GRAMMAR TEST - 002
1) I'm simply surprised at your lack of authority on him. Why can't you ...... him eat his dinner?
a. persuadeb. askc. make d. telle. force
2) "You took the wrong bus." "It ...... the wrong one. It has brought me to the right place, hasn't it?
a. must have beenb. should have beenc. ought to have been
d. can't have beene. may have been
3) Why don't you pay some attention? I ...... be talking to a brick wall!
a. would like tob. should betterc. might as well
d. will go ande. am going to
4) Aristotle is known to have said something like this: ...... man is a political animal is pretty obvious.
a.Thisb.Thatc.Thed.Ae. - - -
5) Listen to me, Ali. The man, ...... refused your proposal, has been arrested.
a. who have repeatedlyb. - - -c. whom
d. whose daughter hase. when he
6) "Don't worry; one of the robbers ...... ," said a policeman to the gathering crowd.
a. are being pursuedb. have been pursuingc. has been pursuing
d. will be pursuinge. is being pursued
7) Theoretical physics ...... to be one of those pure sciences that ...... indispensable for the advancement of mankind.
a. happens/areb. happens/isc. happen/is
d. happen/aree. happens/- - -
8) I ...... asked to inform you that you're dismissed from your post as of today.
a. - - -b. have beenc. used to bed. hade. 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.
a. Itb. Someonec. Whod. Somebodye. Man
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.
a. haveb. - - -c. hasd. don'te. are to
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
b. Ever since my childhood, I get frightened
c. Hardly had I got in
d. No matter what I did
e. Immediately after I came home
12) Let's face it: The salary of an ordinary grave-digger is much higher ......
a. in comparison with a doctorb. than a doctorc. than that of a doctor
d. than a doctor ise. if compared to a doctor
13) I've been meaning to ask you: This is the first time you are visiting Turkey, ...... ?
a. aren't youb. is itc. are youd. isn't ite. 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.
a. what/whichb. that/whichc. that/that
d. which/thate. 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...)
a. was fittingb. been fittedc. fitting
d. would be fittede. fitted
16) Don't you agree with me that learning a foreign language is great fun? ...... is to pick up a little Italian.
a. A very difficult language to learn
b. The language that I want to practise
c. What other language than Italian
d. What I am planning to do now
e. Italy is the place it
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?!
a. wouldn't stayb. have not stayedc. hadn't stayed
d. would staye. had stayed
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.
a. would beb. had beenc. wouldn't have been
d. having beene. were
19) ...... for -- what you call -- his "reckless courage", all lives would have been lost.
a. If it had beenb. It wouldn't have beenc. Wouldn't it have been
d. If it weree. Had it not been
20) I'm pretty certain that, unless he's offered more money elsewhere, he ...... our offer.
a. 'd acceptb. won't acceptc. wouldn't accept
d. would've acceptede. 'll accept
01. c / 06. e / 11. c / 16. d02. d / 07. a / 12. c / 17. c
03. c / 08. b / 13. d / 18. a
04. b / 09. a / 14. a / 19. e
05. d / 10. c / 15. e / 20. e