Mixed Grammar MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise 013

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Grammar Test 013

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Question 1

A: I wonder why my watch isn’t working.

B: You _____ it.

A	must have dropped
B	could drop
C	should have dropped
D	must be dropping

Question 1 Explanation:

We use must have + past participle when we are almost sure about something in the past. The watch isn't working now, so B guesses what happened before: You must have dropped it. Not should have dropped, because that means it was a good idea to drop it.

Question 2

He is getting his latest novel _____ next month.

A	to publish
B	publishing
C	published
D	be published

Question 2 Explanation:

Get something done (get + object + past participle) means someone else does it for you. A publisher will publish the novel, so getting his novel published. Not be published, because this pattern needs only the past participle.

Question 3

Although Ali is quite short, _____ reach the apples on the tree.

A	he can also
B	he just can’t
C	he’s tall enough to
D	he’s too short to

Question 3 Explanation:

Although shows a surprising contrast: he is short, but he can still reach the apples. Tall enough to + verb means he has the height he needs. He just can't and he's too short to give no contrast, so they don't fit after although.

Question 4

You can buy almost anything in this supermarket; _____, it has a cafeteria serving good cheap meals.

A	however
B	moreover
C	meanwhile
D	otherwise

Question 4 Explanation:

Moreover adds another positive point to the first one (= also, in addition). The supermarket sells almost everything, and it also has a good cafeteria. Not however, because there is no contrast here.

Question 5

If I had known that the book was so boring, _____

A	I wouldn’t buy it
B	I wouldn’t have bought it
C	I would have bought it
D	I would buy it

Question 5 Explanation:

This is the third conditional for an imaginary past: If + past perfect, would have + past participle. The speaker bought the book and now regrets it: I wouldn't have bought it. Not I wouldn't buy it, because that refers to the present, not the past.

Question 6

A: How did the water feel?

B: _____.

A	Warm
B	Warmth
C	Warmly
D	Warmest

Question 6 Explanation:

After feel, we use an adjective, not an adverb: The water felt warm. Warmth is a noun and warmly is an adverb.

Question 7

A manager should have a good knowledge of labour _____.

A	organizer
B	organization
C	organized
D	organize

Question 7 Explanation:

After labour we need a noun to make a compound noun: labour organization (how work and workers are organized). Organizer is a noun too, but it means a person, which doesn't fit knowledge of labour ….

Question 8

Petroleum _____ are getting more and more expensive every day.

A	produces
B	products
C	production
D	productivity

Question 8 Explanation:

We need a plural noun because the verb is are: petroleum products (things made from oil, like petrol and plastic). Production and productivity are uncountable, so they don't go with are.

Question 9

We had a very _____ time at the football match yesterday.

A	excited
B	excitement
C	exciting
D	excitedly

Question 9 Explanation:

Adjectives ending in -ing describe the thing that causes the feeling: an exciting time. Adjectives ending in -ed describe how a person feels: We were excited.

Question 10

He had to pay the library for the _____ book.

A	lose
B	lost
C	loss
D	loser

Question 10 Explanation:

Before the noun book we need an adjective. Lost (past participle) works as an adjective: the lost book = the book that he lost. Loss is a noun.

Question 11

Stop talking and _____ with your work.

A	get on
B	get away
C	get after
D	get back

Question 11 Explanation:

Get on with something means to continue doing it, especially work: Get on with your homework. Not get back, because we say get back to your work.

Question 12

_____ the radio; I can’t hear what you’re saying.

A	Turn up
B	Turn on
C	Turn away
D	Turn down

Question 12 Explanation:

Turn down means to make the sound quieter. The radio is too loud, so the speaker can't hear you. Turn up means the opposite: make it louder.

Question 13

I am sorry I am so late. My car _____.

A	broke up
B	broke away
C	broke down
D	broke in

Question 13 Explanation:

Break down is used when a machine or car stops working: My car broke down on the motorway. Break up means to end a relationship, and break in means to enter a building illegally.

Question 14

Will you _____ the baby this morning while I do my shopping?

A	look over
B	look back
C	look up
D	look after

Question 14 Explanation:

Look after means to take care of someone: Can you look after my dog? Look up means to find information, for example in a dictionary.

Question 15

Did Alice _____ to live here?

A	used
B	use
C	used to
D	ever

Question 15 Explanation:

In questions with did, we use the base form: Did she use to live here? The -d disappears because did already shows the past. Not used, because we don't use two past forms together.

Question 16

A: Are you still employed at the airport?

B: Yes, I _____ there since 1978.

A	had been working
B	worked
C	have been working
D	am working

Question 16 Explanation:

We use the present perfect continuous with since for an action that started in the past and is still going on: I have been working there since 1978. Not am working, because the present continuous can't be used with since.

Question 17

A: You mean there was no food left when you got to the reception?

B: Exactly, by the time I got there, they _____ everything up.

A	will eat
B	had eaten
C	ate
D	have eaten

Question 17 Explanation:

We use the past perfect (had + past participle) for an action that was finished before another moment in the past. By the time I got there is the clue: the eating was already over when the speaker arrived, so they had eaten everything up. Not ate, because the past simple doesn't fit with by the time for an action that was already complete. Not have eaten, because the story is in the past, not connected to now.

Question 18

- Wasn’t he really doing any work at home?

- No, I found him _____ in an armchair.

A	sleep
B	to sleep
C	sleeping
D	slept

Question 18 Explanation:

After find + person, we use the -ing form for an action in progress when we saw it: I found him sleeping. Not to sleep, because find is not followed by to + verb here.

Question 19

A: Which shoe of this pair did you say was too tight?

B: _____; both of them fit me perfectly.

A	None
B	Neither
C	Nor
D	No one

Question 19 Explanation:

Neither means not one and not the other of two things. A pair of shoes has two, so Neither is right. Not None, because we use it for three or more.

Question 20

You look tired. What _____?

A	did you do
B	were you doing
C	have you been doing
D	you have done

Question 20 Explanation:

We use the present perfect continuous to ask about a recent activity whose result we can see now: You look tired. What have you been doing? Not you have done, because a question needs the auxiliary before the subject.

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