English Grammar Test Package

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305. advanced-62
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Advanced level # 62
Tense Agreement
 
Q1
No sooner ....... I shut the door, when the telephone rang.
(a) have
(b) did
(c) will
(d) had
Q2
By the time I had reached the bottom of the mountain, I ....... extremely tired.
(a) feel
(b) have felt
(c) felt
(d) am feeling
Q3
When he was only thirty years old, he ....... already experienced what most people only experience when they
are much older.
(a) has
(b) had
(c) is
(d) was
Q4
The witness ....... everyone that he hadn't had anything to do with the crime.
(a) convinces
(b) is convincing
(c) convinced
(d) has convinced
Q5
We asked him why he ....... telephoned earlier.
(a) hadn't
(b) hasn't
(c) didn't
(d) wouldn't
Q6
Actually I had ....... it to her before we set out.
(a) mention
(b) mentions
(c) mentioning
(d) mentioned
Q7
I must admit I ....... thought how the story would finish before I read the book.
(a) haven't
(b) hadn't
(c) aren't
(d) couldn't
Q8
I'd had scarcely any time to think about it before they ....... me for my opinion.
(a) had asked
(b) did ask
(c) asked
(d) have asked
Q9
He realized he ....... left it in the car before he reported it lost.
(a) has
(b) didn't
(c) wouldn't
(d) had
Q10 It ....... a great shock to everyone because he hadn't said a word for 10 years.
(a) is
(b) will be
(c) was
(d) are

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306. advanced-63
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Advanced level # 63
Future Tenses
 
Q1
What ....... be doing this time tomorrow?
(a) were you
(b) did you
(c) have you
(d) will you
Q2
....... go if you like because I have to do some shopping.
(a) I'm
(b) I'd
(c) I'll
(d) I've
Q3
I ....... simply wait until she comes back.
(a) was
(b) am
(c) shall
(d) do
Q4
He was quite definite about it and assured me he ....... come.
(a) will
(b) shall
(c) should
(d) would
Q5
If they ....... arrive late, they will have to get their own meal.
(a) do
(b) had
(c) would
(d) will
Q6
I really hope I ....... see you again.
(a) did
(b) shall
(c) should
(d) would
Q7
What ....... happen to the family if he loses all his money?
(a) does
(b) did
(c) will
(d) is
Q8
....... be buying the house or haven't you decided yet?
(a) Did you
(b) Have you
(c) Were you
(d) Will you
Q9
I'm sure they ....... get married and live happily ever afterwards.
(a) did
(b) have
(c) will
(d) would
Q10 What do you ....... to do when you leave school?
(a) wanted
(b) wanting
(c) wants
(d) want

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307. advanced-64
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Advanced level # 64
Past Tenses
 
Q1
I told them I ....... just going out for a short walk.
(a) would
(b) am
(c) was
(d) will
Q2
He asked me what I ....... with the paint brush.
(a) did do
(b) had done
(c) will do
(d) have done
Q3
She told me ....... carefully on the icy roads.
(a) to be driven
(b) to have driven
(c) to drive
(d) to be driven
Q4
I wonder what ....... happened while I was away.
(a) will have
(b) has
(c) was
(d) had
Q5
She wonders why I never ....... abroad by plane.
(a) travel
(c) has travelled
(b) have been travelling
(d) will have travelled
Q6
Quite honestly all I was doing was simply ....... polite conversation.
(a) made
(b) making
(c) having made
(d) makes
Q7
He was wondering what ....... prompted him to take no notice at all.
(a) has
(b) have
(c) had
(d) having
Q8
I was asking myself what in all honesty she ....... do next.
(a) will
(b) would
(c) shall
(d) had
Q9
He actually denied ....... anything of the sort.
(a) to do
(b) done
(c) did
(d) doing
Q10 He came into the room and demanded ....... what was happening.
(a) to know
(b) knowing
(c) know
(d) having known

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308. advanced-65
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Advanced level # 65
Passive Tense Forms
 
