Which of the following usages is NOT associated with the modal verb ‘may’?
Polite request
2 –
Formal permission
3 –
Less than 50% certainty
4 –
Strong necessity
Which of the following is the most common usage of the modal verb ‘might’?
1 –
Obligation
2 –
Uncertainty
3 –
Informal request
4 –
Impossibility
3
Which modal verb is NOT used to express obligation?
1 –
Should
2 –
Must
3 –
Have to
4 –
Could
4
Which modal verb is NOT used for requests?
1 –
Could
2 –
May
3 –
Must
4 –
Would
5
What is the correct structure for the modal verb ‘should’ in the past tense?
1 –
Should + have + past participle
2 –
Should + infinitive
3 –
Should + be + past participle
4 –
Should + past simple tense
6
Which of the following is NOT a usage of the modal verb ‘could’?
1 –
Request
2 –
Past ability
3 –
Degree of certainty
4 –
Obligation
7
Which modal verb is NOT used to express ability?
1 –
Can
2 –
Be able to
3 –
Would
4 –
Could
8
Which of the following sentences is the most formal?
1 –
Let me read your newspaper.
2 –
Could I read your newspaper?
3 –
Can I read your newspaper?
4 –
Would you mind if I read your newspaper?
9
You’ve just received a parcel and your friend asks you who you think it’s from. Which reply expresses the greatest degree of certainty?
1 –
It might be from Harold.
2 –
It could be from Harold.
3 –
It must be from Harold.
4 –
It may be from Harold.
10
Which of the following is NOT a usage of the passive voice?
1 –
To put the focus of the sentence on the performer of the action.
2 –
When the performer of the action is not known.
3 –
When the performer of the action is not important.
4 –
When we don’t want to say who performs the action.
11
Which of the following sentences is NOT written using the passive voice?
1 –
Peter had a car accident yesterday.
2 –
Mary was attacked yesterday.
3 –
Rice is grown in Vietnam.
4 –
The job will be completed by next week.
12
Which of the following sentences is NOT written using the active voice?
1 –
Holst composed The Planets.
2 –
Murder on the Orient Express was written by Agatha Christie.
3 –
Galileo invented the telescope.
4 –
Columbus landed in North America.
13
Which of the following sentences uses the present continuous tense in the passive voice?
1 –
My car was repaired.
2 –
My dad is repairing my car.
3 –
My car is being repaired.
4 –
My car should have been repaired by now.
14
Which of the following sentences uses the present perfect tense in the passive voice?
1 –
Clare has cleaned the pool already.
2 –
The pool was cleaned this morning.
3 –
The pool is being cleaned.
4 –
The pool has been cleaned.
15
Which of the following sentences uses the past simple tense in the passive voice?
1 –
The bank was being robbed.
2 –
The bank has been robbed.
3 –
The bank was robbed yesterday.
4 –
The bank is being robbed.
16
Which of the following sentences uses the future simple in the passive voice?
1 –
I will complete the report by 5pm.
2 –
The report will be completed by 5pm.
3 –
The report will have been completed by 5pm.
4 –
The report is going to be finished by 5pm.
17
Which of the following is an example of a defining relative clause?
1 –
The car that I bought last week broke down.
2 –
My brother, who lives in New York, got married last weekend.
3 –
This car, which is a BMW, was made in Germany.
4 –
Jennifer, whose husband you met yesterday, is going for an operation next week.
18
Which of the following is NOT an example of a transitive separable (Type 2) phrasal verb?
1 –
She turned on the radio.
2 –
I have never got on with my younger brother.
3 –
I brought up my children to know right from wrong.
4 –
My company bought out one of its major competitors last year.
19
Which of the following is an example of an intransitive (Type 1) phrasal verb?
1 –
The plane took off ten minutes late.
2 –
I have worked out the problem already.
3 –
I picked up malaria while travelling through India.
4 –
He has turned into a nice young man.
20
Which of the following is NOT an example of a transitive inseparable (Type 3) phrasal verb?
1 –
He came up with an interesting idea.
2 –
I filled up my gas tank this morning.
3 –
I don’t know if I can put up with my husband any longer.
4 –
She got off the bus at the wrong stop.
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