ADVANCED GRAMMAR QUIZ

Complete this sentence: Contrary to common belief, vegetarian ants do not consume plants directly by biting pieces out of them. Instead, they_____.

• outnumber the other insects living in the same area

• drink nectar and similar sugar-rich plant secretions

• have a minor effect on ecology

...... these tools are cheap in price, they do stand the test of time.

• Because

• Although

• As soon as

• Since

Skiers wear lots of protective clothing ............... they don't get hurt if and when they fall.

• In order that

• though

• So long as

• For fear that

After seeing the city's wild side, it is worth exploring the wide array of local museums, most_____ charge $4.

• of whom

• of whose

• of which

• of where

Restate this sentence: I could barely make out what he was trying to say.

• He had great difficulty in making himself understood.

• I managed to understand what he was trying to say only with a great deal of difficulty.

• I could never understand what he was trying to say.

Choose the irrelevant sentence:

(I) The legendary jazzman Charlie Parker, popularly known as “bird", was born in Kansas city, Kansas in 1920. (II) When he was 7, his family moved across the river to Kansas City, Missouri (III) Charlie, played tuba in his high school band, but his mother thought it looked funny and bought him a saxophone instead. (IV) Kansas city was one of the great jazz centres of the time. (V) Because he was self - taught on this instrument, he developed a strange but highly original style.

• I

• II

• III

• IV

• V