Grammar Test - 002 1) : Obvious
Grammar Test - 002 1) : Obvious
1) I'm simply surprised at your lack of authority on him. Why can't you ............... him eat his dinner?
a. persuade b. ask c. make d. tell e. force
2) "You took the wrong bus." "It .............. the wrong one. It has brought me to the right place, hasn't
it?
3) Why don't you pay some attention? I .............. be talking to a brick wall!
a. would like to b. should better c. might as well
4) Aristotle is known to have said something like this: .............. man is a political animal is pretty
obvious.
5) Listen to me, Ali. The man, ............... refused your proposal, has been arrested.
a. who have repeatedly b. - - - c. whom
6) "Don't worry; one of the robbers ............... ," said a policeman to the gathering crowd.
a. are being pursued b. have been pursuing c. has been pursuing
7) Theoretical physics ............... to be one of those pure sciences that ............... indispensable for the
advancement of mankind.
a. happens/are b. happens/is c. happen/is
d. happen/are e. happens/- - -
8) I ............... asked to inform you that you're dismissed from your post as of today.
a. - - - b. have been c. used to be d. had e. would have
9) Would you believe it! ............... was no other than our poor old postman who had fallen into the
water still holding on to his bags.
10) Darling, I've got news for you: Meltem, together with her husband and six children, ..............
come to stay with us for a whole month.
11) ............... when the phone started ringing. This is the sort of situation that I find really annoying.
a. Although it doesn't really bother me
12) 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
13) I've been meaning to ask you: This is the first time you are visiting Turkey, ............... ?
a. aren't you b. is it c. are you d. isn't it e. is this
14) No matter how hard I tried to make them understand, they just wouldn't take my word
for ............... I said, .............. annoyed me very much.
d. which/that e. which/which
15) 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...)
16) Don't you agree with me that learning a foreign language is great fun? ............... is to pick up a
little Italian.
17) Yes, I know you're tired and sleepy, but let me remind you one thing: If you ............... up all night
to watch that stupid film, the world would look much brighter this morning, wouldn't it?!
18) 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.
20) I'm pretty certain that, unless he's offered more money elsewhere, he ............... our offer.
a. 'd accept b. won't accept c. wouldn't accept