GRAMMAR REVISION TEST 2

1- In order to see how the patient ......... to an increased amount of medicine, his doctors
........ to give him twice as much as before.

A) has responded/were starting

B) would respond/started
C) responded/will have started
D) had responded/would be starting
E) responds/had started

2- The decorating of the house ........ last week, but the electricity.........yet.

A) has been completed/isn't connected

B) had completed/wasn't being connected
C) was completed/hasn't been connected
D) would have completed/wasn't connected
E) was being completed/isn't connecting

3- Can you tell me ........ to get a good deal on a used car?

A) where B) how much

C) what D) that
E) which

4- My father feels higher education is a waste of time and has ........... intention of
supporting me through university, so I will have to look for.............. means of support.

A) no/another B) none/some
C) some/neither D) any/others
E) neither/any

5- Frank: I don't think I’ll be able to go to the party on Friday night.

Dennis ........... I wish it was Saturday night instead.

A) So do I B) I’m not either

C) I will too D) neither will I
E) So am I

6- Even a famous author like George Orwell..............for years before he .............. anyone to
publish his books.

A) wrote/had been convincing

B) has written/will be convinced
C) has been writing/was convinced
D) was writing/has convinced
E) had been writing/could convince

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7- Unless Turkey ....... some fundamental changes to its economy, it ........ into the EU.

A) has made/doesn't accept

B) makes/won't be accepted
C) will make/hasn't been accepted
D) was making/hasn't accepted
E) is making/wouldn't accept

8- The 100,000-page EU regulations are ........ to be interpreted very differently by different

member countries.

A) so confusing that B) confusing enough

C) such a confusing D) as confusing
E) more confusing than

9- We can start discussing the items on the agenda ....... everyone has arrived.

A) while B) instead of
C) on account of C) as soon as
E) in case

10- Iraq has some of the largest petroleum reserves in the Middle East; ........ , it is the home
of some the world's oldest archeological sites, so logically, one would expect it to be a
wealthy country from a combination of the petroleum industry and tourism.

A) as well as B) despite
C) as long as D) therefore
E) furthermore

11- My father had ....... stressful job...... he decided to quit before he had a heart attack.

A) such a/that B) a more/than

C) as/as D) the most/as
E) so /that

12- We............get up early tomorrow, or we ........ miss our 7 a.m. flight.

A) might/should B) would/can
C) may/ought to D) had better/might
E) could/had better

13- Once an owner ......... to train his puppy, he must be willing to stick with the job until the
puppy ........ the task.

A) starts/will be learning B) has started/learns

C) started/will have learnt D) will start/has learnt
E) had started/would learn

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14- If you want to go to Heathrow Airport from central London, it is possible to take ........
the Airport Bus ......... the Heathrow Express train.

A) both/either B) no sooner/than
C) either/or D) neither/but
E) whether/or

15- Unfortunately, ....... means are very expensive, so it is better to take ........... option — the
Underground — even though it takes a long time.

A) both/the other B) some/another

C) each/any other D) any/each other
E) every/some other

16- I heard ......... in the distance calling for help, but I was too frightened to do ............... .

A) somewhere /anywhere B) someone/anything

C) anywhere/something D) anyone/everything
E) something/somewhere

17- I'm a bit concerned because Grechen has had previous experience working with
handicapped children, .............. .

A) and nor had anyone else B) though no one else did

C) but no one else has D) so is everyone else
E) the others had too

18- I don't think you worked very hard yesterday, ....... ?

A) do I B) did you
C) don't I D) didn’t you
E) don't you

19- I live quite a long way from my ex-wife, but I will have to move even ............. away
because she has found me and started asking for money.

A) such a far B) the farthest

C) so far D) far enough
E) farther

20- People ....... Elvis Presley's grave ever since he ......... n 1977.

A) have visited/was dying

B) were visiting/had died
C) have been visiting/died
D) are visiting/have died
E) had visited/would die

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21- While most artists want to have their work ......... the Dadaists of the early 20th century
actually encouraged audiences ........ them with rotten vegetables.

