Advanced grammar tests - English exam centre 2015
Adjectives & Adverbs / Test-1
1. I’ve had a full day’s rest now and I feel much ...; at least ... enough to be able to get out of bed.
A) the worst / worse
B) better / well
C) best / better
D) good / so well
E) worse / as good
2. There is nothing ... a slight breeze on a hot, sunny day.
A) refreshing enough
B) as refreshed as
C) more refreshing than
D) so refreshing that
E) the most refreshed
3. The survey confirmed that house prices are ... higher in the South than in the North.
A) so
B) more
C) most
D) as
E) much
4. here is ... a shortage of qualified teachers in England ... the government is paying students to train in teaching.
A) such / that
B) so / as
C) more / than
D) too / than
E) as / that
5. My father treasures the gold watch that he was given ... a retirement present.
A) like
B) as
C) such as
D) so
E) too
6. Some of the delegates were ... with the Chairman’s speech ... they walked out.
A) too disappointed / that
B) more disappointing / than
C) so disappointed / that
D) so disappointing / than
E) as disappointed / as
7. Without the heavy make-up she wears, she looks ... in real life ... she does on television.
A) young / so
B) as young / that
C) younger / than
D) the youngest / as
E) so young / that
8. He wasn’t ... studious student in the class, but he worked ... to pass the final examinations.
A) the most / hard enough
B) such / harder than
C) more / so hard that
D) as much as / hardly
E) too much / too hard
9. After we had been shopping, Alice and May went bowling, but I was ... to join them.
A) so tiring that
B) the most tired
C) so tired as
D) too tired
E) as tiring as
10. The spot where Vicki’s new house is located is ... that all her friends and relatives want to visit her.
A) the most picturesque
B) more picturesque than
C) as picturesque
D) such a picturesque
E) so picturesque
11. The amazing thing about oltu stone is that ... you keep it, ... it gets.
A) so long / so shiny
B) the long / the shiny
C) the longest / the shiniest
D) the longer / the shinier
E) as long / as shiny
12. For me, ... aspect of the conference was the decision to concentrate on environmental issues.
A) as encouraging
B) so encouraged as
C) more encouraged
D) the most encouraging
E) such an encouraged
13. My father plays golf just for fun, although sometimes he plays ... some professionals.
A) so skilful that
B) as skillfully as
C) more skillfully
D) the most skilful
E) skillfully enough
14. She couldn’t believe that her son had behaved ... to be disciplined by the teacher.
A) as bad as
B) worse than
C) the worst
D) so badly that
E) badly enough
15. The courts dealt with the farmer who had shot the thief ... tolerantly ... most people considered appropriate.
A) more / as
B) so / as
C) the most / than
D) less / than
E) too / that
16. Because it all happened ..., he couldn’t give the officer an accurate description of his attackers.
A) so suddenly
B) as sudden
C) too sudden
D) as suddenly
E) the most sudden
17. The people have ... distrust of the government in this African nation that few residents expect the elections to be fair.
A) so
B) such
C) as
D) like
E) much
18. He is feeling ... it can be expected after ... a major operation.
A) well enough / like
B) so well that / so
C) as well as / such
D) better than / that
E) the best / as
19. I felt ... ill yesterday to get out of bed, but I’m feeling ... better today.
A) as / much
B) so / that
C) more / so
D) enough / more
E) too / a lot
20. This material is ... to be stitched together on a sewing machine.
A) too delicate
B) as delicately as
C) so delicate that
D) delicately enough
E) such a delicate
21. Certain household items, ... bleach and insecticides, are very dangerous and should be kept away from children.
A) so much
B) just as
C) rather
D) such as
E) more
22. ... students enrolled on the Serbo-Croat language course that they are discontinuing this class.
A) Fewer
B) Less
C) the least
D) So little
E) So few
23. I knew my grandmother was seriously ill as she couldn’t speak ... .
A) tactfully
B) utterly
C) anxiously
D) courageously
E) coherently
24. The council are looking for a qualified management accountant, but it is a / an ... position to cover the present post holder’s maternity leave.
A) temporary
B) immediate
C) momentary
D) compulsory
E) limitless
25. ... petroleum and natural gas, coal is a carbon-based fossil fuel.
A) Such as
B) More
C) So
D) As
E) Like
26. I thought we were being ... we could be, but the neighbors still complained that we were ... .
A) quieter than / such noisy
B) as quiet as / too noisy
C) so quietly / noisy enough
D) quietly enough / as noisy
E) the quietest / noisier
27. I didn’t really want the children to eat all the ice-cream, but I was ... to argue with them.
A) as tired as
B) tired enough
C) too tired
D) so tired that
E) more tired than
28. We were expecting it to be a little cool, but admittedly, none of us expected ... weather ... this for our club picnic.
A) so awful / that
B) as awfully / as
C) more awfully / than
D) such awful / as
E) the most awful / than
29. The oak tree in our garden is almost ... the house itself.
A) so tall that
B) the tallest
C) much taller
D) tall enough
E) as tall as
30. In some southern counties in the USA, blacks outnumber whites by four to one. Yet ... thirty-six years ago, in many of these counties, not a single black person has registered to vote.
A) as recently as
B) so recently that
C) more recently
D) less recently
E) recently enough
31. The shops on the main street have been restored and now they serve ... boutiques and gift shops for tourists.
A) such
B) so
C) as
D) like
E) enough
32. ’The Commercial Dispatch’ is ... of all the newspapers published in Mississippi.
A) more progressive
B) the most progressive
C) as progressive as
D) too progressive
E) so progressive that
33. Toads, which belong to ... family ... frogs, have shorter legs than frogs.
A) the same / as
B) more / than
C) so / that
D) such / as
E) rather / than
34. It was ... injury that he struggled to carry on playing for the rest of the game.
A) so painfully
B) such a painful
C) the most painful
D) as painful as
E) too painfully
35. I felt quite out of place in my evening dress as most of the guests were ... dressed.
A) formally
B) publicly
C) privately
D) casually
E) peacefully
36. Most of the population of Canada live in the cities in the South, leaving the Arctic North ... populated.
A) plainly
B) roughly
C) sparsely
D) densely
E) primitively
37. For one she knew the answer to the question, and so, afraid to miss the chance, raised her hand ... .
A) limitlessly
B) temporarily
C) reluctantly
D) tenderly
E) enthusiastically
38. The comedian Jasper Carrot doesn’t tell jokes, but he describes daily life ... audiences roar with laughter.
A) as humorously as
B) humorously enough
C) such a humorous
D) more humorous than
E) so humorously that
39. ... birds ... parrots, parakeets and mynahs learn to imitate sounds, but they do not have the capacity to think or to understand what they are saying.
A) Rather / than
B) So / that
C) Much / like
d) Such / as
E) As / as
40. Canadian wolves are ... wolves in the world and twice ... a large dog.
A) larger than / so big
B) the largest / as big as
C) large enough / bigger than
D) too large / too big
E) so large / the biggest