If Clause, Exercise 12

1. If I had won the lottery, I ......... rich.

a. be    
b. were   
c. would be

2. If Roberta ........... born in the United States, she wouldn't need a visa to work there.

a. was   
b. were   
c. had been

3. If I ............. rich, I would have bought that Ferrari we saw yesterday.

a. were   
b. be   
c. would be

4. If I ............ to work so much, I would have gone to the party last night.

a. didn't have   
b. haven't   
c. hadn't had 

5. Nothing would have happened if you .............. me the truth.

a. told  
b. had told   
c. had telled 

6. Unless you ............. you room, you couldn't invite your guests there.

a. cleans   
b. cleaned  
c. had cleaned

7. That man wouldn't be dead now if his wife ............ the ransom.

a. had paid   
b. would paid   
c.  would have paid

8. They ............... a new shop if they were rich.

a. would open   
b. opened  
c. would have opened

9. If Kate ........... so clever, she would have lost all her money last year.

a. wasn't   
b. weren't    
c. wouldn't be

10. If the girl ............ accused of murder she would have good life now.

a. hadn't been   
b. is not   
c. had been

11. If you had arrived on time, this ………………

a) would not happen   
b) will not happen     
c) would not have happened

12. If I were you, I ………………… a solicitor.

a) will hire          
b) would hire            
c) would have hired

13. If I won the jackpot, I …………… a yacht.

a) will buy              
b) would buy                    
c) would have bought

14. If he should happen to be late, we …… without him.

a) will go            
b) would go                     
c) would have gone

15. If they win this match, they ……………….. it to the semifinals.

a) will make                  
b) would make            
c) would have made

16. But for your help, I ……………….. to do it.

a) would not have managed    
b) will not manage     
c) would not manage

17. If I tell you a secret, ……………. you keep it to yourself?

a) will                       
b) would
c) shall

18. If you take this medicine, you …better in a few days.

a) will be               
b) would be                 
c) would have been

19. If I were you, I …… .

a) will be celebrating    

b) would be celebrating    

c) would have been celebrating

Nouns, Exercise 1

NOUNS

Choose the correct answer:

The information you need is / are in the report.

Last night's news was/ were very bad.

They have launched a lot of new products / product in the last few years.

He gave me a lot of advice / advices when I joined the company.

The country with the fewest / the least people per square kilometer must be Australia.

She had less / fewer time to study than Paul but had better results.

How much / many money have you got?

How many / much cigarettes have you smoked?

There's not much / many sugar in the cupboard.

There weren't many / much people at the concert.

Correct the following sentences and explain your corrections:

1. The moneys are here.

2. The news were good.

3. What a terrible weather.

4. What a beautiful scenery.

5. I’d like a bread, please.

6. Ruth is making good progresses.

7. I wish I had as many knowledges as she does.

8. I’ll give you an important information.

9. What do you think of our new furnitures?  - I really love them.

10. I’ll give you a good advice.

11. I’ll give you some good advices. You seem to need them.

Choose the correct form of the verb / pronoun:

1.      This bread is / are good.

2.      This / these pieces of bread is / are stale.

3.      This / these bread crumbs is / are very tasty.

4.      Sugar isn’t / aren’t good for you.

5.      There is / are two spoonfuls of sugar in my tea.

6.      - Two jars of jam, please. - Here it is / they are.

7.      I brought two pieces of luggage. Where can I put it / them?

8.      The news is / are very interesting.

9.      These news items is / are very interesting.

10.  The many pieces of furniture make / makes the room look very crowded.

Which quantifiers could you use in order to make these uncountable nouns, countable?

