ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN USE- REVISION 2

PART 1: SENTENCE COMPLETION

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. By the time you finish cooking they _____ their homework.
A. will have done B. aredoing C. have been doing D. have done
2. Can you tell me how ______ ?
A. they escaped B. they were escaped C. did they escape D. have they escaped
3. “Does Tom own that car?” “No, I think his brother ______________ it now.”
A. has owned B. is owning C. owns D. can own
4. Fish _______ on the earth for ages.
A. exists B. are existing C. exist D. have existed
5. Firemen ______ to receive an increase in pay next month.
A. will be B. are C. have been D. would be
6. How many times _______ him since he went to Hanoi?
A. have you seen B. do you see C. did you see D. had you seen
7. He ______ as a cashier for twenty-five years. Then he ________ and went to live the country.
A. worked - retired C. has worked - had retired
B. had been working - retired D. had been working - had retired
8. He wrote to her a month ago, but I’m sure he _______ since then.
A. has not written B. didn’t write C. was not writing D. was not written
9. How many lessons ______ before you passed your tests?
A. did you have B. do you have C. have you had D. were you having
10. How ______ to stop in time when that car shot out in front of you?
A. did you manage B. were you managing C. do you manage D. had you managed
11. When she was young, she ______ swim across this river.
A. was able to B. had better C. would D. should
12. He ______ stop making personal calls at work, or he will lose his job.
A. would rather B. had better C. could D. will
13. _______I clean the room before the guests arrive?
A. Shall B. Would C. Could D. Might
14. _______I use your computer for a minute?
A. Might B. Could C. Must D. Would
15. My brother _______ attend a university in the USA, but he isn’t sure yet.
A. should B. will C. shall D. can
16. That book _____ by a famous author.
A. wrote B. was written C. is writing D. has written
17. The children’s song _______ by one of the parents.
A. is taping B. are being taped C. are taping D. is being taped
18. The pollution in the city _____ our breathing.
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A. was affecting B. will be affected C. was being affected D. will be affecting
19. A special committee ______ the dispute.
A. is going to settle B. is going to be settled C. going to settling D. will be settled
20. Mark _______ a lot by his friends, isn’t he?
A. is influenced B. is influencing C. isn’t influenced D. isn’t influencing
21. A few days ago, Tom’s car ______ by one of the teenagers in his neighborhood.
A. was stealing B. was stole C. has been stolen D. was stolen
22. Pencils ______ at the test, so please bring your own.
A. are provided B. will be provided C. won’t be provided D. shall not provide
23. Jack _______ the news immediately. If you don’t do it, I will.
A. ought to be told B. ought be told C. ought tell D. ought to have told
24. The prisoner is thought ______ by climbing over the wall.
A. to escape B. has been escaped C. to have escaped D. has escaped
25. Tom has just had a computer ___________ in his room. A. install B. installed C. to install D.
installing
26. I wondered _______ the right thing.
A. whether I was doing C. was I doing
B. if I am doing D. am I doing
27. He _______ that he was leaving for London that afternoon.
A. told me B. told to me C. said me D. says to me
28. Bill asked Tom ______ in London.
A. does the train arrive C. whether the train arrives
B. did the train arrive D. if the train arrived
29. I asked them when ______ changed.
A. was the timetable B. the timetable is
C. the timetable has been D. the timetable had been
30. She warned me ____ late-night horror films.
A. don’t watch B. shouldn’t watch C. not to watch D. not watching
31. Do you think there would be less conflict in the world if all people ____________ the same
language?
A. spoke B. speak C. had spoken D. will speak
32. If you can give me one good reason for your acting like this, ________ this incident again.
A. I will never mention B. I never mention C. will 1 never mention D. I don't mention
33. Unless you _______all of my questions, I can’t do anything to help you.
A. answered B. answer C. would answer D. are answering
34. Had you told me that this was going to happen, I ________ it.
A. would never have believed C. hadn’t believed
B. don’t believe D. can’t believe
35. If John _______ to go on the trip, would you have gone?
A. doesn't agree B. didn’t agree C. hadn’t agreed D. wouldn’t agree
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36. The manager called in my new colleagues, _____ I had already met.
A. one of who B. one or two of whom C. both of them D. all of them
37. The record_______ , ______ has been produced by a completely new method, will be released next
week.
A. which I told you about - Ø C. I told you about
B. that I told you - which— which D. about which I told you - Ø
38. A skilled workforce is essential, _________ why our training course program is so important.
A. that is B. which C. which is D. this is
39. They are the people _______houses were destroyed by the flood.
A. their B. whose C. what D. which
40. I read about the child _____ life was saved by her pet dog.
A. whom B. who C. her D. whose

