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GRAMMAR
TEST-10
1- After living in Turkey for a few months, my daughter
Mary ........... to the United States with her dog, Max.
To practice training, she........... him to a park every
afternoon and ........... over some commands.
A) has returned / has brought /gone
B) returns /was bringing /going
C) returned / brought / went
D) will return / brought / went
E) had returned / has brought / gone
2- It's an undeniable fact that since he ........... the
university, his life ........... much more interesting
than ever before.
A) enters / become
B) entered / has become
C) will enter / will become
D) has entered / became
E) is entered / becomes
3- Originally built to carry men to the surface of the
moon, Apollo 18 was poised to go until the early 1970s,
when the U.S................. out of both the money and
the will to make that kind of journey, and the giant
missile ................ to stand down.
A) had run / ordered
B) ran / had ordered
C) has run / is ordered
D) runs / has been ordered
E) ran / was ordered
4-1 wonder how my son still remembers the very first day
I........... him to the zoo in his childhood.
A) have taken
B) will take
C) had been taken
D) was to take
E) took
5- Upon hearing the question, "This is the most
ridiculous question I........... in my life" he said.
A) heard
B) am to hear
C) was heard
D) have heard
E) had heard
6- By the time our troops ........... the island, the
enemy forces ........... it.
A) have reached / landed
B) reached / have landed
C) reach / will have landed
D) will reach / would land
E) are reaching / are landed
7- When he ............. from Birmingham two years ago
Rattle ............. ready to devote himself to a range
of free-lance engagements.
A) had retired / has seemed
B) retires / seems
C) was retired / was seeming
D) retired / seemed
E) would retire / seemed
8- For the past nine months, there ................ a
bitter interagency debate within the Clinton
administration over the Kosovo issue with the State
department.
A) was
B) had been
C) was to be
D) has been
E) would be
9- Tow days ago Serb forces ................ a surprise
attack with tanks, heavy weapons and mortars. Despite
superior power they ................ to drive Remi's
rebels from their trenches.
A) have launched / failed
B) launched / failed
C) had launched / have failed
D) would launch / were failed
E) were to launch / had failed
10- When our first child ......, I couldn't wait to tell
everyone. I........ my parents. I...... faxes to my
colleagues.
A) is born / will call / will send
B) has born / called / had sent
C) was born / called / sent
D) had born / would call / would send
E) will be born / am to call / am to send
11- As we.............. around the other day late at
night, the police .............. us and ..............
for our identity cards.
A) have wandered / have stopped / asked
B) are wandering / are stopping / asking
C) had wandered / have stopped / asked
D) were wandering / stopped / asked
E) will be wandering / will stop / ask
12- Survivors ........... further unnerved by a new
round of aftershocks last week that ........... one man
and injured 166 others.
A) have been / have killed
B) were / killed
C) had been / were killing
D) will be/kill
E) would be / were killed
13- About a decade ago, I........... a house on the
outskirts of the city, and I ........... the whole money
yet.
A) was buying / didn't pay
B) bought / haven't paid
C) would buy / wasn't paying
D) had bought / wasn't paid
E) was going to buy / wasn't paying
14- Most of the time my brother and I ...........
fishing at weekends, but this weekend we ...........
swimming instead.
A) was going / had gone
B) will go/go
C) had gone / were going
D) go / are going
E) went / went
15- He promises that as soon as he paid he ..........
all of us for a meal. I hope he will stick to his word.
A) got / would take
B) have got / took
C) gets/will take
D) is getting / takes
E) will get / will take
16- On an everyday level, sleepy people ........... math
errors,........... things and ........... cross with
their families, friends and co-workers.
A) have made / broken/ become
B) are made / broken / become
C) make / break / become
D) were making / breaking / becoming
E) made / broke / become
17- This time next week civil servants ........... on
strike. I think also this one is going to prove to be
futile.
A) have gone
B) will be going
C) would go
D) will go
E) have been going
18- For 75 years, mountaineering's greatest mystery
...........:........... the doomed George Mallory and
Andrew Irvine reach the summit of Everest 29 years
before the first confirmed ascent?
A) was lingering / Will
B) has lingered / Did
C) is lingering / Has
D) had lingered / Was
E) lingered / Is
19- In just the past seven years, plastic surgery
performed on teens ............
A) have doubled
B) were doubled
C) would doubled
D) had doubled
E) has doubled
20- Hepatitis A is a serious and highly contagious
disease that.......... you and our family at risk when
you .......... overseas.
A) puts / travel
B) has put / were travelling
C) will put / have travelled
D) was putting / had travelled
E) has been putting / had been travelling
21- Bert's appearance .......... to be improving now
that he .......... a steady girl friend.
A) has seemed / had
B) seems / has had
C) was seeming / has
D) has been seeming / had had
E) will seem / will have
22- For years scientists ............. for a pill to
replace the insulin injections used daily by millions of
diabetics.
A) have searched
B) will be searching
C) are to search
D) had searched
E) searched
23- Over the past 12 years, Uganda ..............
measures that have resulted in economic reform and
democratisation of the political system. The country now
.............. exciting prospects in both investment and
trade.
A) is instituting / is offered
B) instituted/will offer
C) has instituted / offers
D) institutes / has been offered
E) was instituted / was offered
24- House sales ............. considerably since the
terrible ground shake which ............. a great number
of lives in
north-western Turkey two weeks ago.
A) declined/had taken
B) have declined /took
C) are declined /is taking
D) will decline /will take
E) had been declined /took
25- Never before ........... patient
empowerment............ more important than it is today.
Americans currently ............ on HMOs for their
health care.
A) has / been / rely
B) had /been /relied
C) is / being / are relying
D) was / being / were relying
E) has / been / have been relying
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