Grammar Revision Online 1

1. We .......... dinner when our unexpected guests ............

A) ate / were arriving
B) were eating / arrived
C) had eaten / would have arrived
D) have eaten / arrive
E) had been eating / have arrived

2. Since they ........... us they were coming, we .......... any food for them.
A) aren't telling / don't have
B) hadn't told / didn't have
C) won't tell / haven't had
D) don't tell / won't have
E) haven't told / aren't having

3. By the time the plane finally ........... after a four-hour delay, everyone waiting to
meet the passengers .......... fed up.
A) has landed / would be
B) is landing / is
C) landed / was
D) was landing / has been
E) would land / had been

4. From what he ......... in his letter, I thought that he ......... in Paris until next year.
A) had written / would be living

B) has written / lives

C) had been writing / will live
D) was writing / lived
E) would have written / was living

5. Unless you ......... where you are going soon, you ......... to get a ticket.
A) decided / haven't been
B) will decide / aren't going to be
C) have decided / aren't
D) decide / won't be able
E) had decided / won't have been

6. I don't know what happened to my bag, but I suppose it ..........

A) must have stolen
B) has been stealing
C) could have been stolen
D) will have been stolen
E) should have stolen

7. If then I asked Sally how she liked her subjects at university, she answered sadly
that.......... were too difficult for ......... .
A) them / itself
B) they / her
C) their / she
D) themselves / hers
E) theirs / herself

8. I'm not going to start looking for a job ......... I have finished my studies.
A) by the time
B) without
C) therefore
D) until
E) moreover

9. In spite of the fact that the government owns .......... of the forests in our country,
......... has been done either to curb their misuse or to develop a well-managed forest
industry.
A) whole / some
B) a few / none
C) most / plenty
D) both / much
E) all / little

10. ......... today, in some societies the world is thought to be flat.

A) Since
B) Already
C) Even
D) Unless
E) Rather

11. I......... to the party last night, but at the last minute. I ......... that I had an exam
this morning.
A) went / would have realized

B) had gone / have realized

C) was going to go / realized
D) had to go / must have realized
E) would go / might have realized
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12. ....... how hard she tried, her boss always complained about her work.
A) No matter
B) As much as
C) Nonetheless
D) Although
E) As though

13. He refused to take his doctors advice to stop smoking: .......... he died a lingering
and painful death.
A) otherwise
B) on the other hand
C) unless
D) as long as
E) consequently

14. When Sir Richard Burton set out on his pilgrimage to Mecca in 1854, no one knew
.......... he would return alive.
A) unless
B) whether
C) in case
D) however
E) until

15. There were severe punishments for non-Muslims who tried to enter the holy city,
......... his Arabic was so good that no one suspected him.
A) so
B) or
C) yet
D) as
E) for

16. .......... traveling to Mecca in disguise, Burton was also able to penetrate the
forbidden city of Harar in what is now Ethiopia.
A) Although
B) Regardless of
C) Despite
D) Though
E) Besides

17. On the other hand, I have never understood ........... people have to rely on the
leisure industry, instead of using their imaginations.
A) that
B) how
C) why
D) who
E) which

18. I don't mind .......... TV at home, but I'd much rather ........... a film in the cinema.
A) to watch / to see

B) watch / seeing
C) having watched / seen
D) watching / see
E) watched / having seen

19. If you can manage ......... here by nine, then we can finish .......... the meeting
before lunchtime.
A) to get / planning
B) getting / to plan
C) to be getting / planned
D) having got / having planned
E) to have got / to be planning

20. Though I asked around, no one was quite sure ........... it took to get to the next
town.
A) how far
B) how long
C) how much
D) how often
E) how many

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

7. B
8. D
9. E
10. C
11. C
12. A
13. E
14. B
15. C
16. E
17. C
18. D
19. A
20. B

English Grammar Assessment 2

1. Right now, an important meeting..... during which the committee......the future of the
project.
A) has been held / decides
B) is being held / is going to decide
C) is holding / decides
D) was held / is deciding
E) held / has decided

