ESSENTIAL GRAMMAR

NOUN CLAUSE
1. I forgot to ask how ...............
A. his sick brother was D. his sick brother be
B. was his sick brother E. are his sick brother.
C. is his sick brother
2. Don’t you know ..............
A. Why did they postpone their travel B. What they postponed their travel
C. Why they postponed their travel D. When did they postpone their travel
E. Did they postpone their travel.

DIRECT/INDIRECT
3. My father said: “Don’t waste your money on cigarettes.” This means:
A. My father advised me not to waste my money on cigarettes.
B. My father told me that he didn’t wastemy money on cigarettes.
C. My father asked me if I had wasted my money on cigarettes.
D. My father allowed me to waste my money on cigarettes.
E. My father said that I didn’t waste my money on cigarettes.
4. “Don’t make noise, children”, she said.
A. She told the children don’t make noise. B. She said the children didn’t make noise.
C. She didn’t say the children should make noise. D. She said the children not tot make noise.
E. She didn’t tell the children to make noise.
5. “Did she leave a message for me?”
“Yes, she said ............. tonight”
A. she called you D. she would call you
B. she would call her E. I would call you
C. you called her
CS
6. I always have a lot of work to do in the evening. If ....... the TV serials more often.
A. I had more time, I can watch
B. I had more time, I could watch
C. I have more time, I could watch
D. I had more time, I could have watched
E. I have had more time, I could watch.
7. ‘If he had mentioned why he didn’t come to my party, I wouldn’t have been so upset’ means: ___________
A. He came to my party; therefore, I was not upset.
B. Since he came to my party,he didn’t have to explain enything.
C. Altough he came to my party, I was very upset.
D. He came to my party; otherwise, I would have been very upset.
E. I was upset because he didn’t explain why he didn’t come to my party.
CONCORD
8. Either the management or the education system of our institute ..... to be reviewed to increase the number of graduates
next year.
A. that needs D. needing
B. to need E. they need.
C. needs
TENSES
9. Since he has already borrowed the book for one month .......... it right away.
A. he’ll have returned D. he had returned
B. he would return E. he ought to return
C. he was returned
10. When I entered the classroom, I found the students ........... their texbook.
A. were reading D. were going to read
B. reading E. having read
C. to read
CAUSATIVE
11. ”Where’s your car?”
“I .................”
A. have serviced it D. have it serviced
B. let service it E. let it service.
C. have been serviced it
12. I want the barber ....................
A. to cut my hair shortly D. cut my hair short
B. to cut short my hair E. cutting my hair short.
C. to cut my hair short
13. ‘Tono is a lazy boy’.
‘Yes, he always have .............. for him’.
A. everything done D. everything having been done
B. having done everything E. to have everything done.
C. to do everything
14. The farmer had his fields ploughed. ‘means’ ...................
A. The farmer ploughed his fields himself. B. The farmer wanted to plough his fields
C. The farmer has finished ploughing his fields. D. The farmer let others plough his fields.
E. The farmer had to plough his fields.

PASSIVE
15. “We need to remodel our chool-building.”
The passive of the above sentence is:
“Our school building ...........”
A. needs to be remodelled. B. is needed to remodel.
C. needed to remodel. D. needing to be remodelled.
E. it needs being remodelled.

GERUND
16. “Let’s go and have lunch”
“I’ll join you later. I had better not stop ............. . . on the report now “
A. work D. working
B. to work E. worked
C. having worked

DERIVATIVES
17. It rained most of the time we were in England, which was very ..................
A. disappoint C. disappointment
B disappointed D. disappointing

18. The lecture was very ................... and helpful.

A. informed C. inform
B. informative D. information

19. The teacher was clearly .................. at having his class interrupted.
A. irritation C. irritate
B. irritated D. irritating

20 After a brief ........ by a local doctor, I was taken to the city's main hospital.
A. examined C. examination
B. examiner D. examine