Complex Grammar Test

COMPLEX GRAMMAR
1. The queen of Great Britain is not ... absolute monarch.
a. the b. an c. -
2. Open ... door, please.
a. the b. a c. -
3. There is ... picture on page 20.
a. the b. a c. -4. There are ... flowers on the table.
a. the b. a c. -
5. Where is ... your plan?
a. the b. an c. -
6. What colour are ... walls in your room?
a. the b. a c. -
7. Are those ... English books?
a. the b. an c. -
8. Are you standing in the corridor? Come ... please.
a. in b. into c. out d. -
9. The workers are going ... the hall.
a. of b. in c. to d. into
10. Who is ... duty today?
a. of b. in c. on d. for
11. I’m fond of listening ... these tapes.
a. - b. in c. to d. of
12. ... what languages are you speaking?
a. at b. - c. on d. in
13. Let’s work ... our designs.
a. for b. after c. on d. at
14. There is a picture ... sofa.
a. around b. in c. on d. over
15. There are a lot of flowers ... the building of our institute.
a. around b. after c. for d. with
16. Mary is writing ... chalk on the blackboard.
a. for b. with c. around d. of
17. I have a few books ... modern writers.
a. at b. by c. after d. with
18. The desk is ... the wall.
a. in b. with c. on d. at
19. There is no chair ... the corner.
a. of b. on c. in d. at
20. Tom is giving ... me the book.
a. to b. - c. for d. after
21. They are not showing any designs ... us.
a. for b. into c. - d. to
22. Он уедет за границу после того, как книга будет издана.
a. will have been published b. will be published c. has been published
23. Now she ... difficulty in putting fact in order.
a. is having b. has been having c. had
24. Like it or not, TV ... the supreme holiday attraction over it upstaged the cinema by showing old films.
a. has been b. is c. was
25. You are a good football-player. Since when ... you ... football?a. have been playing b. did play c. had been playing
26. My brother ... music lessons for three years now.
a. have taken b. has been taking c. took
27. Perhaps in the future men ... on the sea, away from the crowded and noisy cities on land.
a. will live b. would live c. are living
28. There ... ten pens and a magazine on the table.
a. is b. are c. am d. was
29. There ... many cars in front of the house.
a. is b. are c. am d. was
30. Who ... speaking?
a. is b. are c. am d. was
31. What ... you doing?
a. is b. are c. am d. was
32. I ... very sorry.
a. is b. are c. am d. was
33. Our class ... over.
a. is b. are c. am d. was
34. You ... take care of your parents.
a. should b. ought to c. are to
35. My sight is getting worse. Next year, I’m afraid, I ... read without glasses.
a. can not b. may not c. won’t be able to
36. Don’t you see I’m tired? You ... me, you know.
a. might have helped b. could help c. may help
37. Police, fire fighters, newspaper reporters and radio broadcasters ... work on holiday in the USA.
a. could b. might c. must
38. The period between 1688 and the middle of the eighteenth century ... named “the accumulation of capital”.
a. need be b. will be able to be c. can be
39. The power of knowledge ... placed in the hands of people.
a. should be b. ought to be c. need to be
40. We ... commemorate great people.
a. must b. need to c. may
41. Whatever else the government ... to undertake, its duty is to keep order in civil society.
a. must try b. might try c. may try
42. No museum ... ever ... buy even one painting by this artist.
a. has ... been able to b. might ... have c. has ... been allowed
43. Twelve delegates representing gypsy groups from several countries ... for six days of talks at the end of February.
a. can meet b. have to meet c. are to meet
44. ... you ... get up early yesterday to meet the delegation at the airport?
a. Did ... have to b. Had ... to c. Have ... had to
45. The leopard ... not change his spots.
a. need b. can c. ought
46. We ... learn from the past.
a. may b. need c. must
47. Teenagers who commit crimes ... be treated as adults and sentenced to significant punishment.
a. would b. should c. ought to
48. The Senate and the House of Representatives ... approve a bill for it to become a law.
a. had to b. must c. was to
49. Excuse me, ... you tell me the way to the Houses of Parliament, please?
a. could b. may c. will
50. ... you come and sit down?
