Advanced Level English Grammar Practice Test 1

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

will have to take

are to take

should have taken

must have taken

2. 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

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

to have taken

having taken

to be taken

to have been taken

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

so have I

so we do

me, too

so did I

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

will we

isn’t it

have we

do we

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

has completed

is completing

had completed

will have completed

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

whose

whom

which

whatever

8. 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?

whose

which

who

whom

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

himself

as well

too

thus

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

I also was

I wasn’t either

I did too

neither did I