ADVANCED GRAMMAR

PRACTICE TEST 2

EXERCISE 1 : REWRITE:
1. The gang didn't know that the police had them under surveillance.
Little did the gang know that the police had them under surveillance.
2. As soon as his mother left, he started playing computer games.
No sooner had his mother left than he started playing computer games
3. They only realized the painting had been hung upside down when someone complained at reception.
Only when someone complained at reception did they relize the painting had been hung upside down
4. I had been in the room for a few minutes when I realized that everyone was
staring at me.
1. Only after I realized that everyone was staring at me had I been in the room for a few minutes
2. Immediately he learnt about his mother's incurable disease, he cried his eyes out.
No sooner had he leanred about his mother's incurable disease than he cried his eyes out
3. I would accept this offer only if everybody in the council agreed.
Only if everybody in the council agreed would I accept this offer
4. They should no longer help him. He needs to do things on his own.
No longer should they help him. He needs to do things on his own.
8. It was your carelessness that made you impossible to be offered the job.
Had it not been for carelessness you would have offered the job.
9.I managed to complete the course with good results because of your help.
Had you not helped me, I wouldn’t have managed to complete the course with good results
10. Jennifer looked like a queen in her wedding.
Jennifer looked as if she had been a queen in her wedding.
11.It is my opinion that you should spend more time practicing English.
Were I you, I could spent more time practicing English
12.Someone who’s rather wealthy is always complaining about having no money.
Oh, stop talking as if you were complaining about having no money.
13.Your brother is pretending not to have seen his old girlfriend.
Why are you acting as though your brother didn’t see his old friend
14.A passenger on a boat stopped me from falling overboard by holding on to my belt!
Had he not hold on to my belt, I could have falt overboard

EXERCISE 2 : MCQ:
1. ____________ that I was speaking to someone as important as Professor Sims.
A. Little have I known B. Little did I know
C. Little I knew D. I knew little
2. Only when he tried to run_______ that he had injured his knee.
A. did he discover B. he discovered
C. had he discovered D. he had discovered
3. No sooner _________ a sachet of this medicine than I felt much better.
A. did I took B. I took
C. had I taken D. have I taken
4. No longer____Jane dream of becoming a supermodel.
A. does B. did
C. had D. have
5. Only when my children ______ home safely ___ I feel relieved.
A. returned/did B. had returned/did
C. had returned/ had D. return/did
6. Only after the atomic bomb ________ and development in the air travel _______, ______ science fiction
really become popular.
A. had created/ had taken off/ was
B. had been created/ had been taken off/ has
C. had been created/ had taken off/ did
D. had been created/ / had taken off/ had
7. No sooner ___________ about the working conditions than _______ he dismissed .
A. had he complained/was he dismissed
B. he had complained/he dismissed
C. did he complain/ was he dismissed
D. had he complained/he was dismissed
8. Little __ the police_____that the judge___ the murderer.
A. had __suspected/ was
B. (none)__suspected/was
C. did_suspect/ was
D. did_suspect/ is
9. She ______ to go out with him only when he_____ her some flowers.
A. agreed/bought B. agreed/buy
B. will agree/buy D. will agree/ bought
10. ________ the weather is clear will the space shuttle allow to launch.
 A. Only when B. Only after
C. If only D. Only if
11.They all started at me_______________________I had just dropped from Mars.
A. as B. as though C. so as to D. as to
12.She talked__________________the boss of our office.
A. it only she became B. even if she had become
C. as though she had become D. as if she wull become
13.They were going away without saying anything______________________________nothing had happened.
A. if B. even if C. as if D. if only
14.She looked at me as though she_________________________me for a long time.
A.will not have seen B. will not see C. has not seen D. had not seen
15.My friend is a veterinarian. She treats animals almost___________
A. as human B. as if they were human
C. as though they are human D. as they are human
16.He walked past me________________________________.
A. as though I will not exist B. as I did not exist
C. as if I did not exist D. even though I did not exist
17.________________not for his deafness, __________on the phone.
A.Were it / could he communicate B. Were it / he could communicate
C. It were / could he communicate D. It were / he could communicate
18.________________the problem, he wouldn't have committed those mistakes.
A.Had he understood B. He had understood
C. If had he understood D. Unless had he understood
19.________________, tell him I have gone to London.
A.If Mr. Jones called B. Unless Mr. Jones calls C. Should Mr. Jones call D. If Mr. Jones will call
20.________________here, he would help us with these troubles.
A.Were our father B. If our father had been C. Was our father D. Unless our father were

EXERCISE 3: ERRORS :
1. Hardly did the passengers know that the driver was an undercover police officer.
A B C D
2. Only after checking three times I was certain of the answer.
A B C D
3. Only after months of planning they were ready for the conference
A B C D
4. Only if Peter could drive more carefully, he would not have had the accident yesterday.
A B C D
5.The house was in such a mess. It looked as a bomb had dropped on it.
A B C D
6.If it to rain tomorrow, I will not have to water the plants.
A B C D

EXERCISE 4: TRANSFORMATION
1. The embassy staff little realized that Ted was a secret agent.
A. Little did the embassy staff realize that Ted was a secret agent.
B. Little had the embassy staff realized that Ted was a secret agent.
C. Little the embassy staff realized that Ted is a secret agent.
D. Little did the embassy staff realized that Ted had been a secret agent.
2. I understood Hamlet only after seeing it on the stage.
A. Only when seeing Hamlet on the stage did I understand it.
B. Only after seeing it on the stage did I understand Hamlet.
C. Only after I have seen it on the stage did I understand Hamlet.
D. After seeing Hamlet on the stage did I understand.
3. This dress used to be mine, but it’s belong to my sister now.
A. My sister gave me this dress.Now it’s mine.
B. This dress is no longer my. I gave it to my sister.
C. This dress is no longer my dress. It’s my sister’s.
D. No longer does this dress mine. I gave it to my sister.
4. We missed the turning because we forgot to take the map with us.
A. Had we not forgotten to take the map with us, we would have missed the turning.
B. Had we remembered to take the map with us, we wouldn’t have missed the turning.
C. Had we not remembered to take the map with us, we wouldn’t have missed the turning.
D. We wouldn’t have missed the turning if we remembered to take the map with us.
5. The storm prevented us from climbing up the mountain.
A. If it had not been for the storm, we couldn’t have climbed up the mountain.
B. Had it not been for the storm, we could have climbed up the mountain.
C. If it had not been for the storm, we couldn’t climb up the mountain.
D. Were it not for the storm, we could climb up the mountain.
6. She is not quite famous but she acts like a Hollywood star.
A. She acts as if she had been a famous Hollywood star.
B. She acts as though she were a famous Hollywood star.
C. She acted as though she had been a famous Hollywood star.
D. She acts as though she will be a famous Hollywood star.