Grammar Practice 12 & 13

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Grammar Practice Quiz

Welcome to the Grammar Practice Quiz! Test your knowledge of English grammar rules through a series of engaging multiple-choice questions and fill-in-the-blank exercises.

Key Features:

Comprehensive coverage of grammar topics
Multiple-choice questions for quick assessment
Fill-in-the-blank exercises to reinforce learning

68 Questions17 MinutesCreated by LearningTree512

1. The ideas __________ with great enthusiasm from the committee

Had been received

Were received

Have been received

Was received

2. The tickets to the opera __________ at the counter.

Can be purchased

Are purchased

Could be purchased

Should be purchased

3. Kelly _________ shorts to bed since she was five years old.

Has been wearing

Had been wearing

Has worn

Wore

4. ___________ of the twins is fat. Both are equally handsome.

Either

None

Neither

Each

5. The pungent smell __________ from next door, disturbed our concentration.

Had come

Comes

Coming

Came

6. The examinations ____________ in the school hall on Monday.

Will be held

Would be held

Is holding

Will be holding

7. ____________ our last visit, the landscape has undergone much changes.

During

Since

Before

After

8. I _________ just __________ the baby to bed when the telephone suddenly rang.

Was ........ carrying

Had...... carried

Had been........ carrying

Have........ carrried

9. Gary finds it hard to ___________ with the pace of life in Hong Kong.

Keep in

Keep on

Keep besides

Keep up

10. The sky turned bright again after the clouds _________ .

Had cleared

Had been cleared

Were cleared

Have been cleared

11. During the next committee meeting, the members ___________ of their duties and responsibilities for the opening ceremony.

Would be told

Are told

Will be told

Shall be told

12. When Jill entered the shop, she fell in love ___________ the teddy bear right away.

With

Over

13. Has Polly ________ about the importance of being punctual for this meeting?

Forget

Forgotten

Forgetting

Forgot

14. ___________ Louise was late, her classmates waited for her.

Since

Because

Although

Despite

15. The rules and regulations ____________ at the advice of the judges.

Had been tighten

Were tighten

Have been tightened

Were tightened

16. After months of investigation, the police finally found out __________ the murderer was.

Where

Whose

Who

Which

17. I _____________ out the new outfits since this morning.

Have been trying

Was trying

Had been trying

Tried

18. Teddy took about three hours to read _________ chapter one to five.

Over

From

19. Seldom do we ____________ about the mysterious old lady living at block 122.

Ask

Asked

Saw

See

20. Amy __________ in the hospital bed right now. She met with an accident last week.

Lay

Is lying

Lies

Was lying

SECTION B 1

	Fill in each blank with the correct form of the verb in the brackets.
The dog family (11) ___________ (has) a long and interesting history.
One of the earliest direct ancestors of the group (12) ____________ (be) the small animal
(13) ______________ (know) as Cynodictis, which lived about 35,000,000 years ago.
It (14) _____________ (has) a long and flexible body and a long tail.
Its legs were rather short and the claws on its short, spreading feet (15) ___________ (be ) probably
Retractile, or capable of (16)______________ (be) drawn back.
Cynodictis was in all likelihood a tree (17) ____________ (dwell) and had a larger brain, in proportion to its size, than other primitive carnivores.
From Cynodictis and other animals similar to it (18) ____________ (descend) the modern members of the dog family.
The early dogs gradually (19)___________ (depart) from the tree-dwelling habits of their forebears and
(20) ___________ (take) up their abode in open plains country,
Where they (21) ______________ (hunt) in packs.

SECTION C

Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in the brackets.

22. ________________ (absent) makes the heart grow fonder.

23. The _________________ (fail) of the project left many of the staff disappointed.

24. The policemen are here to __________________ (force) law and order.

25. The prophet is said to be _______________ (power) by God to save the world.

26. You are under no _________________ (oblige) to accept the terms and conditions.

27. The rapid _________________ (grow) of the company took everyone by surprise.

28. His grandmother is ______________ (critic) ill and wants to see him immediately.

29. "Sally, you should be more _______________ (care) in your work," said the supervisor.

30. The _________________ (centre) location of the building makes it very convenient for the workers to go to the office.

31. All the pupils were _______________ (busy) finishing their exam papers when the bell rang.

SECTION E

For each of the following, join the two sentences to make one appropriate sentence without changing the meaning. Use the words in the brackets.

SECTION E

For each of the following, join the two sentences to make one appropriate sentence without changing the meaning. Use the words in the brackets.

SECTION B2

	Fill in each blank with the correct form of the verb in the brackets.
Children often (11)____________ (play) with plastic materials-
Substances that (12) ______________ (mould).
They (13) _______________ (make) mud pies and sand castles and snowballs.
In the remote childhood of mankind, as far back as the New Stone Age, men (14) _____________ (ttransform)
Plastic clay into pottery containers for their food and drink. Later, in the Age of Metals, they (15) ___________ (learn)
How (16) ______________ (mould) metals, such as copper, bronze and iron, and
They (17) _______________ (fashion) weapons and tools.
Waxes, pitch and gums (18) _____________ (be) also used for various purposes.
Eventually, they (19) _____________ (develop) other mouldable substances - glass, cemeent, concrete, plaster and rubber.
These substances (20)_____________ (use) for a variety of purposes since the last centure.

SECTION C

Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in the brackets.

SECTION C

Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in the brackets.

21. The _______________ (renew) of her passport will take two weeks.

22. Don't ________________ (angry) her anymore or she will beat you up.

23. The escaped leopard will ________________ (danger) the lives of the villagers.

24. The champion squad jumped ________________ (triumphant) when its name was called.

25. Please _________________ (low) the volume of your voice. I can even hear you from next door.

26. The __________________ (endure) test will take approximately two hours to complete.

27. The play is so boring. The script writer should ________________ (live) it with more jokes.

28. The _______________ (rebel) was stopped in time by the military.

29. The couple came here at the special _______________ (invite) of the prime minister.

30. Please accept my ______________ (sister) advice. You look horrible in that dress.

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