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51. _____ I known you were coming, we would have stayed at home.

A) Should

B) Had

C) Might

D) Would

52. _____ I not heard the warning, I would have had a serious accident.

A) Had

B) If

C) Should

D) Would

53. _____ I listened to your advice, I wouldn’t have had any trouble.

A) When

B) Had

C) Although

D) Then

54. The car _____ with gas if the service station had been open.

A) should have filled

B) would have been

C) would have been filled

D) could be filled

55. _____ Bruce not driven so fast, he wouldn’t have had an accident.

A) Should

B) Had

C) Might

D) Would

56. Would Bruce _____ his car if he had driven slowly?

A) damage

B) have damage

C) have damaged

D) damaged

57. He wishes he _____ the exam.

A) will pass

B) had passed

C) has passed

D) can pass

58. Intolerance between ethnic groups _____ on lack of information.

A) usually based

B) which has been based

C) which is usually based

D) is usually based

59. _____ bough gasoline if they had had more money?

A) Would they have

B) Have they

C) They had

D) Had they

60. If I had checked the gas, I wouldn’t _____ to walk to the gas station.

A) has had

B) have had

C) had had

D) had have

61. My mother, _____ you never met, works in a hospital.

A) _____

B) that

C) who

D) whom

62. Helen’s sister, for _____ we work, is really a good manager.

A) _____

B) who

C) that

D) whom

63. Houses for _____ people pay high prices aren’t always well built.

A) _____

B) that

C) which

D) whom

64. Goods _____ we have paid for have not been delivered.

A) that

B) of which

C) who

D) whose

65. The room in _____ Peter works is very small.

A) that

B) which

C) _____

D) who

66. The girl to _____ I spoke comes from Italy.

A) _____

B) who

C) whose

D) whom

67. The letter _____ I wrote to him was foolish.

A) who

B) to which

C) _____

D) whose

68. Although he has money, with _____ he can do most things, he is

rather unhappy.
A) that

B) _____

C) which

D) who

69. Manuel asked _____ to the project.

A) to work

B) to be assigned

C) for a job

D) to be fired

70. The mechanic expects the car _____ by nylon.

A) have fixed

B) have finished

C) to have been repaired

D) repairing

71. What happened when the recipes _____ presented?

A) were being

B) are past

C) have been

D) will be

72. I expect all the arrangements _____ by tomorrow.

A) to have been made

B) will be making

C) have been made

D) were made

73. Irma wants _____ an opportunity to explain.

A) being given B) to be given

C) for

D) to giving

74. This book is said _____ in the fourteenth century.

A) many times

B) to have been written

C) when it was written

D) by being written

75. One of the primary causes of traffic accidents _____ .

A) is reckless driving

B) people drive recklessly

C) people who drive recklessly D) driving recklessly

76. Land _____ in large cities that architects conserve space by designing

skyscrapers.
A) is more expensive

B) which is most expensive

C) is so expensive

D) the most expensive thing

77. _____ is to visit Asia and Africa.

A) It would be exciting

B) How interesting

C) What I’d like to do

D) That’s what I’d do

78. _____ I am talking about does not really concern you.

A) What

B) That’s what

C) Why

D) It’s why

79. _____ requires a lot of patience to learn a second language.

A) Teachers

B) Students

C) That

D) It

80. _____ to know is the address of Tim’s house.

A) What I will need

B) Had I needed

C) That I will need

D) What directions are needed

81. Crocodiles are different from alligators _____ they have pointed snouts.

A) in which

B) with which

C) in that

D) that

82. How long _____ here by the time she’s sixty-five?

A) will she work

B) she will work

C) does she work

D) will she have worked

83. We _____ several possibilities before we made the decisions.

A) had been

B) hadn’t been

C) been considering

D) had been considering

84. The lower the stock market falls, _____ .

A) then the price of gold rises higher
B) the higher the price of gold rises
C) because the price of gold rises high
D) the price of gold to rise higher

85. Rafts _____ the trunks of trees may have been the earliest vehicles.

A) are made from

B) made from

C) which they are made from

D) which made

86. For the past ten minutes I _____ for my friend to come. He hasn’t

arrived yet.
A) wait

B) am waiting

C) have been waiting

D) waiting

87. He _____ better as soon as he had eaten dinner.

A) would feel

B) will feel

C) felt

D) could feel

88. They took a rest after they _____ the yard.

A) had cleaned up

B) were cleaning up

C) would clean up

D) have cleaned up

89. For three days we _____ the living room, and still haven’t finished.

A) paint

B) are painting

C) have to paint

D) have been painting

90. When she left the building, she had the feeling she _____ .

A) is watched

B) may be watched

C) was being watched

D) has been watched

91. I expect him _____ the job by four o’clock.

A) finishing

B) to be complete

C) have been finished

D) to have completed

92. I would like _____ to the concert last night.

A) to go

B) going

C) to have gone

D) will have gone

93. A chameleon is a tree lizard _____ can change colors in order to

conceal itself in the vegetation.
A) with which it B) that

C) whose life it

D) that it

94. He imagined the man _____ him.

A) to be following

B) were following

C) want to follow

D) follow

95. They were looking for a good _____ car.

A) use

B) used

C) to use

D) using

96. They had their car _____ at  Nick’s Garage.

A) repairing

B) to repair

C) repaired

D) repair

97. She was late to work. She _____ a taxi instead of waiting for the bus.

A) would have taken

B) might have taken

C) must have taken

D) should have taken

98. A new employee had _____ after Mr. Ferguson fired Oscar.

A) to have been working

B) to be working

C) to be hired

D) to be for the job

99. Hundreds of workers had _____ to build the pipeline.

A) hired

B) to be hired

C) been hiring

D) hiring

100. No one realized that the document was important. It ____ thrown out.

A) would have been

B) wouldn’t have been

C) should have been

D) might have been

Book 1 Part D

Test 17

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400 questions in English Grammar

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