Malcolm Mann Grammar and Vocabulary Unit 1-2 test

Malcolm Mann
Unit 27

1. No sooner … down than the phone rang.

A) I had sat B) had I sat
C) do I sit D) was I sitting
2. Never … a greater day in the history of mankind.
A) did there be B) there was
C) was there D) there has been
3. At no time … that he was the killer.
A) I didn’t suspect B) I had suspected
C) was I suspected D) did I suspect
4. Little … that I knew his secret.
A) did John know B) was John know
C) John did know D) John knew
5. Not until … her did I realize how beautiful she was.
A) I saw B) was I saw C) did I see D) saw I
6 Not only … my keys, I’ve lost my wallet, too.
A) I have lost B) are I lost
C) I did lost D) have I lost
7. Rarely … about the environment enough to give up their car.
A) do people care B) people care
C) are people care D) care people
8. Only when … may vehicles cross the train tracks.
A) is the green light on B) the green light is on
C) did the green light be on
D) on is the green light
9. Seldom … such a rude person!
A) have I met B) did I met
C) I have met D) am I meeting
10. Only after doing his chores … to go to meet his friends.
A) Jason was allowed B) did Jason allow
C) was allowed Jason D) was Jason allowed
11. Such a long way … that we decided to go by train.
A) it was B) was it
12. So badly … chess that I almost never agree to have a game.
A) I play B) I do play C) do I play
13. Pupils are expected to behave politely, as … members of staff.
A) do B) did C) are D) expected
14. So tired … that decided to lie down for a while.
A) was I B) I was
15. Such a threat to society … that I have no choice but to send you to prison.
A) you are B) are you
16. So cold … it last winter that all our pipes froze.
A) is B) does C) did D) was
17. I have been having very strange dreams lately, as … my twin sister.
A) do B) does C) is D) has
18. I wish I had more money.
A) So do I B) So I do
19. We never seem to spend much time together in my family.
Neither …
A) are we B) aren’t we C) do we D) don’t we
20. I didn’t do my homework last night
A) Neither I did B) So did I C) Nor did I
21. I should really get more exercise.
A) So do I B) Neither shall I
A) So I am D) So should I
22. Hardly … passed his driving test when … an accident.
A) had he/had he B) he had/he had
C) had he/he had D) he had/had he
23. Never … so pleased to see someone else succeed.
A) did I B) was I be C) I have
D) have I been
24. Hardly … the baby to bed when she started crying.
A) I put B) did I put C) had I put
D) I had put
25. No sooner … working at Taylforth Neilsen, the computer company, than I realised it was the perfect opportunity for my hobby: hacking!
A) had I started B) I had started
C) I started D) did I start
26. Hardly were we in position … the bomb went off.
A) when B) than
27. No sooner do I do the washing … there’s another pile to be done.
A) when B) than
28. Our company is hoping to increase … share of the market.
A) it’s B) its
29. I know your job is dangerous, but did Frank and Jenny tell you about …?
A) their B) their’s C) theirs’ D) theirs
30. Are they costumers of …
A) you B) your C) yours D) your’s
31. … visit to England will be good for business.
A) The President’s of France
B) The France’s President
C) The France of President’s
D) The President of France’s
32. The … business eventually closed down.
A) Smith B) Smith’s C) Smiths’
D) Smiths’s
33. At no time … what the job involved.
A) I was told B) was I told
34. Not until … Greg next week will I know whether he got the job.
A) do I see B) I see
35. Under no circumstances … without supervision.
A) do the equipment to be used
B) is the equipment to be used
C) the equipment is to be used
D) the equipment does to be used
36. Not only … the exam, but you also got an A!
A) you have passed B) you passed
C) have you passed