Intermediate Grammar Test 16
1. I __1__ asleep while I was working because it took me
a long time to realize that the telephone __2__. When
I answered it, my girlfriend __3__ “__4__ that we __5__
to the cinema tonight? __6__. If you __7__ soon, we’ll
miss the film.” I suddenly remembered that __8__ for
the first performance of a new film. If I __9__ so much
work to do, I would have taken her out to dinner
before __10__ to the cinema. I said: “by the time I get
there, the film __11__. __12__ out to dinner instead.”
“You are a nuisance,” she said. “I __13__ the tickets.
Anyway, I’ve already had dinner.”
A) should fall
B) ought to fall
C) had to fall
D) must have fallen
2. I __1__ asleep while I was working because it took me
a long time to realize that the telephone __2__. When
I answered it, my girlfriend __3__ “__4__ that we __5__
to the cinema tonight? __6__. If you __7__ soon, we’ll
miss the film.” I suddenly remembered that __8__ for
the first performance of a new film. If I __9__ so much
work to do, I would have taken her out to dinner
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before __10__ to the cinema. I said: “by the time I get
there, the film __11__. __12__ out to dinner instead.”
“You are a nuisance,” she said. “I __13__ the tickets.
Anyway, I’ve already had dinner.”
A) rang
B) was ringing
C) has rung
D) has been ringing
3. I __1__ asleep while I was working because it took me
a long time to realize that the telephone __2__. When
I answered it, my girlfriend __3__ “__4__ that we __5__
to the cinema tonight? __6__. If you __7__ soon, we’ll
miss the film.” I suddenly remembered that __8__ for
the first performance of a new film. If I __9__ so much
work to do, I would have taken her out to dinner
before __10__ to the cinema. I said: “by the time I get
there, the film __11__. __12__ out to dinner instead.”
“You are a nuisance,” she said. “I __13__ the tickets.
Anyway, I’ve already had dinner.”
A) said
B) told
C) was saying
D) was telling
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4. I __1__ asleep while I was working because it took me
a long time to realize that the telephone __2__. When
I answered it, my girlfriend __3__ “__4__ that we __5__
to the cinema tonight? __6__. If you __7__ soon, we’ll
miss the film.” I suddenly remembered that __8__ for
the first performance of a new film. If I __9__ so much
work to do, I would have taken her out to dinner
before __10__ to the cinema. I said: “by the time I get
there, the film __11__. __12__ out to dinner instead.”
“You are a nuisance,” she said. “I __13__ the tickets.
Anyway, I’ve already had dinner.”
A) Aren’t you remembering
B) Aren’t you remembered
C) Doesn’t you remember
D) Don’t you remember
5. I __1__ asleep while I was working because it took me
a long time to realize that the telephone __2__. When
I answered it, my girlfriend __3__ “__4__ that we __5__
to the cinema tonight? __6__. If you __7__ soon, we’ll
miss the film.” I suddenly remembered that __8__ for
the first performance of a new film. If I __9__ so much
work to do, I would have taken her out to dinner
before __10__ to the cinema. I said: “by the time I get
there, the film __11__. __12__ out to dinner instead.”
“You are a nuisance,” she said. “I __13__ the tickets.
Anyway, I’ve already had dinner.”
A) would go
B) go
C) are going
D) will be going
6. I __1__ asleep while I was working because it took me
a long time to realize that the telephone __2__. When
I answered it, my girlfriend __3__ “__4__ that we __5__
to the cinema tonight? __6__. If you __7__ soon, we’ll
miss the film.” I suddenly remembered that __8__ for
the first performance of a new film. If I __9__ so much
work to do, I would have taken her out to dinner
before __10__ to the cinema. I said: “by the time I get
there, the film __11__. __12__ out to dinner instead.”
“You are a nuisance,” she said. “I __13__ the tickets.
Anyway, I’ve already had dinner.”
A) It’s half an hour I am waiting here
B) I’m waiting here since half an hour
C) I’ve been waiting here for half an hour
D) I’ve been waiting here since half an hour
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7. I __1__ asleep while I was working because it took me
a long time to realize that the telephone __2__. When
I answered it, my girlfriend __3__ “__4__ that we __5__
to the cinema tonight? __6__. If you __7__ soon, we’ll
miss the film.” I suddenly remembered that __8__ for
the first performance of a new film. If I __9__ so much
work to do, I would have taken her out to dinner
before __10__ to the cinema. I said: “by the time I get
