This first gap fill test contains 25 multiple choice questions on the topic of grammar revision. Both English learners and ESL teachers can use this online exercise as a general revision to check the knowledge of English grammar.
Grammar Revision Advanced Level Test 1
Question 1 |
_____ his life tragically was cut short, Dean’s short passage across the cinema screen and in movies is remarkable.
A | Since |
B | Although |
C | Once |
D | While |
E | As long as |
Question 2 |
Marquez dominated the first two rounds, _____ Pacquiao almost ______ his balance.
A | making / to lose |
B | made / losing |
C | making / lose |
D | made / lose |
E | to make / lost |
Question 3 |
_____ returning to Holland with nothing to report, the crew voted to look for the Northwest Passage, a legendary waterway that would carry a ship all the way from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
A | Instead |
B | Much as |
C | Might as well |
D | Rather than |
E | Still |
Question 4 |
The risks and benefits of treating patients with medicines that combat mental illnesses _____ with the highest degree of medical training _____ any harmful effects.
A | should approach / to be prevented |
B | could have approached / to prevent |
C | must be approached / to prevent |
D | may approach / to have prevented |
E | need to be approached / prevent |
Question 5 |
While experts question _____ impact lifestyle changes can have on developing certain diseases, they agree there’s a growing desire among consumers _____ more about their DNA.
A | what / to learn |
B | when / being learned |
C | that / to learn |
D | what / learning |
E | whether / to be learned |
Question 6 |
After _____ my life as an environmentalist, I declared in 2004 that environmentalism was dead, unable to effectively work at the scale of the problems we _____.
A | having spent / will face |
B | spending / were faced |
C | spending / faced |
D | being spent / face |
E | having spent / can face |
Question 7 |
Chemotherapy given at the same time as radiation therapy can help patients with a certain type of lung cancer live nearly 50 per cent longer than they _____ otherwise if the same treatment _____ differently.
A | could have / gave |
B | may have / will be given |
C | might have / was given |
D | could have had / would be given |
E | would have had / would have been given |
Question 8 |
Some people argue _____ is a major reason our ancestors ____.
A | to run / were survived |
B | run / had survived |
C | to run / were surviving |
D | running / survived |
E | running / surviving |
Question 9 |
New measurements of brain activity in individuals addicted to cocaine confirm that addicted individuals _____ sensitivity to monetary rewards.
A | will be compromised |
B | compromised |
C | have compromised |
D | had compromised |
E | had been compromised |
Question 10 |
As a global company, we recognize that people _____ different perspectives or interpret our ads in a different way than _____ in the market.
A | are lent / is intended |
B | had to lend / intends |
C | could lend / has intended |
D | may lend / was intended |
E | should lend / will intend |
Question 11 |
______ the dispute, families and relatives and friends _____ for a long time.
A | Due to / separated |
B | Inspite of / have been separated |
C | Because of / were separated |
D | Thereby / had been separated |
E | Lest / were separated |
Question 12 |
China, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam _____ major rice exporters have controlled their rice exports to sustain their country’s needs of rice.
A | like |
B | despite |
C | such |
D | as |
E | rather than |
Question 13 |
Former president, a woman who is a world icon for democracy, _____ to the hospital _____ colon cancer.
A | rushed / despite |
B | is rushed / on account of |
C | has rushed / as |
D | is rushing / regarding |
E | was rushed / due to |
Question 14 |
_______ the strike has not been settled surprises me.
A | Whether |
B | Whenever |
C | Wherever |
D | The fact that |
E | Whomever |
Question 15 |
Rarely does she go to the cinema, _____?
A | does she |
B | did she |
C | doesn’t she |
D | is she |
E | isn’t it |
Question 16 |
_____ screens in Albert Square did show the game, the one in Piccadilly Gardens failed about 15 minutes before kick-off.
A | Whatever |
B | The fact that |
C | While |
D | The moment |
E | How many |
Question 17 |
The restaurants are similarly noisy but the food is delicious, _____ the yoghurts which seem to be an Istanbul speciality.
A | comprehensively |
B | similarly |
C | particularly |
D | conversely |
E | consequently |
Question 18 |
In 1453, the Ottomans adopted Hagia Sophia _____ their principal place of worship and it was converted _____ a mosque.
A | such / as |
B | as / into |
C | for / rather than |
D | like / for |
E | as to / regarding |
Question 19 |
The credit for making Franz Kafka internationally famous as a writer belongs to his friend, novelist Max Brod. _____ Kafka’s dying wishes, edited Kafka’s unpublished manuscripts and then had them ______.
The credit for making Franz Kafka internationally famous belongs to his friend, novelist Max Brod, who edited Kafka's unpublished manuscripts and then had them _____, _____ Kafka's dying wishes to the contrary.
A | published / despite |
B | publish / in view of |
C | publishing / as for |
D | to publish / in addition to |
E | publish / besides |
Question 20 |
I’ve not ever been in a riot, but it ______ to me as if one ______ about to happen there at the cinema
A | had felt / was |
B | felt / was |
C | is feeling / was |
D | felt / had been |
E | feels / is |
Question 21 |
The city ______ by the massive city walls, which cut the peninsula from the mainland, _____ all the way from the Golden Horn to the Sea of Marmara.
A | has been protected / run |
B | has protected / running |
C | protected / runs |
D | was protected / running |
E | was protected / has run |
Question 22 |
In their eagerness ____ fast results, many people set unrealistic fitness goals and, by overtraining, suffer injuries which worsen their health _____ improving it.
A | to get / instead of |
B | to have got / rather than |
C | getting / due to |
D | to be getting / as |
E | having got / such |
Question 23 |
The forum reflects the cutting-edge investment expertise, ____ provides new ideas and insights into _____ the economy and financial markets are developing in Turkey.
A | which / how |
B | who / what |
C | that / why |
D | where / whose |
E | what / the fact that |
Question 24 |
The report contains recommendations ______ charges, if any, should be filed in the March 9 crash.
A | in which |
B | at whose |
C | on what |
D | for which |
E | of whom |
Question 25 |
Perhaps no actress in decades has _____ assumed a role than has Theron in “Monster” _____ she actually seems to become the psychopathic.
A | more / in which |
B | so / what |
C | rather / as |
D | as / which |
E | much / that |
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