ESL Revision Quizzes 25

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Choose the appropriate options to complete the sentences

1. The captain......the rope so tightly round the post that I...... it.

A) was tying / haven't undone
B) has tied / wouldn't undo
C) had tied / couldn't undo
D) ties / can't have undone
E) would tie / can't undo

2. .......both the Balkan Wars and World War I, women took on extra work...... the men were away at the front.

A) During / while
B) When / so that
C) Until / how
D) After / by the time
E) Since / as if

3. We've been given a list of books ...... throughout the semester, but some are so rare that......them will be difficult.

A) having read / to find
B) to be read / finding
C) to read / being found
D) to be reading / to have found
E) reading / to be found

4. On the Richter scale, the size of an earthquake Is measured by......energy is released when the fault line moves.

A) the more
B) how much
C) such a lot of
D) whether
E) more than

5. ......to get up at 4:30 every morning was the most difficult part of...... in a monastery for a month.

A) To have / to have lived
B) Had / to live
C) Have / to be living
D) Having had / lived
E) Having / living

6. Dave hasn't worked since he had a serious accident on the assembly line at the soft drinks factory,......?

A) has he
B) hadn't he
C) wasn't it
D) hasn't there
E) was there

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7. Down syndrome,......by an additional chromosome, usually......in mental impairment and other conditions.

A) is caused / will result
B) to be caused / was resulted
C) causing / is resulted
D) caused / results
E) was caused / resulted

8. .....we get to the airport, ......time we will have for shopping before take-off.

A) As much / the least
B) So much / that
C) Whenever/just as
D) The more / the less
E) The sooner / the more

9. Even though there are many oases in the Sahara, the desert is......immense ......travellers may go for days before reaching them.

A) more / than
B) much / as
C) how / for
D) too / while
E) so / that

10. The television channels......special bulletins every hour today because the prime minister......desperately ill.

A) broadcast / will have been
B) had broadcast / has been
C) are broadcasting / is
D) will broadcast / had been
E) were broadcasting / will be

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