully achieved

If I'd had more money, I ___________ my brother in Australia.

would have been able to visit

had been able to visit

would have been visited

will have been able to visit

I encourage ____________ the Gingerbread Exhibition.

everyone to visit

to everyone to visit

everyone for visiting

everyone visiting

Rewrite the sentence using 'it'. To love cats is difficult for Susan. It______

It is difficult for Susan to love cats.

Do you ______ to leave your comfort zone, or do you avoid ____ risks?

dare/ taking

consider/ taking

enjoy/ to take

try/ to take

The most successful people risk ______ again and again.

failing

to fail

fail

having failed

What is preventing you ________ your true potential?

from achieving

achieving

to achieve

with achieving

I regret ___________ for the course more quickly. Now it's too late.

not having applied

I didn't apply

not being applied

I won't have applied

You __________ so easily. You still had a chance of winning the game.

shouldn't have given up

might not have given up

mustn't give up

needn't have not given up

We were so lucky to be able to ____ our ambition of travelling the world.

realise

recognise

organise

visualise

A: Are you and Max going to have a holiday this year? B: ________

We hope so

We hope it

We don't hope it

We're hoping

It's high time you _____ taking more responsibility for your own wellbeing.

started

will start

are starting

would start

I'd rather we _____ out tonight. Let's stay in and watch a movie.

didn't go

hadn't gone

wouldn't go

haven't gone

I love living here but I sometimes wish it _______ so much.

didn't rain

wasn't raining

won't be raining

shouldn't rain

My mother is very _______________ of shopping online and always insists on going to the shopping centre to buy everything she needs.

mistrustful

mistrusted

mistrustatious

distrustful

It’s impossible to succeed without training hard. ( AVOID) You __________ if you want to succeed.

You can't avoid training hard if you want to succeed.

You mustn't avoid to train hard if you want to succeed.

You haven't to avoid training hard if you want to succeed.

You could have avoided training hard if you want to succeed.

The modern world is crowded with the most amazing technological revolutions, far _____ than the world has _____ seen before.

more/ ever

fewer/ ever

many/ never

enough/ ever

Participants in the survey stated that they were ____ disappointed with the way in which big companies have ignored the main environmental issues.

bitterly

perfectly

entirely

totally

The results of a recent survey about large companies and the environment were _____ predictable, to be honest.

fairly

practically

virtually

slightly

Whatever your views, it can be argued that archaeology has a _________ effect on how we understand the past.

noticeable

noticed

unnoticed

noticeful

I wish I had worked harder at school. (REGRET) I __________________________ at school..

I regret not working harder at school.

I regret to have not worked harder at school.

I regret to not work hard at school.

I don't regret working harder at school.

At first, Susan refused to take singing lessons from an expert, but she realised that she ______ to have expert help to fully develop her gift.

needed

must

should be able

had had

Successful people are those who do not give up when they _____ setbacks.

encounter

achieve

realise

follow

My sister was delighted because she _______ a new job the week before.

had just got

had just had

had just been getting

must have got

Joshua was nervous about delivering his _____ on the art of conversation to his peers at university.

speech

debate

gossip

discussion

For many of us, being able to pass on our possessions to charity or throw them away is a real _____, which involves considerable mental effort.

feat

performance

potential

circumstance

If everything goes according to schedule, in six months’ time the factory _______ at full capacity.

will be running

is running

will have been running

must be running

We want the results of our work to be _____ in order to demonstrate that we are a valuable asset to the company. (EFFECT)

effective

Which is NOT possible? We _____ 100 new staff to work in the new factory over the next month or so.

will have recruited

are going to recruit

are recruiting

will be recruiting

It’s a popular _______________ that you can see the Great Wall of China from space.

misconception

misconceiving

misconceptation

misconcept

When there’s no _____ left in any of our cupboards or other storage space, it’s time to get rid of the things we don’t use.

room

area

places

accommodation

Complete the second sentence using the word in brackets: My parents did not allow me to go to the university I wanted. (PREVENTED) My parents__________ to the university I wanted.

My parents prevented me from going

My parents prevented me going

My parents prevented me to go

My parents were prevented from allowing me to go

Emily always said that she ______ a successful musician without her parents’ help.

could not have become

must not have become

can't have become

shouldn't have become

_____ all our life’s ambitions can be a difficult feat which very few people ever manage to do.

Realising

Meeting

Receiving

Gaining

Which is NOT possible? Our company _____ to a new location at the end of next month

will have been moving

will be moving

is moving

is going to move

Where _________________ of going for your next holiday?

are you thinking

do you think

will you be thinking

are you going to be thinking

Rewrite the sentence using the word in brackets: She started work here five years ago next Sunday. (BEEN) By next Sunday she ______________ for five years.

By next Sunday she will have been working here for five years.

Rewrite the sentence using the word in brackets: When I came here, they were renovating their house and they’re still doing it. (SINCE) They __________________________ I came here.

They have been renovating their house since I came here.