Advanced Grammar MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise 05

Advanced Grammar Test 05

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Question 1

(Please note: The following questions are part of a cloze test. They are interrelated, meaning that the information provided in each question is connected to the others.)

“Darling! There’s hardly any petrol left in the tank. I _____ it up before we left home.

A	must have filled
B	should have filled
C	would have filled
D	had to fill

Question 1 Explanation:

Should have + past participle criticises a past action that was needed but did not happen. The speaker is blaming themselves: the tank is nearly empty, so they did not fill it up but needed to. Not must have filled: that is a logical deduction that something did happen, and the empty tank shows it didn't.

Question 2

_____ a garage quite near but I _____ drive carefully until we _____ there.

A	There may be
B	It may be
C	There can be
D	It can be

Question 2 Explanation:

To say that something exists, English uses the dummy subject there: There is a garage. Adding may makes it a guess about this particular situation: There may be a garage quite near. Not There can be: can describes general or theoretical possibility, not a guess about one specific place. It may be needs it to refer to something already mentioned.

Question 3

_____ a garage quite near but I _____ drive carefully until we _____ there.

A	like better
B	would better
C	had better
D	prefer

Question 3 Explanation:

Had better + bare infinitive gives strong advice or shows what is sensible now: I had better drive carefully. The form is always had, never would better. Like better and prefer express preference, not advice, and prefer would need to drive.

Question 4

_____ a garage quite near but I _____ drive carefully until we _____ there.

A	shall get
B	will get
C	are getting
D	get

Question 4 Explanation:

After time conjunctions such as until, when, before and as soon as, English uses the present simple to talk about the future: until we get there. Not will get or shall get: we don't normally use will/shall in a time clause, even when it refers to the future.

Question 5

If only I _____ the petrol before we started out! Damn!

A	checked
B	would have checking
C	had checked
D	have checked

Question 5 Explanation:

If only + past perfect expresses regret about the past: If only I had checked the petrol before we started out! The checking should have happened before the journey began, so the past perfect is needed. Not checked: If only + past simple expresses a wish about the present, e.g. If only I had more money.

Question 6

I _____ this to happen for the last ten minutes.

A	am expecting
B	expect
C	have been expecting
D	was expecting

Question 6 Explanation:

The present perfect continuous describes a situation that started in the past and continues up to now. The clue is for the last ten minutes: I have been expecting this to happen for the last ten minutes. Not was expecting: the past continuous would cut the situation off from the present, but the speaker is still in it.

Question 7

I’ll have to push the car to the side of the road because we _____ if we leave it here.

A	will be fined
B	will fine
C	will be being fined
D	will be fining

Question 7 Explanation:

The speakers receive the fine; they don't give it. So a passive is needed: will be + past participle, as in we will be fined. Will fine and will be fining are active, which would mean the speakers fine someone else. Will be being fined is a future continuous passive, which is extremely rare and wrong here.

Question 8

But I can’t imagine what _____ to let this happen.

A	was I thinking about
B	I was thinking about
C	did I think about
D	I thought about

Question 8 Explanation:

What I was thinking about is an indirect question inside I can't imagine..., so it uses statement word order (subject before verb) with no auxiliary inversion. The past continuous fits the idiomatic self-criticism What was I thinking?, which refers to the speaker's state of mind at that time. Not was I thinking about: that is direct-question word order, which is wrong after I can't imagine.

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