Grammar Questions (1)

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  1. You should know that everyone in this office _____ busily planning the dance for a week.
    1) is
    2) has been
    3) have been
    4) are
  2. Jan is a wonderful singer. Her mother tells me that she _____ professionally since she was four.
    1) has been sung
    2) was singing
    3) is singing
    4) has been singing
  3. Ellen's grades have been really bad, but this semester, Jack's were undoubtedly _____.
    1) more bad
    2) badder
    3) worse
    4) so worse
  4. I can't find my wallet. _____ it at home.
    1) I must leave
    2) Might I have left
    3) Maybe I leave
    4) I might have left
  5. All the students went to the magic show, which we all thought was really _____, yesterday.
    1) amusingly
    2) amuse
    3) amusing
    4) amused
  6. We were angry about the situation and insisted _____ by the president.
    1) to see
    2) on being seen
    3) on seeing
    4) to be seen
  7. "I'm always willing to help you. Just tell me what _____ me to do."
    1) want
    2) you do want
    3) do you want
    4) you want
  8. It is strange that for the past few days we haven't heard _____ news about that accident.
    1) many
    2) a lot
    3) much
    4) much of
  9. Communication has always been important. Ancient _____ were simple.
    1) message systems
    2) messages systems
    3) message-systems
    4) messages-systems
  10. The report concluded that _____ man, woman, and child in the US should wear a seat belt when driving or riding in a car.
    1) all
    2) each of
    3) no
    4) every
  11. In spite of the rain, some people in the village are planning to climb the mountain to rescue the injured people, but _____ are staying home.
    1) most of people
    2) many of a number
    3) many of them
    4) the most people
  12. I need _____ to finish a bench, and I'll go and look in a garage.
    1) one more wood
    2) much woods
    3) many woods
    4) a piece of wood
  13. Fifty years ago, we needed _____ than we do today.
    1) less mathematic
    2) less mathematics
    3) fewer mathematics
    4) fewer mathematic
  14. All the food in the refrigerator _____ eaten, and it is empty now.
    1) is been
    2) has been
    3) have been
    4) had been
  15. Economics _____ nearly as interesting to me as literature.
    1) doesn't
    2) haven't
    3) isn't
    4) aren't
  16. There is some disagreement between my parents and _____ about which job I should take.
    1) I
    2) we
    3) me
    4) us
  17. A basket of apples, oranges, and bananas _____ sent to my husband by his grandparents last Christmas.
    1) has been
    2) have been
    3) was
    4) were
  18. That the committee members could not agree with each other about solving that problem _____ caused a serious problem.
    1) is
    2) was
    3) has
    4) have
  19. Every state in the United States makes _____ own laws about education, marriage, divorce, and so on.
    1) their
    2) his/her
    3) its
    4) his
  20. My husband and I went to Montreal last May and greedily _____ many lobsters because they were very cheap.
    1) eat
    2) ate
    3) have eaten
    4) had eaten
  21. Mary and Tom lived in San Francisco, but they _____ to Detroit.
    1) will just move
    2) are just moved
    3) have just moved
    4) had just moved
  22. I was very sick, but I've been feeling better since I _____ the doctor.
    1) have visited
    2) visit
    3) had visited
    4) visited
  23. I _____ for Quick Business Company for ten years in May.
    1) will have worked
    2) was working
    3) will work
    4) has worked
  24. _____ a lot before you took the exam which many people failed?
    1) Have you studied
    2) Will you have studied
    3) Had you studied
    4) Do you study
  25. I _____ eagerly to go to Yellowstone, but my wife got sick three days before the departure.
    1) have been planning
    2) had been planning
    3) have planned
    4) was planned
by Kenji Kitao & S. Kathleen Kitao

kkitao@mail.doshisha.ac.jp