2. Stephen King......many bestsellers since his first book......in 1974.

A) is writing / was being published
B) was writing / had been published

C) had written / has been published

D) wrote / is published
E) has written / was published

3. .......had left the shop......I remembered that I'd left my credit card there.
A) Either/ or
B) The more /the less
C) Neither/ nor
D) Both / and
E) No sooner/than

4. The local cinema is losing business, since most people in the town......to the bigger
cinema at the shopping mall outside of town.
A) must have gone
B) ought to go
C) would rather go
D) could be going
E) had better go

5. Mike's looking very happy today- Sarah......to go out with him.

A) must have agreed
B) should agree
C) would have agreed
D) had better agree
E) used to agree

6. Hawaii and Lebanon are two places ...... you can ski in the morning and sunbathe on the
beach in the afternoon.
A) what
B) when
C) where
D) whose
E) which

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7. While......in New York City during the 1980s, Eyiem was surprised ...... how many
languages were spoken there.
A) live / heard
B) having lived / hearing
C) lived / to be hearing
D) to live / being heard
E) living /to hear

8. ...... all her eggs In the basket, Ella went confidently to the market, where she
hoped......them all.
A) Having placed / to sell
B) To be placed / selling
C) To have placed / having sold
D) To place / being sold
E) Placing / to be sold

9. The electricity was off all day today, so no one could use their fans or air conditioners,
even though it was one of ...... days of the year.

A) too hot
B) the hottest
C) such a hot
D) as hot
E) so hot

10. If ...... book is like the first chapter, then I don't think I'm going to read ...... of it.
A) every / something
B) all of/ no longer
C) each / nothing
D) the whole / any more
E) most / everything

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

Grammar Revision Exercise 3

1. Many biologists and environmental activists...... that too many whales ...... every year.
A) have been arguing / killed

B) are argued / have been killed

C) are arguing / will be killing
D) were argued / are killed
E) argue / are being killed

2. Because the traffic was so terrible, by the time we got to the airport, our airline's checkIn counter had...... closed.
A) already
B) no more
C) still
D) yet
E) any longer

3. Important football matches in England and Wales,......the FA Cup final, can attract TV
audiences all over the world.
A) such as
B) in order to
C) so that
D) alike
E) just as

4. The new film's director was distressed at the audience's reaction: at the end, they......,
but instead, they were all laughing.
A) may have cried
B) must have been crying
C) used to cry
D) were supposed to be crying

E) might cry

5. I......you about Rey's wedding, but I thought you'd already heard about it.
A) must have told
B) will have told
C) would have told
D) may have told
E) could be telling

6. The hat to......I am referring is not the one......is on your head, but the one over there on
the table.
A) that/which
B) which /that
C) what / where
D) how / who
E) whose / when

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7. The committee was shocked upon that most of the taxes......went to corrupt officials,
rather than ..... to the national treasury.
A) discovered / having collected
B) to discover / being collected
C) being discovered / to collect
D) discovered / being collected
E) having discovered / collecting

8. The twenty emperors of the Tang Dynasty of China ruled over one of ......societies of all
time.
A) the most sophisticated
B) sophisticated enough
C) too sophisticated
D) so sophisticated
E) more sophisticated than

9. If global warming causes the ocean level to rise,......world will suffer.

A) all
B) every
C) most of
D) each of
E) the whole

10. As a student, you envied your friends who were working and earning their own
money,......?
A) were they
B) didn't you
C) weren't they
D) were you
E) did you

1. E
2. A
3. A
4. D

5. C
6. B
7. D
8. A
9. E
10. B

ESL Grammar Review Test 4

Dan......attention to the road when he......into a hole in the ground.
A) wasn't paying / fell
B) hadn't paid / was failing
C) didn't pay / has fallen
D) hasn't been paying / would fall
E) won't have paid / had fallen

2. .......Sofia passes the class...... depends on her grade on the final essay.
A) Both / and
B) Not only/ but also
C) Hardly /when
D) Whether/or not
E) Neither / nor

3. Istanbul has many unique historical monuments; ......, it has one of the most beautiful
natural settings of any city in the world.
A) as if
B) so that
C) due to

D) in case
E) furthermore

4. After a few weeks of struggling unsuccessfully with irregular verbs, Kate realized that she
...... to study Russian.
A) shouldn't have chosen
B) may not have chosen
C) must not have chosen
D) couldn't have chosen
E) can't have chosen

5. Some analysts predict that, someday, there......a major war over water if
resources......more rationally.
A) would be / have not been used
B) has been / were not being used
C) will be / are not used
D) was / did not use
E) had been / will not be used

6. .......the universe is expanding was discovered in the 1920s by Edwin Hubble.

