ONLINE GRAMMAR PROFICIENCY TEST 1

People should do ________ they think _______ their own good.
1. that / for
2. what / for
3. which / on
4. of which / on
5. whatever / ----
This room _______ really cold for me. Let’s find another place to wait.
1. was feeling
2. is feeling
3. feels
4. is felt
5. was being felt
My boss said that …….
1. I am very busy these days.
2. he is leaving the office.
3. I always ask for money.
4. he had been very unhappy.
5. he wasn’t lucky yesterday.
_______ our dinner at home, we went to the cinema.
1. Eating
2. Ate
3. Have eaten
4. Having eaten
5. Since eating
My father is very much keen _________ ___________ horses at the countryside.
1. in / riding
2. on / riding
3. into / ride
4. on / to ride
5. on / ride
It was ________ late to leave for the exam. There were only a few minutes for it _______.
1. such / to start
2. so / starting
3. such / starting
4. so / to start
It was quite essential that he _______ here on time.
1. be
2. is
3. being
4. to be
He asked me ______ I knew the answer.
1. that
2. what
3. if
4. if only
I wish ___________ here with me now.
1. you are
2. you can be
3. you were
4. you could
_______ my newspaper, I had a strong coffee. When I finished my coffee, I stopped reading and went to the office.
1. Read
2. Reading
3. Having read
4. Have read
Maria has no idea about ________ going to do on this issue.
1. what is she
2. that she is
3. whatever is she
4. what she is
Never _________ such a beautiful girl before.
1. I have seen
2. have I seen
3. do I see
4. I had seen
The meat ______ bitter so it might have gone bad.
1. was tasting
2. is tasting
3. tasted
4. is tasted
I _______ to school last Monday if I _________ that the lessons were cancelled.
1. would have gone / had known
2. went / would know
3. wouldn’t have gone / had known
4. would go / knew
Would you like to have _____ coffee with your cake?
1. any
2. no
3. ----
4. some
The woman _______ husband died last year married another man from my hometown.
1. who
2. that
3. whose
4. whom
There isn’t _______ water left in the jar for us to drink. We’ll have to share the rest.
1. much
2. many
3. some
4. any
I know you _______ better than you know yourself.
1. more
2. the most
3. a lot
4. most of
Our teacher would rather us ________ the test at our first try.
1. pass
2. passed
3. were passing
4. had passed
This carpet needs _______ because it is very dirty.
1. cleans
2. cleaned
3. cleaning
4. clean
They will have our carpets ______ to the workers.
1. clean
2. cleaning
3. had cleaned
4. cleaned
My table needs ________ by our staff.
1. to be cleaned
2. cleaning
3. cleaned
4. clean
A: There’s blood on my shirt. I can’t clean it.
B: Try ______ cold water.
1. to use
2. use
3. using
4. uses
Michael hopes ________ promoted next year.
1. being
2. to be
3. be
4. can be
You should know all these words ______ heart.
1. by
2. in
3. with
4. on
Police didn’t notice anybody entering ______ the building last night.
1. in
2. at
3. into
4. ----
Last year, I went to _____USA and saw ____New York and _____ White House. It was ___ very nice vacation.
1. --- /--- / the / a
2. the / ---/ --- / the
3. the / the / the / the
4. the / ---/ the / a
His sister had both _____ AIDS and _____ flu.
1. ---/ ---
2. ---/ ---
3. the / the
4. --- / the
Students ________ done their assignments. It was their duty but they didn’t do it.
1. might have
2. could have
3. have to have
4. should have
Many students knew the correct answer, _____ none of them told it to the teacher.
1. and
2. so
3. or
4. yet
______ the heavy weather conditions, we decided to continue our trip.
1. Although
2. Despite
3. Though
4. In spite of the fact that
No matter _______you drive, you won’t arrive there on time.
1. how fast
2. what
3. how enough
4. where
That girl looks she is _____ young to get married.
1. enough
2. such
3. such a
4. too
It was _____ cold day that we were almost dead before we got on the buses.
1. so
2. such a
3. such
4. very
I couldn’t agree _____ you more.
1. in
2. on
3. with
4. over
The government decided to provide the students _____ modern computers in their classes.
1. of
2. with
3. to
4. by
They told us ______ in this room because it was forbidden.
1. to smoke
2. smoking
3. not to smoke
4. not smoking
______ the answer isn’t a plausible excuse.
1. Not to know
2. Not knowing
3. Knowing
4. Having known
Let’s change the rules in our home, ______?
1. don’t we
2. shall we
3. shan’t we
4. will we
If you ______ more twenty years ago, you ______ become a doctor here like me now.
1. studied / would
2. had studied / would have
3. had studied / would
4. studied / would have

ONLINE GRAMMAR PROFICIENCY TEST 1

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