Grammar Exercise

1. Agus : Why do you look sad? b. visits

Hasan : Because I… my wallet. c. has visited
a. lost d. visited
b. have just lost e. had visited
c. am just lost
d. just lost 6. Rasti … her mother before she came
e. will just lost home.
a. have phoned
2. Anita : Was Indonesia team as strong as b. phones
Malaysia? c. has phoned
Yani : No, I think Malaysia was stronger d. phoned
than Indonesia. e. had phoned
Anita : But … South Korea, Japan or
Indonesia? 7. Sinta : Can Joni speak English?
Yani : South Korea. Budi : May be, he… the English course ten
two years.
a. Which country is the best a. joined
b. Which team is the strongest b. is joining
c. Which country plays better. c. will join
d. Which team is the weakest. d. has joined
e. Which country plays the fastest e. joins

3. Diana : Will you have lunch with me ? 8. The drugs … by Diego, she got influenza.
Tamara : I’d love to, but I am still full. I… my a. drinking
lunch. b. has drank
a. has c. has been drank
b. have d. have drank
c. will have e. had been drank
d. have had
e. am having 9. Kyle … an accident when they had been
in Italy.
4. Cindi : I wonder why Miss Intan … yet. a. get
Putri : I do too. As I know, she is always on b. gets
time. c. has got
a. hasn’t come d. got
b. won’t come e. had got
c. didn’t come
d. havn’t come 10. Riki : Here we are! The busiest harbor in
e. isn’t come Surabaya.
Sinta : Look! A ship is coming.
5. Our teacher never … England. Gufron : …
a. visiting Riki : Yes. You know it can carry 2000
passengers at one time.
a. What a beautiful ship!
b. What is a big ship?
c. What a big ship!
d. How big is this ship?
e. How comfortable is the ship?
A. The good news about the boys has been
told
B. The good news was told to the boys
C. The good news has been told by the boys
D. Somebody has told the boys the good
news
E. The boys have told the good news ‘

11. He was helped by a very beautiful nurse. 16. “Why were her eyes red?”
The underlined word has nearly the same “Because …”.
meaning as … A. she has cried
A. pretty B. she cries
B. nice C. she had been crying
C. modest D. she is crying
D. thoughtful E. she has been crying
E. friendly
17. “He must have been seen me eat the
12. The police ….. for the robber for two fish” means …
years before they caught him. A. I conclude that he saw me eat the fish
A. were looked B. I must eat the fish
B. had been looking C. I’m sure that he saw me eat the fish
C. were being looked D. He must see me eat the fish
D. have been looking E. He could see me eat the fish
E. had to be looked
18. “What did he promise you?”
13. “Is the new edition of this book already “… if he wins the lottery”
available?” No, ….. A. That he treats me
A. it was printed B. He treats me
B. it is printing C. To treat me
C. it is being printed D. I treat him
D. it has printed E. He should treat me
E. it has been printed
19. His name is Nadia, isn’t …?
14. He started to make a living right after A. it
the death of his father. The underlined B. he
word mean … C. that
A. to look for a house D. his
B. to work hard E. so
C. to get married
D. to stay alive 20. “If I had come earlier, I could have met
E. to earn money Bob in person” means …
A. I came early, therefore I could not meet
15. ”The boys have been told the good Bob in person”
news” Mean … B. “I came very early, so that I could meet
Bob in person” B. I also sew my own clothes
C. “Although I came early, I could not meet C. Nor do I sew my own clothes
Bob in person” D. She cannot sew her own clothes
D. I came late, so I could not meet Bob in E. I don’t sew my own clothes
person” 26. “Aditya had the oil of his car changed
E. “I did not come late, nevertheless, I yesterday” means …
could not meet Bob in person” A. “Someone asked Aditya to changed the
21. She missed the train. She … earlier. oil of his car”
A. should be leaving B. “He changed the oil of his car”
B. should leave C. “Someone changed the oil of his car”
C. must have left D. “He had to change the oil of his car”
D. must leave E. “He would have changed the oil of his
E. should have left car”

22. These shoes old, … comfortable. 27. The disappointed man jumped out of
A. neither the window and committed …
B. but A. sin
C. while B. suicide
D. nor C. death
E. quite D. murder
E. crime
23. “… a pity we missed the program.”
A. What is 28. “I’m sorry for … you all this trouble,
B. Being A. disturbing
C. That is B. doing
D. It is C. causing
E. There is D. making
E. creating
24. “Having covered the typewriter, she
turned the light off” means … 29. The teacher has the children … to the
A. “Since she had turned the light off, she passage twice.
covered the typewriter” A. have listened
B. “While turning off the light, she covered B. listen
the typewriter” C. listening
C. She covered the typewriter, then she D. listened
turned the light off E. to listen
D. “She turned the light off when she
covered the typewriter” 30. My neighbor is a well … and very
E. She turned the light off as she was successful businessman.
covering the typewriter” A. educative
B. educated
25. ” …” C. educating
“Neither does she” D. education
A. E Does she sew her own clothes? E. educate
 work.
31. “I am sorry I don’t know the answer, A. to learning
but I really wish I …” B. learn
A. had known C. learned
B. know D. learning
C. have known E. learning
D. knew
E. will know 37. Nurul : … Jane?
Sintia : “Yes. She is typing a letter in her
32. At new year’s eve … continued until room now.
early in the morning. a. Can you see
A. they’re singing and dancing b. Did you see
B. to sing and to dance c. Have you seen
C. singing and dancing d. Do you see
D. they sing and dance e. Have you ever seen
E. song and dance
38. … this text several times but I still
33. He knows only a little English, … he is to confused.
do good business. a. reading
A. therefore b. have read
B. unless c. have been reading
C. since d. read
D. moreover e. was reading
E. but
39. … a sharp axe, he cut down the tree
34. The dishes we had for lunch were all easily.
delicious …? A. To have used
A. weren’t they B. Using
B. didn’t they C. To using
C. were they D. To used
D. hadn’t they E. Have used
E. had they
40. Chelya : …. ?
35. “If only his son had studied harder” Susanti : Yes, I have.
means … Chelya: When did you go there?
A. His son never studies harder Susanti : Last year.
B. His son did not study harder a. Have you ever gone to New York?
C. His son has studied harder b. Are you going there?
D. His son had studied harder c. Did you go there?
E. His son will not study harder d. Do you go there?
e. Have you go there?
36. I was interested in … more about your