ex. bread - a loaf of bread                                     
news

advice                                                              money

jam                                                                  cheese 

information                  

tea

music                                                               sugar                                                                

English Grammar Rules Test

                      MIXED TENSES

I. Choose the best answer a), b), c) or d).

1. Andrew _________ lunch by the time they arrived.

a) finished             c) had finished

b) was finished      d) has finished

2. I have a terrible headache. I ___________ another aspirin.

  a) take       c) am taking

  b) ’ll take   d) will be taking

3. A cold wind _____ for the last week.
a) has been blowing         c) blows
b) is blowing                     d) blew

4. We’ll meet in September when she _____ back.

a) will come                       c) came

b) will have come              d) comes

5. Maria ____________ a comic when the teacher asked her to come to the blackboard.

a) was reading                   c) read

b) has been reading           d) has read

6. You won’t need the jacket. It ____ warmer.

a) gets                   c) ’s got

b) ’s getting          d) ’d got

7. Bryan _____ when the meeting started.

a)hasn’t arrived           b) hasn’t been arriving

c) hadn’t arrived                  d) wasn’t arriving

8. To be honest, I ___________ she will be able to handle this properly.

a) doubt                 c) am doubting           

b) have doubted    d) will doubt

9. They _________ for 5 years at the end of this year.

a) will date                                    
b) will be dating

c) will have been dating    
d) are going to date

10. I am not surprised they’ve broken up. She never knew if she could trust him and was afraid he ___________ her.

a) will leave                       c) would leave

b) is going to leave            d) will have left

11. Call the police. Our apartment __________ into.

a) was broken                    c) is broken

b) has been broken            d) will be broken

12.  She can’t go hiking with us. 
She _____________ on her new book all day tomorrow.

a) will be working             c) is working

b) will work                       d) will have worked

13.  By the time you finish my dress it ____________ old-fashioned.

a) will become                   c) is becoming

b) will be becoming          d) will have become

14.  They __________ for some time when their mother told them to be silent.

a) had shouted      c) had been shouting

b) have shouted     d) have been shouting

15.  The letter ____________ by the end of the week.

a) is not going to be delivered                  
b) is not delivered

c) won’t be delivered                                
d) won’t have been delivered

II. Some of the following sentences are correct and some have mistakes in them. 
Tick the correct ones and correct the ones with mistakes.

1. My brother and his fiancée will get married on Saturday. They have invited more than 300 guests.

____________________________________

2. It’s three minutes to 8. We are going to be late.

____________________________________

3. They have left home at 7 o’clock and arrived to school at 8.30.

____________________________________

4. He has been eating three sandwiches and he is still hungry.

____________________________________

5. I have to sit down. I have run for more than an hour.

____________________________________

6. I found that ring while I was playing in the sand with my nephew.

____________________________________

7. When I checked your homework I noticed that you had problems with spelling.

____________________________________

8. I am really angry. She is always borrowing my clothes without asking me anything!

____________________________________

9. A stitch in time is saving nine.

____________________________________

10. She enrolled at university last year. Which subjects did she chose?

____________________________________

11. Why you lent her my earrings? I was going to wear them tonight.

___________________________________

12. They had driven for only 10 minutes when they had a puncture.

____________________________________

13. This is the best pizza I ever had.

____________________________________

14. I had been hoping to explain it to her, but she wouldn’t listen to me.

____________________________________

15. By the time she comes the best roles will have taken.

____________________________________

III. Rewrite these sentences so that the meaning is the same, using the word given.
Do not change the word.

1. The bridge is 20 years old.

ago
The bridge
__________________________.

2. One of the actors passed out during the rehearsal for the play.

while

One of the actors passed out ___________________________for the play.

3. In your opinion, who is going to pass the exam?

you

   Who ________________________ the exam?

4. This isn’t the first time I have watched this movie.

already

I__________________________ this movie.

5. I’d rather not go out with you tonight.

feel

I
_____________________________________ with you tonight.

6. We are disappointed because they forgot everything we had taught them.

remember

We are disappointed because they _________________________ we had taught them.

7. Their lunch will be over by 1 o’clock.

finished

They____________________________________by one o’clock.

8. When we returned to the meeting room the Japanese guests were not there anymore.

time

The Japanese guests__________________

Test 13

                                            

                                 TEST

 Choose the correct answer:

a. It`s time you go to work

b. It`s high time you will go to work.

c. It`s about time you have gone to work.

d. It`s high time you went to work.

a. I`m sorry to hear that. Tell me all of it.

b. I`m sorry to hear that. Tell me all in it.

c. I am sorry to hear that. Tell me all about it.

d. I`m sorry to hear that. Tell me all through it.

a. When did you last see Jane?

b. When have you last see Jane?

c. When have you last seen Jane?

d. When did you last saw Jane?

I am sure that Mary is at home.

a. She should be at home.

b. She might be at home.

c. She must be at home.

d. She has to be at home.

It is important that everyone follows the rules.

It is important that everyone has followed the rules.

It is important that everyone follow the rules.

It is important that everyone might follow the rules.

