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Grammar Test 1

1.
1 C 2 A 3 A 4 B 5 C 6 B 7 D 8 B 9 A 10 C 11 D 12 B 13 B 14 C

2.
1 A 2 B 3 D 4 C 5 A 6 D 7 B 8 A

3.
1 A 2 D 3 A 4 A 5 B 6 C

4.
1 Does your mother go 2 a 3 the 4 – 5 are you always interrupting 6 – 7 Good shoes 8 love 9 Do you
buy 10 am seeing 11 doesn’t believe 12 is walking



Grammar Test 2

1.
1 D 2 D 3 A 4 C 5 A 6 B 7 C 8 D 9 C 10 A 11 C 12 D

2.
1 A 2 C 3 D 4 B 5 D 6 A 7 D 8 D 9 D 10 C 11 A 12 C

3.
1 is not as busy as 2 takes up less space 3 modern art more than 4 are not as big as 5 is the best 6 are
more well-known/better-known than 7 is the most colourful sculpture 8 are the most expensive

4.
1 do you think 2 much more 3 by 4 more 5 became 6 was walking 7 ran 8 more



Grammar Test 3

1.
1 C 2 D 3 A 4 A 5 C 6 B 7 D 8 A 9 B 10 D 11 C 12 C

2.
1 D 2 D 3 B 4 B 5 D 6 B 7 C 8 A 9 D 10 B 11 A 12 D

3.
1 one another 2 has been recording since 3 enjoy yourselves 4 by himself 5 has had his guitar for 6
make each other 7 time Gene has (ever) been 8 are still studying

4.
1 by herself 2 has learned 3 myself 4 each other 5 herself 6 started 7 herself 8 Have you ever met

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Grammar Test 4

1.
1 D 2 A 3 C 4 B 5 B 6 A 7 A 8 B 9 A 10 B 11 A 12 C

2.
1 B 2 A 3 A 4 D 5 A 6 D 7 B 8 B 9 D 10 A 11 C 12 A

3.
1 are seeing Peter 2 as soon as I finish 3 the time I finish 4 are going to climb 5 after we check in 6 it
will rain

4.
1 will have reached 2 will be exploring 3 When 4 will get 5 is going to fall 6 will send 7 will have been
teaching 8 will be 9 am having 10 go



Grammar Test 5

1.
1 D 2 C 3 B 4 B 5 C 6 D 7 C 8 C 9 D 10 A 11 C 12 D

2.
1 C 2 D 3 C 4 B 5 A 6 B 7 A 8 D 9 B 10 D 11 A 12 B

3.
1 used to see 2 would sometimes visit 3 use to bake 4 after I had watched 5 would not eat 6 had just
come 7 had been playing outside when 8 used to say

4.
1 used to hate 2 was reading 3 just 4 for 5 used to enjoy 6 didn’t use to like 7 Did he always use to 8
used to live



Grammar Test 6

1.
1 D 2 C 3 D 4 A 5 B 6 A 7 C 8 A 9 D 10 A 11 B 12 A

2.
1 C 2 A 3 C 4 A 5 B 6 A 7 B 8 C 9 C 10 A

3.
1 should not have drunk 2 needn’t have worried 3 shouldn’t have eaten 4 could not have done 5
couldn’t have tried 6 needn’t have 7 must have 8 wasn’t able to 9 don’t need to get 10 can’t have

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4.
1 shouldn’t 2 must 3 must 4 don’t need to 5 had better 6 could have been 7 Are you able 8 must have



Grammar Test 7

1.
1 A 2 C 3 B 4 D 5 B 6 C 7 A 8 B 9 D 10 C 11 C 12 B

2.
1 B 2 C 3 A 4 D 5 D 6 D 7 D 8 A 9 B 10 C

3.
1 made me say 2 would rather you didn’t 3 Don’t lose your cool 4 suggested that we 5 wouldn’t let her 6
didn’t make him 7 would prefer to go out 8 let him

4.
1 suggested 2 make 3 would 4 than 5 make 6 be 7 not 8 make 9 let 10 would



Grammar Test 8

1.
1 D 2 C 3 C 4 D 5 D 6 A 7 A 8 A 9 B 10 C 11 A 12 C

2.
1 C 2 A 3 B 4 C 5 D 6 B 7 D 8 A 9 B 10 A 11 D 12 B

3.
1 are getting 2 unless we stop 3 if it wasn’t 4 have had solar panels installed 5 had the trees 6
designed by 7 get a canopy 8 wouldn’t have chosen

4.
1 would have been 2 travel 3 Unless 4 were 5 had our lights changed 6 had his suitcase stolen 7 didn’t
throw 8 will melt



Grammar Test 9

1.
1 C 2 D 3 B 4 C 5 D 6 A 7 B 8 D 9 D 10 B 11 A 12 D

2.
1 D 2 D 3 A 4 B 5 D 6 A 7 B 8 A 9 D 10 B 11 A 12 B

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3.
1 could be 2 painting was stolen 3 might have 4 woman is killed 5 may have been 6 had been broken
by 7 could have given 8 theft is being investigated by

4.
1 is being 2 may try 3 must have 4 has been 5 must have taken 6 were identified 7 was named 8
hadn’t been bitten



Grammar Test 10

1.
1 D 2 B 3 D 4 D 5 A 6 C 7 A 8 D 9 A 10 C 11 B 12 C

2.
1 D 2 A 3 C 4 B 5 A 6 B 7 B 8 A 9 A 10 B 11 D 12 B

3.
1 on the point of going 2 no intention of showing 3 can’t wait to become 4 tried to persuade me to 5
prevented us from getting 6 no use trying 7 so as to find out 8 suspected the husband of

4.
1 to buy 2 to see 3 to going 4 watching 5 writing 6 to go 7 watching 8 to read



Grammar Test 11

1.
1 C 2 C 3 A 4 C 5 A 6 A 7 C 8 D 9 B 10 D 11 A 12 D

2.
1 C 2 C 3 A 4 A 5 D 6 C 7 C 8 B 9 A 10 B 11 D 12 C

3.
1 asked Bob why he wanted 2 what time the lecture 3 she grew up 4 if you could 5 explained (that) he
had 6 if/whether it would be 7 was wonderful (that) her dad 8 let me know

4.
1 complained 2 would 3 told 4 told 5 promised 6 said to her 7 asked him 8 to go



Grammar Test 12

1.
1 B 2 D 3 C4 A 5 D 6 B 7 B 8 B 9 C 10 B 11 A 12 D

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2.
1 D 2 C 3 C 4 B 5 C 6 C 7 B 8 D 9 A 10 B

3.
1 wishes he had 2 who writes the blog 3 wishes she hadn’t joined 4 is the computer program that 5
wish you would 6 wish I hadn’t 7 only I were/was 8 whose sister set up

4.
1 who 2 hadn’t bought 3 hadn’t lent 4 would stop 5 which 6 who 7 wish 8 was 9 had spent 10 hadn’t
lost