Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. If I ______ more experience, they would have accepted my application.
| A. have | B. will have | C. had had | D. have had |
2. If only it ______ warm and sunny today. I’m fed up with snow and cold.
| A. be | B. would be | C. were | D. had been |
3. I wish another more effective teaching method ______ used.
| A. is | B. was | C. were | D. has been |
4. A: “Could you lend me some money?”
B: “I wish I ______ you some money for your rent, but I’m broke myself.”
| A. can lend | B. would lend | C. could lend | D. will lend |
5. I can’t stand him. He always talks as if he ______ everything.
| A. knew | B. knows | C. has known | D. had known |
6. I suggest that John ______ the directions carefully before assembling the bicycle.
| A. reading | B. reads | C. read | D. have ready |
7. It is strange that he __________ so upset about such a trifle, isn’t it?
| A. were | B. shall be | C. should be | D. have been |
8. I would rather that you __________ me tomorrow.
| A. call | B. to call | C. calling | D. will call |
9. They insisted on my coming early. They insisted that __________.
| A. my early coming | B. I had to come early | C. I be come early | D. I should come early |
10. It’s high time you __________ a haircut.
| A. have | B. had | C. to have | D. had had |
11. Mrs White always talks to her baby as though he __________ an adult.
| A. is | B. were | C. had been | D. will be |
12. It is essential that she __________ the truth about her illness.
| A. tell | B. be told | C. is told | D. tells |
13. I wish this English course __________ the whole year.
| A. will last | B. may last | C. lasted | D. last |
14. I wish that someday I __________ able to marry her.
| A. will be | B. am | C. would be | D. had been |
15. He talks as if he __________ all the work himself but in fact Tom and I did most of it.
| A. was doing | B. had done | C. did | D. has done |
16. They treat us as if we __________ all idiots.
| A. are | B. had been | C. were | D. was |
17. I don’t understand this point of grammar. I wish I __________ it better.
| A. understood | B. would understand | C. had understood | D. understands |
18. Yesterday I met a very beautiful girl. I really want to see her again but I don’t know how to go about it. I wish __________.
| A. I didn’t meet her yesterday | B. I had know her address | C. I knew her address | D. I will meet her tomorrow |
19. He looks as though he __________ a square meal in his life.
| A. has never got | B. never got | C. never gets | D. had never got |
20. I feel terrible. The heavy truck raced by me at full speed. I feel as if I __________ over.
| A. was run | B. have been run | C. had been run | D. was being run |
21. It is desirable that the hotel manager __________ to call the maintenance staff every 6 months.
| A. remember | B. will remember | C. must remember | D. remembers |
22. The Principal demanded that the heaters __________ immediately.
| A. are repaired | B. be repaired | C. were repaired | D. repair |
23. It’s vital that the government __________ more on environmental issues.
| A. focuses | B. must focus | C. should be focused | D. focus |
24. The boss insisted that Sam __________ at the meeting as he is too talkative for such a confidential project.
| A. not be | B. isn’t | C. was | D. is |
25. The fans proposed that they __________ there when G-Dragon gets off the plane.
| A. be standing | B. stood | C. should have stood | D. were standing |
26. It is recommended the candidate __________ take as many IELTS mock tests as possible before going for the real exam.
| A. takes | B. should take | C. must take | D. will take |
27. The board of executives requested every employee __________ to the meeting this weekend.
| A. to come | B. comes | C. come stem | D. must comedy |
28. We suggested that you __________ to the organization.
| A. be admitted | B. admitted | C. admit | D. are admitted |
29. It is imperative that you __________ ready when the car comes for you.
| A. be | B. will be | C. getting | D. are already |
30. Olga recommends that his brother __________ the job without reading the work contract thoroughly.
| A. should take | B. can take on | C. take | D. not take |
31. The doctor advised that the man __________ to a private room.
| A. should transfer | B. be transferred | C. transfer | D. must be transferred |
32. The lawyer was insistent that the contract __________ in the presence of all the parties concerned.
| A. sign | B. should be signed | C. must be signed | D. were signed |
33. It is necessary that you __________ able to come with us.
| A. are | B. be | C. being | D. to be |
34. I suggest that Peter __________ the directions carefully before assembling the bicycle.
| A. read | B. reading | C. reads | D. to read |
35. We request that she __________ the window.
| A. not open | B. not to open | C. not opening | D. to not open |
36. The UK is considering the proposal that it __________ compensations for damages of the Indian embassy.
| A. been paying | B. is paying | C. paid | D. pay |
37. Howard prefers that I __________ to his party.
| A. am going | B. go | C. going | D. will go |
38. Mary demanded that the heater __________ immediately. Her apartment was freezing.
| A. repaired | B. be repaired | C. being repaired | D. been repaired |
39. The monk insisted that the tourists __________ the temple until they had removed their shoes.
| A. not enter | B. not entering | C. not to enter | D. to not enter |
40. The recommendation that she __________ a holiday was carried out.
| A. has taken | B. take | C. taken | D. taking |
41. Was it really necessary that I __________ there watching you the entire time you were rehearsing for the play?
| A. am sitting | B. be sitting | C. being sitting | D. sitting |
42. I propose that we all __________ together so that nobody gets lost along the way.
| A. be driving | B. drive | C. driven | D. driving |
43. It is impolite that you __________ there when he gets off the plane.
| A. be not standing | B. been not standing | C. not be standing | D. not been standing |
44. It is recommended that the vehicle owner __________ present at the court.
| A. be | B. be not | C. not being | D. not to be |
45. Congress has decreed that the gasoline tax __________.
| A. abolish | B. abolished | C. be abolished | D. been abolished |
