Grammar Test 3

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D.

1. Modern skyscrapers have a steel skeleton of beams and columns ________ a three-dimensional grid.

A) forms B) from which forming C) and forming D) that forms

2. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the United States developed a reusable space shuttle ________ to space cheaper and easier.

A) to make access B) and making access C) which made accessible D) and made accessible

3. When I graduate from college next June, I ________ a student here for five years.

A) has been B) will be C) will have been D) had been

4. No biological life was found, though it________ by many scientists.

A) had speculated B) have been speculating C) speculated D) had been speculated

5. If the museum had charged money for entry, a lot of people________ able to use it at that time.

A) would not be B) would not have been C) were not D) had not been

6. Thanks to satellite technology, we ________ now predict hurricanes quite accurately.

A) may B) ought C) can D) must

7. If you think a piece of equipment in the gym isn’t working properly and ________ mending, tell the instructor.

A) must B) may be C) should be D) needs

8. The government has broken all its pre-election promises regarding the Health Service, ________?

A) hasn’t it B) hasn’t the government C) has not it D) isn’t it

9. The veterinarian told the farmer________ the animal sleep.

A) let B) to let C) not let D) to not let

10. Professor Jones rang from Vancouver. He said he________ to stay another week as the research was still going on there.

A) decides B) has decided C) had decided D) will decide

11. The Hyperlink modem is much ________ than any others in our catalogue.

A) fastest B) the fastest C) more faster D) faster

12. ________ regularly, the engine should last for 200,000 kilometers.

A) Serviced B) Servicing C) Service D) Having been servicing

Grammar Test 4

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D.

1. ________ more than 65,000 described species of protozoa of which more than half are fossils.

A) Being that there are B) There being C) Are there D) There are

2. We are not allowed ________ any arrangements for the conference before talking to him.

A) make B) made C) to make D) had made

3. In recent years, scientific and technological developments________ human life on our planet.

A) change B) have changed C) have change D) changed

4. If the form had been completed correctly, the transfer ________ only two days.

A) would take B) will take C) took D) would have taken

5. Latecomers ________ to enter the theatre until there is a suitable break.

A) may not B) will not may C) will not be allowed D) will not have

6. Applicants for this desk-top publishing course must have good keyboarding skills but ________ to have prior publishing experience.

A) don’t need B) must C) need D) mustn’t

7. ________ does it take you to get to the university campus?

A) How quickly B) When C) How long D) How far

8. The manager asked the staff________ anything in the office before the police arrived.

A) to touch B) not to touch C) to not touch D) don’t touch

9. There are so many people here! But that TV programme a few weeks ago said the smaller islands of the archipelago ________ mostly uninhabited and very peaceful.

A) are B) is C) was D) were

10. The scientists said it was one of ________ earthquakes ever.

A) most powerful B) the most powerful C) powerfullest D) more powerful

11. ________ rich, he won’t be able to afford this equipment.

A) Being not B) Not being C) Having not been D) Not to be

12. The candidates________ in alphabetical order.

A) will be interviewed B) will interview C) will have been interviewed D) will have interviewed