III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
A. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.
1. The man looked familiar. I .................... him somewhere before.
a. saw b. have seen c. had seen d. see
2. Last night a tornado swept through Rockville. It ....................... everything in its path.
a. destroyed b. was destroyed c. had destroyed d. has destroyed
3. In spite of …..................., we decided to go out.
a. we felt very tired b. feeling tired c. all of us felt tired d. tired
4. When we ........................ the bill. we left the restaurant.
a. had paid b. were paying c. paid d. had been paying
5. When the firework ...................... off, the dog ....................... away.
a. had gone/ ran b. went/ had run c. went/ ran d. went/was running
6. In 1903, Marie became the first woman ….................... a Doctor of Science degree.
a. receiving b. receive c. receives d. to receive
7. The police officer stopped us and asked us where ....................... .
a. were we going b. are we going c. we are going d. we were going
8. Annie found the souvenirs ........................ she wanted at the gift shop.
a. that b. which c. θ d. all are correct
9. The manager made his employees ........................ the computer evening class.
a. attending b. attend c. to attend d. attendance
10. Marie Curie ...................... a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.
a. awarded b. was awarded c. had awarded d. had been awarded
11. Could you please come over? I need you ……................. the refrigerator.
a. help me moving b. helping me to move
c. to help me to move d. help me to move
12. Martina Hing is …................. her first tennis racket at the age of two
a. picked up b. has picked up c. had picked up d. was picked up
13. John F. Kennedy was the first president of the United States ....................... .
a. born in the twentieth century b. was born in twentieth century
c. born on the twentieth century d. to be born in the twentieth century
14. By the time she was twelve, she ……….…… on a career.
a. had already decided b. already has decided c. had already decided d. already decided
15. ……………… in Slovakia. Martina has lived in Switzerland for many years.
a. To be born b. Born c. Being born d. Be born
1. The man looked familiar. I .................... him somewhere before.
a. saw b. have seen c. had seen d. see
2. Last night a tornado swept through Rockville. It ....................... everything in its path.
a. destroyed b. was destroyed c. had destroyed d. has destroyed
3. In spite of …..................., we decided to go out.
a. we felt very tired b. feeling tired c. all of us felt tired d. tired
4. When we ........................ the bill. we left the restaurant.
a. had paid b. were paying c. paid d. had been paying
5. When the firework ...................... off, the dog ....................... away.
a. had gone/ ran b. went/ had run c. went/ ran d. went/was running
6. In 1903, Marie became the first woman ….................... a Doctor of Science degree.
a. receiving b. receive c. receives d. to receive
7. The police officer stopped us and asked us where ....................... .
a. were we going b. are we going c. we are going d. we were going
8. Annie found the souvenirs ........................ she wanted at the gift shop.
a. that b. which c. θ d. all are correct
9. The manager made his employees ........................ the computer evening class.
a. attending b. attend c. to attend d. attendance
10. Marie Curie ...................... a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.
a. awarded b. was awarded c. had awarded d. had been awarded
11. Could you please come over? I need you ……................. the refrigerator.
a. help me moving b. helping me to move
c. to help me to move d. help me to move
12. Martina Hing is …................. her first tennis racket at the age of two
a. picked up b. has picked up c. had picked up d. was picked up
13. John F. Kennedy was the first president of the United States ....................... .
a. born in the twentieth century b. was born in twentieth century
c. born on the twentieth century d. to be born in the twentieth century
14. By the time she was twelve, she ……….…… on a career.
a. had already decided b. already has decided c. had already decided d. already decided
15. ……………… in Slovakia. Martina has lived in Switzerland for many years.
a. To be born b. Born c. Being born d. Be born
6 d
9 b
12 a
13 d