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English Grammar/Vocabulary

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The teacher asked if ________ to bring our textbooks to class.

a)

had we all remembered

b)

all we had remembered

c)

we had all remembered

d)

had all we remembered

2.

You should read this novel — it's been ________ recommended by all the critics.

a)

highly

b)

fully

c)

deeply

d)

truly

3.

Did you have any problems ________ our house?

a)

to find

b)

find

c)

finding

d)

for finding

4.

I think that the problem Henry has raised is a major ________ for our society today.

a)

theme

b)

issue

c)

subject

d)

point

5.

The police are ________ an investigation into the robbery.

a)

working out

b)

searching out

c)

making out

d)

carrying out

6.

She _______ be a grandmother. She looks like a teenager.

a)

can't

b)

shouldn't

c)

has to

d)

mustn't

7.

It was Italian that she _______, wasn't it?

a)

would be studying

b)

studies

c)

was studying

d)

may have studied

8.

Tell me what _______ about me.

a)

has she said

b)

she would be saying

c)

was being said

d)

has she been saying

9.

My secretary reminded _______ buy my wife an anniversary present.

a)

I should

b)

that I

c)

me to

d)

oughtn't I to

10.

If you happen to see Morag, would you ask her _______ my postcard.

a)

is she getting

b)

whether has she

c)

if she got

d)

if she did

11.

You'd better take these papers with you ________ you need them for your meeting.

a)

otherwise

b)

unless

c)

in case

d)

as far as

12.

The teacher told the small boy _______ so cheeky.

a)

to be

b)

not to be

c)

was he

d)

don't be

13.

Rosemary: Why are all these flags _______ put up all over the city? Angus: It's because of our national holiday next week.

a)

having been

b)

to have been

c)

not to

d)

being

14.

Sophie has always thought the ________ of her uncle and so she is looking forward enormously to his visit.

a)

heights

b)

world

c)

earth

d)

top

15.

Local residents ________ objected to the plans to build a supermarket where there is currently a beautiful park.

a)

roundly

b)

harshly

c)

strenuously

d)

severely

16.

When Sam was a small child, he ________ spend hours every day playing with stones in the garden.

a)

would

b)

was

c)

should

d)

used to

17.

Please don't forget to ring me when you ________ home.

a)

get

b)

are going to get

c)

will get

d)

are getting

18.

Listen, I'm not imagining this. There's a man _______ us.

a)

which has followed

b)

that follows

c)

he is following

d)

following

19.

Only in Scotland _______ produce original malt whisky.

a)

they

b)

do they

c)

are they to

d)

they can

20.

Had the grammar section of the test not been so difficult, Kay would certainly _______ it.

a)

pass

b)

have passed

c)

be passed

d)

have been passed

21.

I asked _______ use Judith's mobile.

a)

if I could

b)

whom to

c)

you let me

d)

could I

22.

I really have no idea how the mistake ________ in the first place.

a)

came through

b)

came about

c)

came off

d)

came round

23.

I wish we _______ met under happier circumstances.

a)

could have

b)

might not have

c)

shouldn't have

d)

were able to

24.

You've got to get up very early tomorrow so don't forget to ________ your alarm.

a)

set

b)

put

c)

wind

d)

fix

25.

Jack's parents ________ and so I am sure they would love to go to the exhibition.

a)

like very much Picasso's paintings

b)

like Picasso's paintings very much

c)

much Picasso's paintings like

d)

much like Picasso's paintings

26.

Suzie and John are planning to get married and ________ a lot of children.

a)

have

b)

make

c)

bring

d)

get

27.

Fiona is very angry ________ her boss's decision to sack several members of staff.

a)

about

b)

for

c)

by

d)

against

28.

It's a great place to live apart from the increasing volume of ________ that passes under my window every day.

a)

traffic

b)

vehicles

c)

circulation

d)

transport

29.

We had been travelling _______ about four hours when the train came to an abrupt halt.

a)

during

b)

until

c)

since

d)

for