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Grammar

Level C2

Part 1 - Mixed Exercise

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For questions 1-10, choose the correct answer.

1

Word Order

Rarely .......... such a meticulously sourced rebuttal in a public inquiry.

 have I heard

 did I heard

 have heard I

 I have heard

2

Articles

She was appointed .......... Chair of the Ethics Committee after the previous incumbent resigned.

 an

 -

 a

 the

3

Present Tenses

I .......... the footnotes all morning, and I still haven’t reconciled the citations with the bibliography.

 am checking

 have checked

 checked

 have been checking

4

Past Tenses

By the time the auditors arrived, the finance team .......... the discrepancy for weeks.

 had been investigating

 had investigated

 were investigating

 investigated

5

Future Tense

By this time next year, the lab .......... the trial phase and will be publishing preliminary findings.

 will be completing

 will complete

 will have completed

 is going to complete

6

Passive Voice

The minister’s remarks .......... as a tacit endorsement of the policy, despite the subsequent clarification.

 widely interpreted

 were widely interpreted

 have widely interpreted

 were widely interpreting

7

Confusing Words

The committee’s decision was .......... by a desire to avoid setting a precedent, not by personal animus.

 provoked

 motivated

 inspired

 stimulated

8

Phrasal Verbs

The spokesperson tried to .......... the leaked email as a harmless draft, but the timeline contradicted him.

 pass off

 pass away

 pass out

 pass over

9

Linking Words

The methodology is sound; .........., the sample size is too small to support such sweeping claims.

 nevertheless

 therefore

 consequently

 moreover

10

Word Formation

His argument was impressively .........., but it rested on an untested assumption.

 coherence

 coherent

 coherency

 coherently

What to do

This part consists of a number of assessments, each of which has only one valid answer.

Select the best answer according to what you read.

There's only a correct answer which you will have to select by clicking on it.

Don't spend time in an assessment you don't know. Wasting time on this activity might cost you points later in the exam because you won’t have enough time to do other tasks well. Get used to being quick!

Don't spend time in an assessment you don't know. Wasting time on this activity might cost you points later in the exam because you won’t have enough time to do other tasks well. Get used to being quick!

Although these grammar tests are not part of the official Cambridge exams, they are still important as they touch on language elements that you'll come across in all parts of the official exams, such as Reading and Use of English.

Strategy

  1. Read the assessment so you understand what it is about.
  2. Pay attention to the topic on the top-right corner of each assessment.
  3. Check the words before and after each gap and look for grammatical collocations.
  4. Remember that you select a choice by clicking on it.

Instructions

For questions 1-10, choose the correct answer.

Exercise Details

Author

Gagik Gabrielyan

@gagik-gabrielyan

User Prompt

"Create a mixed exercise for grammar in use practice"

Tone: Standard
Level: C2

Created on:

Mar 31, 2026

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