Advanced ESL Grammar

_______ for Tom's opposition, we would have agreed to the contract.

• Be it not

• Would it not have been

• Should it not have been

• Had it not been

He opened the account with a(n) ______ to running up a healthy overdraft.

• aim

• view

• purpose

• plan

I will back you up in whatever you do.

• disturb you

• help you

• sue you

• support you

There were very large rooms with ________ in the house.

• beautiful decorating walls

• beautiful walls decorating

• beautifully decorated walls

• beautifully decorating walls

The new office block _______ well with its surroundings.

• blends in

• stands out

• shapes up

• sets off

She used to ________ her living by delivering vegetables to local hotels.

• have

• win

• earn

• get

The doctor insisted that his patient __________.

• he did not work too hard for three months he did not work too hard for three months

• take it easy for three months

• take it easy inside of three months

• could take some vacations for three months

He kept his marriage a secret for years, but eventually the truth ________.

• came out

• came through

• went out

• turned out

I don’t think you have been watering the plants near the gate. The soil is _________.

• as dry as rice

• as dry as a tile

• as dry as a bone

• as dry as wood

He _______ us but he was short of money at that time.

• might help

• would help

• can help

• could have helped