A) to be praised/pelting
B) praise/having pelted
C) to praise/to be pelting
D) having been praised/pelt
E) praised/to pelt

22- Though few people have actually read his books, James Joyce is probably the novelist
....... works have had the greatest influence on the 20th-century English novel.

A) who B) which
C) that D) whose
E) whom

23- It seems that ....... British tourists will go anywhere as long as there is ........... sunshine and
alcohol to drink.

A) some/a number of B) any/several

C) —/plenty of D) every/a lot of
E) the/many

24- There wasn't anything special you wanted me to do for tomorrow, ....... ?

A) did you B) didn't there

C) was there D) weren't you
E) don't I

25- At ............. international airports, passengers have to pass through security to insure that
they have ........ dangerous items on them or in their luggage.

A) every/neither B) the/either
C) any/none D) —/any
E) all/no

26- Ruth's job involves ....... with refugees in order to help them ......... into their new homes.

A) to work/being integrated
B) working/integrate
C) to be working/to integrate
D) having worked/integrating
E) work/having integrated

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27- By the end of June, exams ........, and all the students ........ forward to summer vacation.
A) will have finished/will be looking
B) have been finished/looked
C) were finishing/had looked
D) are finished/will have been looking
E) are finishing/are looking

28- Had the laws been enforced, the huge ugly building dominating the skyline above
Dolmabahçe Palace ....... .
A) won't be built B) couldn't have built
C) hadn't been built D) wouldn't have been built
E) wasn't going to be built

29- The defense lawyer presented his case ........ the jury had no choice but to find his client
innocent.
A) so convincingly that B) as convincing as
C) too convincing for D) the most convincing
E) more convincingly than

30- You ....... for your tickets for at least ten days before the flight; otherwise, they ........... .
A) should pay/might cancel
B) must pay/will be cancelled
C) have paid/would have cancelled
D) can pay/have been cancelled
E) had paid/have to be cancelled

31 .......... the presence of UN peacekeeping forces in the area, the situation is still tense.
A) As if B) Because
C) Despite D) Although
E) Moreover

32- Sanskrit is a language .......... words and concepts are said to reflect an awareness of the
Self and the universe.
A) that B) which
C) when D) where
E) whose

33- We ....... happily through the mountains of Yemen when the bandits ........ out at us.
A) had trekked/were jumping
B) have trekked/jump
C) trekked /have jumped
D) would be trekking/would jump
E) were trekking/jumped

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34- metimes I ....... so fed up with the monotony of life in our century that I wish I ............ in
the days of high adventure.

A) am getting/have lived B) have got/were living

C) got/have been living D) get/had lived
E) was getting/could live

35- In our school, ....... teacher is observed once ........ semestre by the supervisor.

A) all/the B) each/a
C) every/any D) the whole/—
E) any/the

36- A huge meteorite is believed ........ the Earth about 67 million years ago.

A) striking B) having struck

C) to be struck D) to have struck
E) to strike

37- Jake ........ voluntary work as a counsellor among the homeless of the inner city while he
....... for his Master's Degree in Social Psychology.

A) does/will be studying
B) has done/was studying
C) was doing/has been studying
D) is doing/is studying
E) will be doing/studied

38- Until we ....... a preliminary survey, we won't be able to tell you how much the work ........

A) were doing/has cost B) are doing/ could cost

C) will do /has cost D) did/is going to cost
E) have done/will cost

39- Of the Earth's nearest neighbours, Venus is too hot to support life, while ............. , Mars,
seems to have too thin an atmosphere and no water.

A) others B) some other

C) the other D) other
E) any other

40- The chief of police was sacked because it was decided that he had not carried out his
duties........ he was required to.

A) as professionally as B) more professional than

C) too professional for D) professionally enough
E) so professionally that

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41- Dried beans, ........overnight before ........in salted water, will soften more quickly.

A) soaking/to be boiling
B) having been soaked/being boiled
C) to soak/to be boiled
D) be soaked/having been boiled
E) having soaked/boiled

42- The big match had to be postponed ........the trouble between rival fans.

