RELATIVE CLAUSES
1. We are talking about the writer ______ latest book is one of the best-sellers this year.
A. which B. whose C. whom D. who
2. He bought all the books ______ are needed for the English course.
A. that B. what C. those D. whose
3. The children, ______ parents work late, are taken home by bus.
A. that B. whom C. whose D. their
4. Our hotel, ______ is converted 17th century manor house, is very comfortable
A. which B. that C. where D. when
5. Do you know the boy ______ at the party last week?
A. we talked about B. about him we talked C. we talk about him D. who we
talked about him
6. The exercises which we are doing ______ very difficult.
A. is B. has been C. are D. was
7. The machine ______ has now been repaired.
A. that broken down B. that broke down C. which are broken down D. which broke
8. The man ______ on the chair behind me kept talking during the film, ______ really annoyed me.
A. having sat/ that B. sitting/ which C. to sit/ what D. to be sitting/
who
10. The man for who the police are looking robbed the bank yesterday.
A B C D
11. Today, the number of people whom enjoy winter sports is almost double that of twenty years
ago.
A B C D
12. We work with a person his name is Albert.
A B C D
13. There’s the woman who she told me about the handbag.
A B C D
14. The man that you are looking for living next door.
A B C D
15. This is the village in ______ my family and I lived for six years.
A. which B. that C. whom D. where
16. She is the famous actress ______ everybody admires.
A. who B. whom C. which D. whose
17. The old building ______ was behind the local church fell down.
A. of which B. which C. whose D. whom
19. They need a teacher ______ native language is English.
A. who B. whose C. whom D. that
20. The food ______ I like best of all is pie alamode.
A. who B. whose C. whom D. that
21. The man ______ was in charge of the management didn't seem friendly to us at all.
A. who B. whom C. where D. when
22. The physics teacher, ______ behaviour I don't like much, makes things harder for the students.
A. who B. that C. whom D. whose
23. We’ll come in August ______ the schools are on holiday.
A. that B. where C. in which D. when
24. Justine, ______ parents live in Christchurch, has gone to Southampton.
A. whom B. whose C. to whom D. which.
25. The person with ______ she's been working is very friendly.
A. who B. that C. which D. whom
26. I think the Chinese are the people ______ habits are the most peculiar to us.
A. which B. whom C. whose D. when
27. My father will fly to Ha Noi, where is the capital city of Vietnam.
A B C D
28. She is the most beautiful woman who I have ever met
A B C D
29. Every student who majors in English are ready to participate in the orchard contest.
A B C D
30. The policeman must try to catch those men whom drive dangerously.
A B C D
31. The singer about who I told you yesterday is coming here tomorrow.
A B C D
32. Mother’s Day is the day when children show their love to their mother on.
A B C D
33. Do you know the reason when English men travel to the left?
A B C D
34. That is the man who he told me the bad news.
A B C D
35. The people to ______ she was speaking didn't know German.
A. who B. whose C. that D. who
36. The girl ______ dress you admire has worked for this company since she left school.
A. who B. what C. whose D. whom
37. The girl ______ I borrowed the dictionary asked me to use it carefully.
A. whose B. from whom C. from whose D. whom
38. He is a cricket player ______ abilities include fast bowling and powerful batting.
A. where B. whose C. whom D. of which
39. You may enroll our course by e-mail _____ can be faster than other registration forms.
A. who B. where C. which D. when
40. The pollution ______ they were talking is getting worse.
A. that B. about which C. which D. whom
41. The young man ______ was released after the court was found innocent of all the charges
against him.
A. who B. who he C. which D. whose
42. Bournemouth, ______ we are going to visit, is a real paradise for the retired.
A. that B. what C. which D. in which
43. The engineer ______ our company relies is on holiday.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. on whom
44. The pupils ______ we took to the amusement park behaved themselves very well.
A. whose B. with whom C. whom D. which
45. It is complicated because pollution is caused by things when benefit people.
A B C D
46. New Year Day is the day where my family members gather and enjoy it together.
A B C D
47. The man whom helped you yesterday is a television reporter.
A B C D
48. I don’t know the reason on when Jonathan was sacked.
A B C D
49. That commentator, his name I have forgotten, is very well-known.
A B C D
50. What is the name of the girl whom has just come in?
A B C D
51. I enjoyed the book that you told me to read it.
A B C D
52. Have you ever been to Da Lat when my father has a lovely house?
A B C D
ADVERBIAL CLAUSES OF RESULT
1. Our seats were _____ far from the stage that we couldn't see the actors and actresses clearly.
A. very B. too C. enough D. so
2. He was _____ he never washed his clothes by himself.
A. too lazy B. so lazy that C. very lazy that D. such lazy that
3. They are _____ young _____ drive the car.
A. so / that B. too / to C. enough / to D. not only / but also
4. It was _____ a boring speech that I felt asleep.
A. such B. so C. very D. too
5. Is there _____ for everyone?
A. food and drink enough B. enough food and drink
C. enough of food and drink D. enough food and drink enough
6. He was _____ he could not continue to work.
A. very tired that B. such tired that C. too tired that D. so tired that
7. John’s eyes were _____ bad that he couldn’t read the number plate of the car in front.
A. such B. too C. so D. very
8. - Why don’t we make a fire? - It’s not cold _____ to make a fire.
