English Grammar MCQ Test With Answers Upper Intermediate - 10

1. You ............... it. I was going to do it anyway.

6. A little boy would rather ______.
A) didn't do
B) needn't have done A) plays than studies
C) mustn't do B) play than study
D) would have done C) to play than to study
E) ought to have done D) to play than studying
E) playing than studying

2. It seems that I ............... there at all. I could have

saved myself a lot of trouble. 7. The incident has been witnessed by a number of 
______.
A) ought not to go
B) shouldn't go A) passer-by
C) couldn't go B) passers-bys
D) might have gone C) passer-byes
E) needn't have gone D) passers-by
E) passer-bys

3.  I ............... that heavy bookcase myself, because

someone else had already moved it out of the way. 8. What makes a man (or a woman) the happiest is his
(or her) ............... arrival to stay for a few months!
A) didn't need to move
B) had to A) mother-in-laws'
C) needn't have moved B) in-law-mothers'
D) needn't move C) mother's-in-law
E) won't have to move D) mothers'-in-law
E) mother-in-law's

4. It seems that I ............... so cautious; I found the

place completely deserted, anyway. 9. I ______ eat all this food.

A) must have been A) 'd better not

B) needn't have been B) would better not to
C) would have had to be C) better not to
D) shouldn't be D) 'd not better
E) could not have been E) not better

5. My wife ............... the dinner, because I had already 10. I ______ eat all this food.
cooked it.
A) would rather not to
A) had to cook B) rather not to
B) needn't have cooked C) 'd not rather
C) would cook D) not rather
D) may have cooked E) 'd rather not
E) didn't have to cook

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11. He listened to them with great patience ............... he 16. ............... you said to him matters a lot to me.
was obviously infuriated.
A) When
A) consequently B) Which
B) though C) Why
C) however D) What
D) nevertheless E) Where
E) in spite of

17. .............. AIDS threatens to spread further in the near

12. I don’t like ______. future was discussed in a recent meeting.

A) to take my photograph A) The question of

B) my photograph been taken B) As a matter of fact
C) a photograph is taken of me C) Further proofs of
D) take a photograph of myself D) -----
E) having my photograph taken E) Whether or not

13. I am sorry, but I don't know where he lives. I wish I 18. ............... I don’t see her tomorrow, I am sure that I
........... will run into her before the week is over.

A) did A) Even if
B) were B) In spite of
C) had known C) Even
D) do D) Despite
E) will know E) When

14. She asked ______, if I went downtown that afternoon, I 19. Neither you nor I understood what he was saying,
______ buy a few things for her. means:

A) me / should A) Both you and I understood what he was saying.

B) ------ / ------ B) Either you or I understood what he was saying.
C) whether / would C) You didn't understand what he was saying. I didn't
D) angrily / didn't either.
E) with happiness / will D) You understood what he was saying, and so did I.
E) You didn't understand what he was saying, but I
did.

15. How he manages to keep going is ............... me.

A) beside
B) beneath
C) below
D) behind
E) beyond

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20. Choose the correct sentence:

A) The virus was first seen in the capital, where our

local people come into contact with traveler from
other countries.
B) Many of the technical advances that have made
our lives more comfortable has also made them quite
sedentary and boring.
C) The threat was overwhelming; it could not be
overestimated.
D) I will have the photo of my sweetheart framed
that I can put it on my desk.
E) Was this the promised land to that they had
longed to return?

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Answer Key:

1: B 11: B
2: E 12: E
3: A 13: A
4: B 14: C
5: E 15: E
6: B 16: D
7: D 17: E
8: E 18: A
9: A 19: C
10: E 20: C

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