GRAMMAR TEST C (UNIT 5+6)
Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
1. He shouldn’t put so much salt in it, ______?
(shouldn’t he / would he / should he / wouldn’t he)
2. I spent most of the time ______ in Internet when I was a boy.
(to wander / wandered / wandering / wander)
3. If he ______ hard today, can he have a holiday tomorrow?
(works / will work / worked / would worked)
4. Because there ______ no buses, we had to take a taxi.
(are / is / was / were)
5. You ______ anything tonight, are you?
(do / aren’t doing / are doing / isn’t doing)
6. We plan to ______ this Saturday.
(go hiked / go hiking / go to hike / go hike)
7. I’ll have to buy a map ______ I don’t know this area.
(if / because / when / because of)
8. It is recommended that he ______ this course.
(took / takes / take / taking)
9. He’s running so fast. I ______ catch up with him.
(cannot hardly / can hardly / not hardly / could hardly)
10. It is important that he ______ take the final examination.
(has to / have to / had to / having to)
11. If you are busy, we ______ this by ourselves.
(will do / did / would do / doing)
12. When he was in university, he wasted much time ______ by Internet.
(to chat / chat / chatting / chatted)
13. He denied ______ the shop.
(breaking into / break into / breaking on / to break into)
14. She suggested ______ for a swim.
(going / go / to go / gone)
15. You don’t know French, ______?
(does you / don’t you / do you / didn’t you)
16. I don’t ______ the action films. I prefer documentaries.
(likes watching / like watching / hardly to watch / hardly watching)
17. ______ we were tired, we sat down beside the stream.
(Because of / As / If / And)
18. Tom doesn’t have to go to lecture, ______?
(does Tom / did he / doesn’t Tom / does he)
19. He finished ______ and sat down.
(to speak / speaking / speak / spoken)
20. I’ll write in Spanish finished ______ understand English.
(because he don’t / because he doesn’t / because of he doesn’t / because of he don’t)
21. Sue ______. She never seems to stop.
(work continuously / works continuously / works continuous / continuously works)
22. She ______ when she heard the news.
(can’t help crying / can’t helped crying / couldn’t help cry / couldn’t help crying)
23. The children ______ surprised, were they?
(weren’t / was / haven’t been / hasn’t been)
24. Did you go to Jane’s party last night? Of course, I did. But now I regret ______ there.
(go / gone / going / went)
25. ______ the meat was cooked, I took it out of the oven.
(Because of / Because / If / And)
26. He looked me ______ when I interrupted him.
(angry / angrily / hungry / thirsty)
27. It’s essential that ______ here on time.
(you are / you is / you were / you be)
28. Bill puts money in the bank, ______?
(didn’t he / did he / doesn’t he / does he)
29. I’m leaving next week. And I think I’ll never forget ______ with you.
(worked / work / to work / working)
30. He ______ to find a job, but he had no luck.
(tried hard / hardly tried / tried hardly / try hardly)
31. It is necessary that the mother ______ by breast milk.
(feed her baby up / feeds her baby up / bed her baby up / feeds up her baby)
32. Maria is studying laws, ______?
(isn’t Maria / is Maria / isn’t she / wasn’t she)
33. Would you mind ______ your pet snake somewhere else?
(put / putting / to put / puts)
34. ______ the manager is out today, I’ll sign the letter.
(Because / If / Because of / But)
35. My leg was hurting me. I ______ walk.
(could hardly / can hardly / could hard / can hard)
36. The driver was ______.
(serious injured / injure seriously / seriously injured / injured seriously)
37. You haven’t written to her ______, have you?
(recently / never / late / recent)
38. The boy likes ______ games but hates ______ his lessons.
(play – study / playing – study / play – studying / playing – studying)
39. I’ve given your old jacket away ______ it was too tight for you.
(because of / if / because / and)
40. Our holiday was too short. The time ______.
(passed quick / quick passed / passed quickly / quickly passes)
41. You can’t stop me ______ what I want.
(doing / to do / do / that I do)
42. Help me, ______?
(will you / won’t you / do you / don’t you)
43. I like Cathy. She ______.
(works very fastly / works very fast / work very fastly / working very fast)
44. I’m absolutely sure I locked the door. I clearly remember ______ it.
(to lock / locking / lock / locked)
45. If you press that button, the alarm ______.
(will ring / ring / ringing / would ring)
46. When I arrived, he was trying ______ it, but there was something wrong with the engine.
(to start / stated / starting / start)
47. Bin ______ a novel, hasn’t he?
(write / has written / wrote / will write)
48. If he likes the house, ______ buy it?
(would he / will he / did he / does he)
49. If he ______ all that, he will be ill.
(ate / will eat / has eaten / eat)
50. It is very important that everybody ______ very carefully.
(should listen / to listen / listens / will listen)