A. too B. enough C. such D. much
9. Most of the pupils are _____ to pass the examination.
A. enough good B. good enough C. too good D. very good
10. You can send me a letter if you want to, but your phone call is _____ for me.
A. enough good B. good as enough C. good enough D. good than enough
11. Davis has _____ many patients _____ he is always busy.
A. too / that B. very / until C. such / that D. so / that
12. It was _____ a difficult question that they couldn't explain.
A. so B. such C. very D. too
13. The lesson _____ for me to understand.
A. is very difficult B. too difficult C. difficult too D. is too difficult
14. The tent show is _____ for us to see.
A. enough interesting B. very interesting
C. interesting enough D. interesting
15. They are _____ that they can't buy a bicycle.
A. enough poor B. poor enough C. so poor D. too poor
II. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to show the underlined part that needs correction.
1. These televisions are all too expensive for we to buy at this time.
A B C D
2. Mi has such many things to do that she has no time to go out.
A B C D
3. My brother is too young not to do volunteer work .
A B C D
4. These televisions were so expensive for us to buy at that time.
A B C D
5. That is such an interested story that everybody would like to read it.
A B C D
6. The road is very slippery for us to drive fast.
A B C D
7. The woman was so surprised that she couldn’t say nothing.
A B C D
8. She had so many luggage that there was not enough room in the car for it.
A B C D
9. He had so a difficult exercise that he couldn't do it.
A B C D
10. John had so interesting and creative plans that everyone wanted to work with him.
A B C D
III. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence which is closest in meaning to
the given one
1. We couldn’t go out because the weather was so bad.
A. It was so bad a weather that we couldn’t go out.
B. It was such a bad weather that we couldn’t go out.
C. It was so bad weather that we couldn’t go out.
D. It was such bad weather that we couldn’t go out.
2. She was so busy that she couldn’t answer the phone.
A. She was very busy that she couldn’t answer the phone.
B. She was too busy to answer the phone.
C. She was too busy not to answer the phone.
D. She was very busy so that she couldn’t answer the phone
3. The coffee was too hot for me to drink.
A. The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink it
B. The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink.
C. The coffee was so hot that I couldn’t drink it.
D. The coffee was so hot that I could drink it.
4. If I were taller, I could reach the top shelf.
A. I am not tall enough to reach the top shelf.
B. I am too tall to reach the top shelf.
C. I cannot reach the top shelf because I am very tall.
D. In spite of being tall, I cannot reach the top shelf.
5. It was such a boring speech that we began to yawn.
A. The speech was very boring that we began to yawn.
B. It was so a boring speech that we began to yawn.
C. The speech was too boring that we began to yawn.
D. The speech was so boring that we began to yawn.
6. It was so late that nothing could be done.
A. It was too late for nothing to be done.
B. It was too late for anything to be done.
C. It was such late that nothing could be done.
D. It was so late that nothing to be done.
7. This is the first time I have lived in such a friendly neighborhood.
A. I have lived in such a friendly neighborhood before.
B. I haven’t lived in such a friendly neighborhood before.
C. I had lived in such a friendly neighborhood before.
D. I hadn’t lived in such a friendly neighborhood before.
8 The test was so difficult that we couldn’t finish it in two hours.
A. It was such a difficult test that we couldn’t finish it in two hours.
B. The test was too difficult for us to finish it in two hours.
C. The test was not difficult enough for us to finish in two hours.
D. The test was too difficult for us to finish it in two hour.
9. The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down.
A. It was so a good book that I couldn’t put it down.
B. It was such a good book that I couldn’t put it down.
C. The book was so good for me to put it down.
D. The book was so good that I couldn’t put down.
10. Sue is too slow to understand what you might say.
A. Sue is not enough quick to understand what you might say.
B. What you might say, Sue can understand slowly.
C. Sue is so slow to understand what you might say.
D. So slow is Sue that she can’t understand what you might say.
IV. Sentence transformation
1. The boy can’t wear the shirt because it’s very tight.
The shirt is so…………………………………….
The shirt is too…………………………………….
2. This problem is very difficult. He can’t solve it.
The problem is too……………………………
It is such ……………………………………..
3. The man was not able to go on an expedition to the Middle East because of his age.
The man was too ……………………………………………………………
4. Hoa is very sick. She can’t sit up.
Hoa is so……………………….
5. It was very dark, so she couldn’t go out.
It was too…………………………….
6. That car was too old for me to buy.
That car was so……………………
7. The movie was so funny that we couldn’t stop laughing.
It was such……………………………………………
8. No one could move the piano. It was very heavy.
The piano was too ……………………………..
