TEST YOUR GRAMMAR 4
1- We ... dinner when our unexpected guests ... A) ate/were arriving
B) were eating/arrived
C) had eaten/would have arrived D) have eaten/arrive
E) had been eating/have arrived
2- Since they ... us they were coining, we ... any food for them.
A) aren't telling/don't have B) hadn't told/didn't have C) won't tell/haven't had D) don't tell/won't have E) haven't told/aren't having
3- By the time the plane finally ... after a four-hour delay, everyone waiting to meet the passengers ... fed up.
A) has landed/would be B) is landing/is C) landed/was
D) was landing/has been E) would land/had been
4- From what he ... in his letter, I thought that he ... in Paris until next year.
A) had written/would be living B) has written/lives
C) had been writing/will live D) was writing/lived
E) would have written/was living
5- Unless you ... where you are going soon, you ... able to get a ticket.
A) decided/haven't been B) will decide/aren't going to be C) have decided/aren't D) decide/won't be able E) had decided/won't have been
6- My niece should be able to give you some information about London, because she ... there for years.
A) lives B) is living C) had lived
D) has lived E) could live
7- By the time she ... her master's degree, she ... the same subject for eight years.
A) will be completing/has studied B) completed/will study
C) would be completing/had studied D) has completed/had been studying E) completes/will have been studying
8- Please don't go abroad for your university education. If I ... you for a whole year, I... you terribly.
A) won't have seen/miss B) don't see/will miss C) didn't see/am missing
D) hadn't seen/might have missed E) haven't seen/was missing
9- The Pyrenees Mountains, between Prance and Spain, are not ... high as the Alps, but in some ways they are ... impressive.
A) so/the most B) very/such C) too/much
D) as/more E) more/too
10- I can't do ... on my own. You'll have to find ... else to share my work.
A) anything/everyone B) something/anyone C) everything/someone D) something/everybody E) nothing/nobody
11- There was plenty of time, so we ... dinner in the station restaurant while we ... for the train to leave.
A) will have/waited B) have had/are waiting C) are having/have waited D) are going to have/wait E) had/were waiting
12- The blue car ... well over the speed limit to have caused such a horrible accident.
A) will have travelled B) should have been travelling C) used to travel D) must have been travelling E) is supposed to travel
13- My home town ... a lot of steel, but now hardly any is made there. A) used to produce B) is supposed to produce C) might be producing D) has been producing E) had better produce
14- Ifhe book the teacher assigned was so boring that I decided to read ... one on the same subject.
A) some other B) another C) each other D) the others E) other
15- I don't know what happened to my bag, but I suppose it ... A) must have stolen B) has been stealing C) could have been stolen D) will have been stolen E) should have stolen
16- If then I asked Sally how she liked her subjects at university, she answered sadly that... were too difficult for ... .
A) them/itself B) they/her C) their/she D) themselves/hers E) theirs/herself
17- I'm not going to start looking for a job ... I have finished my studies.
A) by the time B) without C) therefore
D) until E) moreover
18- In spite of the fact that the government owns ... of the forests in our country, ... has been done either to curb their misuse or to develop a well-managed forest industry.
A) whole/some B) a few/none C) most/plenty D) both/much E) all/little
19- ... today, in some societies the world is thought to be fiat. A) Since B) Already C) Even D) Unless E) Rather 20- I... to the party last night, but at the last minute. I ... that I had an exam this morning.
A) went/would have realised B) had gone/have realised C) was going to go/realised D) had to go/must have realised E) would go/might have realised
21- ... how hard she tried, her boss always complained about her work.
A) No matter B) As much as C) Nonetheless D) Although E) As though
22- He refused to take his doctors advice to stop smoking: ... he died a lingering and painful death.
A) otherwise B) on the other hand C) unless D) as long as E) consequently
23- When Sir Richard Burton set out on his pilgrimage to Mecca in 1854, no one knew ... he would return alive.
A) unless B) whether C) In case
D) however E) until
24- There were severe punishments for non-Muslims who tried to enter the holy city, ... his Arabic was so good that no one suspected him.