PART 2: TEXT COMPLETION

Choose the correct answers to complete the passages

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Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But the pollution (1) _______ is as complicated as it is
serious. It is complicated (2) ________much pollution is caused by things that benefit people. For
example, (3) ________from automobiles causes a large percentage of all air pollution. But the
automobile (4) ________ transportation for millions of people. Factories (5) ________much of
material that pollutes air and water, but factories give employment to a large number of people.
Thus, to end (6) _______ greatly reduce pollution immediately, people would have to stop
using many things that (7) them. Most people do not want to do that, of course. But pollution can be
(8) _______ reduced in several ways. Scientists and engineers can work to find ways to lessen the
amount of pollution that such things as automobiles and factories cause. Governments can pass and

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enforce laws that (9) ________businesses and (10) ________ to stop, or cut down on certain polluting
activities.
1. A. work B. problem C. accident D. event
2. A. because B. so C. that D. while
3. A. exhaust B. fire C. gas D. liquid
4. A. carries B. takes C. affords D. provides
5. A. offer B. bring C. discharge D. cause
6. A. to B. or C. so D. that
7. A. benefit B. harm C. motivate D. encourage
8. A. little B. gradually C. so D. that
9. A. require B. forbid C. prevent D. request
10. A. commercials B. surroundings C. individuals D. traffic

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We are using up the world's petroleum. We use (1) _______ in our cars and to heat our
building in winter. Farmers use petrochemicals to (2) __________ the soil rich. They use them to kill
insects (3) ______ plants. These chemicals go (4) ______ rivers and lakes and kill the fish there.
Thousands of pollutants also go into the air and pollute it. Winds carry this (5) ________ air to other
countries and other continents.
Poor farmers use the same land over and (6) __________ . The land needs a rest so it will be
better next year. However, the farmers must have food this year. Poor people cut down forests (7)
_______ firewood. In some areas when the trees are gone, the land (8) ______ desert. Poor people
can't save the environment for the (9) _______ . This is not a problem for one country or one area of
the world. It is a problem for all humans. The people and the nations of the world must work together
to (10)_______the world's resources.
1. A. it B. them C. that D. those
2. A. enrich B. change C. make D. let
3. A. eat B. eaten C. eating D. ate
4. A. to Be toward C. at D. into
5. A. pollute B. polluting C. polluted D. pollution
6. A. over B. again C. repeated D. repeating
7. A. of B. for C. with D. at
8. A. gets B. changes C. turns D. becomes
9. A. future B. time C. times D. period
10. A. recycle B. preserve C. keep D. use

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TRAFFIC LIGHTS
The first traffic signal was invented by a railway signaling engineer. It was installed (1) _______the
Houses of Parliament in 1868. It (2) _______ like any railway signal of the time, and was operated by
gas. (3) _______, it exploded and killed a policeman, and the accident discouraged further
development until cars became common. (4) _____ traffic lights are an American invention. Red-
green systems were installed in Cleveland in 1914. Three-color signals, operated (5) _______ hand
from a tower in the (6) ___________of the street, were installed in New York in 1918. The first lights
of this type to (7) _______in Britain were in London, on the junction between St. James’s Street and
Piccadilly, in 1925. Automatic signals were installed (8) _______ year later. In the past, traffic lights
were special. In New York, some lights had a statue on top. In Los Angeles, the lights did not just
change silently, but would ring bells to (9) _______the sleeping motorists of the 1930s. These are
gone and have been (10) _______ by standard models which are universally adopted.
1. A. outside B. out C. out of D. outdoors
2. A. resembled B. looked C. showed D. seemed
3. A. However B. Therefore C. Although D. Despite
4. A. New B. Recent C. Modern D. Late
5. A. by B. with C. through D. in
6. A. middle B. heart C. focus D. halfway
7. A. show B. appear C. happen D. become
8. A. a B. in the C. in a D. the
9. A. rise B. raise C. wake D. get up
10. A. reproduced B. replaced C. removed D. remained

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