Advanced English Grammar Test – Multiple-choice Test 14

1   … a man tried and failed.

a) Many of

b) A lot of

c) Many

2   Why don’t you insure your car … stolen?

a) if it is

b) in case it is

c) in case it will be

3   At what time shall we …?

a) meet

b) meet us

c) meet ours

4   You look … you were tired.

a) until

b) like

c) as if

5   Mary was carrying a … bag.

a) plastic small black

b) small black plastic

c) black small plastic

6   … goods were sent to the fair.

a) Little

b) A large number of

c) Much

7   She’s leaving … the end of March.

a) at

b) in

c) out

8   Everything … was true.

a) they said

b) say they

c) they tell

9   A typist must be very … about correcting errors.

a) carefully

b) careful

c) carelessness

10   I have only the time to tell you the … of this project.

a) big

b) plot

c) main idea

11   A … of days before, a terrible explosion took place.

a) few

b) period

c) couple

12   I wouldn’t waste time … that article if I were you.

a) to reading

b) to be read

c) reading

13   Do you need my approval? No. … you or your manager can sign this.

a) Either

b) Also

c) Both

14   I promised … absent.

a) to not be

b) not to be

c) not being

15   What time did you arrive? A little … than usual.

a) time

b) more

c) later

16   Do you know where …?

a) has gone Mike

b) Mike has gone

c) Mike went

17   I’m going to buy … .

a) many bread

b) a few bread

c) a loaf of bread

18   His village is lonely. It is … .

a) far

b) alone

c) far from anywhere

19   I tried to solve the problems … the noise.

a) in spite of

b) in case of

c) because of

20   There’s somebody walking behind us. I think … .

a) we are followed

b) we are being following

c) we are being followed

21   She opened the door and entered quietly … not to wake the child.

a) so that

b) so as

c) to make sure

22   That bag looks heavy. … you with it.

a) I’ll help

b) I help

c) I’m helping

23   Only in this way … manage to see her.

a) I might

b) could I

c) I could

24   She is the woman … you saw at the desk.

a) which

b) whom

c) who

25   The doorbell is ringing. It … be Mark.

a) might

b) dare

c) couldn’t have been

26   We … any problems so far.

a) haven’t had

b) don’t have

c) didn’t have

27   I don’t understand this article. What …?

a) did it mean

b) does it mean

c) means it

28   Steve is a man who takes great … in his appearance.

a) attention

b) care

c) pride

29   … a bridge built, more tourists would come to the village.

a) If

b) If they had

c) Was

30   If I were you, I … that suit.

a) don’t buy

b) won’t buy

c) wouldn’t buy