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GRAMMAR TEST
- 99
1- They ........ have a good lunch there, and then they
......... go to the cinema.
A) able to/ could
B) can/can be
C) may /can be
D) can/can
E) could be/could
2- The network.......... also make use of special RTL
that relay the signals between spacecraft and mission
control.
A) may
B) could be
C) must be
D) hadn't
E) had
3- Jack was not........ breathe as well as before, and
when he walked rather fast.
A) able to
B) can
C) will
D) could
E) able
4 - Plants will be.......... grow on arid land or in
salt marshes.
A) could be
B) will
C) may
D) able to
E) can be
5- That spectrum........ tell the astronomer what
chemical elements are in a star.
A) able to
B) could have
C) could not
D) can
E) may be
6- She was so upset by the noise of the children that
she .......... not go on listening any longer.
A) could
B) can't
C) may be
D) able to
E) ought to
7- This problem .......... become that serious.
A) able to
B) have
C) can't be
D) could
E) may be
8- Sue .......... invite whomever she likes to the
party.
A) must be
B) might be
C) may
D) won't
E) had to
9- 'What........ I get you?' the man behind the desk
asked.
A) may be
B) could be
C) could have
D) able to
E) can
10- .......... Alice recommend a good restaurant? My
usual place is fully booked.
A) Will Be
B) Could Have
C) Can
D) Could Not
E) May Be
11- 'Please finish as soon as you ..............'
A) might be
B) could have
C) able to
D) can
E) been
12- There were certain beautiful hand-made articles that
you .......... buy very cheaply.
A) could
B) may be
C) able to
D) can't
E) have
13- .......... the birds can say several words, and even
sentences, they do not understand what they say.
A) Nevertheless
B) Although
C) Beside
D) Therefore
E) As
14- Unexpectedly you are called in for an significant
meeting and .............. cannot keep your appointment
with the doctor.
A) as a result
B) owing to
C) as
D) so
E) therefore
15- One of the most significant is the reddish metal
copper, which is a very good conductor of electricity.
It is .......... mainly used to make electrical wire.
A) as a result
B) therefore
C) since
D) owing to
E) hence
16- .......... armies and navies have existed for
thousands of years, air forces are less than 200 years
old.
A) So
B) Therefore
C) Due to
D) Although
E) Owing to
17- New York is the largest city of America,..........
Washington is the capital.
A) thus
B) due to
C) although
D) owing to
E) besides
18- .......... its name is earth, our world is mostly
covered with water.
A) Just as
B) due to
C) Though
D) Yet
E) Owing to
19- .......... in some ways Seurat was an International
painter, he was also one of the first modern painters.
A) Whereas
B) Besides
C) Despite
D) Due to
E) Although
20- .......... several people go ballroom dancing for
fun, there are now ballroom dancing championships.
A) Although
B) Except
C) Besides
D) Due to
E) Owing to
21- ........ many plants are good to eat, many others
are too poisonous.
A) Consequently
B) Thus
C) Therefore
D) Besides
E) Although
22- However, batteries cannot yet produce enough
electricity to make electric vehicles travel far or
fast. They are.......... generally used for short
delivery services.
A) therefore
B) consequently
C) owing to
D) thus
E) nevertheless
23- .......... Frank kept his love of music and writing,
he never put his own interests before his duty to his
country.
A) Besides
B) Due to
C) Therefore
D) Although
E) As a result
24- .......... she is now famous for her marine
engineering feats, Amanda Company trained as a jeweller
and an artist.
A) Therefore
B) Moreover
C) Although
D) Due to
E) As a result
25- ................... a great deal of the glassware we
use is now made by machinery, the best glassware is
still made by the ancient craft of glassblowing.
A) Although
B) However
C) As a result
D) Hence
E) As
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