A) so as to B) on account of
C) as much as D) the fact that
E) for fear that

43- Since the collapse of the Soviet union, the Bolshoi Ballet, ........ so many great dancers of
the past received their training, has been underfunded, and so it is now a shadow of its
former self.

A) which B) that
C) what D) where
E) whom

44- In the 1950s, it........ that space travel would be common by the year 2000, but so far, of
all the heavenly bodies, only the moon ........ by mankind.

A) had been predicted/is being visited

B) was predicting/has visited
C) has been predicted/was visited
D) predicted/would be visited
E) was predicted/has been visited

45- The car had been neglected for years, but after a wash and wax, it looked almost .......
new.

A) such B) so
C) as D) like
E) much

46- As I have travelled so much, there is hardly any country ........ I don't feel at home.

A) which B) that
C) where D) when
E) whose

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47 ............ French, Spanish and Italian as a teenager, young Richard Burton decided
........... Arabic next, since he thought it would be more of a challenge.

A) Being conquered/to be trying

B) To have conquered/try
C) To conquer/having tried
D) By conquering/trying
E) Having conquered/to try

48- He knew it ........ a difficult language, but since Britain at the time ruled quite a large part
of the Muslim world, he thought he ........ it.

A) should be/must have learnt

B) must have been/should have learnt
C) may be/could learn
D) will have been/would learn
E) would be/ought to learn

49- He soon realised that the Arabs were a very different people from the British and that in
order to understand ........, he should try to see things from ....... point of view.

A) themselves/their own B) them/their

C) theirs/theirs D) their own/them
E) their/themselves

50- Eventually he learnt Arabic well enough ....... to sneak into Mecca disguised in 1854, .......
to become the best known translator of the Arabian Nights.

A) either/or B) whether/or
C) neither/nor D) not only/but also
E) more/less

51- It was not until after Alice ....... for some time that she noticed someone............. her.

A) had been walking/was following

B) walked/has been following
C) has walked /had followed
D) has been walking /follows
E) is walking/will be following

52- The adaptation of Shakespeare's plays by the Reduced Shakespeare Company was not
entirely successful .......... the poor quality of the acting.

A) so that B) in case
C) due to D) when
E) since

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53- The daguerreotype was an early photographic process ........a positive image directly on a
copper plate ........with silver.

A) to produce/to coat
B) producing/coated
C) being produced/coat
D) to be produced/being coated
E) having produced/coating

54- The process was perfected by the Frenchman Luis Jacques Mande Daguerre in 1837,
who was......... famous for his invention of the Diorama, a kind of illusional picture
theatre.

A) even B) still
C) yet D) already
E) as much

55- My brother has tried countless jobs during his life; he has ........ worked in a mine in
Australia and on a fishing boat in Alaska.

A) rather B) ever
C) still D) quite
E) even

56- I was in good physical condition from jogging and working out in the gym; ...... , I found
it difficult to keep up with the Nepali peasants while trekking in the Himalayas.

A) nevertheless B) regardless of
C) whatever D) besides
E) similarly

57- The eviction of the tenant by the landlord had been anticipated, but not......... it was
carried out.

A) so quickly as B) quicker than

C) as quick as D) the quickest
E) quickly enough

58- If the captain ........ a more flexible man, the mutiny on the ship........... .

A) were/could be avoiding
B) has been/ought to be avoided
C) is/is supposed to avoid
D) had been/might have been avoided
E) would be/used to be avoided

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59- If we ....... in Hawaii, we........ swimming all year round.

A) are going to live/go

B) were living/used to go
C) lived/could go
D) would be living/went
E) had lived/have been going

60- The world's ........ waves strike the north shore of the island of Oahu, generated by winter
storms far to the north.

A) too powerful B) very powerful

C) so powerful D) powerful enough
E) most powerful

61 you are not in a hurry, you can take the Underground from Heathrow for a fraction
of the cost of the Heathrow Express.

A) As far as B) provided that

C) The fact that D) In contrast to
E) Whereas

62 being cheaper, the Underground takes you through far more interesting parts of
London.

