Advanced Level English Grammar Practice Test 1

1. Could this possibly be the firm’s new buyer ………… reputation, if we are able to believe the newspapers, is not quite good.

whose

whatever

which

whom

2. Have you seen the display of the books written by the visiting professor ………. is going to talk this afternoon on the future of the European Community?

which

whose

whom

who

3. We’ve had some pretty good directors over two years but Dr Radeliffe is …………. the most capable of them all.

as much

such as

over all

by far

4. Though he got other people to do research for him in the archives he ………….. wrote the whole report.

too

as well

thus

himself

5. By the end of this term of office, he ………… all the projects he has already undertaken.

has completed

will have completed

had completed

is completing

6. Under the present circumstances we don’t have to take the case to the court, ………… ?

do we

isn’t it

will we

have we

7. If we are to get out of this political mess, someone ……….. the lead, and the sooner they start the better.

will have to take

should have taken

must have taken

are to take

8. Following a noticeable improvement in the general economic scene, unemployment too, seems ………… a turn for the better.

to have been taken

having taken

to be taken

to have taken

9. It was clear that he wasn’t impressed by the way the business was run, and I must admit ……………. .

I wasn’t either

neither did I

I also was

I did too

10. The committee showed their wholehearted approval of the designs she submitted and ……….. .

me, too

so we do

so did I

so have I