Mixed Grammar MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise 029

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Grammar Test 029

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Question 1

We are very busy at the office. I must _____ my holiday for a while.

A	put up
B	put through
C	put off
D	put in

Question 1 Explanation:

Put off means to postpone, or move something to a later time. They are busy, so the holiday must wait: I must put off my holiday.

Question 2

We have an extra room in our house. We will gladly _____ you _____ for a week or two.

A	put / up
B	put / off
C	put / through
D	put / in

Question 2 Explanation:

Put someone up means to let someone stay in your home for a short time. The clue is an extra room in our house.

Question 3

How do you find your new neighbours? I’ve heard they are difficult to _____.

A	get up
B	get on with
C	get down
D	get over

Question 3 Explanation:

Get on with someone means to have a friendly relationship with them. Difficult neighbours are difficult to get on with. Not get over, which means to recover from something.

Question 4

I tried to telephone my family several times last night, but I just couldn’t _____.

A	get up
B	get on with
C	get down
D	get through

Question 4 Explanation:

Get through means to manage to make contact with someone by phone. The clue is tried to telephone … several times.

Question 5

Who do you think will _____ when he resigns?

A	take over
B	take in
C	take up
D	take off

Question 5 Explanation:

Take over means to take control of a job or responsibility from someone else. When he resigns, someone will take over his position. Not take up, which means to start a hobby or activity.

Question 6

With her blue eyes she seems to _____ her aunt.

A	take after
B	take off
C	take away
D	take for

Question 6 Explanation:

Take after means to look or behave like an older family member. She has her aunt's blue eyes, so she takes after her aunt.

Question 7

There was so much noise I could hardly _____ what he was saying.

A	make out
B	make for
C	make up
D	make off

Question 7 Explanation:

Make out means to manage to hear, see or understand something with difficulty. The noise made it hard to make out his words.

Question 8

Despite the snowstorm, we decided to _____ Chicago instead of sleeping in the car.

A	make out
B	make for
C	make up
D	make off

Question 8 Explanation:

Make for means to go towards a place. Instead of sleeping in the car, they decided to make for Chicago. Not make off, which means to run away, often after a crime.

Question 9

After the operation one of the nurses stayed at his bedside, waiting for him to _____.

A	come up
B	come around
C	come off
D	come away

Question 9 Explanation:

Come around (British also come round) means to become conscious again. After an operation, a patient comes around from the anaesthetic.

Question 10

He’s full of wonderful plans, but they very seldom _____.

A	come in
B	come about
C	come off
D	come down

Question 10 Explanation:

Come off means to succeed or happen as planned: his plans very seldom come off. Not come about, which means 'happen, occur' and is used for events (How did the accident come about?), not for plans succeeding.

Question 11

He got a low mark, but he _____ to have answered most of the questions correctly.

A	contracts
B	claims
C	blames
D	conceives

Question 11 Explanation:

Claim to have done means to say that something is true, even if others may doubt it. His low mark suggests his answers were not correct, but he claims they were.

Question 12

She was fifteen minutes late because she was _____ by a traffic jam.

A	bent on
B	fled
C	troubled
D	delayed

Question 12 Explanation:

Delayed means made late. A traffic jam delays you, so she was late. Not troubled, which means worried or bothered, not made late.

Question 13

Teachers like _____ students.

A	conscious
B	conscientious
C	consenting
D	conscience

Question 13 Explanation:

Conscientious means hard-working and careful to do things well. Not conscious, which means awake or aware, and not conscience, which is a noun for your sense of right and wrong.

Question 14

Her parents will never _____ such outrageous behavior.

A	put up
B	endeavor
C	concentrate
D	tolerate

Question 14 Explanation:

Tolerate means to accept or allow something unpleasant. Not put up, because the phrasal verb needs with: put up with such behaviour.

Question 15

After trying for some time, he gave _____ working on it.

A	way
B	up
C	in
D	on

Question 15 Explanation:

Give up + -ing means to stop trying to do something: he gave up working on it. Not gave in, which means to stop resisting or to agree after pressure, and is not followed by an -ing verb.

Question 16

Are you any good _____ making soup?

A	by
B	for
C	at
D	from

Question 16 Explanation:

We say good at something or good at doing something: Are you good at making soup?

Question 17

_____ for his great courage, all lives would have been lost.

A	It had not been
B	It wouldn’t have seen
C	Had it not been
D	Wouldn’t it have been

Question 17 Explanation:

This is an inverted third conditional: Had it not been for = If it had not been for. It talks about an imagined past: without his courage, all lives would have been lost. Not It had not been, because the sentence needs if, or the inverted form had it, to make a condition.

Question 18

Yes, I know you’re tired this morning, but _____ to the party, you wouldn’t have come home late.

A	if you would have gone
B	if you hadn’t gone
C	if you have gone
D	if you wouldn’t have gone

Question 18 Explanation:

This is a third conditional about the past: if + past perfect (if you hadn't gone), then would have + past participle. Not if you would have gone, because would is not used in the if clause.

Question 19

Unless he’s offered more money elsewhere, _____ this job.

A	he won’t accept
B	he would accept
C	he’ll accept
D	he wouldn’t accept

Question 19 Explanation:

Unless means if not. This is a first conditional (present tense + will): if he isn't offered more money elsewhere, he'll accept this job. Not he won't accept, because unless already gives the negative meaning.

Question 20

If I’d realized this before, I _____ in such a mess now.

A	won’t have been
B	wouldn’t be
C	wouldn’t have been
D	won’t be

Question 20 Explanation:

This is a mixed conditional: a past condition (If I'd realized) with a present result. The word now shows the result is in the present, so we use would + base verb: I wouldn't be in such a mess now. Not wouldn't have been, which describes a past result.

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