Grammar Test (4)

a) heads b) head   c) hairs d) hair

a) beard b) barber   c) moustaches d) facehair

a) wearing b) carrying   c) having d) holding

a) wearing b) holding   c) having d) getting

a) chair b) desk   c) office d) room

a) work b) at work   c) business d) on job

a) Goodnight b) Good-bye   c) Good evening d) Good afternoon

a) Thank you b) Please   c) No, thank you d) No, please

a) likes not b) don’t like c) doesn’t like d) not like

a) Does he get up b) Gets he up c) Do he get up d) Get he up

a) am learning b) learning c) is learning d) are learning

a) more quickly b) quickly   c) quicker than d) more quick

a) not can b) cannot   c) doesn’t can d) don’t can

a) Always Roberts catches b) Roberts always catches c) Roberts catches always d) Roberts does always catches

a) He goes there by train b) He there goes by train c) He goes by train there             d) There goes he by train

a) Did he watch b) Watched he c) Did he watched d) Does he watch

a) canned not b) didn’t can c) didn’t could d) could not

a) many money b) much money c) a lot of money d) lots money

a) to not go away b) to go not away c) not to go away d) go not away

a) on b) in   c) to d) at

a) spoked b) speaked   c) spoke d) spoken

a) am doing a test! b) do a test! c) doing a test! d) does a test!

a) rain b) would rain c) rains   d) raining

a) was driving b) drives   c) drove d) had driven

a) is smoke b) are smoking c) are smoked d) are smoke

a) grand b) wide   c) large d) great

a) of meeting b) to meet   c) to meeting d) meeting

a) 3 years ago b) for 3 years c) before 3 years d) since 3 years

a) to b) on   c) for d) at

a) He had never been b) He had been never c) He never went d) He went never

a) were helded b) was holded c) were held d) were hold

a) all of b) all   c) the all d) all of the

a) meeting b) gathering c) session   d) sitting

a) heard to b) heard   c) listened to d) overheard

a) had attended b) would have attended c) has attended d) would attend

a) open b) to open   c) opening d) to opening

a) will have worked b) will work c) is going to work d) will be working

a) Did Robinson telephone b) Was Robinson telephoning c) telephoned Robinson d) Has Robinson telephoned

a) whereas b) despite   c) in spite of d) although

a) talked b) told   c) spoke d) said

a) mindful b) anxious   c) attentive d) cautious

a) forward b) over   c) across d) through

a) do b) am doing   c) have done d) have been doing

a) will arrive b) is arriving c) arrives   d) would arrive

a) if I come b) that i come c) if I could come d) that I can come

a) he wouldn’t know b) he didn’t know c) he will not have known d) he won’t know

Mr and Mrs Wallace want to buy a house, so they go to the office of an estate agent.

Agent: Good morning. Mr and Mrs Wallace?

Mrs Wallace: Mr Hogan?

Agent: How do you do.

Mrs Wallace: I spoke to you on the phone. ……………….. is my husband.

a) This b) It   c) He d) That

Mr Wallace: How do you do.

a) You b) Please   c) Now d) Let

(They all sit down at a desk.)

a) intending b) interesting c) intended   d) interested

a) true b) possible   c) not d) right

a) make b) have   c) are d) seem

We’ve been living abroad for the last ten years –

a) than b) that   c) as d) to

a) because b) and   c) but d) so

a) kind b) piece   c) shape d) area

a) I b) I’d   c) we d) we’d

a) the b) a   c) some d) –

a) able b) possible   c) can d) allow

I want to go back to work – that is, to get back into teaching.

a) would b) might   c) should d) could

a) and b) but   c) so d) then

a) is b) are   c) will d) would

a) would b) do   c) will d) shall

a) for b) with   c) and d) by

a) services b) servants   c) assistance d) assistants

a) walls b) floors   c) roofs d) ceilings

Mr Graham has just checked into a hotel, but he is not happy with his room. He goes down to the reception desk.

Mr Graham: I’m ………………. there’s been a mistake. My room doesn’t have a bath.

a) sorry b) afraid   c) anxious d) regret

a) don’t you b) isn’t it   c) doesn’t it d) can you

a) Thus b) Well   c) In spite d) Thank you

a) reserve b) get   c) have d) retain

a) shout b) denounce   c) anger d) argue

a) correspondence b) mailing c) communicate d) lettering

a) reserved b) checked   c) booked d) registered

There we are, it is Mr Graham, isn’t it?

Mr Graham: It is, yes.

The clerk shows Mr Graham a letter.

a) alone b) single   c) bathless d) only

a) appreciate b) deprecate c) respect   d) expect

a) not b) something c) anything   d) nothing

Hotel Clerk: Well, ………….

a) distance b) airline   c) period d) timing

a) extremely b) perfectly c) absolutely d) especially

But let’s see. You’re here for five days, aren’t you?

Mr Graham: Oh dear!

a) word b) sentence c) phrase   d) dialogue

a) value b) appreciate c) thank   d) reward

a) despaired b) worried   c) desperate d) overwhelmed

a) Let b) Leave   c) Give d) Stop