Grammar Review

Fill in the blanks:

1) (ESAF) The man is talking to the boys. He is talking to ______.

a) There
b) Theirs
c) Their
d) Them
e) They

2) (ESAF) It has rained everyday _____ I arrived.

a) Because
b) Since
c) That
d) However
e) For

3) (ESAF) I have a brother ____ is a teenager.

a) When
b) Where
c) Which
d) Whose
e) Who

4) I ______ to the doctor yesterday and he told me to stay in bed for a

few days.
a) Had to go
b) Must go
c) Have to go
d) Must have gone
e) Ought to have gone

5) After _____ the till, Barbara ______ the shop.

a) Will check / locking

b) To check / locked
c) Checking / locked
d) Have checked / locks
e) Checks / locks

6) Where is Carol? Wasnt she going to meet you? Perhaps she forgot.

a) Yes, she needs to forget, but its unlikely.

b) Yes, she can forget, but its unlikely.
c) Yes, she may forget, but its unlikely.
d) Yes, she may have forgotten, but its unlikely.
e) Yes, she can forget, but its unlikely.

7) Is there ____ more wine? Yes, theres still ______ in the cupboard.
a) Some / a lot of
b) Any / some
c) No / some
d) Any / many
e) Any / a lot of

8) Your accent is _______ than mine.

a) Worse
b) Worst
c) The worse
d) The worst
e) Too bad

9) The president, _______ attended the world conference on toxic waste,

signed an agreement last week.
a) Which
b) Whom
c) Whose
d) What
e) Who

10) I _______ talking to him last night at the time of the crime.
a) Have
b) Have been
c) Am
d) Been
e) Was

11) The president of the corporation ______ to resign if new

evidence of his involvement in scandals __________.
a) Must / is found
b) May have got / is found
c) May have / is found
d) Might have / finds
e) Got / was found

12) The proposed demolition of 49 large terrace houses in St.

Agnes Place, Kennington, South London, and Lambeth Borough
Councils plan to turn the site into open space, at a cost of 40,000
pounds. _______ yesterday as a staggering waste of chronically short
housing by the Lambeth Self Help Group. Under license from the
council it specializes in finding temporary or short-life housing for the
homeless.
a) Was described
b) Has been described.
c) Described.
d) Have described
e) Was describing

13) Still working with that piece of news from The Times right
above:
 If you had to explain the word staggering, how would you? Try
picturing yourself talking to someone about the sense of that word. If you
dont know the meaning of it and dont know to guess either, try going to
the dictionary and picturing afterwards a way of explaining it.

_____

14) Which word best conveys the same meaning as turn in the
same paragraph from question 12?
a) Translate
b) Move
c) Become
d) Invert
e) Change

15) Its taken five years for the reforms to have their desired
effect. Which one functions best as a question for that affirmative.
a) How long is it taking for the reforms to have their desired effect?
b) How many years is it taking for the reforms to have their desired
effect?
c) How long does it take for the reforms to have their desired effect?
d) How long has it taken for the reforms to have their desired effect?
e) How many years it is taken for the reforms to have their desired
effect?

16) Fill in the blanks:

For centuries explorers ___I__ the wide-open spaces seeking their
fortunes, guided by the stars, primitive instruments and whatever god
they happened to believe in. The Atlantic was na endless ocean, the
Pacific the gateway to the end of the world. But what are those
oceans now? Scarcely the terror they once were. Definitely not the
navigational hazard any self-respecting captain need to worry
____II____. No, the world has shrunk. The wide open spaces are still
there; it is just that they are not quite so wide nowadays. Our
perspectives have become ____III____.

I. a) Roams

b) has to roam

c) is roaming

d) have roamed

e) would roamed.
 II. a) about

b) off

c) in

d) with

e) on

III. a) wider than

b) width

c) widest

d) the widest

e) wider

17) Ford and the entire automotive industry were forming

partnerships with single suppliers.

How would you best construct the passive voice for the previous sentence?

a) Partnerships have been formed with single suppliers by Ford and the
entire automotive industry.

b) Partnerships had been formed with single suppliers by Ford and the entire
automotive industry.

c) Partnerships were being formed with single suppliers by Ford and the
entire automotive industry.

d) Partnerships are being formed with single suppliers by Ford and the entire
automotive industry.

e) Partnerships were formed with single suppliers by Ford and the entire
automotive industry.

