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GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY 3

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

One condition of this job is that you must be ______ to work at weekends.

a)

A. acceptable

b)

B. available

c)

C. accessible

d)

D. capable

2.

______ she could not say any thing.

a)

A. Therefore upset was she that

b)

B. However upset was she that

c)

C. So upset was she that

d)

D. So upset was that

3.

He really deserved the award because he performed ______ what was expected of him.

a)

A. much better which

b)

B. much better than

c)

C. much more as

d)

D. the most

4.

What is the point ______ here if you don’t have anything to tell them?

a)

A. getting them all come

b)

B. in getting them all come

c)

C. to get them all come

d)

D. in getting them all to come

5.

Both liquids and gases flow freely from a container because they have ______ .

a)

A. not definite shape

b)

B. none definite shape

c)

C. no definite shape

d)

D. nothing definite shape

6.

I am not really ______ this kind of music. I prefer music that we can dance to.

a)

A. into

b)

B. in

c)

C. for

d)

D. with

7.

The noise of the airplanes ______ from the airport

over my house was unbearable at times.

a)

A. which taking off

b)

B. taking off

c)

C. to take off

d)

D. which is taking off

8.

______ get older, the games they play become increasingly complex.

a)

A. Although children

b)

B. Children, when

c)

C. For children to

d)

D. As children

9.

We were rather surprised ________ this job. We thought she still lacked the experience.

a)

A. at Mary to be given

b)

B. by giving Mary

c)

C. Mary to be given

d)

D. for Mary to be given

10.

Pollution would be reduced if more people use ______ petrol in their car.

a)

A. green

b)

B. uncontaminated

c)

C. unleaded

d)

D. cleaned

11.

The government have tried to ______ the price of pork in order to stabilize the market.

a)

A. bring on

b)

B. put on

c)

C. get over

d)

D. bring down

12.

______ he was driving thirty miles per hour above the speed limit at the time of the accident will count against him.

a)

A. The fact that

b)

B. Whether

c)

C. Whom

d)

D. Whenever

13.

During Covid-19 time, the closure of many companies in the world ______ the increase in the high rate of unemployment.

a)

A. put down to

b)

B. set places for

c)

C. gave rise to

d)

D. got down to

14.

In the ______ of security, personnel must wear their identity badges at all times.

a)

A. requirement

b)

B. interests

c)

C. demands

d)

D. assistance

15.

After congratulating his team, the coach left, allowing the players to let their ______ down for a while.

a)

A. hearts

b)

B. hair

c)

C. souls

d)

D. heads

16.

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

a)

Be it not

b)

Would it not have been

c)

Should it not have been

d)

Had it not been

17.

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

a)

aim

b)

view

c)

purpose

d)

plan

18.

I will back you up in whatever you do.

a)

disturb you

b)

help you

c)

sue you

d)

support you

19.

There were very large rooms with ________ in the house.

a)

beautiful decorating walls

b)

beautiful walls decorating

c)

beautifully decorated walls

d)

beautifully decorating walls

20.

The new office block _______ well with its surroundings.

a)

blends in

b)

stands out

c)

shapes up

d)

sets off

21.

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

a)

have

b)

win

c)

earn

d)

get

22.

The doctor insisted that his patient __________.

a)

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

b)

take it easy for three months

c)

take it easy inside of three months

d)

could take some vacations for three months

23.

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

a)

came out

b)

came through

c)

went out

d)

turned out

24.

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

a)

as dry as rice

b)

as dry as a tile

c)

as dry as a bone

d)

as dry as wood

25.

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

a)

might help

b)

would help

c)

can help

d)

could have helped

26.

An international school is a place that cannot survive if there is ........ that certain groups of students are better than others.

a)

prejudice

b)

ignorance

c)

extortion

d)

conversion

27.

Minerals that are very .......... like diamonds and rubies are usually very expensive.

a)

succinct

b)

ascertain

c)

scarce

d)

superior

28.

It is necessary that children ............ of their old parents.

a)

takes care

b)

to take care

c)

be taken care

d)

take care

29.

It is essential that every student .......... English at university.

a)

be learnt

b)

learning

c)

should be learnt

d)

learn

30.

It's important that every student............all the lectures.

a)

be attended

b)

should attend

c)

attends

d)

should be attended

31.

It is vital that everyone ______ aware of the protection of the environment.

a)

not be

b)

be

c)

to be

d)

not to be

32.

I suggest that Peter ____ the directions carefully before assembling the bicycle.

a)

A. read

b)

B. reading

c)

C. reads

d)

D. to read

33.

We request that she ____ the window.

a)

A. not open

b)

B. not to open

c)

C. not opening

d)

D. to not open

34.

Mary demanded that the heater____ immediately. Her apartment was freezing.

a)

A. repaired

b)

B. be repaired

c)

C. being repaired

d)

D. been repaired

35.

The monk insisted that the tourists ____ the temple until they had removed their shoes.

a)

A. not enter

b)

B. not entering

c)

C. not to enter

d)

D. to not enter

36.

The recommendation that she ____ a holiday was carried out.

a)

A. has taken

b)

B. take

c)

C. taken

d)

D. taking

37.

Was it really necessary that I ____ there watching you the entire time you were rehearsing for the play? It was really boring watching you repeat the scenes over and over again.

a)

A. am sitting

b)

B. be sitting

c)

C. being sitting

d)

D. sitting

38.

Linda insisted that the newly-born baby ____ after her husband's father.

a)

could be named

b)

be named

c)

must be named

d)

ought to be named

39.

It was such a beautiful evening that one of us suggested we ____ the meeting outside.

a)

could have

b)

had

c)

might have

d)

have

40.

I requested that first-year students ____ to change their courses in the first two weeks.

a)

would be permitted

b)

be permitted

c)

were permitted

d)

are permitted

41.

I requested that first-year students ____ to change their courses in the first two weeks.

a)

would be permitted

b)

be permitted

c)

were permitted

d)

are permitted

42.

It's important that they ____ to take her medicine twice a day.

a)

remember

b)

remembering

c)

to remember

d)

remembers

43.

Mrs. Smith demanded that the heater ____ immediately. Her apartment was freezing.

a)

repaired

b)

be repaired

c)

repair

d)

to repair

44.

It's vital that the United States ____ on improving its public education system.

a)

focuses

b)

focus

c)

focusing

d)

focused

45.

The monk insisted that the tourists ____ the temple until they had removed their shoes.

a)

not entering

b)

not to enter

c)

not enter

d)

don't enter