Grammar Revision Quiz

1. Nowadays, it......that the Vikings .... the Americas about 500 years before Columbus' arrival there in 1492.

• A) has believed / were reached

• B) is believed / had reached

• C) believed / have been reaching

• D) has been believed / reached

• E) will believe / have reached

....... moment I have ever experienced was when I saw my 1-year-old son sitting on the windowsill of our flat on the third floor.

• A) As terrified as

• B) Too terrifying

• C) A more terrified

• D) The most terrifying

• E) Such a terrifying

John failed his exams because he was always out with his friends when he……....

• A) should have been studying

• B) used to study

• C) must have been studying

• D) will have studied

• E) could be studying

Before she got that new job, Eda...... lots of good books, but now she just doesn't have the time.

• A) ought to be reading

• B) had better read

• C) used to read

• D) can read

• E) will have read

The man......briefcase is currently on fire is the same man......I argued with at the post office last week.

• A) whom / when

• B) that/which

• C) what / whose

• D) whose / who

• E) which / whom

.......on a chair every day, I am not used......, and so my leg muscles get sore when I do.

• A) Sitting / to being stood

• B) Having been sitting / to standing

• C) To sit / standing

• D) Sat / having been standing

• E) To have sat / to stand

.......$100 for my US visa application, I was upset......that I'd been rejected for unspecified reasons.

• A) Paying / being discovered

• B) To be paid / discovering

• C) Having paid / to discover

• D) To pay / having discovered

• E) Being paid / to be discovered

Mr. Barman feels that the world today is not......it was during his childhood.

• A) too safe for

• B) so safe that

• C) the safest that

• D) as safe as

• E) much safer

As she watched......get in the car and drive away, Mihika knew that......life would never be the same again.

• A) he / herself

• B) it / hers

• C) their / her own

• D) his / she

• E) it / her

Sara started working when she was .... 16, and now, at the age of 42, she is ......a retiree, ready for a second innings.

• A) still / anymore

• B) however / as

• C) despite / no longer

• D) barely / already

• E) although / even