A) What
B) Who
C) Which
D) When
E) That

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7. .......on the beautiful Bahamian island of Andros in 1977, Joseph fell so in love with the
place that he decided never .......
A) To arrive / to be leaving
B) Having arrived / leaving
C) Arriving / to leave
D) Arrived / to have left
E) To have arrived / leave

8. As Jose had received a much ...... grade in geography class than Juan, he felt extremely
jealous of him.
A) the worst
B) too bad
C) bad
D) worse
E) as bad

9. Edy said he wasn't interested in going to Chicago because he'd .... been there.
A) too
B) ever
C) still
D) also
E) already

10. The economy has been doing poorly in spite of what the figures the government
recently released say,......?
A) didn't they

B) didn't it
C) hasn't it
D) has it
E) did they

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

Grammar Self Assessment Tests 5

1. Ferdinand Magellan was the first European who ...... through the strait that......ever since
then as the Strait of Magellan.
A) was sailing / will be known
B) has sailed / would be known
C) had sailed / had been known
D) sailed / has been known
E) had been sailing / is known

2. The car had been damaged to...... extent......the mechanic said that it wouldn't be worth
repairing.
A) the same /as

B) a similar / to
C) such an / that
D) more / than
E) the most/ as

3. You'd better go by car rather than take a taxi,......you need to take Jeff home from the
hospital.
A) such as
B) in case
C) despite
D) otherwise
E) however

4. This supermarket seems to be getting crowded. We......before the checkout lines start
getting too long.
A) may hurry
B) should have hurried
C) must have hurried
D) used to hurry
E) had better hurry

5. Unless you have something meaningful to say, I......not listen to you.

A) could
B) used to
C) would rather
D) would

E) ought

6. .......a disappointing speech the president made last night!

A) How
B) That
C) Why
D) Which
E) What

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7. ...... to the Middle East by merchants, the Sanskrit tales......as the Pancha Tantra
eventually came to Europe, where they inspired the French author La Fontaine.
A) Having been taken / known
B) Taken / to know
C) Being taken / knowing
D) To take / being known
E) To be taken / having known

8. .......over 600 years ago, the poetry of Geoffrey Chaucer is still among the best......in the
English language.
A) Wrote / produced
B) To be written / to produce
C) Having written / being produced
D) To have written / producing
E) Written / to have been produced

9. Selina is not......to travel first-class and stay in 5-star hotels, but she enjoys budget
travel because she meets......people.
A) as rich / too interesting
B) the richest / so interesting
C) rich enough / more interesting
D) too rich / Interesting enough
E) so rich / such an interesting

10. The reviewers loved Ed's first book, but ...... his others have been severely criticized
by.......
A) all / them
B) every/ him
C) both / theirs
D) each / it
E) whole / they

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

ESL Mixed Grammar Quiz 6

1. Linda......a vegetarian three years ago after watching a documentary on animal rights,
and she......meat since then.
A) became / hasn't eaten
B) had become / doesn't eat
C) was becoming / isn't eating
D) would become / didn't eat
E) has become / hadn't eaten

2. .......the president began to speak, protestors began chanting anti-war slogans.

A) Already
B) Even
C) No longer
D) The moment
E) Provided that

3. .......a loss......a draw will be any good to us in this game. We have to win, or we're out
of the league cup.
A) Both / and
B) Neither / nor
C) Either / or
D) Hardly / when
E) Such / as

4. Since an earthquake......at any time, it Is always best to be prepared,

A) will have occurred
B) has occurred

C) must have occurred

D) ought to occur
E) might occur

5. Since David lives in Mexico but speaks no Spanish, I wonder......he manages to talk to
his neighbours and do his shopping.
A) which
B) what
C) how
D) whom
E) why

6. I wish that I......Freddy that he won't be chosen for the school basketball team.
A) haven't been telling
B) won't have to tell
C) don't have to tell
D) didn't have to tell
E) shouldn't be telling

