Advanced English Grammar Quiz

#1. Certain serious diseases can be successfully treated -------- detected in an initial stage.

unless

before

if

even when

#2. Some people argue that certain oriental relaxation techniques ------- yoga and meditation are extremely effective in the treatment of high blood pressure.

just as

both

so

such as

#3. -------- a celebrity arrives in Istanbul, the first question reporters ask them is ------- they like Istanbul.

Every time / how

During / whether

Until / if

Whenever / what

#4. I’m ready to do ---------- I can do to help you - ------- your hardship.

that / to have overcome

anything / overcome

whatever / overcoming

what / to be overcoming

#5. The scientist who -------- Dolly the sheep, the world’s first cloned mammal, -------- a licence on Tuesday to clone human embryos for medical research.

has created / has been granted

created / was granted

had created / granted

will be creating / has granted

#6. ---------- you have made minimal progress, it is by no means the kind of progress that you need to make.

What

While

Despite

In addition to

#7. My mother is making a steady recovery from flu and ------- hospital by next week.

has left

could have left

will have left

is leaving

#8. She keeps saying that she has got -------- patience with kids, but forgets that she didn’t have -------- before she gave birth to her own kids.

such / none

too many / any

so / some

enough / as much

#9. The wounded hunter -------- on the ground for almost an hour when, coincidentally, he -------- by another hunter, who must have keen eyes.

has lain / will be spotted

will have lain / had been spotted

has been lying / is spotting

had been lying / was spotted

#10. Tourists -------- when large numbers of middle class people -------- to join the more wealthy aristocratic travelers.

originated / began

had originated / began

have originated / had begun

could have originated / have begun

#11. I don’t suppose you are telling us the true version of the story, ----------?

are you

do I

will you

can you

#12. If I -------- the choice of making either an oral or a written report, I -------- the second alternative.

would have given / had picked

had been given / might pick

were given / would pick

have been giving / will pick

#13. The results of last weekend’s poll have ------- to be announced and officials say it could be -------- week before they are.

yet / another

already / every other

still / each

even / most

#14. As the tree was too high to climb, the mischievous boys ---------- their ball down only by throwing sticks at it.

may have knocked

would have knocked

will have to knock

were able to knock

#15. You would not expect anyone -------- intelligent to make ------ stupid mistake, but he did so.

as / as

so / that

too / such

more / than

#16. Despite my insistence, Adam didn’t tell me -------- he didn’t like me and my family.

even if

the reason

why

whose

#17. A combination of imagination and determination -------- Peter -------- entirely new lines of research concerned with the way animals survive extreme environmental conditions

allow / developing

allowed / to develop

were allowed / to have developed

have allowed / being developed

#18. She failed to get anyone to repair the taps for her at the weekend, -------- could she do it on her own.

nor

so

as

only if

#19. Soils are the result of -------- interacting processes -------- bring different materials together.

a few / by which

most of / which

some / that

such / as

#20. The neutral mutation rate is known -------- widely along human chromosomes, -------- to mutational hot and cold regions.

varying / led to

to vary / leading

having varied / having led

have varied / being led

Advanced English Grammar Quiz – MCQ Test 01