Advanced Grammar 2—Student Folder Introduction

Diagnostic Test

This test is designed to examine your knowledge of several grammar points that will be covered in
this course. Read each sentence carefully and decide if it is correct or incorrect, then circle the
corresponding symbol to the left. You should take no more than 20 minutes to do this task.

1.   She has often become angry at meetings.

2.   Anthony is a sportsman which achievements are very impressive.
3.   Arnold and Steve is being sued.
4.   If I won the lottery I would buy a yacht.
5.   Jonathan was the director that fired my brother.
6.   If I had had the money, I would have bought a new car.
7.   If I was you, I would travel to Europe.
8. The Chinese minister, as well as his assistants, claim that they have never heard
women in slavery in his country.
9. The brothers or the father were arrested.
10. J. S. Bach, who’s one of the most famous composers in the history of music, was
born in Eisenach.
11. I wish I have more free time, but I don’t have.
12. Brian told me that Chicago, that is a very cold city in the winter, is very
interesting.
13. The police officer or the FBI agent has already gone through the files.
14. I wish I had a lot of money.
15. My friends who live in Fort Lauderdale are all surgeons.
16. One of the ministers is denying the facts published in today’s papers.
17. I hope you arrive there on time.
18. The student to who I was talking is Mary’s nephew.
19. My brothers, who study at Harvard, are very dedicated students.
20. I wish you didn’t buy this computer, but you did.
21. Six times three divided by two are nine.
22. The oarsman whom Pinsent rowed in the Sydney Olympics with is Steve
Redgrave.
23. I wish you would stop making so much noise.
24. Nobody knows where the offender is.
25. Alex, who Adams went to the pub with, doesn’t enjoy watching basketball
games.
26. Should you have any queries about the project, let me know.
27. Each of the offenders are being cross-examined.
28. Alec is one of the few players to whom I look up.
29. If I have a good salary, I will travel more often.
30. Either offense, rape or slavery, is considered a felony.
31. Alfred was the last patient Dr. Jones operated on.
32. Mark would prefer to have his vacation last January if he had been asked.
33. The information given about the crime are all misleading.
34. Mike is the doctor whose experiments helped many lower class patients.
35. I hope John will stop making so much noise.
36. Considering the crime, ten thousand dollars of bail are not a lot of money.
37. Had I know about the accident, I would visit her.
38. The directors, two of which are my friends, are not pleased with the situation.
39. The scissors used by the criminals was taken by the police.
40. The actors being interviewed today are rather nervous.
41. My family are going to move to a calmer town.
42. The offenders, together with their mother, are in prison now.
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43. The project with which I had to deal was quite simple.
44. Two-fifths of the prisoners was arrested because of murder.

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