GRAMMAR 1
1. I don’t mind ____________________a cat in my house so long as it doesn’t smell.
A. had B. have C. to have
D. having E. have to
D. having
2. I’m very busy with my thesis. I have ____________________time for other things.
A. a little B. much C. little
D. few E. any
C. little
3. The house was empty for a month __________________ my neighbors moved out.
A. while B. until C. during
D. before E. after
E. after
18. We can travel to Brighton______________by bus or by train; the fare is almost the same.
A. both B. none C. neither
D. either E. all
D. either
19. The more he looked at her, ______________________ embarrassed she was.
A. more B. the most C. the more
D. mostly E. much
C. the more
4. They asked me a lot of questions, most of ___________________I couldn’t answer.
A. whom B. where C. that
D. which E. when
D. which
5. If you put your money in a savings, you _________________ eight per cent interest.
A. to get B. were getting C. get
D. got E. are getting
C. get
6. Eventually, you’ll ___________________ the smells in the laboratory.
A. got use to B. get used to C. used to
D. got used to E. get use to
B. get used to
20. John is ____________________________and needs help when asked to sign papers.
A. literate B. illiterate C. literacy
D. illiteracy E. literally
B. illiterate
22. My boss __________this language course to me.
A. recommended B. persuaded
C. influenced D. criticized E. maintained
A. recommended
7. Your friends live far from you. You would like them to live nearer to you. You say: I wish my friends _____________________nearer to me.
A. would live B. were living C. had lived
D. lived E. have lived
D. lived
8. During her stay in Mongolia, Susan tried almost all the local foods her friends ______.
A. had recommended B. would recommend
C. have recommended D. were recommending
E. are recommending
A. had recommended
9. The boys ________________________by the police on their way home.
A. have stopped B. stopped C. were stopped
D. was stopped E. had stopped
C. were stopped
23. Teaching English in a lively interesting way increases students’ ___________to learn.
A. volunteering B. tolerance C. diversity
D. motivation E. automation
D. motivation
24.The forecast is for dry, sunny weather with no _____________________expected.
A. degradation B. desertification
C. precipitation D. protection E. permission
C. precipitation
10. Direct speech: “You play the guitar very well, Chimgee,” the teacher told. Reported speech: The teacher told Chimgee (that) _______________________.
A. she is playing the guitar very well
B. she plays the guitar very well
C. you played the guitar very well
D. she played the guitar very well
E. you play the guitar very well
D. she played the guitar very well
11. The recipe tells you to use a pound and a _______________________ butter.
A. each of B. all of C. both of
D. none of E. half of
E. half of
12. Yesterday Lisa went to the hairdresser’s. She_________________________ .
A. had her hair cut B. is cutting her hair
C. cut her hair D. was cutting her hair
E. cuts her hair
A. had her hair cut
25. My ______________is that you’re not getting enough work done.
A. concentration B. concern
C. occupation D. action E. attachment
B. concern
27. The two countries have ____________close ties for centuries.
A. confused B. distracted C. debated
D. maintained E. ignored
D. maintained
13. If he ___________________where he was going, he wouldn’t have walked into the wall.
A. has been looking B. has looked
C. had been looking D. looked E. was looking
C. had been looking
14. Chimgee earns two times ______________ much ______________ I do.
A. both/and B. as/if C. like/as
D. as/as E. alike/as
D. as/as
15. I took a vest with me ___________________________I wouldn’t get cold.
A. in order to B. so that
C. to D. so as E. as if
B. so that
28. Because of some mistakes in my test, my teacher made me do it _____________ .
A. without B. with C. away
D. in E. over
E. over
29. After the thieves are captured, the stolen items will be turned _____to the rightful owners.
A. in B. away C. into
D. against E. down
A. in