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GRAMMAR
TEST-12
1- Madame Tussaud's special exhibition, which
............ many of the 20th century
giants,............ this month in the
museum's Great Hall.
A) will have included / began
B) is to include / begins
C) was including / was beginning
D) has been including / has begun
E) is included/will be beginning
2- Saturnine by disposition, Syrian President is not
known for saying anything about anyone. So
it............. all manner of Middle East pundits last
week when he ............. praise on the leader his No.
1 enemy, Israel.
A) astonished / showered
B) has astonished / was showered
C) astonishes / has showered
D) is to astonish / is showered
E) had astonished / was showered
3- The interest rates ............ unbelievably high
lately, so the government............ to establish a
commission to tackle this problem.
A) have been / has decided
B) were / is deciding
C) are / is decided
D) had been / had decided
E) will be / is supposed to decide
4- The interest rates ............ unbelievably high
this time last year, so the government............ to
establish a commission to tackle the problem.
A) were / has decided
B) had been / decided
C) have been / has decided
D) are / decides
E) would be / would decide
5- He ............. hardly ............. the approach of
the enemy forces when we .......... fully wide-awake.
A) was / proclaiming / became
B) had / proclaimed / became
C) is / proclaim / will become
D) will /proclaim / become
E) has / proclaimed / have become
6- Thousands of people ............ their lives under
debris in the earthquake that struck Turkey two months
ago on account of the fact that urgent help ............
in due course.
A) have lost / hasn't reached
B) had lost / wasn't reached
C) will lose / isn't reaching
D) lost / hadn't reached
E) are losing / was reaching
7- Although Walt Disney ............ more than 30 years
ago, his cartoon characters ............, still
capturing the minds of millions around the world.
A) has died / will live on
B) died / live on
C) would die / would live on
D) had been died / lived on
E) was died / has lived on
8- More and more manufacturers ............ lines of
clothing and accessories for exclusive distribution to
their factory stores these days.
A) have created
B) had been created
C) were creating
D) are to create
E) are creating
9- When she was in the sixth grade she ............ to
show interest in learning to ride the horses on a small
farm that her father.............
A) was beginning / was bought
B) had begun / has been buying
C) would begin / was buying
D) began / had bought
E) has begun / bought
10- Worry over test taking............ a new phenomenon,
but it............ children at younger ages.
A) hasn't been / has affected
B) isn't / affects
C) hasn't / had affected
D) won't be / affected
E) hadn't been / was affected
11- Standardised testing, one of the testing
types,............ enormously in the last 30 years.
A) have increased
B) were increased
C) has increased
D) was increased
E) increased
12- By the time they ............ a unanimous decision
about who will be the head of the party, the opposition
............
already ............ a great number of votes.
A) have reached / had / guaranteed
B) will reach / will / guarantee
C) were reaching / guaranteed
D) reached / had / guaranteed
E) reach / will have / guaranteed
13- As soon as we ............ from the suppliers, we
............ you know when the goods ............ in
stock.
A) heard / let / are
B) have heard / let / were
C) hear / will let / will be
D) had heard / let / have been
E) will hear / will let / are
14- As a test............... make sure your child
understands what it.............. like.
A) is approaching / has been
B) approached / would be
C) has approached / was like
D) will approach / is
E) approaches / will be
15- Standard exams .............. very popular specially
in the last 30 years. Schools, testing services or
commercial courses usually .............. samples of
these standard exams.
A) were / have kept
B) have been / keep
C) had been / had kept
D) would be / would keep
E) are / are keeping
16- They .............. together off and on for more
than 12 years, but three years earlier, in 1993, they
..............
A) had been / broken up
B) were / were broken up
C) are / are
D) would have been / would break up
E) were / were breaking up
17- Last month, Greece .......... fast and extensive
help following the Turkish quake, which ..... at least
15,000 lives.
A) was provided / was claiming
B) would provide / has claimed
C) provided / claimed
D) has provided / has claimed
E) was providing / was claimed
18- By the time I ..............my studies next month,
I.............. in Çanakkale for four years.
A) will complete / will live
B) complete / have lived
C) am to complete / lived
D) will complete / have been living
E) complete / will have been living
19-1 am very excited at the prospect of going skiing.
It.............. the first time I
A) will be / have tried
B) is / will try
C) has been / tried
D) was/ would try
E) had been / have tried
20- 1 can't remember the last time I ..........a
pleasant flying experience. Now just getting on an
air-plane ........... the stress level.
A) have / will increase
B) am having / has increased
C) had / increases
D) will have / has been increasing
E) have / increases
21- The other day I........... and .......... my knee.
My high-heeled shoe .......... on wet, slippery
concrete.
A) fell / grazed / had skidded
B) will fall / graze / will skid
C) have fallen / grazed / has skidded
D) am going to fall / graze / is to skid
E) was fallen / grazed / was skidding
22- New research .......... that infected breast-feeding
moms .......... at least a 10% risk of transmitting the
virus to their babies over the course of two years.
A) has shown / have been run
B) will show / will have run
C) showed / were running
D) is to show / had run
E) shows / run
23- The company ............. profits every year since
it............. public in 1987 and ............. at
least ten cents annually on
every dollar in sales - an impressive rate.
A) increases / has gone / earned
B) is increasing / was going / earning
C) will increase / will go / earn
D) had been increasing / goes / earns
E) has increased / went / earned
24- The salesclerk warned her not to carry them on the
plane, fearing they .......... as weapons.
A) have to be confiscated
B) can confiscate
C) need to be confiscated
D) should be confiscating
E) might be confiscated
25- The driver's lawyer suggested that the accident
................ by the truck's mechanical failure.
A) should be caused
B) were able to be caused
C) may have been caused
D) has to be caused
E) must have caused
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