Grammar Test 5

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

1. The company launched an advertising campaign ________ its market share.

А) to increase B) that increase C) that it increases D) to be increased

2. The new tax regulations are somewhat________ last year’s.

A) rigorouser than B) more rigorous than C) more rigorous as D) as rigorous than

3. The value of the currency fell, ________ foreign holidays more expensive.

А) having made B) making C) being made D) having been made

4. This area________ by closed circuit cameras.

А) is monitoring B) has been monitoring C) is being monitored D) is been monitored

5. The firm ________ company cars to junior managers since 2002.

А) gives B) is giving C) has been giving D) has given

6. If the governments involved________ positive action after the 1997 crisis, the current crisis would not have happened.

А) took B) take C) have taken D) had taken

7. They finish the new motorway next month so we ________ get to the coast much more quickly.

А) can B) will can C) will be able to D) will have to

8. You ________ have an international driving license for this country.

А) don’t have to B) must not C) has to D) must not to

9. Our CEO entered his chosen career quite late, ________?

A) isn’t it B) didn’t he C) did not he D) didn’t our CEO

10. The departmental manager ________ it was my fault that we had lost the Siemens contract.

А) told B) said me C) said D) told to me

11. Does the brochure say ________ in the villas.

А) how often is the bed linen changed B) how often the bed linen is changed

C) how is the bed linen changed often D) how the bed linen often is changed

12. The damage was ________ severe that the pilot couldn’t regain control.

А) so B) such C) so a D) such a

Grammar Test 6

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

1. Much of the forest________ out in the hurricane, as you can see.

A) has been wiped B) has wiped C) wiped D) was wiped

2. I ________ your report yesterday – could I see it now?

A) have not received B) not received C) did not receive D) did not received

3. Could you look after Mrs White tomorrow – I can’t do it because I ________ back from the conference when she gets here.

A) will have travelled B) was travelling C) was going to travel D) will be travelling

4. The telecoms operator ________ figures showing that the demand for broadband Internet has grown twice this year.

A) has been published B) has published C) is being published D) will be published

5. If that package from Neilson’s arrives this afternoon, ________it up to my office immediately.

A) you are bringing B) you would bring C) bring D) you brought

6. No conclusions ________ from this chapter.

A) can be drawn B) can’t be drawn C) cannot be drawn D) can be not drawn

7. The files aren’t here – I ________ them back at the office.

A) may leave B) must be leaving C) should have left D) must have left

8. Every new discovery seems to widen the horizon and increase the extent of ________ contact with unexplored areas.

A) our B) us C) we D) ours

9. I asked Martha ________ the conference had gone well.

A) what B) did C) if D) that

10. My boss was very supportive and encouraged me ________for the promotion.

A) to apply B) to have applied C) to applying D) to be applied

11. Tourism today is an industry ________ has grown so much in recent years that in many countries it provides the greatest single contribution to the country’s revenue.

A) who B) which C) whose D) where

12. There is hardly ________ to be seen in the city centre after dusk.

A) nobody B) anybody C) everybody D) one

13. The new manager is sure ________ into ways to cut costs.

A) to looking B) to look C) being looked D) to be looked

14. Our new security scheme is much ________ than the previous Government’s.

A) generouser B) more generouser C) generousest D) more generous

15. The Black Sea is ________ the North Sea.

A) not so stormy than B) not stormy as C) not so stormy like D) not so stormy as