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GRAMMAR
TEST-49
1. The father advised.................... the
second-hand bike.
A) his son to not purchase
B) his son not to purchase
C) his son's no purchasing
D) that his son doesn't purchase
E) not to purchase his son
2. When asked to type a letter, the new secretary
accepted that..................
A) she had never used a typewriter..
B) she will never use a typewriter.
C) she has never used a typewriter
D) she often uses a typewriter.
E) she can't use a typewriter.
3. There are about fifteen species of wild roses in
Africa; ........ have prickly stems and large flowers
which smell sweet.
A) all of those
B) all to
C) all of
D) all of that
E) all of which
4. For many people, nothing seems so desirable ........
a prestigious well-paid occupation.
A) so is
B) than
C) as
D) that
E) so
5. ............ he stood there, he saw some men enter
the bar.
A) Yet
B) If
C) As
D) Where
E) For
6. ................ is he dependable ................he
is honest
A) Neither...... nor
B) Either ...... or
C) Both...... and
D) If..... then
E) Not only...... but also
7. ................... that it might be easier to
prepare a better map of the moon than of the sun
A) To say
B) They are said
C) The saying
D) It is said
E) To have said
8. "Which grapes do you like best ?"
"The ones................ from Manisa are the sweetest."
A) that come
B) come
C) that they come
D) that coming
E) comes
9. ................... a common view, fright or
excitement causes the flesh of young game fowl to turn a
different colour.
A) It is according to
B) That it is according to
C) While according to
D) According to
E) Despite
10. Charles sat near the fire .................
A) to get warm
B) for to get warm
C) for getting warm
D) get warm
E) gets warm
11. Few, small restaurants................ this serve
good food.
A) as
B) like
C) with
D) in
E) of
12. Only when every possible treatment had been tried
...... make up their mind for an operation.
A) didn't they
B) they did
C) they didn't
D) they
E) did they
13. I wish I ................busy last weekend. I could
have gone for a picnic.
A) wasn't
B) weren't
C) hadn't been
D) haven't been
E) shouldn't have been
14. If I had known that this computer was so
old................
A) I wouldn't buy it
B) I wouldn't have bought it
C) I would have bought it
D) I would buy it.
E) I could have bought it.
15. He heard on the evening news that a family of
six.......... in an explosion.
A) were being injured
B) have injured
C) had injured
D) had been injured
E) will have injured
16. A Volkswagen isn't very big, but it is big enough
.... four people comfortably.
A) to be holding
B) to hold
C) held
D) for holding
E) holding
17. The teacher's book,.......... lives of great men and
women, has 450 pages.
A) which contains
B) whose contains
C) who contains
D) which is contained
E) whom it contained
18. What you saw can't have been an aircraft. I'm
convinced I know what it was. It......... a large bird.
A) must be
B) could be
C) must have been
D) could have been
E) may be
19. It........... that robots ......... most of the work
on assembly lines during the following few years.
A) was widely believed / were done
B) believes widely/ will do
C) is widely believed/ will be doing
D) believed widely / would be doing
E) can be believed / will have done
20. It is a great pity you........... to Paris with us
last summer.
As you ........... it before, it........... a wonderful
holiday for you.
A) didn't come / have never seven / would have been
B) didn't come/ had never seen / would have been
C) haven't come / didn't see / would have been
D) haven't come / didn't see / would be
E) hadn't come / didn't see/ it could have been
21. According to the information given, they
seem........... the experiments on the new product, but
we haven't got the results yet.
A) to complete
B) to be completing
C) to be completed
D) to have completed
E) to have been completed
22. When Mr. Green........... from that firm at the end
of this month, he........... for thirty years.
A) will retire / will be working
B) retires / will work
C) will have retired/will have worked
D) retires / will have worked
E) will retire / must have worked
23. The little girl.......... dirty from head to foot
because she........... in the mud.
A) has been / is playing
B) had been / is playing
C) had been / played
D) is / had been playing
E) was / had been playing
24. The two trains collided with........... a loud crash
that it woke everyone in the Hilton Hotel.
A) so
B) such
C) very
D) as
E) too
25. Not until a student has mastered algebra
........................ the rules of geometry,
trigonometry, and physics.
A) he can begin to understand
B) can he begin to understand
C) he begins to understand
D) begin to understand
E) to begin to understand
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