Sentence Structure Test1

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"Why do you always want to use _____ pens?"

1. 1) to one 2) of my 3) that my 4) one of my 2. _____ Christmas, we enjoy singing carols in our church. 1) On 2) At 3) In 4) By

5. I wish you _____ me how to play golf last year. 1) teach 2) taught 3) have taught 4) had taught

6. How much money did you borrow _____ the bank in order to build your house? 1) to 2) of 3) off 4) from 7. "How much coffee is left in the pot?" "_____." 1) None 2) Nothing 3) Not some 4) Not one

8. _____ ended in 1918. 1) World War First 2) World War I 3) First World War 4) World War the First

10. Tom loves music very much and has _____ of tapes. 1) a large collection 2) large collection 3) much collections 4) many collection

12. We couldn't enter the castle. The guard _____ let us in. 1) shall not 2) won't 3) shouldn't

4) wouldn't

13. "Have you ever played golf?" "Yes, I _____ played it." 1) have 2) have ever 3) have been 4) had been 14. Nancy didn't go _____ this morning. She was at home. 1) somewhere 2) anywhere 3) no where 4) someplace

16. If I _____ you, I would not do such a silly thing. 1) am 2) was 3) were 4) had been

18. Our company will never invest money in any country _____ government is weak and unstable. 1) which 2) whose 3) that which 4) that

19. By my fiftieth birthday, I _____ in my current profession for over twenty years. 1) will be 2) will have been 3) would be 4) would have been

21. Finally Bill bought a _____ sedan. 1) blue new 1988 four-door 2) 1988 blue new four-door 3) new blue 1988 four-door 4) new four-door blue 1988

22. Mr. Johnson taught me bookkeeping and _____. 1) to type 2) how to type 3) how to typing 4) typing

23. _____ my childhood, I studied in France. 1) During 2) Ever 3) When 4) While

24. Kathy's hair is blond, and her eyes _____. 1) green 2) are green 3) was green 4) has been green

25. The children _____ wait for their father to eat supper yesterday. 1) was able to 2) were able to 3) would 4) could have

26. The students _____ mathematics by the teacher that time. 1) were learning 2) were being taught 3) were being teaching 4) were being learned

27. "Hello!" "Hello! _____ Tom Day speaking." 1) I'm 2) This is 3) There is 4) Here is

28. It is sometimes difficult _____ in a foreign language. 1) to make oneself understood 2) for oneself to be understanding 3) understanding oneself 4) to understand oneself

29. The hero rode through the town _____ of a white horse. 1) over the back 2) in the back 3) back 4) on the back

30. This is the _____ wine I've ever tasted. 1) more good 2) most good 3) best 4) most best

31. If Mary asks her mother, she _____ permission. 1) may have gotten 2) might have gotten 3) might get 4) maybe get

32. I fell from the top of the staircase yesterday, _____ breaking my leg. 1) so 2) because 3) thus 4) whence

33. My sister lived in Britain for three years and my nephew _____ there. 1) borned 2) born 3) was borned 4) was born