Relative Clauses
Articles, Determiners and Quantifiers
Tenses
A Pig in a Poke
Adjectives and Adverbs
100

She lives in the house ________. 

A) which has the red door

B) has the red door

C) with the red door

D) which with the red door 

A) which has the red door

C) with the red door

100

____ bus we were travelling on stopped suddenly because ____ tree had fallen across the road. 

A) A / the 

B) The / - 

C) The / the 

D) The / a

E) A / a

 D) The / a

100

They ------- the advantages and the disadvantages of the takeover when I ------- them an hour or so later.

A) will discuss / would rejoin 

B) have discussed / am rejoining 

C) are discussing / will rejoin 

D) were discussing / rejoined 

E) would discuss / had rejoined

D) were discussing / rejoined

100

The patient was not satisfied ------- the treatment he received. 

A) on 

B) for 

C) of 

D) from 

E) with

E) with

100

Around 40.000 children are _____ malnourished _____ they face the prospect of death in the months ahead. 


A) such / that 

B) so / that

C) more / than 

D) as / as 

E) so / as

B) so / that

200

Do you know the date ___________ we have to hand in the essay?

A) which

B) on which 

C) by which 

D) when

B) on which 

C) by which 

D) when

200

When I woke up this morning, there was ____ heavy dew covering ____ long green summer grass in our garden.

 

A) the / a 

B) - / the 

C) some / a 

D) the / - 

E) a / a

B) - / the

200

The first laser ------- in 1960 by Maiman almost half a century after the publication of Einstein's theory of radiation which ------- the possibility of laser operation. 

A) has been demonstrated / had shown 

B) had been demonstrated / showed 

C) was demonstrated / showed 

D) demonstrates / was shown 

E) was being demonstrated / shows

C) was demonstrated / showed

200

If you had followed the doctor's advice, you ------- a complete recovery by this time.

A) would make 

B) would have made 

C) had made 

D) will make 

E) were making

B) would have made

200

Farmer Parkinson’s dog is ____ to scare any intruder. 

A) ferocious enough

B) such ferocious 

C) as ferocious 

D) so ferocious that 

E) more ferocious

A) ferocious enough

300

The valley __________ the town lies is heavily polluted.

 

A) in that

B) in which

C) in 

D) which 

B) in which

300

There is an amount of wisdom in ____ old sayings, such as “Don't cry over spilt milk”. 

A) a number of

B) a little 

C) a great deal of 

D) every 

E) the whole

A) a number of

300

If transport costs ------- into consideration at the outset, the plant ------- far from its present site.

A) will be taken / are being built 

B) were taken / had been built 

C) have been taken / have been built 

D) were being taken / will be built 

E) had been taken / would have been built

E) had been taken / would have been built

300

A drug of this kind is ------- dangerous to be sold without a prescription.

A) as 

B) just 

C) too 

D) so 

E) enough

C) too

300

____ we climbed, ____ the air became, which made it difficult for us to proceed. 



A) The higher / the colder

B) The highest / the coldest 

C) To high / too cold 

D) As high / so cold 

E) So high / very cold

A) The higher / the colder

400

The South African government has committed a further sum of money to the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), ------- enables the construction of this giant telescope to commence next year. 



A) which 

B) thus 

C) by which 

D) whose 

E) for whom

A) which

400

____ of the soldiers was given two complete uniforms, ____ of which they were expected to keep spotlessly clean. 

A) All / some 

B) Every / either 

C) Each / both

D) Some / all 

E) The whole / many

C) Each / both

400

Twenty years ago, the study of ageing -------- as somewhat misdirected, but now it ------- into an important science.

A) was regarded / has developed 

B) had been regarded / would develop 

C) has been regarded / would be developing 

D) would have been regarded / had developed 

E) was being regarded / has been developing

A) was regarded / has developed

400

Water has a moderating effect on temperature, ------- summer and midday heat, and winter and midnight cold.

A) diminished 

B) having diminished 

C) to diminish 

D) being diminished 

E) diminishing

E) diminishing

400

Symptoms of avian influenza in humans have ranged from typical human influenza-like symptoms _____ fever, cough, sore throat; to severe respiratory diseases _____ acute respiratory distress. 


A) such as / as 

B) as for / too 

C) like / such as

D) such / enough 

E) as / like

C) like / such as

500

The Sumerian King Ur-Anger was a great ruler --------- dominions extended from the Gulf to the Mediterranean. 

A) whom 

B) who 

C) which 

D) whose

E) that

D) whose

500

Slimming bars claim to provide ____ the vitamins and minerals the body needs, but eating them cannot be as healthy as a meal containing plenty of fruit and vegetables, which can also supply ____nutrients required by the body. 


A) whole / all 

B) all / other 

C) plenty of / another 

D) every / any 

E) both / each

B) all / other

500

While the battle ------ out in the open, the technological capability of the coalition forces ------- them to lead.

A) had been fought / was giving 

B) was fought / would give 

C) was being fought / gave 

D) would have been fought / will give 

E) is being fought / has given

C) was being fought / gave

500

As the number of students attending the universities ____, most employers ____ for higher and higher qualifications from new employees. 

A) is increasing / are asking 

B) are increasing / will ask 

C) increase / is asking 

D) have increased / have asked 

E) increased / has asked

A) is increasing / are asking

500

The Goosander is one of ____ ducks which nest in tree holes. They are highly efficient underwater swimmers, being able to stay submerged for ____ a minute. 

A) the most / the longest 

B) the few / longer than 

C) too many / so long 

D) more / too long 

E) the least / as long

B) the few / longer than

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