Grammar (25 Questions – 12 Minutes)

Write your answers (A – C) to questions 1 – 25 on your answer paper.

Do not write on this question paper.

The answer to question 0 is given as an example on your answer paper (A).

0

How old _________ you? (Example)

A. are
B. age
C. have

01

Hardly _________ the meeting begun when the fire alarm went off.

A. had
B. has
C. did

02

The report, _________ was submitted ahead of schedule, received widespread praise.

A. that
B. which
C. what

03

Had the company acted sooner, it _________ millions in compensation.

A. would save
B. would have saved
C. saved

04

No sooner had she finished speaking _________ the audience began to applaud.

A. when
B. than
C. then

05

The proposal was rejected, _________ considerable support from senior management.

A. despite receiving
B. although receiving
C. in spite receive

06

Not only _________ the deadline, but they also exceeded expectations.

A. they met
B. did they meet
C. they had met

07

By this time next year, I _________ here for a decade.

A. will work
B. will have been working
C. am working

08

The new regulations are expected to have far-reaching _________ for the industry.

A. implications
B. applications
C. explanations

09

Were I in your position, I _________ the offer immediately.

A. accept
B. would accept
C. accepted

10

She speaks as though she _________ everything about the matter.

A. knows
B. knew
C. had known

11

The scientist’s findings were so compelling that they were accepted with little _________.

A. resistance
B. insistence
C. persistence

12

Under no circumstances _________ confidential information to external parties.

A. you should disclose
B. should you disclose
C. you disclose

13

The book is believed _________ by a team of researchers rather than a single author.

A. writing
B. to write
C. to have been written

14

Much _________ as I admire his work, I cannot agree with his conclusions.

A. although
B. though
C. as

15

The CEO requested that every employee _________ the updated policy.

A. read
B. reads
C. reading

16

_________ the weather forecast, the organisers decided to postpone the event.

A. Having considered
B. Considered
C. To consider

17

Rarely _________ such a remarkable display of leadership.

A. I have witnessed
B. have I witnessed
C. I witnessed

18

The negotiations broke down because neither side was willing to _________.

A. concede
B. persuade
C. convince

19

Had it not been for her intervention, the project _________ cancelled.

A. would be
B. had been
C. would have been

20

The committee postponed the vote pending further _________.

A. consult
B. consultation
C. consulted

21

So convincing _________ that nobody questioned its accuracy.

A. was the argument
B. the argument was
C. did the argument

22

The company has expanded rapidly, _________ several overseas markets in the process.

A. entered
B. entering
C. having entered

23

Little _________ that the decision would prove so controversial.

A. they realised
B. did they realise
C. they had realised

24

The professor’s lecture was insightful, _________ difficult to follow at times.

A. albeit
B. despite
C. whereas

25

_________ the evidence, the jury reached a unanimous verdict.

A. Having weighed up
B. Weighed up
C. To weigh up