Grammar revision

Test 1

Choose the correct answer.

1. Every time I travel some of my luggage … damaged.

a) get; b) got) c) gets; d) has got

2. There was hardly … juice left.

a) every; b) no; c) some; d) any

3. The incidence of street crime … by five percent in the last two months.

a) has risen; b) has been rising; c) had risen; d) rises

4. At the time of the trial last summer Hinkley … in prison for eight months.

a) has been; b) was; c) is; d) had been

5. You speak very good Chinese. – It’s not surprising. I …. in Beijing 8 years next month.

a) will live; b) live: c) will have been living; d) will be living

6. Unless we … the bill, the phone will be cut off.

a) don’t pay; b) pay; c) will pay; d) won’t pay

7. We’d better hurry. The game … in five minutes.

a) is starting; b) has started; c) starts; d) started

8. She … the piano since she was ten.

a) has played; b) has been playing; c) was playing; d) had been playing

9. I took the bus to work because my car ….. at the moment.

a) was being serviced; b) is being serviced; c) is serviced; d) was serviced

10. The house … by the time you come back.

a) had been painted; d) will be painted; c) will have painted; d) will have been painted

11. I don’t like … at.

a) laugh; b) laughing; c) was laughed; d) being laughed

12. I’ve already … you a hundred times that you are too late.

a) said; b) told; c) talked; d) spoken

13. Laura asked if anybody … a missing person to the police yet.

a) has reported; b) reported; c) had reported; d) was reported

14. He said that if I... Liz, she would help me.

a) asked; b) would asked; c) will ask; d) ask

15. She … have gone on holiday. She doesn’t answer my calls.

a) can; b) ought; c) may; d) need

16. I can’t come to the cinema tonight. I …. work.

a) could; b) needn’t; c) might; d) have to

17. … we have lunch in the garden today?

a) Will; b) Shall; c) Would; s) Mustn’t

18. He admitted … in court.

a) lie; b) to lying; c) to lie; d) have lied

19. I’d rather … to university than get a job.

a) go; b) to go; c) having gone; d) going

20. I suggest … the cinema to find out what time the film starts.

a) to call; b) having called; c) calling; d) will call

21. He seems … hard on a solution to the problem. Don’t interrupt him.

a) to work; b) to have been working; c) to have worked; d) to be working

22. You … better clean this mess.

a) would; b) had; c) will; d) did

23. Mary talks as if she … everything.

a) knew; b) had known; c) know; d) would know

24. I’d rather you … it a secret. Why did you tell him?

a) keep; b) kept; c) to keep; d) had kept

25. If I were you, I … professional advice.

a) would seek; b) will seek; c) can seek; d) sought

26. I wish I … with my best friend yesterday.

a) wouldn’t argue; b) didn’t argue; c) haven’t argued; d) hadn’t argued

27. My mother used … me to study Labour Law.

a) to encourage; b) to have encouraged; c) to be encouraged; d) encouraging

28. If I hadn’t been upset, I … something.

a) would say; b) had said; c) said; d) would have said

29. Martin will be able to drive to work provided he … a car.

a) will buy; b) buys; c) bought; d) would buy

30. The police surrounded the bank to prevent the robbers … escaping.

a) of; b) to; c) from; d) with

Test 2

Choose the correct answer.

1. Ten minutes … too little time to finish this report.

a) are; b) is; c) were; d) have been;

2. Her condition is … better than it was yesterday.

a) many; b) very; c) much; d) any

3. How long … Tony? – Since we were children.

a) did you know; b) have you known; c) do you know; d) have you been knowing

4. I wonder if Sally … to the disco.

a) will come; b) will be coming; c) will have been coming; d) comes

5. She … a film when the phone rang.

a) has been watching; b) had been watching; c) has watched; d) was watching

6. The meeting … at 9 o’clock. Don’t be late.

a) started; b) was starting; c) starts; d) will start

7. My father … to be a teacher, but now he has retired.

a) is used; b) got used; c) used; d) was used

8. The athlete … for hours and he needed a rest.

a) had trained; b) was training; c) trained; d) had been training;

9. This time next month she … hard for her exams.

a) will be revising; b) will have revised; c) will have been revising; d) will revise

10. I was calling to ask if you’d like to go out after we … work tomorrow.

a) will finish; b) have finished; c) will have finished; d) will be finishing

11. He … a pay rise last year.

a) has been given; b) is given; c) was given; d) will be given

12. Her hair … at the moment.

a) is being cut; b) is cut; c) is cutting; d) was cut

13. Hopefully, all forms of the discrimination … out by the end of this century.

a) had been wiped; b) will be wiped; c) will have wiped; d) will have been wiped

14. Nurses ought … more than they are.

a) to be paid; b) to pay; c) pay; d) have been paid

15. She must … to Tom last night.

a) speak; b) spoke; c) be speaking; d) have spoken

16. He … have stolen the money. He is very honest.

a) can’t; b) must; c) could; d) didn’t need

17. We … so much luggage on our holiday.

a) didn’t need to take; b) didn’t have to take; c) needn’t take; d) needn’t have taken

18. Cary explained that he … a contact lens so he couldn’t see a thing.

a) lost; b) had lost; c) was losing; d) would lose

19. Susie phoned her husband and told him that she …/already/… when he got home.

a) would go; b) will have gone; c) would have gone; d) had gone

20. He was made … the name of his accessory.

a) revealing; b) having revealed; c) to reveal; d) reveal

21. I would prefer …. out rather than stay at home.

a) to go; b) to going; c) going; d) go

22. I quite fancy … out to a Chinese meal tonight.

a) to go; b) to going; c) going; d) go

23. Man is said … the wheel about ten thousand years ago.

a) to have invented; b) to have been invented; c) to invent; d) to be inventing

24. Unless the train … before 10 o’clock, we won’t arrive on time.

a) left; b) leaves; c) will leave; d) doesn’t leave

25. I wish I … how to use a computer when I was at school.

a) was taught; b) had taught; c) taught; d) had been taught

26. If you were a better driver, you … the car.

a) wouldn’t have crashed; b) wouldn’t crash; c) didn’t crash; d) hadn’t crashed

27. I’d rather you … before the boss came.

a) not leave; b) didn’t leave; c) hadn’t left; d) wouldn’t left

28. I wish she … more cooperative.

a) were; b) has been; c) is; d) can be

29. If I … you needed to borrow my car, I would have lent it to you.

a) knew; b) would know; c) would have known; d) had known

30. The police suspected her… committing a robbery.

a) for; b) of; c) with; d) in

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