there, the film __11__. __12__ out to dinner instead.”
“You are a nuisance,” she said. “I __13__ the tickets.
Anyway, I’ve already had dinner.”
A) aren’t coming
B) don’t come
C) won’t come
D) wouldn’t come
8. I __1__ asleep while I was working because it took me
a long time to realize that the telephone __2__. When
I answered it, my girlfriend __3__ “__4__ that we __5__
to the cinema tonight? __6__. If you __7__ soon, we’ll
miss the film.” I suddenly remembered that __8__ for
the first performance of a new film. If I __9__ so much
work to do, I would have taken her out to dinner
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before __10__ to the cinema. I said: “by the time I get
there, the film __11__. __12__ out to dinner instead.”
“You are a nuisance,” she said. “I __13__ the tickets.
Anyway, I’ve already had dinner.”
A) Sarah had been given some tickets
B) some tickets to Sarah had been given
C) to Sarah some tickets had been given
D) they had been given some tickets to Sarah
9. I __1__ asleep while I was working because it took me
a long time to realize that the telephone __2__. When
I answered it, my girlfriend __3__ “__4__ that we __5__
to the cinema tonight? __6__. If you __7__ soon, we’ll
miss the film.” I suddenly remembered that __8__ for
the first performance of a new film. If I __9__ so much
work to do, I would have taken her out to dinner
before __10__ to the cinema. I said: “by the time I get
there, the film __11__. __12__ out to dinner instead.”
“You are a nuisance,” she said. “I __13__ the tickets.
Anyway, I’ve already had dinner.”
A) should not have
B) would not have
C) had not have
D) would not have
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10. I __1__ asleep while I was working because it took me
a long time to realize that the telephone __2__. When
I answered it, my girlfriend __3__ “__4__ that we __5__
to the cinema tonight? __6__. If you __7__ soon, we’ll
miss the film.” I suddenly remembered that __8__ for
the first performance of a new film. If I __9__ so much
work to do, I would have taken her out to dinner
before __10__ to the cinema. I said: “by the time I get
there, the film __11__. __12__ out to dinner instead.”
“You are a nuisance,” she said. “I __13__ the tickets.
Anyway, I’ve already had dinner.”
A) to go
B) go
C) going
D) I was going
11. I __1__ asleep while I was working because it took me
a long time to realize that the telephone __2__. When
I answered it, my girlfriend __3__ “__4__ that we __5__
to the cinema tonight? __6__. If you __7__ soon, we’ll
miss the film.” I suddenly remembered that __8__ for
the first performance of a new film. If I __9__ so much
work to do, I would have taken her out to dinner
before __10__ to the cinema. I said: “by the time I get
there, the film __11__. __12__ out to dinner instead.”
“You are a nuisance,” she said. “I __13__ the tickets.
Anyway, I’ve already had dinner.”
A) will have started
B) shall have started
C) has started
D) has to start
12. I __1__ asleep while I was working because it took me
a long time to realize that the telephone __2__. When
I answered it, my girlfriend __3__ “__4__ that we __5__
to the cinema tonight? __6__. If you __7__ soon, we’ll
miss the film.” I suddenly remembered that __8__ for
the first performance of a new film. If I __9__ so much
work to do, I would have taken her out to dinner
before __10__ to the cinema. I said: “by the time I get
there, the film __11__. __12__ out to dinner instead.”
“You are a nuisance,” she said. “I __13__ the tickets.
Anyway, I’ve already had dinner.”
A) Let’s going
B) Let’s go
C) Will we go
D) Would we go
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13. I __1__ asleep while I was working because it took me

a long time to realize that the telephone __2__. When
I answered it, my girlfriend __3__ “__4__ that we __5__
to the cinema tonight? __6__. If you __7__ soon, we’ll
miss the film.” I suddenly remembered that __8__ for
the first performance of a new film. If I __9__ so much
work to do, I would have taken her out to dinner
before __10__ to the cinema. I said: “by the time I get
there, the film __11__. __12__ out to dinner instead.”
“You are a nuisance,” she said. “I __13__ the tickets.
Anyway, I’ve already had dinner.”

A) hadn’t accept
B) mustn’t have accept
C) didn’t need to accept
D) needn’t have accepted

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Answer Key:

1: D 8: A
2: B 9: C
3: A 10: C
4: D 11: A
5: C 12: B
6: C 13: D
7: B

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