A) In case B) Otherwise
C) As long as D) Therefore
E) Besides

63- In 1911, a native American, the language of ......... could not be understood by anyone,
was discovered outside a mining town in northern California.

A) which B) that
C) whom D) who
E) whose

64- Eventually, after a lot of effort, an anthropologist from the University of California .......
to him using a dictionary of words from a tribe thought to be extinct.

A) could have spoken B) could be speaking

C) was able to speak D) has been speaking
E) used to speak

65- He turned out to be the last Stone Age man in America, a member of a tribe....... customs
had not changed........ thousands of years.

A) whose/for B) which/from
C) whom/since D) what/until
E) where/while

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66- I find it hard to believe this information, which says Turkey has the world's 17th .......
economy.

A) large enough B) as large as

C) so large D) largest
E) larger

67 ................ of the 50 states of the United States is represented in Washington by 2 senators,

no matter........ large or small the population is.

A) Every/whether B) Each/how
C) Most/such a D) Any/rather
E) All/what

68- I'll never forget ........ Muhammad Ali in person just before one of his big fights.

A) to be seeing B) to be seen
C) to see D) being seen
E) having seen

69- Westerners are often shocked to see that the whip is ......... form of punishment in
Singapore.

A) as common as B) so common that

C) less common than D) common enough for
E) such a common

70- Your passport ........: you had better renew it if you ........ to go abroad on holiday.

A) has expired/are planning

B) could expire/will plan
C) expired/would have planned
D) expires/were planning
E) must have expired/would plan

71 ........... he had lost his temper does not excuse him for shouting at me in front of so many
people.

A) For fear that B) As long as

C) No matter D)Whether
E) The fact that

72- I....... changing my job if I........ sure of getting a better salary elsewhere.

A) would consider/must be
B) have considered/were
C) used to consider/have been
D) might consider/could be
E) am considering/had been

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 73- We ....... until everyone ........ the cinema before we got up to leave.

A) waited/had left
B) are waiting/has left
C) wait/will have left
D) had waited/was leaving
E) were waiting/would leave

74- "Prohibition" refers to a period in the United States during ........ the manufacture and
sale of alcoholic drinks was against the law.

A) when B) which
C) that D) where
E) whose

75- I..........a lot of beautiful paintings in my life, but this one......... unsurpassed.

A) saw/will be B) have seen/is

C) see/would be D) had seen/has been
E) will see/was

76- Some people are so fanatical about golf that they play every weekend bad the
weather is.

A) whatever B) wherever
C) whichever D) whenever
E) however

77- Since there is ....... water in Israel but in Turkey, the governments of the two
countries are working on a deal to export fresh water from Turkey to Israel.

A) some/many B) little/plenty
C) any/much D) much/some
E) several/a lot

78- The history of the late 20th century has shown us that people in some parts of the world
would rather ....... their neighbours than ....... living peacefully with them.

A) to kill/to contemplate
B) killed/to be contemplating
C) kill/contemplate
D) to have killed/contemplated
E) killing/contemplating

79- Although "Gone with the Wind" may not be ........ American film of all time, it is
certainly ........popular.

A) the best/the most B) so good/enough

C) too good/so D) the better/too
E) such good/more

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80- If you ....... up your insurance payments, you ........ everything when your house burnt
down.

A) will keep/don’t lose

B) kept/aren't losing
C) had kept/wouldn't have lost
D) keep/weren't losing
E) would keep/haven't lost

81- The workmen have offered us two methods of tiling the roof, and we'll choose .......... is
less costly.

A) whatever B) whomever
C) however D) which ever
E) wherever

82- Chuck Berry made use of jazz,......... other musical traditions, to develop his own special
kind of music: rock 'n' roll.

A) while B) the sooner

C) rather more D) as well as
E) so as to

83 ......... being despised by her classmates in both high school and university. Janis Joplin
went on to become one of the most popular rock vocalists of all time.

A) Instead of B) Even if
C) In case D) However
E) Despite

84- Although today cruise lines operate in all parts of the world, ......... areas are the
Caribbean and the Mediterranean seas.

