GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY TEST 1

Choose the correct option.

1 I ____ this electric shaver before buying it.

a) should have tried out b) might have tried out c) can’t have tried out d) must have tried out

2 I can think of some situations ____ a knife would come in handy.

a) in whom b) in those c) in which d) in that

3 If he ____ five minutes later, he would have missed the train.

a) comes b) come c) came d) had come

4 Don’t worry. Tom ____ that since he was born.

a) does b) has done c) has been doing d) did

5 I'm still not used ____ so many hours a day.

a) work b) to work c) to working d) working

6 I ____ English for six years by the end of next month.

a) am going to study b) will be studying c) will study d) will have been studying

7 This watch is twice ____ that one.

a) as expensive than b) more expensive than c) as expensive as d) more expensive as

8 Mary looked around to see if she ____.

a) followed b) was followed c) had followed d) was being followed

9 I know I don't have ____ to do everything that needs to be done.

a) so much time b) time enough c) too much time d) enough time

10 He ____ to us since last February.

a) had not written b) was not writing c) did not write d) has not written

11 I ____ the work by seven this evening.

a) will have finished b) will finish c) am finishing d) will be finishing

12 I spent ____ time dealing with that problem last week.

a) a great number of b) a large number of c) a big deal of d) a great deal of

13 Excuse me, do you know ____? I would like to borrow some books there.
a) where is the economics department library b) where the economics department library is
c) where the economics department library was d) where was the economics department library

14 Mary's going to kill me when she ____ out what I did.

a) will find b) finds c) will have been found d) will have found

15 She got up early ____ the sunrise.

a) in order to see b) to have seen c) for seeing d) so to see

16 What movie would you suggest ____?

a) we watched b) we watch c) to watching d) to watch
17 You told her that you ____ the work three days ago.
a) were finishing b) had finished c) have finished d) finished

18 Tom and Mary didn't really mean what they said, ____?
a) did they b) were they c) do they d) had they

19 ____I was in the water, all my belongings were stolen.

a) if b) while c) unless d) although

20 Mary ____ towards the station when I saw her.

a) had walked b) walked c) was walking d) had been walking

21 If it hadn't been for his help, she ____.

a) can’t have drowned b) must have drowned c) should have drowned d) might have drowned

22 Would you mind if I asked you ____ questions?

a) a few b) few c) little d) a little

23 Attendance should be good ____ the weather is favourable.

a) even if b) although c) unless d) provided

24 I got back in my car and started ____ engine.

a) some b) --- c) the d) an

25 I bought an English book, but the book was hard ____.

a) to understand b) understand c) understanding d) to have understood

26 He hasn't come yet. He ____ the bus.

a) has had to miss b) must miss c) had to miss d) must have missed

27 We have to take the stairs because the elevator ____.

a) was repaired b) is being repaired c) has been repaired d) is repaired

28 I wish I ____ French harder when I was younger.

a) was studying b) studied c) would study d) had studied

29 ____ of the bad weather, they decided to go by car.

a) in spite b) despite c) even though d) although

30 That's the woman ____ son was arrested yesterday in front of the school.
a) who b) whose c) which d) that’s

31 There is no evidence that the story is based ____ his own experience.
a) on b) from c) in d) at

32 They arrived ____ the hotel.

a) to b) for c) in d) at

33 Space travel ____ impossible.

a) thought to be b) has thought to be c) was thought to be d) is thought being
34 We are good friends now, but we didn't like ____ at first.
a) us b) ourselves c) each other d) ourselfs

35 She keeps complaining that she has ____ time.

a) no b) none of c) none d) any

36 I ____ the only person who's willing to show you how to do that.
a) would have been b) may be c) may have been d) should have been

37 He decided to go to Paris for the ____ of studying painting.

a) result b) cause c) purpose d) reason

38 I met Tom and Mary yesterday. I didn't like ____ them.

a) none of b) neither of c) all of d) either of

39 I ____ when you come at seven.

a) will have studied b) will be studying c) will study d) am studying

40 The hotel was designed by ____ Austrian architect.

a) the b) an c) a d) ---

41 Tom offered ____ Mary a stolen violin.

a) selling b) sold c) to selling d) to sell

42 I'd like ____ about your new computers.

a) an information b) a information c) some informations d) some information

43 I would scream very loudly if I ____ a scorpion in my room.

a) saw b) will see c) see d) had seen

44 "When will Tom get here?" "I really wish I ____."

a) know b) had been known c) had known d) knew

45 Tom can't swim at all. On the other ____, he is a good baseball player.
a) part b) side c) site d) hand

46 My TV broke, so I had to take it to ____.

a) have to repair it b) have repaired it c) have it repaired d) have had repaired it

47 Another change in family life is the attitude of parents ____ children.

a) of b) for c) torward d) with

48 Galileo died ____ January 8, 1642.

a) at b) in c) on d) by

49 I only wish I had stopped Tom from doing ____ stupid thing.
a) so a b) so c) such d) such a

50 I won't go outside in this kind of weather unless I ____.

a) have to b) have had to c) mustn't d) don't have to

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1A, 2C, 3D, 4C, 5C, 6D, 7C, 8D, 9D, 10D, 11A, 12D, 13B, 14B, 15A, 16B, 17B, 18A, 19B, 20C, 21D, 22A, 23D, 24C, 25A, 26D,
27B, 28D, 29A, 30B, 31A, 32C, 33C, 34C, 35A, 36B, 37C, 38D, 39B, 40B, 41D, 42D, 43A, 44D, 45D, 46C, 47C, 48C, 49D, 50A