Grammar Review No. 7

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1. "Are you thinking about going to Europe for your vacation?"
   "No, but if I _____ money, I would definitely go."
   l. have
   2. had
   3. have had
   4. would have
   Answer 2
   hint The second speaker does not have money and therefore will not go. Pay attention to tense.
2. "It's really raining."
   "Yes. If the weather _____, we'll have to give up camping."
   1. would get worse
   2. get worse
   3. might get worse
   4. should get worse
   Answer 4
   hint The speaker does not know whether the rain will get worse, but if it does, they will have to give up camping.
3. "Why did you send me only twenty dollars?"
   "Sorry. If I had had more money, I _____ given you more."
   1. will have
   2. would
   3. would have
   4. have
   Answer 3
   hint Since the second speaker had only twenty dollars, that was all he/she sent to the first speaker. Pay attention to the tense.
4. "My boss always gives me a hard time."
   "If I were you, I _____ quit the job."
   1. will
   2. would
   3. must
   4. just
   Answer 2
   hint This supposes that the second speaker is the first speaker, which he/she is not.
5. "My car broke down, when I was about to leave home, and I took a taxi."
   "_____, we would have picked you up."
   1. If you had called us
   2. If you called us
   3. Have you called us
   4. If you did call us
   Answer 1
   hint The first speaker did not call the second one. Pay attention to tense.
6. "Do you need help with your English?"
   "If I did, I _____ you."
   1. would ask
   2. ask
   3. will ask
   4. asked
   Answer 1
   hint The second speaker does not think he needs help with his/her English.
7. "I'm very hungry, but I have a lot of work to do."
   "_____ what you want for lunch, and I'll get it for you."
   1. Tell me
   2. You will tell to me
   3. If you did tell me
   4. If you say to me
   Answer 1
   hint This is a command form.
8. "Mary went to hospital alone."
   "If _____, I would have taken her there."
   1. had she told me
   2. she has told me
   3. she had told me
   4. she would tell me
   Answer 3
   hint Mary did not tell the second speaker that she would go to the hospital, and he/she did not take her there.
9. "It started raining."
   "_____, we won't be able to finish this game."
   1. If it stopped
   2. Unless it stops
   3. Should it stop
   4. If it didn't stop
   Answer 2
   hint If it continues raining, they won't be able to finish this game.
10. "Did you go camping last weekend?"
    "No. We would have gone, _____ nicer."
    1. had the weather been
    2. would the weather be
    3. if the weather has been
    4. if the weather might be
    Answer 1
    hint This means that they did not go camping, because the weather was not good. Pay attention to the tense.
11. This room is smoky. I wish you _____ smoking.
    1. would stop
    2. have stopped
    3. stop
    4. stopping
    Answer 1
    hint The speaker wants the other person to stop smoking.
12. "Rick often makes me mad."
    "He makes many people mad. I wish he _____ more polite."
    1. is
    2. will be
    3. were
    4. has been
    Answer 3
    hint Rick is not polite.
13. "Did you go to Europe last winter?"
    "Yes, but I wish I _____ in the summer when the days were longer."
    1. have gone
    2. went
    3. go
    4. had gone
    Answer 4
    hint The second speaker did not go to Europe in summer. Pay attention to the tense.
14. "Would you like to eat out tonight?"
    "I wish I _____, but I have to prepare my speech for tomorrow."
    1. did
    2. would
    3. had
    4. could
    Answer 4
    hint The second speaker wants to eat out tonight, but he/she cannot.
15. "Did you see Taro before he left for the United States?"
    "No. I wish I _____ him."
    l. saw
    2. have seen
    3. would see
    4. had seen
    Answer 4
    hint The second speaker did not see Taro before he went to the United States. Pay attention to the tense.
16. It's noisy here. John, I wish you _____ the stereo.
    1. turn down
    2. would turn down
    3. have turned down
    4. having turned down
    Answer 2
    hint John is listening to the stereo with the volume turned up now.
17. "Ellen was telling the truth about it."
    "I wish I _____ her before now."
    1. believe
    2. have believed
    3. would believe
    4. had believed
    Answer 4
    hint The second speaker did not believe Ellen before. Pay attention to the tense.
18. "Mr. Brown has ten brothers and sisters."
    "No wonder he wishes he _____ many children. He is lonely without any."
    1. had
    2. will have
    3. have
    4. do have
    Answer 1
    hint Mr. Brown does not have any children. Pay attention to the tense.
19. "Ichiro will go back to Japan."
    "I wish it _____ so far away."
    1. weren't
    2. couldn't be
    3. isn't
    4. won't be
    Answer 1
    hint Japan is very far away. Pay attention to the tense.
20. "Maybe Jack will get good grades this semester."
    "I wish he _____."
    1. does
    2. brings it
    3. will
    4. would
    Answer 4
    hint The second speaker believes that Jack might get bad grades.
21. "What do you think about the idea Sam proposed?"
    "I'm opposed _____ it."
    1. for
    2. from
    3. to
    4. by
    Answer 3
    hint What preposition is used with "opposed"?
22. "They should not go out in such heavy snow."
    "They went because Dick insisted _____ going."
    1. on
    2. to
    3. with
    4. about
    Answer 1
    hint What preposition is used with "insist"?
23. "I'll make a cake for the party."
    "I'm responsible _____ drinks."
    1. of
    2. with
    3. for
    4. to
    Answer 3
    hint The second speaker has to provide drinks. What preposition is used with "responsible"?
24. "What was your impression _____ that concert?"
    "I thought it was great."
    1. of
    2. to
    3. with
    4. at
    Answer 1
    hint The first speaker is asking the second speaker's opinion about the concert.
25. "John looked worried."
    "He's faced _____ many problems."
    1. to
    2. about
    3. with
    4. by
    Answer 3
    hint John has many problems. What preposition is used with "faced"?