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English Grammar MCQ Test With Answers Advanced - 13
Question 1 |
Aristotle is known to have said something like this: .............. man is a political animal is pretty obvious.
A | This |
B | The |
C | A |
D | That |
E | ------ |
Question 2 |
Why don't you pay some attention? I .............. be talking to a brick wall!
A | would like to |
B | should better |
C | will go and |
D | might as well |
E | am going to |
Question 3 |
.............. when the phone started ringing. This is the sort of situation that I find really annoying.
A | Although it doesn't really bother me |
B | Ever since my childhood, I get frightened |
C | Hardly had I got in the house |
D | No matter what I did |
E | Immediately after I came home |
Question 4 |
Let's face it: The salary of an ordinary grave-digger is much higher ______.
A | in comparison with a doctor |
B | than a doctor |
C | than that of a doctor |
D | than a doctor is |
E | if compared to a doctor |
Question 5 |
Let me tell you about a funny thing that happened to a friend of mine the other day: Well, he'd just had a new tyre .............. on his car and he was going to drive the family out for a picnic. (The story continues...)
A | fitting |
B | been fitted |
C | was fitting |
D | fitted |
E | would be fitted |
Question 6 |
Don't you agree with me that learning a foreign language is great fun? ............... is to pick up a little Italian.
A | A very easy language to learn |
B | The language that I want to practise |
C | What other language than Italian |
D | What I am planning to do now |
E | Italy is the place |
Question 7 |
The bus I intended to catch had an accident on the way and many people got badly injured. Just think of it: If I hadn't missed it, I myself ............... recuperating in some hospital now.
A | would be |
B | having been |
C | were |
D | had been |
E | wouldn't have been |
Question 8 |
............... for -- what you call -- his "reckless courage", all lives would have been lost.
A | If it had been |
B | It wouldn't have been |
C | Had it not been |
D | If it were |
E | Wouldn't it have been |
Question 9 |
I know you want him badly; but don't you worry: I'm pretty certain that, unless he's offered more money elsewhere (which is unlikely), he ............... our offer.
A | had not accepted |
B | won't accept |
C | 'll accept |
D | wouldn't accept |
E | would've accepted |
Question 10 |
How long has your husband been away now? Well, next Saturday he ............... for three weeks.
A | will have been |
B | will have been going |
C | will be going |
D | will have been gone |
E | has gone |
Question 11 |
He's been working very hard just recently. So ______! He has an exam coming up, hasn't he?
A | he should |
B | is he |
C | much more |
D | would he |
E | has he |
Question 12 |
Isn't it time you ............... sparkling new hair shampoo!
A | did yourself a favour and tried this |
B | are buying yourself a huge bottle of this |
C | are giving as a present to your sweetheart |
D | will go and buy your family a bottle of |
E | would bought a bottle of this |
Question 13 |
............... had he drunk what was in the cup ............... he began to feel drowsy again.
A | When / that |
B | As soon as / then |
C | Never / despite |
D | No sooner / than |
E | Whether or not / always |
Question 14 |
The ambassador does nothing ................ sit idle and complain all the time.
A | resulting from |
B | but |
C | besides |
D | nevertheless |
E | apart from |
Question 15 |
I shall say no more ............... I be misunderstood.
A | however |
B | in order that |
C | lest |
D | no matter what |
E | so that |
Question 16 |
He was thought, by all, to be undergoing some kind of training abroad, but he now appears ............... all through these months in a remote part of the country.
A | camping |
B | to be camping |
C | to camp |
D | having camped |
E | to have been camping |
Question 17 |
This friend of mine visited his doctor the other day with some stomach problems and the doctor simply suggested that he ............... away from alcohol for some time.
A | would stay |
B | would be staying |
C | will stay |
D | stays |
E | stay |
Question 18 |
______, he didn't want to risk it for the third time.
A | Because he cannot fail again |
B | Since the last time |
C | Now that he has finally failed |
D | Having failed twice already |
E | Never again |
Question 19 |
______, we decided to go swimming.
A | The day being fine |
B | Although it was a fine day |
C | Despite the fact that the weather was fine |
D | Unless it was nice weather |
E | For fear that it might rain |
Question 20 |
I've been trying to make you understand for the last half hour: If you have posted that letter, it ______ there by now.
A | would have got |
B | had got |
C | is going to get |
D | hadn't got |
E | will have got |
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