a. Could b. Are c. Won’t
51. ... you like a cup of coffee?
a. Should b. Would c. Could
52. I ... mind a drink, if you had one.
a. shouldn’t b. wouldn’t c. haven’t
53. There are (мало) foreign students in our Institute.
a. few b. a few c. some d. a lot of
54. Her flat is on the ground floor, (моя) is on the second.
a. my b. me c. mine d. I
55. Whose map is this? It’s (его).
a. him b. his c. he d. hers
56. (Кто из) of the students is painting the slogan?
a. some b. which c. who d. why
57. Their Institute is in N. street, (наш) is in the centre of the city.
a. our b. we c. ours d. us
58. Give me (какой-нибудь) magazine, please.
a. few b. some c. a few d. any
59. Say it (повторите), please.
a. again b. through c. to d. only
60. Ask (его) about his new flat.
a. him b. his c. her d. he
61. (Его) daughter is seven years old.
a. he b. his c. him d. her
62. (Ее) parents are pensioners.
a. his b. her c. she d. their
63. Tom is telling (нам) about his work.
a. them b. we c. our d. us
64. Show (им) the plan of our work.
a. they b. their c. them d. as
65. The room is large but (ее) windows are not large.
a. their b. its c. her d. our
66. Tell us (несколько) words about your studies.
a. few b. many c. a few d. little
67. She is helping (своему) brother with his lessons.
a. my b. our c. his d. her
68. There are (несколько) ties in the box.
a. few b. no c. any d. some
69. (Почему) are you late?
a. why b. because c. who d. what
70. (Их) children are at home.
a. them b. their c. they d. our
71. His children are so nice. I am fond of (их).
a. them b. their c. they d. him
72. Are there ... students in the reading-room?
a. any b. no c. some d. not any
73. There are not ... conveniences in the house.
a. some b. no c. any d. much
74. Is there ... bread on the plate?
a. few b. any c. many d. some
75. There is not ... ink in my pen.
a. any b. many c. some d. few
76. Tom has no mother. ... mother is dead.
a. us b. him c. his d. her
77. Peter is fond of reading. Give these books to ... .
a. his b. her c. him d. he
78. The students are in the classroom. Let’s go there and tell ... about our plans.
a. they b. their c. them d. theirs
79. The park is so beautiful and ... trees are so high.
a. his b. their c. its d. him
80. We are answering ... questions.
a. ours b. him c. them d. their
81. These books are good. Let’s give ... to the children.
a. theirs b. their c. them d. him
Выбрать антоним (слово, противоположное по значению).
82. busya. free b. white c. comfortable
83. to give
a. to put to take c. to show
84. to go out
a. to come in b. to come c. to go
85. lowa. comfortable b. high c. modern
86. to stand up
a. to sit b. to sit down c. to stand
87. to be over
a. to begin b. to say again c. to be late
88. therea. in front of b. here c. around
89. mucha. a lot of b. little c. few
90. smalla. many b. large c. little
91. manya. few b. a few c. little
92. В книжном шкафу много книг.
a. There are few English books in the
bookcase.
b. The English books are in the bookcase. c. There are a lot of English books
in the bookcase.
93. В нашем городе нет заводов.
a. There are some plants in our town. b. There aren’t any plants in our town. с. Those plants are not in our town.
94. He выходите, пожалуйста.
a. Come in, please. b. Don’t go out, please. c. Let’s go out.
95. Давайте ответим на их вопросы.
a. Let’s answer their questions. b. Don’t answer their questions. c. We are not answering their questions.
96. Пусть она отошлет письмо своему брату.
a. Let’s send her a letter from her
brother.
b. Let her send a letter to her brother. c. Don’t send her a letter from her
brother.
97. На полке лежит какой-то журнал.
a. The magazine is on the shelf. b. There is some magazine on the shelf. c. Is there any magazine on the shelf?
98. Памятник находится в центре города.
a. There is a monument in the centre of
the town.
b. The monument is in the centre of the
town.
c. There are some monuments in the
centre of the town.
99. О чем они говорят?
a. What book are they speaking about? b. Are they speaking English? c. What are they speaking about?
100. Извините меня.
a. I am wrong sorry. b. I am right. c. I am sorry.