Grammar Unit 1-3
Having graduated from MIT, he never had any problems finding well-paid jobs.
A. Before graduating from MIT, he had problems finding a well-paid job.
B. Graduating from MIT helped him find a well-paid job.
C. Because he had graduated from MIT, he would get a lot of good job offers
B. Graduating from MIT helped him find a well-paid job.
"The new manager came in and really changed things.”
A. On the same page
B. Shake things up
C. Drop a bombshell
B. Shake things up
I _____________accepted into university before having finished my last exam.
A. got
B. having got
A. got
Which collocation is incorrect?
A. Attend a lecture
B. Revoke a degree
C. Expel a suspension
C. Expel a suspension
Look forward to:
A. Anticipating something positively
B. Anticipating something negatively
A. Anticipating something positively
Report the sentence using the verb:
Eddie: I was at home all night last night. (claim)
Eddie claimed that he was at home all night last night.
I really thought he’d changed, but it seems he’s gone back to his old ways.
A. rediscovered
B. fade
C. revert
C. revert
Put the sentence in order:
she / play tennis / badly. / did / Rarely / so
Rarely did she play tennis so badly
Which combination is incorrect?
A. accumulation / accumulit
B. hypnosis / hypnotise
C. poacher / poach
A. accumulation / accumulit
Which is incorrect?
A. Call off
B. Agree on
C. Approve to
C. Approve to
Where is the mistake?
"The new couch will be due to be delivered at 2 p.m. on Friday."
The new couch is due to be delivered at 2 p.m. on Friday.
Able to work as intended or able to succeed:
A. Alleviate
B. Proposition
C. Viable
C. Viable
After _______________his homework, he went outside to play. (complete)
After having completed his homework, he went outside to play.
Which word is the odd one out?
A. dissertation
B. essay
C. lecture
D. thesis
C. lecture
Resolve:
A. anticipate
B. go back to a previous state
C. fix a problem
C. fix a problem
Convert from active to passive:
They hope the company will hire them.
They hope they will be hired by the company
To make something less harmful, unpleasant, or bad:
A. mitigate
B. alleviate
C. eradicate
A. mitigate
Shorten the sentence using noun + past participle:
The person who was accused turned out to be innocent.
The person accused turned out to be innocent.
What is the more formal word for dogs?
Canines
Which is incorrect?
A. Implement - Put into action
B. Fault - Difficult
C. Fade - Slowly disappear
B. Fault - Difficult
Correct the mistake:
At this rate, I have finished before you’ve even begun.
At this rate, I will have finished before you’ve even begun.
When a speaker creates a distortion or oversimplification of his opponent’s argument and then attacks the distortion:
A. Non Sequitur
B. Straw man
C. Appeal to authority
B. Straw man
Put the sentence in the correct order:
her day / Little / she know / that / did / get much worse. / would
Little did she know that her day would get much worse
The word for unwanted pests like insects, rats and mice.
vermin
He asked if the keys _____________
A. has been found
B. were found
C. had been found
C. had been found