A) so B) or C) yet D) as E)for
25- ... travelling to Mecca in disguise. Burton was also able to penetrate the forbidden city of Harar in what is now Ethiopia. A) Although B) Regardless of C) Despite
D) Whereas E) Besides
26- ... he was one of the most famous explorers and linguists of his age, his talents were never really appreciated by his government. A) Although B) Nevertheless C) Unless
D) Whenever E) However
27- Though it was an interesting trip, ... of the places we visited had ... decent hotels.
A) any/no B) much/many C) a little/some D) none/any E) some/plenty
28- He has ... hair ... it is hardly worth going to the barber. A) too few/for B) as much/as C) less/than
D) such a lot of/as E) so little/that
29- There were ... camels to take us all across the desert, so It was obvious that... of .us would have to stay behind at the well. A) enough/all B) so many/one C) no/none
D) little/few E) too few/some
30- ... all that may well be true, I still think her reply was needlessly cruel.
A) As though B) While C) Once
D) However E) On the other hand
31- Some businessmen go headlong into any risky venture ... the consequences.
A) as though B) besides C) even if D) regardless of E) instead of
32- ... had we begun to take our exam than the fire alarm rang and we all had to leave the building.
A) Rather B) As far as C) No sooner
D) By the time E) The more
33- It won't be very pleasant... in our new flat until we get a heating system ... .
A) living/to install B) live/having installed C) to be living/install D) having lived/installing E) to live/installed
34- As the leisure industry becomes more sophisticated, there are more new and exciting ways in ... to spend one's free time.
A) that B) where C) which D) what E) whose 35- On the other hand, I have never understood ... people have to
rely on the leisure industry, instead of using their imaginations. A) that B) how C) why D) who E) which
36- I don't mind ... TV at home, but I'd much rather ... a film in the cinema.
A) to watch/to see B) watch/seeing C) having watched/seen D) watching/see E) watched/having seen
37- If you can manage ... here by nine, then we can finish ... the meeting before lunchtime.
A) to get/planning B) getting/to plan C) to be getting/planned D) having got/having planned E) to have got/to be planning
38- Though I asked around, no one was quite sure ... it took to get to the next town.
A) how far B) how long C) how much
D) how often E) how many
39- For their holiday, they went back to Morocco, ... they had first met twenty years before.
A) whose B) which C) when D) where E) what
40- Prance, famous for its cuisine, has produced some of the world's ... notable and creative chefs.
A) most B) much C) so D) as E) too
41- Perhaps no factor is ... useful in the control of disease ... the science of sewage disposal.
A) so/that B) such/as C) more/than
D) the most/for E) too/as
42- We used to ... in Hawaii, but we decided ... because everything was so expensive there.
A) live/to leave B) living/to have left C) be living/leaving D) having lived/leave E) have lived/to be leaving
43- Kelly has got used to ... on her own, and now finds it difficult... a flat with anyone.
A) be living/sharing B) having lived/to be sharing C) live/to have shared D) living/to share
E) have lived/having shared
44- It was kind of them to tell us that we could stay with them ... we were in town.
A) whoever B) whenever C) wherever
45- Before reaching a decision, it will be necessary to consider ... option very carefully.
A) all B) every C) some D) plenty E) most
46- Although I don't look a bit like ... mother, I really take after ... in personality.
A) mine/hers B) myself/she C) herself/mine D) me/herself E) my/her
47- One of... will stay behind every day and check the windows and doors.
A) they B) her C) you D) his E) itself 48- I ran ... I could, but I still missed my bus.
A) as fast as B) faster than C) so fast that D) the fastest for E) so fast as
49- The book we were assigned for our literature class was ... I'm glad I finally managed to finish it.
A) too bored for B) so boring that C) the most boring D) more bored than E) as bored as
50- Everyone was surprised by the good weather; we had all expected it to be
A) too badly B) as bad C) such a bad D) worse E) the worst D) were dying E) were to have died
TEST YOUR GRAMMAR
l.B 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.D 6.D 7.E 8.B 9.D 10.C
ll.E 12.D 13.A 14.B 1S.C 16.B 17.D 18.E 19.C 20.C 21.A 22.E 23.B 24.C 25.E 26.A 27.D 28.E 29.E, 30.B 31.D 32.C 33.E 34.C 35.C 36.D 37.A 38.B 39.D 40.A 41.C 42.A 43.D 44.B 45.B 46.E 47.C 48.A 49.B 50.D 51.C S2.E 53.A 54.D 55.D 56.B 57.E 58.D 59.C 60.A
