GRAMMAR PRACTICE

1. Paul ________ an errand for his mother yesterday.

A. did

B. ran

C. walked

D. jumped

2. The salesman stood at the door ________ rang the doorbell.

A. and

B. after

C. or

D. so

3. The villages tried to put ________ the fire ________ water.

A. over, by

B. out, with

C. in, with

D. on, over

4. It rained ________ last night than it did yesterday afternoon.

A. heavily

B. more heavily

C. the least heavily

C. the most heavily

5. Eagles are mainly found ________ Africa, Europe and Asia.

A. in

B. on

C. at

D. by

6. Elaine buys the seeds and seedlings from a ________ .

A. grocery

B. nursery

C. pharmacy

D. farmhouse

7. Amir ________ the lights off before he went to sleep.

A. have switched

B. had switched

C. switch

D. switches

8. Michael lives in Taman Megah. ________ you have his address ?

A. Do
9.

B. Does

A. Sentosa island is in singapore.

B. Sentosa island is in Singapore.
C. Sentosa Island is in Singapore.
D. sentosa island is in Singapore.

10.

A. is dancing your hobby.

B. Is dancing your hobby !
C. Is dancing your hobby ?
D. is dancing your hobby ?

C. Is

D. Are

1. I feel faint ________ I did not take my breakfast this morning.

A. if

B. as

C. so

D. but

2. You better explain to him ________ its too late.

A. before

B. after

C. unless

D. if

3. Pupils must always speak ________ to their teachers.

A. rudely

B. pitifully C. politely

D. correctly

4. Mice ________ long tails.

A. have

B. has

C. had

D. having

5. After flowering, the fruit develops into a pod ________ 1 to 4 seeds.

A. laying

B. dividing C. becoming

D. containing

6. The plants ________ if you do not water them.

A. shall die

B. will die

C. shall be dying

D. will be dying

7. Out of ________ , she touched the iron with her fingers.

A. fury

B. anger

C. jealousy

D. curiosity

8. I _______ dinner when the telephone rang.

9.

A. am having

B. was having

C. were having

D. had

A. Last monday, mary and I had lunch in the restaurant.

B. Last Monday, Mary and I had lunch in the Restaurant.
C. Last Monday, Mary and I had lunch in the restaurant.
D. Last Monday, Mary and i had lunch in the restaurant.

10.

A. Help My handbag is gone.

B. Help, my handbag is gone.
C. Help! My handbag is gone.
D. Help! My handbag is gone.

1. I ________ tennis every Sunday morning.

A. playing

B. play

C. am playing

D. am play

2. Don't make so much noise. Noriko ________ to study for her ESL test!
A. try

B. tries

C. tried

D. is trying

3. Jun-Sik ________ his teeth before breakfast every morning.

A. will cleaned

B. is cleaning

C. cleans

D. clean

4. Sorry, she can't come to the phone. She ________ a bath!

A. is having

B. having

C. have

5. _________ many times every winter in Frankfurt.

A. It snows

B. It snowed

C. It is snowing

D. It is snow

6. How many students in your class ________ from Korea?

A. comes

B. come

C. Came

D. are coming

7. Weather report: "It's seven o'clock in Frankfurt and ________ ."

A. there is snow

B. it`s snowing

C. it snows

D. it snowed

8. Babies ________ when they are hungry.

A. cry

B. cries

C. cried

D. are crying

9. Jane: "What _________ in the evenings?"

Mary: "Usually I watch TV or read a book."
A. you doing

B. you do

C. do you do

D. are you doing

10. Jane: "What _________ ?"

Mary: "I'm trying to fix my calculator."
A. you doing

B. you do

C. do you do

D. are you doing

D. has

1. I _________ for my pen. Have you seen it?

A. will look

B. looking

C. look

D. am looking

2. What time _________ ?

A. the train leaves

B. leaves the train

C. is the train leaving

D. does the train leave

3. You can keep my iPod if you like. I _________ it any more.

A. don`t use

B. doesn`t use

C. didn`t use

D. am not using

4. Paul was _________ to the shopkeeper.

A. helpful

B. careful

C. grateful

D. cheerful

5. The baby is sleeping so try to talk as _________ as you can.

A. soft

B. softly

C. more softly

D. most softly

6. The robbers _________ before the police arrived.

A. escape

B. escaped

C. has escaped

D. had escaped

7. We _________ trainers for the house practice tomorrow.

A. wore

B. wear

C. wearing

D. shall wear

8. Jogging _________ good for health.

A. are

B. is

C. were

D. was

9. He Amazon in Brazil is ______ longest river in _____ South America.

A. he , -

B. - , the

C. the , the

10. ________of what he said was very sensible.

