Grammar exercise 2

Grammar Exercise
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Grammar Exercise ....................................................................................................................................................1
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MỤC LỤC.................................................................................................................................................................2
Grammar Review No. 4 ...........................................................................................................................................3
Grammar Review No. 5 ............................................................................................................................................9
Grammar Review No. 6 .........................................................................................................................................15
Grammar Review No. 7 .........................................................................................................................................21
Grammar Review No. 8 .........................................................................................................................................27
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Grammar Review No. 4
These are review exercises of English grammar. Read the questions carefully, and
choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence. Work as fast as you can.
Click the answer button to see the correct answer.
1.
Martin Luther King was _____ committed to guaranteeing the rights of
blacks.
1) deep
2) deeply
3) hard
4) hardly
2.
Many advertisements claim that now contact lenses made of soft plastic are
_____, comfortable, and easy to use.
1) safe
2) safety
3) safely
4) unsafe

3.
"Ansel Adams was really a great photographer."
"Yes, I think he was the most _____ nature photographer the US has ever
produced."
1) skill
2) skillfully
3) skillful
4) skilling
4.
I am thirsty. May I have something _____ to drink?
1) cold
2) coldness
3) coldest
4) coldly
5.
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You can stay here _____ you like.
1) as long as
2) as much as
3) as far as
4) so far as
6.
High taxes placed on _____ goods by the British sparked the American
Revolution.
1) imported
2) importation
3) import
4) importationed
7.
Baseball gloves made for _____ use are costly because of their fine

workmanship.
1) profession
2) professionally
3) professional
4) professioned
8.
That _____ film deals with workers in China.
1) document
2) documentary
3) documental
4) documentally
9.
The US Constitution guarantees _____ under the law.
1) equalness
2) equally
3) equal
4) equality
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10.
The weather for tomorrow will be chilly, clear, and _____.
1) wind
2) windily
3) hard wind
4) windy
11.
It is important for children to feel acceptance, _____ and love from their
parents.
1) security
2) securely
3) secure

4) securitiness
12.
Hurricanes from the Gulf of Mexico have caused considerable _____ to
coastal cities in Texas.
1) damages
2) many damages
3) damage
4) much damage
13.
Employers look for _____ when interviewing perspective employees.
1) dependability
2) dependableness
3) dependence
4) dependable
14.
Managers agree that they are interested in potential workers who are
responsible, hardworking and _____.
1) confident
2) confidently
3) confidence
4) confidentless
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15.
George Washington has been described as _____, persistent, and outspoken.
1) courage
2) courageously
3) courageous
4) courageousness
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"Do you think that your daughter will take the job she was offered?"

"I don't know. She seemed _____ in it, but..."
1) interest
2) interesting
3) interested
4) interestingly
17.
"I was _____ that Mary couldn't come to the party with us last night."
"Her boss made her work overtime."
1) disappoint
2) disappointed
3) disappointing
4) disappointedly
18.
"What a terrible baseball game!"
"I thought it was _____."
1) delight
2) delighting
3) delightful
4) delighted
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"How _____ we are to hear that you received a prize."
"Thank you. It was really a surprise."
1) please
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2) pleasing
3) pleasingly
4) pleased
20.
"Professor Miller's class is the worst that I have ever taken."
"Yes, I think it's _____."

1) boring
2) boringly
3) bored
4) boredly
21.
"This handmade furniture is beautiful."
"It's _____ to see such quality."
1) pleasing
2) please
3) pleased
4) pleasantly
22.
"You look nervous."
"This thunder makes me _____."
1) scare
2) scaring
3) scary
4) scared
23.
There are _____ statistics about the traffic accidents.
1) frighten
2) frightening
3) frightened
4) fright
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Charlie Chaplin was well known for the _____ characters he portrayed.
1) amuse
2) amused
3) amusing

4) amusingly
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Michael Jackson is described as an _____ young singer.
1) excite
2) exciting
3) excited
4) excitingly
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Grammar Review No. 5
These are review exercises of English grammar. Read the questions carefully, and
choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence. Work as fast as you can.
Click the answer button to see the correct answer.
1.
I'm worried _____ the entrance examination.
1. about failing
2. with failing
3. to fail
4. to failure
2.
Many parents look forward _____ their children when they are away from
home.
1. to see
2. to seeing
3. with seeing
4. of seeing
3.
Who is responsible _____ dishes--the husband or the wife?
1. for doing
2. for do
3. with doing

4. to do
4.
_____ at the train station will surprise your mother.
1. You are
2. You being
3. You to be
4. Your being
5.
"How do I start the engine?"
"_____ the button on the right."
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1. To push
2. From pushing
3. By pushing
4. You pushing
6.
"Why did you decide to go back to school?"
"I was tired _____ as a secretary."
1. to work
2. for work
3. of working
4. or working
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"How do you like American food?"
"Well, it's not bad. I _____ hot dogs and hamburgers."
1. have used to eat
2. use to eat
3. used to eating
4. am used to eating
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_____ the first prize really surprised me.
1. Mary got
2. Mary getting
3. Mary's getting
4. Mary gets
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"What are you reading now?"
"It's a newspaper article _____ your own house."
1. to build
2. for build
3. about build
4. about building
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_____ for president must have made Mike very happy.
1. His nominating
2. His being nominated
3. He nominated
4. He's being nominated
11.
The teacher encouraged us _____ English newspapers.
1. to read
2. read
3. reading
4. to reading
12.
Please ask them _____ in the no smoking area.
1. don't smoke
2. not smoking
3. not to smoke

4. to not smoke
13.
"Why did you change jobs?"
"_____ on my previous salary was impossible."
1. Living
2. I live
3. Me living
4. To live for me
14.
"Why are you mad?"
"I dislike _____ by my nickname."
1. you call
2. you not call me
3. you call me
4. your calling me
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15.
"Which baseball team do you support?"
"Of course, we'd like _____. They are from Detroit, our hometown."
1. the Tigers win
2. that the Tigers win
3. the Tigers will win
4. the Tigers to win
16.
"May I help you?"
"Yes, I need someone _____ the dent in my car."
1. to fix
2. fixing
3. fix
4. to be fixed

17.
"I'd like to go see a movie tonight."
"Don't forget that we've already made plans _____ to dinner at the
Johnsons."
1. for go
2. going
3. to go
4. go
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"How did you travel so economically in Europe?"
"We reduced our expenses by using a train pass and _____ in inexpensive
restaurants."
1. eat
2. ate
3. eating
4. to eat
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