This third gap fill test contains 25 multiple choice questions on the topics of noun clauses and auxiliaries of English grammar. Both English learners and ESL teachers can use this online exercise as a revision to check the knowledge of English noun clauses and auxiliaries.
Noun Clauses and Auxiliaries Advanced Level Test 3
Question 1 |
Anorexia _____ to be most common among people involved in activities whose thinness _____ especially looked upon.
A | has thought / was |
B | is thought / is |
C | thought / has been |
D | had been thought / was |
E | have been thought / has been |
Question 2 |
We want to put out a tender and see _____ we can get back from the market to meet the needs.
A | whom |
B | that |
C | how much |
D | the fact that |
E | how |
Question 3 |
Historians often ask _____ the point of no return came for Franklin, when he decided that independence, separation from England, was both inevitable and desirable.
A | what |
B | when |
C | the fact that |
D | which |
E | why |
Question 4 |
Since man first touched the moon and brought pieces of it back to Earth, scientists _____ that the lunar surface _____ bone dry.
A | thought / was |
B | had thought / had been |
C | had thought / was |
D | have thought / was |
E | are thinking / has been |
Question 5 |
_____ the burden will be shared is still subject to argument, as plans are to set renewable energy targets.
A | What |
B | Which |
C | How |
D | If |
E | How much |
Question 6 |
New observations from three different spacecraft _____ the notion to rest with what _____ "unambiguous evidence" of water across the surface of the moon.
A | have put / has called |
B | put / was called |
C | are putting / had been called |
D | have put / has been called |
E | have been put / are called |
Question 7 |
_____ began as a routine training exercise almost ended in an embarrassing diplomatic incident after a company of soldiers got lost.
A | Who |
B | Whether |
C | Which |
D | That |
E | What |
Question 8 |
It doesn't matter _____ his job history is, or _____ he may have been fired by every other campaign in the county's history, you can't let him go.
A | how / where |
B | whether / how |
C | what / whose |
D | that / why |
E | what / that |
Question 9 |
In the US, workaholism remains _____ it's always been: the so-called “respectable addiction” _____ is dangerous as any other.
A | that / that |
B | which / what |
C | what / that |
D | whether / or |
E | what / who |
Question 10 |
_____ and ______ a pandemic starts, everyone around the world is at risk.
A | However / wherever |
B | Whenever / whoever |
C | Wherever / whenever |
D | Whenever / whatever |
E | Whom / whenever |
Question 11 |
_____ hospital a citizen has cause to visit in these countries, they can be assured that doctors will be able to access a single patient record.
A | Whatever |
B | However |
C | Whomever |
D | Whoever |
E | Whyever |
Question 12 |
_____ problems she may have had there, it was clear to everyone that Tores’s situation was high-risk from the start.
A | Whomever |
B | Whenever |
C | Whatever |
D | Wherever |
E | Whoever |
Question 13 |
Over the years, John Fiz has developed an eye for finding ____ might have gone wrong in delivery.
A | who |
B | whom |
C | where |
D | which |
E | what |
Question 14 |
We are proud of ____ we have accomplished and eagerly look forward to building on this legacy of excellence as we move through the twenty-first century.
A | what |
B | whom |
C | that |
D | when |
E | where |
Question 15 |
I can now understand perfectly____ people say you need to have unlimited patience when you become a parent.
A | when |
B | why |
C | what |
D | how many |
E | whether |
Question 16 |
Many vegetarians believe_____ factory farming is a cruel and unnecessary practice and _____ our diets would be healthier if we ate less meat.
A | which / what |
B | whether/ what |
C | that / which |
D | what/ thaf |
E | that / that |
Question 17 |
The thing that amazes me was______ the trivials were seen as the most important aspects of the conference.
A | what |
B | when |
C | whom |
D | if |
E | how |
Question 18 |
The debate is no longer about _____ the current military-led regime will make its final exit but _____ and how it will do so.
A | that / who |
B | if / whom |
C | why / the fact that |
D | where / that |
E | whether / when |
Question 19 |
The idea _____ those people in the exhibition were not interested in art was contradicted as they had already been there several times.
A | which |
B | that |
C | where |
D | when |
E | why |
Question 20 |
I think much of ____ was told about the so-called coincidence, about the event, was full of lies.
A | who |
B | that |
C | the fact that |
D | what |
E | if |
Question 21 |
The manual says ____ you can change it by yourself _____ you want.
A | what / if |
B | that / whatever |
C | where / whether |
D | that / whenever |
E | that fact that / what |
Question 22 |
The government recommended that the housing programme _____.
A | should speed up |
B | be speeded up |
C | will be speeded up |
D | could speed up |
E | might speed up |
Question 23 |
We are responsible for ____ we are, and _____ we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.
A | who / whoever |
B | why / whoever |
C | what / whichever |
D | where / whenever |
E | that / whoever |
Question 24 |
There is a saying which states ____ you won't get sick if you work much enough.
A | what |
B | which |
C | that |
D | how |
E | who |
Question 25 |
I have put everything you need in writing because I want you to know ______ things stand while I’m not here.
A | when |
B | that |
C | whether |
D | which |
E | whom |
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