A. Many

B. Much

C. A few

D. Every

D. a , the

1. ________ his friends speaks any English.

A. Some

B. All

C. Many

D. Neither of

2. The report concludes sadly that ________ students have _________

knowledge of nuclear physics.
A. some / a lot of

B. both / whole

C. every / no

D. all / little

3. _________ teachers prefer a class that is fairly consistent in having

pupils of the same level.
A. Each

B. Every

C. Neither

D. Most

C. very

D. All of

4. ________ drawings is different.

A. Each one of the

B. Very few

5. Pace-produced photographs showed that air pollution _________ from

the industrial Belts in the middle latitudes.
A. is being exported

B. exported

C. has been exported

D. will export

6. Millions of tons of coal ________ every day to produce energy.

A. are burning

B. are burnt

C. burnt

D. will burn

7. According to studies, single women often lack satisfactory life

Insurance coverage and 64 percent of American women _________
life insurance at all.
A. aren't carried

B. don't carry

C. weren't carried

D. didn't carry

8. The taste of the coffee _______ by how and where the coffee bean is
grown.
A. should have affected B. has to be affected C. can be affected D. could affect
9. Many researchers agree that abilities such as concentration ---- by
playing the piano.
A. could have built

B. can build

C. used to build

D. may be built

10. The CSU team today ---- an updated forecast that predicts eight
hurricanes - four of them with winds exceeding 110 miles.
A. has released

B. may be released

C. had released

D. is released

1. New methods of dating ancient footprints show that the first Americans
_________ there at least 25,000 years earlier than thought.
A. must be settled

B. should be settled

C. can settle

D. may have settled

2. There are many factors behind the sharp increase in the oil price,
which ________ most of the time.
A. had been overlooked B. have been overlooked C. are overlooking D. will overlook
3. The vegetables are _________. They are just arrived from the farm.
A. raw

B. dull

C. light

D. fresh

4. The hundreds of millions of people who live on the border of poverty

________ with the threat of starvation now.
A. are faced

B. had faced

C. had bee faced

D. faced

5. Supposedly, digital voice discs, or DVDs as they are called, are _____
resistant to scratching _______ records.
A. much / than

B. so / as

C. such / that

D. far more / than

6. When I ________ him two weeks ago, he told me that he had returned
from the South of France.
A. Met

B. have met

C. will be met

D. may be met

7. I don't have nearly _____ much time for reading _____ I would like to.
A. as / as

B. more / than

C. so / that

D. too / that

8. It is often said that the hyena is an aggressive animal, but in fact it is

not ________ many people believe.
A. more vicious

B. so vicious that

C. as viciously as

D. so vcous as

9. As education, culture and the level of income ______ better, needs also
expand and reach new dimensions.
A. got

B. get

C. getting

D. to get

10. The cupboard was ________ big _______ fit through the door, so we
had to take it apart first.
A. too / to

B. more / than

C. so / that

D. enough / to

1. The board ---- to consider a range of optons by many, including

Microsoft raising its offer in an attempt to break the stalemate
between the companies.
A. was expected

B. is expecting

C. will expect

D. has expected

2. When he heard the accusations against him, the man ________ that he
himself was the actual victim of the crime.
A. Alleged

B. was alleged

C. has alleged

D. will be alleged

3. The plot of the novel was _______ it was completely incomprehensible.

A. more complicated

B. such complicated

C. so complicated that

D. much more complicated than

4. As I have put on weight recently, I have to get the tailor ________ my

suit before my graduation ceremony.
A. take in

B. took in

C. to taking in

D. to take in

5. The best thing that you can do to extend the life of your car is to have
your car ________ on a routine basis.
A. to service

B. to be serviced

C. service

D. serviced

6. Vijaya is a ________ worker. She always finishes her work last.

A. slow

B. quick

C. active

D. intelligent

7. The scouts were _________ dressed for the parade.

A. lazily

B. smartly

C. untidily

D. carefully

8. That is Siew Wens pet dog. It follow her ________.

A. nowhere

B. elsewhere

C. somewhere

D. everywhere

9. Ever since the usage of natural gas became widespread, Istanbul hasn't
been ________ a polluted city ________ it was ten years ago.
A. as / as

B. such / as

C. so / that

D. more / than

10. According to the recent election's results, the Democrats are ---- of
the four main political parties.
A. the smaller

B. smallest

C. much smaller

D. the smallest