TEM 4 Grammar Exercises (no answers)

1. What a nice day! How about the three of us _____ a walk in the park nearby?

A. to take

B. take

C. taking

D. to be taking

2. If there were no subjunctive mood, English _____ much easier to learn.

A. could have been

B. would be

C. will be

D. would have been

3. She _____ fifty or so when I first met her at a conference.

A. had been

B. must be

C. has been

D. must have been

4. _____ the boss says, it is unreasonable to ask me to work overtime without pay.

A. Whatever

B. Whenever

C. Whichever

D. However

5. A new laptop costs about _____ of a second-hand one.

A. the price of three times

B. three times the price

C. as much as the three times price

D. three times more than the price

6. I was very interested in _____ she told me.

A. all that

B. all which

C. all what

D. that

7. We consider ______ he should have left without telling anyone beforehand.

A. strange why

B. it strange what

C. it strange that

D. that strange

8. It is going to be fine tomorrow. _______.

A. So is it.

B. So it is.

C. So it does.

D. So does it.

9. Little _____ about her own safety, though she herself was in great danger.

A. she cared

B. she may care

C. may she care

D. did she care

10. The couple had no sooner got to the station _____ the coach left.

A. when

B. as

C. until

D. than

11. Aren't you tired? I ____ you had done enough for today.

A. should have thought

B. must have thought

C. might have thought

D. could have thought

12. "It seems that she was there at the conference." The sentence means that

A. she seems to be there at the conference.

B. she seemed to be there at the conference.

C. she seems to have been there at the conference.

D. she seemed to being there at the conference.

13. Which of the following adverbs can NOT be used to complete " _____ everybody came"?

A. Nearly

B. Quite

C. Practically

D. Almost

14. In "How much do you think he earns?" how much is ______ of the sentence.

A. the subject

B. the adverbial

C. the object

D. the complement

15. "The man preparing the documents is the firm's lawyer" has all the following possible meanings EXCEPT

A. the man who has prepared the documents...?

B. the man who has been preparing the documents...

C. the man who is preparing the documents...

D. the man who will prepare the documents...?

16. Our association, which has consistently pressed for greater employment opportunities for the disabled, will publish ____ proposals in the near future.

A. their

B. our

C. his

D. its

16. Had Judy been more careful on the maths exam, she ____ much better results now.

A. would be getting

B. could have got

C. must get

D. would get

17. Nine is to three _____ three is to one.

A. when

B. that

C. which

D. what

18. Men differ from animals ____ they can think and speak.

A. for which

B. for that

C. in that

D. in which

19. ____ he wanted to go out with his friends at the weekend, he had to stay behind to finish his assignment.

A. Much though

B. Much as

C. As much

D. Though much

20. I enjoyed myself so much ____ I visited my friends in Paris last year.

A. when

B. which

C. that

D. where

21. Which of the following is INCORRECT?

A. All his lectures were boring. C. Her few friends are all fond of dancing.

B. Half his money was gone. D. He invited many his friends to the party.

22. When you have finished with that book, don't forget to put it back on my desk, _____?

A. do you

B. don't you

C. will you

D. won't you

23. What does "He wisely refused to spend his money" mean?

A. It was wise of him to refuse to spend his money.

B. He refused to spend his money in a wise manner.

C. He was short of money and didn't want to buy anything.

D. He refused, in a wise manner, to spend his money.

24. They stood chatting together as easily and naturally as ____.

A. it could be

B. could be

C. it was

D. was

25. The following are all correct responses to "Who told the news to the teacher?" EXCEPT

A. Jim did this.

B. Jim did so.

C. Jim did that.

D. Jim did.

26. Quality is ____ counts most.

A. which

B. that

C. what

D. where

27. In his plays Shakespeare _____ his characters live through their language.

A. would make

B. had made

C. made

D. makes

28. The square itself is five hundred yards wide, five times ____ the size of St. Peter's in Rome.

A. /

B. that of

C. which is

D. of

29. Which of the following sentences expresses "probability"?

A. Y ou must leave immediately.