A) so popular B) more popular than

C) as popular as D) the most popular
E) too popular

85- I ....... smoking only last week, but I ........ to feel better already.

A) had quit/have begun B) have quit/begin

C) quit/am beginning D) was quitting/began
E) would quit/was beginning

86- It is difficult to imagine ....... people kept in touch before the invention of the telephone.

A) which B) whose
C) when D) where
E) how

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87- Since 1976, when the United States ........ the death penalty after a nine-year ban, over 650
people ....... .

A) reinstated/have been executed

B) was reinstating/were executed
C) has reinstated/have executed
D) had reinstated/would be executed
E) would reinstate/are being executed

88- Although the system under which people are tried, convicted and executed in the United
States has been proved to be unfair, ........Americans are opposed to the death penalty.

A) each B) few
C) either D) every
E) any

89- The price ........ for the flat was $100,000, but in the end, we got it for $80,000.

A) asking B) asked
C) having asked D) to be asking
E) to ask

90 ......... there is a demand for more outdoor cafes in Beyoğlu, the local council refuses to
grant permission.

A) In spite of B) As if
C) However D) Even though
E) Moreover

91- Now that I see how few people there are here, I realize that we........ to all that trouble
trying to reserve a table.

A) must not have gone B) haven't been going

C) weren't going D) shouldn't go
E) needn't have gone

92- Mary had ........ to do on Monday, but because her child was ill, she didn't manage to
accomplish ......... .

A) a lot of/any B) a huge number/little

C) a great deal/much D) such a lot/so little
E) so much/many

93- No one was sure ........ was in power after the bizarre coup ........ took place in Fiji.

A) who/that B) what/when
C) whom/which D) how/where
E) which/how

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94- There were a lot of animals in the zoo, including an elephant, but ........... of them looked
very comfortable in ........ tiny enclosures.
A) neither/itself B) no/theirs
C) all/them D) most/its
E) none/their

95- I thought I ........... his wife previously, but it was certainly not the lady he ........... with
over there.
A) met/has stood
B) have met/had been standing
C) was meeting/was standing
D) would meet/had stood

96- According to eyewitnesses, the car ......... at about 130 kph when it ........... into the wall.
A) had travelled/was crashing
B) was travelling/crashed
C) travelled/has crashed
D) is travelling/will crash
E) would travel/had crashed

97- It did not matter that I was late for the meeting because ........
A) no one else did B) the boss wasn't either
C) so was everyone else D) so did Jake
E) so did someone else

98- Even after they had children, they continued their unconventional life style .......... nothing
unusual had happened.
A) as long as B) in spite of
C) unless D) as if
E) provided

99- Nothing can compare to the new Stephen King book; it's ........ book I have ever read.
A) too exciting B) the most exciting
C) more exciting D) so exciting
E) exciting enough

100- The finely chopped onions .......... in the oil for five minutes before the meat.......... .
A) must be simmered/is added
B) have been simmering/was added
C) used to simmer/would have added
D) will be simmering/has added
E) would be simmered/had added

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1. B 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. D 6. E 7. B 8. B 9. D 10.E
11.A 12.D 13.B 14.C 15.A 16.B 17.C 18.B 19.E 20.C
21.E 22.D 23.C 24.C 25.E 26.B 27.A 28.D 29.A 30.B
31.C 32.E 33.E 34.D 35.B 36.D 37.D 38.E 39.C 40.A
41.B 42.B 43.D 44.E 45.D 46.C 47.E 48.E 49.B 50.D
51.A 52.C 53.B 54.D 55.E 56.A 57.A 58.D 59.C 60.E
61.B 62.E 63.C 64.C 65.A 66.D 67.B 68.E 69.E 70.A
71.E 72.D 73.A 74.B 75.B 76.E 77.B 78.C 79.A 80.C
81.D 82.D 83.E 84.D 85.C 86.E 87.A 88.B 89.B 90.D
91.E 92.C 93.A 94.E 95.D 96.B 97.C 98.D 99.B 100.A

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