Grammar

Most newspapers are of the opinion that if a majority of Scots really ------- independence, the British Parliament has no option but ------- to their wishes.

• did want / had acceded

• wanted / have acceded

• had wanted / would have acceded

• do want / to accede

For a hundred years or so, some critics ------- that poetry is dying and all that time poets ------- poems that later generations recognise as great.

• have maintained / have been writing

• maintained / wrote

• had maintained / were writing

• maintain / are writing

What I ------- is that we ------- to think seriously about a thorough reform in the legal system.

• have proposed / should have begun

• had proposed / were beginning

• am proposing / begin

• was proposing / have begun

When the Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli ------- a map of Mars in 1877, he ------- a large number of straight linear features, which he called “canali” that is “channels”.

• publishes / has noted

• had published / was noting

• has published / notes

• published / noted

If we ------- the terms of the contract, all the paintwork in the building ------- finished by the 5th of next month.

• are to meet / will have to be

• were meeting / will be

• met / would have had to be

• had met / is being

We are confident that the management and the workforce will get on well together as long as ------respects ------- .

• the other / another

• both / itself

• the one / another

• everyone / themselves

• each / the other

The term "aborigines" signifies the original inhabitants of any country, ------- the native tribes of Australia.

• with regard to

• due to

• in spite of

• in particular

Today the United States, still by far ------- prosperous country in the world, is increasing its working hours ------- creating a more positive balance between work and leisure time.

• the more / as well as

• most / in spite of

• more / than

• the most / instead of

The telephone is at the centre of innovative technologies ------- may alter forever ------- we receive and use information.

• which / but

• so that / since

• that / how

• as / although

The editor thought that the new series of articles would prove very popular, but actually hardly ------seems to have been impressed by it.

• nobody

• anyone

• the other

• any other