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7. Not......as a finalist in the spelling competition caused young Scott ...... from depression
for months afterwards.
A) to choose / suffering
B) being chosen / to suffer
C) to have chosen / to be suffered
D) choosing / to have suffered

E) to be chosen / suffered

8. Frank Lloyd Wright was a pioneer architect whose ideas were......ahead of his time, and
he had to fight for acceptance of every new design.
A) that
B) such
C) better
D) well
E) too

9. .......who is acquainted with Pat knows that they can always rely on.......
A) Everyone / her
B) Someone / his
C) Whoever / him
D) Nobody / hers
E) Anybody / he

10. Wandering aimlessly, Peter found...... in the kind of neighbourhood that his mother had
warned......not to go into.
A) his own / her
B) him / himself
C) himself/ him
D) he / his
E) his / herself

1. A

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

ESL Review Tests 7

Choose the appropriate options to complete the sentences

1. Casper......three Romance languages already, and he ...... a fourth one next term.
A) learnt/ has begun
B) is going to learn / would begin
C) will have learnt / begins
D) is learning / began
E) has learnt / will begin

2. The beginning of the monsoon ...... any day now, and so, for the last few days, the
farmers......their fields.
A) has been expected / were preparing
B) will be expected / prepare
C) is expected / have been preparing
D) is being expected / are prepahng
E) was expected / have prepared

3. Kevin has found that his life seems to have more meaning......he has a daughter of his
own.
A) now that
B) unless
C) as soon as
D) until
E) by the time

4. Mr. Hamilton...... plastic surgery, or else he......so young.

A) should have / ought not to look
B) would have / must not look
C) ought to have had / may not look
D) must have had / wouldn't look
E) could have / did not use to look

5. Clive was selling his old laptop at a very low price; I......it, but I was completely broke at
the time.
A) must have bought
B) have to buy
C) will buy
D) could buy
E) would have bought

6. The authors......I admire most are those......continue writing despite severe criticism.
A) whom / who
B) which / what
C) who / how

D) that / whose
E) what / whom

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7. The art of smelting iron is thought .. in the ancient Near East, possibly in eastern
Anatolia.
A) discovering
B) having been discovered
C) being discovered
D) to have been discovered
E) to discover

8. My bicycle was......by now, but I see it ......there in the shop, still broken.
A) to repair / having sat
B) repaired / sit
C) to be repaired / to have sat
D) repairing/to sit
E) to have been repaired / sitting

9. Sorry I'm late, but if I had known you lived......away, I would have left home
A) so far / earlier
B) too far / as early
C) the furthest / the earliest
D) as far / so early
E) such a far / too early

10. The leaders of the revolution imprisoned ......that had been connected with the former
government.

A) whichever
B) everyone
C) anywhere
D) whomever
E) something
1. E
2. C
3. A
4. D
5. E
6. A
7. D
8. E
9. A
10. B

Grammar Practice Tests 27

1. Sergio......to England In 2004, and he......there ever since.
A) was moving / lived
B) has moved / is living
C) had moved / lives
D) would move / was living
E) moved / has been living

2. Though It was supposed to be a 3-star hotel, there was not......a TV in the room.
A) as
B) even
C) for
D) still
E) so

3. ....... American poet Robert Frost, writing free verse is like playing tennis without a net.

A) Compared to
B) Nevertheless
C) As though
D) According to
E) In addition to

4. There are certain books that every person......by the time he or she has graduated from
university.
A) ought to have read
B) should be reading
C) would read
D) must be reading
E) may read

5. If Holly......James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, she......to become a writer.

A) didn't read / won't want
B) won't read / hasn't wanted
C) hadn't read / wouldn't have wanted
D) wouldn't read / didn't want
E) doesn't read / hadn't wanted

6. The people with......I shared a house ...... I was at university were all vegetarians.
A) whom / when
B) what / where
C) that / which
D) which /whom

E) where / what

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7. Most serious students work hard...... themselves......to a good university.

