This third gap fill test contains 25 multiple choice questions on the topic of grammar revision. Both English learners and ESL teachers can use this online exercise as a general revision to check the knowledge of English grammar.
Grammar Revision Advanced Level Test 3
Question 1 |
One of the first patients _____ with a device was McKillop who had to have his right hand _____ after complications following an accident.
A | to be fitted / amputated |
B | to fit / was amputated |
C | to have fitted / amputating |
D | fitted / had amputated |
E | to be fitting / to amputate |
Question 2 |
The researchers assembled a database _____ more than 29,500 records that documented changes _____ across a wide range of natural phenomena.
A | includes / seen |
B | included / were seen |
C | including / seen |
D | included / saw |
E | is including / have seen |
Question 3 |
The phenomena such as the melting of mountain glaciers _____ major impacts on societies that _____ on them for drinking water.
A | are likely to have / depend |
B | may as well have / depend |
C | could have / depended |
D | should have / have depended |
E | must be having / depend |
Question 4 |
Enrico Caruso sang opera in Italy before travelling to the United States, _____ he gave his first performance at the Metropolitan Opera in November 1903.
A | then |
B | when |
C | and which |
D | in that |
E | where |
Question 5 |
Girls' physical activity is known _____ as they progress through adolescence, _____ their risk of weight gain.
A | to have decreased / raising |
B | to be decreasing / raised |
C | to be decreased / having raised |
D | to decrease / raising |
E | decreasing / raising |
Question 6 |
Body mass index is a mathematical formula representing weight relative to height _____ can be used to determine _____ a person is overweight or underweight.
A | that / what |
B | which / whether |
C | the fact that / that |
D | of which /why |
E | what / if |
Question 7 |
_____ _____ about how neighbourhood characteristics can influence obesity should help identify effective ways to address the problem.
A | Expanding / understanding |
B | To expand / to be understood |
C | Expanded / understand |
D | Having expanded / to understand |
E | Being expanded / understand |
Question 8 |
Researchers need a clearer understanding of the mechanisms through _____ neighbourhood social cohesion can influence body weight.
A | what |
B | how |
C | which |
D | why |
E | that |
Question 9 |
Conventional arts organizations face increasing financial stress, as Americans have come to rely more ______ their televisions for art ______ entertainment.
A | in / to |
B | on / as well as |
C | than / for |
D | as / as |
E | such / as |
Question 10 |
During the last Ice Age, humans _____ to the edge of extinction, perhaps by famine and drought _____ by a sharp drop in global temperatures.
A | pushed / were caused |
B | were pushed / caused |
C | pushed / caused |
D | were pushing / were caused |
E | were pushed / had been caused |
Question 11 |
The number of class action lawsuits ______ against insurance companies in the United States increased sharply during the 1990s ______ the passage of the federal Class Action Fairness Act of 2005.
A | filing / previous |
B | are filed / earlier |
C | are filing / preeceding |
D | filed / prior to |
E | have filed / former |
Question 12 |
Since the discovery of a pyramid at the site, historians have thought Tlatelolco ______ by the Aztecs in 1325 ______ year as the twin city of Tenochtitlan nearby.
A | founded / such |
B | was founded / the same |
C | had been founded / as long |
D | was founding / as well |
E | founded / as yet |
Question 13 |
The types of live performances ______ available to them could increasingly depend upon ______they live.
A | -- / where |
B | which / that |
C | that / with whom |
D | what / which |
E | whom / in which |
Question 14 |
Asbestos is a group of silicate minerals _____ in many industrial processes _____ their fire-retardant properties.
A | used / because of |
B | using / due to |
C | to be used / rather than |
D | being used / despite |
E | used / thereby |
Question 15 |
DexaSIM is a simulation tool ______ by Austrian scientists that can help automobile manufacturers ______ exhaust treatment systems that meet the increasingly strict emissions standards.
A | having developed / designing |
B | to be developed / to design |
C | being developed / to design |
D | developed / design |
E | is developed / to be designing |
Question 16 |
The machine ______ currently suitable for light-duty diesel vehicles, but ______ adapted to heavy-duty diesel as well as gasoline-powered vehicles.
A | is / could be |
B | has been / would have been |
C | was / would be |
D | is to be / may be |
E | is supposed to be / was |
Question 17 |
He preferred a contemplative to an active life, and _____ declined these public honours and passed the remainder of his days in solitude.
A | indeed |
B | all in all |
C | in other words |
D | therefore |
E | still |
Question 18 |
An obsessive-compulsive might check their doors and windows 50 to 100 times _____ an obsession about security gets stuck in their head.
A | before |
B | while |
C | the last time |
D | such as |
E | when |
Question 19 |
_____ convergence, a teen can watch a television show on a computer long after the show has aired on television.
A | For |
B | Despite |
C | Thanks to |
D | Thereby |
E | As |
Question 20 |
The prize is awarded annually by a committee in Norway to those _____ have made major contributions to world peace efforts.
A | which |
B | whose |
C | who |
D | what |
E | of whom |
Question 21 |
Previously, most claims ______ from workers ______ through activities such as asbestos mining and manufacturing.
A | had been / exposed |
B | have been / are exposed |
C | had been / were exposed |
D | were /exposed |
E | are / are exposing |
Question 22 |
He drew a distinction between primary motion and its secondary effects, _____, impulse and reaction.
A | except that |
B | with respect to |
C | that is |
D | in brief |
E | likewise |
Question 23 |
_____ had I gone to bed when the telephone rang.
A | Not only |
B | Almost never |
C | Merely |
D | Hardly |
E | The moment |
Question 24 |
Adverse land and ecological impacts will accompany oil shale development ______which approach is used.
A | however |
B | whatever |
C | no matter |
D | whereas |
E | as |
Question 25 |
The army ____ that it ____ Turkey's secular system.
A | has warned / is defended |
B | will warn / had defended |
C | had warned / defended |
D | warned / has defended |
E | warned / would defend |
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