A man goes to the doctor and says, Everything is wrong with ______,
but I dont know what it is. I touch my chest and ______ hurts. I touch
my head and _____ hurts. I touch my leg and ______ hurts. Whats the
problem? The doctor examines _____ and says, _____ fingers
broken.

a) I, it, it, it, he, his

b) Me, it, it, they, him, your
c) I, it, it, it, him, your
d) Me, it, it, it, him, your
 e) Me, it, it, it, me, my.

When i first came to the United States, I found that the various
political debates in _____ I got embroiled tended to reach a dead-end.
Take prayer in public schools. After a battle had begun around a table,
I would propose a compromisse: Why not divide the children, for half
an hour daily, into classes based _____ on age, but on religious
denomination? (The New Republic)

I. a) what

b) which

c) that

d) those

e) whose

II. a) so

b) only

c) and

d) not

e) also

After _____ from Central Mexico only five years ago, Mario G. has worked for
just about every big-name high-tech company in Silicon Valley: Hewlett
Packard, Sun Microsystems, Advanced Micro Devices and Oracle Systems.
Windows is his expertise. He washes them. Sometimes for ten or twelve
hours a day, but never more than forty hours a week lest his boss be forced
to pay him overtime. His wage is $6,20 _______ hour before taxes. Every
morning he calls his middleman to find out where he _______ working and
when.

I. a) comes

B) come

c) to come

d) came

e) coming
II. a) every

b) na

c) each

d) in

e) for

III. a) is about to

b) has been

c) will be

d) used to

e) so as to be

On October 11, 2001, ________ Ronald Reagan became ______ ex-president in

U.S. history.

a) 90-year-old/ the older.

b) 90-years-old / the oldest
c) 90-years-old / the older
d) 90-year-old / the oldest
e) 90-years-old/ the older.

In the 60s Americas radical fear of Communism got the nation involved in a
war in Vietnam, _____ in 1954 __________ into South Vietnam and the
Communist Republic of North Vietnam.

a) That/ has divided

b) Who / was divided
c) Which / had been divided
d) What / divided
e) Whom/ was being divided

Margaret Thatcher gave birth to a society of cellular phone-wielding

Yuppies, a new class drawn ______ a cross section of ______ classes,
backgrounds and education.

a) From/ other
b) Of / others
c) On/ another
 d) In/ other
e) To/ others

If you _____ your money in the stock market last year, you ______ a lot of
money.

a) Have invested / will have made

b) Invest / have made
c) Invest / will make
d) Had invested / would have made
e) Invested / would make.

My boss hates _____ at the office. He wishes I could stop _____ once and
for alll.

a) Me smoke / to smoke.
b) My smoking / smoking
c) Me to smoke / smoke
d) Me smoking / to smoke
e) My smoke / my smoking

______ the television at this time means youll find ______ to watch but game
shows and soap operas.

a) Turning off / anything

b) To turn on / something
c) Turning off / nothing
d) Turn on / anything
e) Turning on / nothing

To succeed in the global environment, the 21 st century CEO must

possess a high degree of cultural fluency. As organizations expand
globally and compete internationally, their CEOs must understand the
challenges specific to each regional market. Each region has its own
regulatory environment and style of doing business. Sucessful CEOs
understand the need to adjust their communication style and timeline to
the culture in which they are conducting business.

The word must in the expression from the text must possess and
must understand expresses the meaning of...

a) Request
b) Requirement
c) Possibility
d) Certainty
e) Permission
 The word to in the passage from the text to succeed in the global
environment... can, without changing its meaning, be replaced for...

a) In order to
b) Because of
c) So
d) As
e) Such as

The verb raise in ... raised intriguing questions is the same verb as the one
in....

a) Everybody rose when the mayor entered.

b) She raised her head to look at the Picture
c) She got up when the sun was rising
d) She rose to the occasion
e) Salaries rise once a year

The verb in the tree is threatened by logging practices is in the same

voice as in...

a) The ships were built by the engineers.

b) The engineer has built the ship.
c) The engineer has threatened to cut the tree.
d) The ships had transported the trees.
e) The engineer is loading the ship.

The only option in which the verbs do not correlate correctly as they do in if
big-leafed mahogany becomes commercially extinct, what will happen...
is...

a) The forest would have survived if the laws protected it.

b) The forest will survive if the laws protect it.
c) Had the laws protected it, the forest would have survived.
d) If the laws protected it, the forest would survive.
e) Unless the laws protect it, the forest wont survive.

The electric motor has one great disadvantage; it has to be supplied with
electricity. It must either be connected to na electric supply line or to a
very heavy battery

The verb form must be connected in bold could best be replaced by:

a) May be connected
b) Could be connected
c) Should be connected
d) Has to be connected