Advanced Grammar Test 7

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words given in the brackets. 

1. Passengers are requested to check in two hours before the____________________.   (fly)

2. You should feel the____________________in the room as the students were waiting for their exam results. (tense

3. All I can say now is “____________________on your exam results!”   (congratulate

4. Another crop____________________could result in widespread famine.   (fail

5. Life is full of____________________.   (certain

6. It is very difficult to____________________your heart when you hear a baby crying.   (hard)

7. Her sickness is more____________________than physical.   (psychology

8. There has been a mixed____________________to the appointment of the new director.   (react

9. A bear is a____________________forest animal.   (fur)

10. ____________________, most of the villagers were killed by the tsunami.   (tragedy

Complete the sentences with the correct tense of the verbs given in the brackets. 

1. If it ___________________for the ending, the book would have been perfect. (not/be)

2. On ___________________he had won, he jumped for joy. (tell)

3. Jessica ______________________ in love until she met Ben two years ago. (never fall)

4. Bruce won’t stop studying until he ___________________ all of the exam topics. (cover)

5. While the children ___________________ by the lake, one of them dropped his ball and tried to get it out himself. (play

6. Tomorrow at around 7.30 pm, I ___________________ through America. (drive) 

7. Neither she nor I ___________________there before. (never, be

8. One’s fingerprints ___________________different from those of any. (be)

9. Would you mind if I ___________________the window? (open)

10. The bad weather caused serious damage to the crop. If only it ___________________last week. (be)

Key

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words given in the brackets. 

1. Passengers are requested to check in two hours before the___flight__.   (fly)

2. You should feel the____tension__in the room as the students were waiting for their exam results. (tense

3. All I can say now is “___Congratulations__on your exam results!”   (congratulate

4. Another crop___failure_could result in widespread famine.   (fail

5. Life is full of___uncertainty/uncertainties__.   (certain

6. It is very difficult to___harden__your heart when you hear a baby crying.   (hard)

7. Her sickness is more___psychological_than physical.   (psychology

8. There has been a mixed____reaction___to the appointment of the new director.   (react

9. A bear is a ____furry___forest animal.   (fur)

/ˈfɝː.i/     fury /ˈfjʊr.i/

10. __Tragically___, most of the villagers were killed by the tsunami.   (tragedy

Complete the sentences with the correct tense of the verbs given in the brackets. 

1. If it ____hadn’t been____ for the ending, the book would have been perfect. (not/be)

2. On ____being told____ he had won, he jumped for joy. (tell)

3. Jessica ____had never fallen____ in love until she met Ben two years ago. (never fall)

4. Bruce won’t stop studying until he ____has covered____ all of the exam topics.  (cover)

5. While the children ____were playing____ by the lake, one of them dropped his ball and tried to get it out himself.  (play)

6. Tomorrow at around 7.30 pm, I ____will be driving____ through America.  (drive)

7. Neither she nor I ____have ever been____ there before.  (never, be)

8. One’s fingerprints ____are____ different from those of any. (be)

9. Would you mind if I ____opened____ the window? (open)

10. The bad weather caused serious damage to the crop. If only it ____hadn’t been____ last week. (be)

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