grammar_tests

Тесты по грамматике

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1. ____ news ____ impressed him very much.

1. These, have

2. This, has

3. Those, -

4. The, haven’t

2. You haven’t ____ time if you want to finish the job in time.

1. many

2. plenty

3. much

4. a lot

3. She showed him his seat, which was next to ____, and left the classroom.

1. Helen’s

2. Helen

3. Helens

4. Helens’

4. I have a lot of ____ to do but in spite ____ this I like my ____ .

1. job, of, work

2. work, of, job

3. job, from, position

4. - , at, work

5. It was difficult for him to live on the ____ interest that the bank paid him.

1. ten per cents

2. ten per cent’s

3. ten per cent

4. ten per cents’

6. Come to visit me in ____ time.

1. a two weeks

2. a two week’s

3. two weeks’

4. the two week

7. She was ____ pleased by the news that her ____ boy had mastered French.

1. the most, 8-year-old

2. most, 8-year-old

3. very, 8-years’ old

4. such, 8-years-old

8. The author knew that the readers would like ____ story.

1. new Sherlock Holmes

2. the new Sherlock Holmes’

3. the new Sherlock Holmes

4. a new Sherlock’s Holmes

9. Look! ____ heavy clouds. It is going to rain.

1. So

2. What a

3. Such

4. Such a

10. It was ____ good weather that we couldn’t help ____ to the country.

1. such, going

2. such a, going

3. very, to go

4. so, not to go

11. Both brothers look handsome, but ____ his brother John, Michael has made good use of his ____ . He is a star in Hollywood now.

1. unlike, look

2. like, looks

3. unlike, looks

4. not like, outlook

12. Then he was suddenly on the steps of the city hall and ____ a lot of police around.

1. it was

2. there was

3. there were

4. has seen

13. She finally said: “I’m going on vacation in ____ time. I won’t be seeing you then for a month.”

1. two weeks

2. a weeks’

3. two week’s

4. a couple of weeks’

14. Girls called Rosemary get married in white veils and take ____ from their ____ and wait in the evenings in green suburbs for their commuting husbands.

1. advices, mothers-in-law

2. some advice, mother-in-laws

3. an advice, mother’s-in-law

4. advice, mothers-in-law

15. When he arrived he discovered that ____ living-room was filled with friends who had come to say last-minute farewells to ____ Doctor Carpenter and his wife.

1. the Carpenters’, -

2. the Carpenter, the

3. Carpenters, -

4. The Carpenter’s, a

16. The police arrived at 10 in the morning and ____ since then in case of trouble.

1. wait

2. have been waiting

3. has waited

4. had waited

17. We were ____ tired when we had reached ___ house.

1. prettily, Uncle David and Aunt Margaret

2. very, Uncle David’s and Aunt Margaret’s

3. pretty, Uncle David and Aunt Margaret’s

4. extremely, Uncle David’s and Aunt Margaret

18. I went around ____ deck, looking at the faces of my ____ .

1. that, fellows-passengers

2. the, fellow-passengers

3. a, fellows-passenger

4. - , fellow-passenger’s

19. It was obvious that ____ were innocent. They ____ about the plan.

1. the Tanners, couldn’t have known

2. Tanners, can’t have known

3. the Tanners family, shouldn’t know

4. Tanner, knew nothing

20. His father and ____ number of his cronies ____ in the dining-room.

1. a, were

2. the, was

3. a, was

4. the, were

21. ____ discoveries are still very important.

1. Pasteur and Fleming

2. Pasteur and Fleming’s

3. Pasteur’s and Fleming’s

4. The Pasteur and Fleming’s

22. The two ____ suitcases were not examined because they had come ____ in a hurry.

1. passengers’, aboard

2. passenger’s, on board

3. passengers, on the board

4. passengers, to board

23. “I am trying,” he said, “to explain psychic phenomena scientifically. I ____ for a long time.”

1. study it

2. have been studying them

3. had studied this

4. have been studied them

24. The doctor’s car is outside ____ house. Someone ____ ill there.

1. the Browns, is

2. the Browns’, must have fallen

3. Browns’, may have taken

4. the Browns’ family, must have been

25. ____ duet received great applause.

1. Margaret and Robert’s

2. Margaret’s and Robert’s

3. The Margaret and Robert’s

4. Margaret and Robert

26. After ____ delay he suggested ____ another key.

1. moment’s, they try

2. a moments, try

3. a moment’s, to try

4. a moment’s, using

27. He said he wanted ____ badly. If he ____ a job he would have to commit suicide.

1. some work, doesn’t get

2. a work, couldn’t get

3. a job, didn’t get

4. job, hadn’t got

28. For thirty years now I have been studying my ____ . I ____ very much about them.

1. fellow-mens, can’t know

2. fellow-men, do not know

3. fellows-man, won’t know

4. fellow-men, am not knowing

29. Here are ____ morning newspapers.

1. gentlemen’s

2. the gentlemen

3. the gentlemen’s

4. gentleman’s

30. From the depot he was sent to ____ training camp after ____ leave.

1. officers, a two-day

2. the officers’, two days’

3. an officer’s, a two-days

4. an officers’, two day’s

31. I could see now that he had changed. He had been drinking ____ and he

looked like ____ man.

1. very much, old

2. more than usually, a 50 year’s

3. too much, a 50-years-old

4. more than usual, a 50-year-old

32. I couldn’t get a grant unless I had ____ teaching experience.

1. five years

2. five year’s

3. five years’

4. a five years

33. My ____ ambitions are not clear to me.

1. sons-in-law

2. son-in-law’s

3. son’s-in-law

4. sons’-in-law

34. The plant, with its ____ equipment, was to be modernized in the next three years.

1. 50-year-old

2. 50-years-old

3. 50-year’s-old

4. 50 years