Advanced Level English Online Revision & Practice Test 3

1. They set up a liaison office in East Africa for marketing their goods but now they wish they _____ so.

have not done

would not do

had not done

would not have done

2. In recent decades the efficiency of the United Nations _____ by a growing number of countries.

was questioned

will have been questioned

has been questioned

would be questioned

3. The Etruscans, who ____ a great part of Italy about 900 BC, ____ from Asia Minor.

were colonised / have originally come

had colonised / originally came

colonised / have originally come

colonised / had originally come

4. Why can’t you admit that _____ hard he works, he will never manage to achieve what his elder brother has achieved?

however

whatsoever

unless

whenever

5. Had they apologised for deliberately overcharging me, I _____ a complaint with the Consumers’ Rights Office.

may not have filed

will not have filed

was not filing

would not have filed

6. We _____ no problems whatsoever with the dam since it _____ forty years ago.

had / has been constructed

have had / was constructed

were having / was being constructed

are having / is constructed

7. Evaporation ____ the process by which a solid or liquid ____ into vapour by heat.

was / had resolved

has been / was resolved

had been / resolved

is / is resolved

8. Our delegates hadn’t shown themselves willing to come to terms, those from other countries _____ .

have had, too

wouldn’t have, either

had not, either

would have, too

9. It seems likely that, by the end of the week, the costs involved in the construction of the bridge _____ by the Ministry.

have been announced

will have been announced

are being announced

would be announced

10. They haven’t met for twelve years or more, but I understand they still write to _____ at a regular interval.

one another

themselves

the other

the others