Test your grammar

GRAMMAR
Choose the correct answer.

No. 1 – 6, based on the following text.

Last Firday evening, Arlene was on a train to London. She …(1)… home. She was hungry because she …(2)… for several hours, and she was tired because she …(3)… for almost a day. Yet she was happy, too, because she …(4)… a letter her parents. She was also happy because she …(5)… forward to going home ever since the day she …(6)….

1. A. went B. was going C. had gone D. had been going E. would be going

2. A. didn’t eat B. hadn’t eaten C. wasn’t eating D. hadn’t been eaten E. hadn’t been eating

3. A. traveled B. was traveling C. had traveled D. will have traveled E. had been traveling

4. A. was receiving B. had been receiving C. would have received D. had received E. would be receiving

5. A. was looking B. had looked C. will be looking D. had been looking
E. looked

6. A. was leaving B. had left C. will be leaving D. had been leaving
E. left

7. When she finally got to see the doctor, she……..for one hour.
A. was waiting B. had waited C. will be waiting D. will have waited
E. had been waiting

8. He didn’t have any money because he ……… it all on a new computer.
A. spent B. was spending C. will be spending D. had spend
E. had been spending

9. The students…………their homeworks by the time the teacher entered the classroom.
A. did B. were doing C. had done D. will be doing E. had been doing

10. By the year 2030 most of you ……………….. .
A. will have got married B. will get married C. will be getting married
D. had got married E. have got married

11. During September 2009, Moslems………………..to eat and drink.
A. will fast B. will be fasting C. will have fasted D. are fasting E. were fasting

12. Would I have made it to the base camp if we ………that rest day?
A. hadn’t had B. wouldn’t have C. didn’t have D. wouldn’t have had E. will not have had

For no. 13 and 14
Study this condional IF.

If I hadn’t eaten too much last night, I wouldn’t be feeling ill today.

13. The sentence means……
A. I will eat too much.
B. I didn’t eat too much last night.
C. I ate too much last night.
D. I had eaten too much last night.
E. I wouldn’t have eaten last night.

14. The sentence means……..
A. I was feeling ill today. D. I am not feeling ill today.
B. I wasn’t feeling ill today. E. I don’t feel ill today.
C. I am feeling ill today.

15. I wouldn’t have made so many new friends if I ……….. to come on this trip.
A. had agreed C. agreed E. wouldn’t agree
B. hadn’t agreed D. didn’t agree

16. If you hadn’t lost your money, you…………a new car.
A. would buy C. had bought E. wouldn’t have bought
B. will buy D. would have bought

No. 17 and 18 are based on the following ‘Conditional IF’.
If I really understood Physics, I would have failed the test.

17. The sentence means……..
A. I really understand Physics. D. I really understood Physics.
B. I really don’t understand Physics. E. I really had understood Physics.
C. I really didn’t understand Physics.

18. The sentence means…….
A. I fail the test. C. I don’t fail the test. E. I had failed the test.
B. I failed the test. D. I didn’t fail the test.

19. If we raise enough money, we …………… a hospital.
A. will build C. build E. would have built
B. would build D. built

20. If I spoke French, I …………..what he said.
A. will understand D. had understood
B. would understand E. wouldn’t have understood
C. would have understood

21. I was so angry when I found that my diary……………by someone.
A. was read C. had been reading E. had been read
B. had read D. would be read

22. When we got back to the hotel, we……………….20 km.
A. walked C. would be walking E. had walked
B. was walking D. had been walking

23. I……………..for two hours so when I turned out the light I fell asleep immediately.
A read C. would be reading E. had read
B. was reading D. had been reading

No. 24 – 34, based on the following text.

I was in primary school; I was maybe four or five years old. It was break time, and all the kids …(24)… in the school yard. Once the bell …(25)…, everyone ran happy into the class room. Well, maybe not everyone, but I certainly …(26)… . The teacher told me off for running indoors, and said “Go outside again.
So, I …(27)… outside. She didn’t say “go outside and walk in again slowly” or “go outside and come in when you feel calmer” or anything like that. So I just …(28)… there outside the door, waiting. While I …(29)… there, the headmistress saw me and …(30)… me what I ...(31)… . I explained to her that the teacher …(32)… me to go outside. She …(33)… and took me inside the classroom. The teacher …(34)… all about me, and she called me a “silly billy” for not coming back inside.

24. A. played B. were playing C. are playing D. had played E. had been playing

25. A. rang B. was ringing C. would ring D. had rung E. will be ringing

26. A. do B. did C. was doing D. had done E. had been doing

27. A. went B. would go C. had gone D. was going E. will have gone

28. A. stood B. was standing C. would stand D. had stood E. had been standing

29. A. stood B. was standing C. would stand D. had stood E. had been standing

30. A. asked B. was asking C. had asked D. would ask E. will be asking

31. A. do B. did C. was doing D. had done E. had been doing

32. A. told B. was telling C. had told D. had been told E. would tell

33. A. laughed B. was laughing C. had laughed D. will be laughing E. was laughed

34. A. forgot B. was forgetting C. had forgotten D. would forget E. was forgotten

35. At 8.30 tomorrow she……………..to Paris.
A. will fly C. will be flying E. flew
B. will have flown D. had flown

36. Don’t phone me at 8 tonight – we…………….dinner then.
A. would have C. will have had E. will be having
B. had had D. had been having

37. When she is 27, she ………………in the USA for ten years.
A. is living C. will be living E. will have lived
B. was living D. had been living

38. Go and buy a ticket before midday, otherwise they…………….them all.
A. had sold C. will be selling E. would sell
B. will have sold D. sold

39. My aunt and uncle ……………….for 20 years next year.
A. got married C. got married E. were getting married
B. will be getting married D. will have got married

40. Animals like tigers……………….completely thirty years from now.
A. are dying C. will be dying E. will have died
B. will die D. had died

No. 41 – 50, Based on the following text.

At 11 o’clock on the 11th November, 1918, the peace treaty that ended the First World War …(41)… in a railway carriage. When the war …(42)…, the soldiers of all the armies …(43)… home, but millions of men …(44)… in the fighting and amount of money …(45)… . Large parts of the French countryside were in terrible condition, and many towns and cities …(46)… by the guns of the opposing armies.
Because of the destruction, a decision …(47)… in 1919 to start the League of Nations, to make sure that such a war would never happen again. The idea of a League …(48)… for several years before 1919, but it was the First World War that made it happen.
Unfortunately, the League of Nations …(49)… . Between 1939 and 1945, another World War …(50)…between countries all over the world.

41. A. signed B. was signed C. had been signed
D. would sign E. will have been signed

42. A. ended B. had ended C. had been ended
D. would end E. was ending

43. A. were sent B. had been sent C. would send
D. had sent E. will have sent

44. A. were killed B. had been killed C. killed
D. had killed E. would kill

45. A. was spent B. spent C. had been spent
D. will be spending E. had spent

46. A. destroyed B. were destroyed C. had been destroyed
D. had destroyed E. were destroying

47. A. took B. was taken C. had taken
D. had been taken E. would take

48. A. was discussed B. had been discussed C. discussed D. will be discussing E. would discuss

49. A. didn’t work B. hadn’t worked C. wasn’t worked
D. wouldn’t work E. hadn’t been worked

50. A. fought B. was fought C. had been fought
D. was fighting E. will be fighting


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