Lightning struck twice by our house last night and burnt the roof.

Lightning stroke twice by our house last night and burnt the roof.

Lightning has stroken twice by our house last night and burnt the roof.

Lightning strucked twice by our house last night and burned the roof.

Nowadays news travels fast.

Nowadays news is travelling fast.

Nowadays news is travelling fastly.

Nowadays news travelled fastly.

I`d rather going out than staying in.

I`d rather go out than staying in.

I`d rather going out that stay in.

I`d rather go out than stay in.

A lot of people have arrived lately.

A lot of people arrived lately.

A lot of people had arrived lately.

A lot of people arrive lately.

3. You`d better not leave her alone,…………?

a. hadn`t you

b. would you

c. wouldn`t you

d. had you

a. She wishes she has done it earlier.

b. She wish she had done it earlier.

c. She wishes she had done it earlier.

d. She wishes she did it earlier.

It would be better if she rested a while.
A. She should better rest a while.
B. She would better rest a while.
C. She’d better rest a while.

The police are looking on the case and trying to solve the mysterious murder.

The police are looking into the case and trying to solve the mysterious murder.

The police is looking on the case and trying to solve the mysterious murder.

The police is looking into the case and trying to solve the mysterious murder.

a. I`d rather let the children to decide for themselves.

b. I`d rather let the children deciding for themselves.

c. I`d rather to let the children decide for themselves.

d. I`d rather let the children decide for themselves.

Choose the correct sentences:

Two thirds of the book are dirty.

Two thirds of the book is dirty.

Two thirds of the book are outdated.

Two thirds of the book is outdated.

Choose the correct phrases:

- on the sun

- in the sun

- on the back of the house

- at the back of the house

a. It is recommended that he come here.
b. It is recommended that he came here.

c. It is recommended that he had come here.

Write the phrasal verb to the following:

- cancel; postpone; extinguish

Miscellaneous, Test 10

                                 TEST
Choose the correct answer [ either a word/phrase or a sentence ]:

 "I loved him very much".
My sister told me that she ____ him very much.
was loving           loved                 would love

"Tell me your name".
She asked me ________ her my name.
  tell                     to tell                   told

At any time, was I informed.

At no time was informed.

At no time, was I informed.

The more I get to know him, the ___  I like him.

 most         less          much          lesser 

He crept in ______his parents should wake up.

 lest       unless          otherwise           whereby 

You must phone us as soon as you ____  home.

are getting                
get              

will get                  

will have got 

No one wants to have extra homework tonight, _______?

 don't he        do they        don't they      does he 

By the time you're my age, you _______ your mind.

will probably have changed           

would probably change       

will probably change  

are probably changing 

Capital punishment was done _______ in Britain nearly half a century ago.

out for              

off by             

away with             

over from 

Thank you very much ! I haven't been to _______ party for ages.

a so enjoyable      

the so enjoyable        

so enjoyable            

so enjoyable a

She wishes he ---------------------to that party last night.

a] had not been   

b] is not     

c] were not       

d] has not been

a. He is not at home although he is ill. He should have gone to see a doctor.

b. He is not at home although he is ill. He must have gone to see a doctor.

c. He is not at home although he is ill. He could have gone to see a doctor.

d. He is not at home although he is ill. He might have gone to see a doctor.

a. She`ll come when she will have time.

b. She comes when she will have time.

c. She`ll come when she have time.

d. She`ll come when she has time.

Everybody thinks it`s time she ---------the Nobel Prize for her work in medical research:

A] will be awarded

B] was awarded

C] has been awarded

D] had been awarded

Se intreba daca va reusi sa plece din oras la sfarsitul saptamanii.

a] He wanted to know if he will manage to go away over the weekend.

b] He wondered if he would manage to go away over the weekend.

c] He wondered if he will manage to go away over the weekend.

d] He asked himself if he will manage to go away over the weekend.

One of our lawyers has studying the case.

One of our lawyers has been studying the case by then.

One of our lawyers had studying the case.

One of our lawyers had studied the case by then.

I would have come to see you earlier, but I _______ too busy.

would be         had been      were  not         was

If she ___________ about his financial situation, she would have helped him out.

has known                    

had known               

knew               

had been knowing

Find the mistakes in the following sentences:

1. When she entered into her room, she saw her books laying on the ground.

2. Have they weighted this box?