Grammar Test 1,   Grammar Test 2,   Grammar Test 3,   Grammar Test 4, 
Grammar Test 5,   Grammar Test 6,   Grammar Test 7,   Grammar Test 8, 
Grammar Test 9,   Grammar Test 10, Grammar Test 11, Grammar Test 12, 
Grammar Test 13, Grammar Test 14, Grammar Test 15, Grammar Test 16

1. The percentage of working women ...... remarkably over the last few decades mainly because of economic factors.

A) are increasing
B) have been increasing
C) has increased
D) is increased
E) increased

Answer C

2. When I ...... more closely at the picture, I .... out whom the man at the back was.

A) used to look/could make
B) would look/had been able to make
C) look/have been able to make
D) had looked/can make
E) looked/was able to make

Answer E

3. Drivers ..... to change the oil at regular intervals in order to prevent undue engine wear.

A) have advised
B) will have advised
C) are supposed to advise
D) should advise

E) are advised

Answer E

4. The abandoned ship ...... at sea for weeks when a passing ship ..... it by chance.

A) drifted/had spotted
B) was drifting/was spotted
C) has been drifting/spots
D) had been drifting/spotted
E) would have drifted/has spotted

Answer D

5. As his bus ..... just at the departure time, I won't be able to see him off.

A) is leaving
B) leaves
C) had left
D) left
E) was leaving

Answer B

6. By the time I ...... in Britain, I ...... English for eight years.

A) arrive/will be studying
B) had arrived/studied
C) will have arrived/have studied
D) have arrived/was studying 
E)arrived/had been studying

Answer E

7. We used to listen to the radio a lot but nowadays we ..... tv.

A) watched
B) watch
C) will be watching
D) are watching
E) would have been watching

Answer D

8. I'm sure Alex ..... to the house by 7 o'clock. He's never late.

A) will have come
B) would have come
C) is coming
D) was coming
E) had been coming

Answer A

9. They ...... together at the same hotel when the inspector ....... them to move to another hotel.

A) are staying/asks
B) were staying/asked
C) stayed/asked
D) had stayed/was asking
E) stay/has asked

Answer B

10. You should not irrigate your vegetables with river water in the garden because  the river ...... by the factory upstream.

A) was polluted
B) have polluted
C) is polluted
D) had been polluted
E) will be polluted

Answer C

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