9. We shouldn’t swim in this river. The water isn’t clean.
This river isn’t ………………………………………..
10. John couldn’t get to sleep last night. He was worried about exam.
John was so………………………………………………………..
11. It was a good book. I couldn’t put it down.
It was such………………………………………………………..
12. They were beautiful flowers. We took a photograph of them.
They were……………………………………………………
13. She speaks English well. You would think it was her native language.
She speaks……………………………………………………………..
14. A taxi would have been best. But I didn’t have enough money.
I didn’t have………………………………………………….
15. All my guests will need chairs. But I haven’t got very many.
I didn’t have………………………………………………….
ADVERBIAL CLAUSES OF TIME
1. I will call you before I ________ over.
A. come B. will come C. will be coming D. came
2. After she graduates, she ________ a job.
A. got B. will get C. had got D. get
3. When I _________ him tomorrow, I will ask him.
A. saw B. have seen C. will see D. see
4. As soon as it _________ raining, we will leave.
A. stops B. stop C. had stopped D. stopped
5. By the time he comes, we will have already __________.
A. leave B. leaving C. left D. leaves
6. Whenever I ________ her, I say hello.
A. see B. will see C. will have seen D. saw
7. The next time I go to New York, I am going ________ a ballet.
A. seeing B. see C. saw D. to see
8. I will never speak to him again so long as I _______.
A. lives B. will live C. am living D. live
9. By the time Bill ____ to bed tomorrow, he will have had a full day and will be ready for sleep.
A. had gone B. will go C. goes D. went
10. As soon as I finish my report, I will call you and we ________ out for dinner.
A. went B. will go C. will have gone D. go
11. By the time I return to my country, I _________ away from home for more than three years.
A. would be B. will have been C. will be D. am
12. After he _______ breakfast tomorrow, he will get ready to go to work.
A. will have had B. has C. will be having D. have
13. As soon as he finishes dinner, he _______ the children for a work to a nearby playground.
A. will take B. takes C. will be taking D. took
14. When Bill gets home, his children ___________ in the yard.
A. played B. will play C. will be playing D. play
15. He will work at his desk until he ______ to another meeting in the middle of the afternoon.
A. went B. go C. will go D. goes
16. She ________ lunch by the time we arrived.
A. finished B. has finished C. had finished D. finishing
17. Bob will come soon. When Bob _______, we will see him.
A. come B. will come C. will be coming D. comes
18. I will get home at 5:30. After I get home, I ________ dinner.
A. will have B. will be having C. had D. have
19. As soon as the taxi _________, we will be able to leave for the airport.
A. arrives B. arrive C. will arrive D. arrived
20. I will go to bed after I _________my work.
A. finish B. finished C. will finish D. finishes
21. I ________ here when you arrive tomorrow.
A. am B. had been C. could be D. will be
22. I am going to wait right here until Jessica ________.
A. comes B. will have come C. is coming D. came
23. As soon as the war ________over, there will be great joy throughout the land.
A. are B. will be C. is D. would be
24. Right now the tide is low, but when the tide comes in, the ship ______ the harbor.
A. left B. will leave C. will have left D. leave
25. I am going to start making dinner before my wife ______ home from work today.
A. get B. gets C. will get D. got
Identify the underlined part that needs correction :
26. When it raining, I usually go to school by bus.
A B C D
27. I learned a lot of Japanese while I am in Tokyo.
A B C D
28. I have not been well since I return home.
A B C D
29. I’ll stay here until will you get back.
A B C D
30. When Sam was in New York, he stays with his cousins.
A B C D
31. Last night, I had gone to bed after I had finished my homework.
A B C D
32. I will call you before I will come over.
A B C D
33. Ever since I was a child, I had been afraid of dogs.
A B C D
34. By the time I left my apartment this morning, someone looked for me.
A B C D
35. Whenever Mark will be angry, his nose gets red.
A B C D
36. I had fried chicken when I am at the restaurant.
A B C D
37. The first time that I went to New York, I go to an opera.
A B C D
38. Before I arrived, he was talking on the phone.
A B C D
39. When she will see him tomorrow, she will ask him.
A B C D
40. As I was walking home, it begin to rain.
A B C D
41. We stayed there after we finished our work.
A B C D
42. Once it will stop raining, we will leave.
A B C D
43. I will never speak to him again as long as I will live.
A B C D
44. As soon as the other passengers gets on the bus, we’ll leave.
A B C D
45. As soon as I will finish my report, I’ll call you and we’ll go out to dinner.
A B C D
46. Mark was listening to music after his sister was reading a book.
A B C D
47. Sam hadn’t received the parcel when I speak to him.
A B C D
48. I have been hoping to meet you before I read your first novel.
A B C D
49. By the time you finishes getting ready, we will have missed the train.
A B C D
50. When you will arrive, there will be someone to meet.
A B C D