Grammar Review No. 6

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1. "Bill is sick and can't go to Tokyo."
   "_____ instead then."
   1. Has Tom gone
   2. Have Tom go
   3. Have Tom gone
   4. Has Tom go
   Answer 2
   hint "Let" and "have" take a verb without "to". The second sentence is a command form.
2. "Can I help you with your luggage?"
   "Oh, no thanks. I'll _____ my son to do it."
   1. let
   2. make
   3. have
   4. get
   Answer 4
   hint Which verb takes "to" + a verb?
3. "Where is my chair?"
   "I had Tony _____ it to your study."
   1. take
   2. to take
   3. taking
   4. taken
   Answer 1
   hint Pay attention to "had".
4. "This room looks nice."
   "Thanks. I had it _____."
   1. paint
   2. painting
   3. painted
   4. was painted
   Answer 3
   hint have someone do it: have it done
5. Is it possible _____ you at your office at two?
   1. for seeing
   2. to see
   3. to be seeing
   4. for see
   Answer 2
   hint What preposition follows "possible" when it refers to what "you" can do?
6. "I'm looking forward to hearing from Jan. Do you know _____?"
   "Usually it comes by 4:00."
   1. when the mail will arrive
   2. when does the mail arrive
   3. when the mail does arrive
   4. when will the mail arrive 1
   hint This is a clause, only a part of the sentence. The speaker does not need to emphasize "arrive".
7. "Could you help me for a while?"
   "Sure. Tell me what _____ for you."
   1. can I do
   2. I can do
   3. can do I
   4. I do can
   Answer 2
   hint A part of the clause is missing. Which comes first, "can" or "do"?
8. Because of the rain, many people have called to ask _____ canceled.
   1. that the parade was
   2. whether the parade was
   3. if or not the parade was
   4. that the parade would be
   Answer 2
   hint This means that many people called to ask, "Is the parade canceled?"
9. Scientists are trying to find out _____ there is life on other planets.
   1. if or not
   2. whether not
   3. whether
   4. whether if
   Answer 3
   hint This means that scientists are trying to find out if there is life on other planets.
10. "Look at the new car I bought."
    "How _____ such an expensive car?"
    1. you afforded
    2. afforded you
    3. could afford you
    4. could you afford
    Answer 4
    hint This is a question about the first speaker's ability to afford such an expensive car.
11. "Why don't you call the company back and ask for that information?"
    "I don't know _____."
    1. who I should speak
    2. who should I speak with
    3. with whom I should speak
    4. whom should I speak with
    Answer 3
    hint The missing part is a clause, a part of the sentence. You can speak a language, but you cannot speak a person.
12. "The train strike finally started."
    "Why _____ something to prevent it?"
    1. did the government
    2. the government didn't do
    3. the government did
    4. didn't the government do
    Answer 4
    hint This is a question. The main verb is always necessary in a sentence.
13. "Why doesn't John wear a coat?"
    "I don't know _____."
    1. why he does
    2. why does he
    3. why doesn't he
    4. why he doesn't
    Answer 4
    hint John does not wear a coat, and the second speaker does not know why not.
14. "Did you enjoy Ms. White's class?"
    "No, I didn't understand _____ during the lecture."
    1. what she was talking
    2. that she was talking about
    3. what she was talking about
    4. what was she talking about
    Answer 3
    hint The missing part is a part of a clause. The second speaker did not understand the content of her talk.
15. "Do you know Janet Wilson?"
    "I remember the name, but I can't recall _____."
    l. what does she look like
    2. what she looks like
    3. what she does look like
    4. like what she looks like
    Answer 2
    hint The missing part is a clause, a part of a sentence.
16. Many American universities _____ by private donations.
    1. supported
    2. support
    3. are supported
    4. which are supported
    Answer 3
    hint The main verb is missing in this sentence. This sentence is passive.
17. _____, many people learn to use computer software.
    1. From the instruction manuals
    2. It is the instruction manuals
    3. There are the instruction manuals
    4. When having the instruction manuals
    Answer 1
    hint The missing part is a clause or a phrase.
18. _____ is the largest city in New York State, it is not the �@ capital.
    1. New York City
    2. If New York City
    3. Although New York City
    4. New York City, which
    Answer 3
    hint New York City is the largest city in New York, but it is not the capital.
19. _____ black cats bring bad luck is considered a superstition and not a fact.
    1. What
    2. If
    3. That
    4. It is that
    Answer 3
    hint The words before "is" form a clause.
20. _____ in 1636, Harvard is one of the most famous universities in the United States.
    1. Founded
    2. Founding
    3. Being founded
    4. It was founded
    Answer 1
    hint What should be tense of the clause be?
21. A tornado touched down today in Kansas, _____ destruction to wheat fields and some houses.
    1. caused
    2. that caused
    3. it caused
    4. causing
    Answer 4
    hint The subject of the clause is the same as that of the main sentence.
22. Some writers can accurately describe objects _____ have never seen.
    1. that
    2. that they
    3. how they
    4. what they
    Answer 2
    hint Some writers can accurately describe objects which they have never seen.
23. Colonists _____ in isolated areas of Northern America were almost totally self-sufficient.
    1. living
    2. lived
    3. who living
    4. who that lived
    Answer 1
    hint Colonists who lived in isolated areas of Northern America were almost totally self-sufficient.
24. The Civil War _____ in 1861 and lasted for four years.
    1. begin
    2. began
    3. beginning
    4. which began
    Answer 2
    hint Pay attention to "lasted" and "and".
25. _____ of leather, this briefcase is heavy and expensive.
    1. They are made
    2. They make them
    3. Made
    4. What are made
    Answer 3
    hint The subject of the clause and the main sentence are the same.