Q1
The castle ....... built in the 15th century.
(a) was
(b) is
(c) has been
(d) will be
Q2
Is he ....... arrested as we speak?
(a) be
(b) been
(c) being
(d) will be
Q3
All these houses ....... neglected for decades.
(a) will be
(b) are being
(c) has been
(d) have been
Q4
There's no question that they ....... delighted when they see her tomorrow.
(a) have been
(b) will be
(c) had been
(d) will have been
Q5
That building ....... left unoccupied since 1950.
(a) would be
(b) would being
(c) has been
(d) will be
Q6
The children ....... taken to school by bus every day.
(a) are
(b) have
(c) was
(d) had
Q7
I can assure you that this box ....... never been opened before I opened this morning.
(a) was
(b) will
(c) is
(d) had
Q8
That ceremony ....... enacted on Tuesday next.
(a) has been
(b) is
(c) is being
(d) have
Q9
How many times have you ....... your house broken into?
(a) been
(b) had
(c) be
(d) have
Q10 I'm sorry you can't come in at the moment because we ....... the house decorated right now.
(a) have had
(b) will have
(c) had
(d) are having

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309. advanced-66
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Advanced level # 66
Gerund or Infinitive
 
Q1
....... me if I've told you this before.
(a) Stopping
(b) Stopped
(c) Stops
(d) Stop
Q2
All I can say at the moment is: Long ....... the company!
(a) live
(b) lives
(c) lived
(d) living
Q3
Sometimes I wish I ....... what the future holds.
(a) know
(b) known
(c) knew
(d) knows
Q4
And at other times I'm glad I ....... know what the future holds.
(a) didn't
(b) doesn't
(c) hadn't
(d) don't
Q5
Let's ....... there tomorrow if it's fine.
(a) going
(b) gone
(c) go
(d) goes
Q6
Try ....... the door really hard if you want to open it.
(a) pushing
(b) push
(c) pushes
(d) pushed
Q7
Try ....... these irregular verbs by next week.
(a) learned
(b) to learn
(c) learns
(d) learning
Q8
I really appreciate your ....... me at this difficult time.
(a) helps
(b) help
(c) helped
(d) helping
Q9
I'll finish now and I look forward to ....... you again soon.
(a) seeing
(b) see
(c) seen
(d) having seen
Q10 Please come back soon and ....... the work you started two weeks ago.
(a) finished
(b) finishing
(c) finish
(d) finishes

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310. advanced-67
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Advanced level # 67
Perfect Tenses
 
Q1
Many people ....... tried but no-one has succeeded so far.
(a) did
(b) have been
(c) were
(d) have
Q2
That programme is so boring that it's like watching paint ........
(a) dries
(b) dried
(c) dry
(d) has dried
Q3
By the end of this year I realize I ....... writing tests for three years now.
(a) shall be
(b) shall have been
(c) will be
(d) shall have
Q4
Do you mind ....... the door as I find it very hot in here?
(a) to open
(b) opened
(c) opens
(d) opening
Q5
I honestly think that the time ....... come when we should celebrate our success.
(a) has
(b) had
(c) will
(d) having
Q6
How anyone ....... to live in those conditions in the 18th century is difficult to imagine.
(a) manages
(b) will manage
(c) managed
(d) is managing
Q7
....... ever heard of this writer before?
(a) Did you
(b) Have you
(c) Do you
(d) Will you
Q8
That stupid dog ....... all day long.
(a) does always bark
(b) always is barking
(c) had always barked
(d) is always barking
Q9
They were eating dinner when the lights ....... out.
(a) go
(b) are going
(c) went
(d) goes
Q10 No-one ....... believe your story when you tell them.
(a) will
(b) did
(c) has
(d) is

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311. advanced-68
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Advanced level # 68
English Grammar Tenses
 
Q1
....... any one object if I turn the heating down?
(a) Do
(b) Does
(c) Did
(d) Doing
Q2
I ....... come to the conclusion that nowadays nobody cares about anything.
(a) will
(b) had
(c) do
(d) have
Q3
No matter what happens next I ....... help you.
(a) am
(b) have
(c) will
(d) would
Q4
They ....... for 3 hours when the storm suddenly broke.
(a) had been running
(b) have been running
(c) are running
(d) will be running
Q5
I assumed you ....... paying for the repairs until the end of last year.
(a) have been
(b) was been
(c) are being
(d) had been
Q6
....... get tired of answering the same questions every day?
(a) Have you ever
(b) Had you ever
(c) Do you ever
(d) Are you ever
Q7
She ....... working on that manuscript for 2 years now.
(a) will be
(b) has been
(c) had been
(d) is
Q8
I ....... there once a long time ago and haven't been back since.
(a) went
(b) go
(c) have gone
(d) was going
Q9
She ....... trying to pass her driving test but fails every time.
(a) kept
(b) is keeping
(c) had kept
(d) keeps
Q10 I ....... complete silence now while I try this experiment.
(a) am wanting
(b) want
(c) did want
(d) have wanted

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