Professional Grammar
These days more and more people ....... more low-fat foods because they ........ to be healthier.
A) are eating/want
B) eat/have wanted
C) have eaten/wanted
D) ate/had wanted
A) are eating/want
When the first Europeans ......... in North America, they ......... that the only domesticated animal among the Native Americans was the dog.
A) arrived/found
B) were arriving/had found
C) have arrived/would find
D) arrive/were finding
A) arrived/found
Thailand, ........ historical golden temples and breathtaking beaches attract visitors from across the globe, obtains its largest source of foreign earnings from the tourist industry.
A) when B) whose C) that D) which
B) whose
I really ....... a gym because I haven't been getting enough exercise lately.
A) am able to B) could join C) used to join D) ought to join
D) ought to join
We............get up early tomorrow, or we ....... miss our 7 a.m. flight.
A) might/should
B) would/can
C) may/ought to
D) had better/might
D) had better/might
The trouble with investing in the stock market is that if you are unlucky, you ....... everything.
A) must lose
B) used to lose
C) might lose
D) ought to lose
C) might lose
I hope I ....... by the time I ....... my granddad's age, who still works at age sixty.
A) am re tiring/reached
B) have been retired/will reach
C) will have retired/reach
D) was retired/was reaching
C) will have retired/reach
Sir David Attenborough, ......... is probably the best known and most respected English wildlife reporter, is currently filming a series entitled 'The Life of Birds' in the Venezuelan rain forest.
A) whose B) when C) that D) who
D) who
Many countries now feel that the best way ......... themselves from ......... is by obtaining nuclear weapons.
A) protecting/attacking
B) to protect/to attack
C) to protect/ attacking
D) protecting/to attack
C) to protect/ attacking
People ....... Elvis Presley's grave ever since he ....... in 1977.
A) have visited/was dying
B) were visiting/had died
C) have been visiting/died
D) are visiting/have died
C) have been visiting/died
If we ....... in Hawaii, we ....... swimming all year round.
A) are going to live/go
B) were living/used to go
C) lived/could go
D) lived /will go
C) lived/could go
The Japanese are lucky because they ......... a visa to visit Turkey, whereas Americans must pay $45 for their visas.
A) can't get
B) must not got
C) aren't able to get
D) dont have to get
D) dont have to get
On the Prince's Islands in the Marmara Sea, ...... there are no motor vehicles, horse-drawn carriages are the normal method of transportation.
A) whose B) which C) where D) that
C) where
After three days lost in the desert, we only had ....... water and ..........dates left.
A) some/any
B) any/much
C) a little/a few
D) much/a little
C) a little/a few
Her attitude is similar .... her brother's, but everyone is fed up ....how they both complain about everything.
A) with / to
B) with /with
C) to / with
D) to / about
C) to / with
The rumour which ....... in yesterday's papers about the death of the President...........out to be false.
A) had printed /is turning
B) was printed/has turned
C) has been printed/turned
D) was printing/will turn
B) was printed/has turned
He asked her “Did anybody call this morning?” He asked her ___ .
A) if anybody called this morning
B) whether somebody had called that morning
C) if somebody called that morning
D) who called that morning
B) whether somebody had called that morning
1989 was the year .......... the Berlin Wall, .......... had stood as a symbol of the division of Germany for almost thirty years, was pulled down.
A) when/which
B) where/which
C) when/that
D) which/which
A) when/which
The decorating of the house ........ last week, but the electricity ....... yet.
A) has been completed/isn't connected
B) had completed/wasn't being connected
C) was completed/hasn't been connected
D) would have completed/wasn't connected
C) was completed/hasn't been connected
According to eyewitnesses, the car ......... at about 130 kph when it .......... into the wall.
A) had travelled/was crashing
B) was travelling/crashed
C) travelled/has crashed
D) was travelling/had crashed
B) was travelling/crashed
Computers ....... so fast that now they ....... to make mankind irrelevant.
A) are developing/threatened
B) were developing/have been threatening
C) have developed/are threatening
D) had been developed/will threaten
C) have developed/are threatening
As I ....... to work, I remembered that I....... my mobile phone at home.
A) drive/have left
B) was driving/had left
C) am driving/left
D) had driven/was leaving
B) was driving/had left
Salzburg city in Austria, .......... the great composer Mozart was born, is known for its musical heritage and hosts the annual Salzburg Festival of Music, .......... attracts musicians from all over the world.
A) when / that
B) where / which
C) which /which
D) where /that
B) where / which
The Bikini Atoll ....... for nuclear testing in the 1950s, and since then, no people ....... there.
A) had been used/live
B) has been used/are living
C) was being used/lived
D) was used/have lived
D) was used/have lived
I don't mind ..... late, especially when there's an important project .... to."
A) to work / to contribute
B) working / to contribute
C) to work / contributing
D) working / contributing
B) working / to contribute