A) to get / admitted
B) having got / to admit
C) getting / being admitted
D) to have got / admitting
E) got / being admitted

8. The best American universities are ......expensive......it is difficult for anyone but the rich
to study there without a scholarship.
A) as / as
B) so / that
C) such an / so
D) the most / of
E) too / for

9. There's ...... food in the house, so we'll have to go out and buy...... .
A) some / any
B) a / none
C) no / some
D) any / them
E) none / it

10. You haven't eaten the entire cake that is made for tonight's party,......?
A) did you
B) didn't I
C) did I
D) have you
E) haven't you
1. E
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. C
6. A
7. A
8. B
9. C
10. D

Grammar Tests for ESL / EFL 26

hoose the appropriate options to complete the sentences

1. .......taking your shoes off before you come in?

A) Would you mind
B) Would you like
C) Would you rather
D) Are you supposed
E) Why don't you

2. If I......married on Saturday, of course I......to the company barbecue.

A) won't get / come
B) am not getting / have come
C) weren't getting / would come
D) hadn't been getting / ought to come
E) wouldn't get / will come

3. I wish I ...... you were getting married; I ......another day for the barbecue.
A) know / had chosen
B) have known / will be choosing
C) would know / was going to choose
D) had known / would have chosen
E) knew / have chosen

4. I ........ this table if I......that it wasn't actually an antique.

A) didn't buy / would have realized
B) wouldn't have bought / had realized
C) won't have bought / realize
D) haven't bought / might realize
E) wasn't buying / would realize

5. Ken's mother reminded him that unless he......a wife soon, he......up a lonely bachelor
like his uncle Ben.
A) had found / ought to wind
B) would find / had wound
C) will find /winds
D) has found / is winding
E) found / would wind

6. Ken answered that he......a bachelor with a satisfying career than trapped in a
meaningless marriage.
A) must have been
B) had to be
C) would rather be

D) might have been

E) will have been

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7. You......of a good excuse for not handing in your research paper on time.
A) would think
B) would rather think
C) must be thought
D) used to think
E) had better think

8. No problemI'll just tell the professor that I......him when he told us when the paper was
due.
A) used to misunderstand
B) must have misunderstood
C) could misunderstand
D) should have misunderstood
E) had better misunderstand

9. I wish I......to my parole board every week; it Is so inconvenient.

A) didn't have to report
B) shouldn't report
C) won't be reporting
D) don't have to report
E) mustn't report

10. We......every match, until our goalkeeper got injured.

A) should win
B) used to win
C) have been winning
D) might be winning
E) must have won
1. A
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. E
6. C
7. E
8. B
9. A

ESL Revision Quizzes 25

. The captain......the rope so tightly round the post that I...... it.
A) was tying / haven't undone
B) has tied / wouldn't undo
C) had tied / couldn't undo
D) ties / can't have undone
E) would tie / can't undo

2. .......both the Balkan Wars and World War I, women took on extra work...... the men
were away at the front.
A) During / while
B) When / so that

C) Until / how
D) After / by the time
E) Since / as if

3. We've been given a list of books ...... throughout the semester, but some are so rare
that......them will be difficult.
A) having read / to find
B) to be read / finding
C) to read / being found
D) to be reading / to have found
E) reading / to be found

4. On the Richter scale, the size of an earthquake Is measured by......energy is released

when the fault line moves.
A) the more
B) how much
C) such a lot of
D) whether
E) more than

5. ......to get up at 4:30 every morning was the most difficult part of...... in a monastery for
a month.
A) To have / to have lived
B) Had / to live
C) Have / to be living

D) Having had / lived

E) Having / living

6. Dave hasn't worked since he had a serious accident on the assembly line at the soft
drinks factory,......?
A) has he
B) hadn't he
C) wasn't it
D) hasn't there
E) was there

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7. Down syndrome,......by an additional chromosome, usually......in mental impairment and

other conditions.
A) is caused / will result
B) to be caused / was resulted
C) causing / is resulted
D) caused / results
E) was caused / resulted

8. .....we get to the airport, ......time we will have for shopping before take-off.
A) As much / the least
B) So much / that
C) Whenever/just as

D) The more / the less

E) The sooner / the more

9. Even though there are many oases in the Sahara, the desert is......immense
......travellers may go for days before reaching them.
A) more / than
B) much / as
C) how / for
D) too / while
E) so / that

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