Grammar Review No. 2

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1. There is some disagreement between my parents and _____ about which university I should go to.
   1) me
   2) us
   3) I
   4) we
   Answer 1
   hint This means that the speaker and his parents do not agree with each other. Which form of the first person pronoun is used here?
2. A basket of apples, oranges, and lemons _____ sent to me last Christmas.
   1) is
   2) are
   3) was
   4) were
   Answer 3
   hint Pay attention to "last Christmas". Which is the subject, "a basket" or "apples, oranges, and lemons"?
3. That the committee members could not agree with each other _____ caused a serious problem.
   1) was
   2) has
   3) is
   4) have
   Answer 2
   hint What is the subject of this sentence? What is the tense of this sentence?
4. Every state in the United States makes _____ own laws about education, marriage, divorce, and so on.
   1) their
   2) the
   3) its
   4) his
   Answer 3
   hint Is "every state" plural or singular?
5. We went to Montreal last May and _____ many lobsters because they were very cheap.
   1) ate
   2) eat
   3) have eaten
   4) had eaten
   Answer 1
   hint Pay attention to "last May".
6. "Are Mary and Tom still living in San Francisco?"
   "No, they _____ to Detroit."
   1) will just move
   2) are just moved
   3) have just moved
   4) had just moved
   Answer 3
   hint This means that Mary and Tom are living in Detroit now.
7. "How are you feeling?"
   "I've been feeling better since I _____ the doctor."
   1) have visited
   2) visit
   3) had visited
   4) visited
   Answer 4
   hint The speaker visited the doctor sometime in the past.
8. "How long have you been working for that company?"
   "I _____ there for ten years in May."
   1) will have worked
   2) was working
   3) will work
   4) has worked
   Answer 1
   hint This means that the speaker has worked for the company for almost ten years.
9. "I took an exam this morning. It was really hard."
   "_____ a lot before you took it?"
   1) Have you studied
   2) Will you have studied
   3) Had you studied
   4) Do you study
   Answer 3
   hint This is asking whether the speaker studied hard for the exam. The speaker took the exam in the past.
10. "Why is Bill unhappy?"
    "Because his birds _____ away."
    1) flew
    2) fly
    3) had flown
    4) flown
    Answer 1
    hint This means that Bill does not have his birds any more.
11. "Did you go to Yellowstone for a vacation?" "I _____ to go, but my wife got sick three days before the departure."
    1) have been planning
    2) had been planning
    3) have planned
    4) was planned
    Answer 2
    hint This means that they were planning to go but the wife got sick, and they did not go.
12. I haven't heard from my son _____.
    1) for several weeks
    2) for several weeks ago
    3) since several weeks before
    4) since a long time
    Answer 1
    hint Which expression is used to indicate duration of time?
13. Did you say that you _____ there only three days ago?
    1) went
    2) had been
    3) have been
    4) had gone
    Answer 1
    hint The speaker is asking if the hearer had gone three days before the question is being asked.
14. Television _____ very popular since the 1950s.
    1) is
    2) has been
    3) was
    4) had been
    Answer 2
    hint This means that television became popular in the 1950s, and it is still popular now.
15. The children swam, rode horses and _____ baseball at the camp last year.
    1) played
    2) have played
    3) way playing
    4) had played
    Answer 1
    hint Pay attention to "swam", "rode", and "last year".
16. "Are we about to have supper?"
    "Yes, it _____ in the dining room."
    1) serves
    2) is serving
    3) is being served
    4) was served
    Answer 3
    hint This means that someone is serving supper now.
17. "They're still looking for Jack."
    "Hasn't he _____ yet?"
    1) found
    2) been found
    3) being found
    4) to find
    Answer 2
    hint Pay attention to "hasn't". Which of these choices is grammatically correct?
18. "Those two pictures are very artistic."
    "Yes, they _____ in France."
    1) were painted
    2) were paint
    3) painted
    4) were painting
    Answer 1
    hint This means that someone painted those pictures in France.
19. I wanted _____ by the doctor, but it was not possible.
    1) to see
    2) to be seen
    3) seeing
    4) being seen
    Answer 2
    hint Pay attention to "by".
20. "Where did you get these old clothes?!
    "We _____ them in the old apartment."
    1) found
    2) were finding
    3) were found
    4) have been found
    Answer 1
    hint Is this sentence active or passive?
21. "What happened to the old newspaper boy?"
    "He _____ to a new neighborhood to work."
    1) has sent
    2) was send
    3) was sent
    4) sent
    Answer 3
    hint This means that someone moved the newspaper boy to a new neighborhood.
22. Gold _____ near San Francisco in 1848, and the gold rush started the following year.
    1) was discovered
    2) was discover
    3) has been discovered
    4) they discovered
    Answer 1
    hint This means that someone discovered gold near San Francisco in 1848.
23. _____ that medical insurance is extremely high.
    1) It is felt
    2) We are felt
    3) We feel that it is
    4) It feels
    Answer 1
    hint This means that some people feel that insurance is high, though the speaker does not say who.
24. Every system on the plane _____ before departure.
    1) will been checked
    2) will has checked
    3) will be checked
    4) will checked
    Answer 3
    hint What form of the verb follows "will" in the passive? Who will check what?
25. "What a beautiful dress Mary's wearing."
    "I hear that it _____ especially for her by a French tailor."
    1) made
    2) has made
    3) is made
    4) was made
    Answer 4
    hint This means that a French tailor made Mary's dress especially for her.