Which of the following usages is NOT associated with the modal verb ‘may’? Polite request 2 – Formal permission 3 – Less than 50% certainty 4 – Strong necessity Which of the following is the most

Which of the following usages is NOT associated with the modal verb ‘may’?

Polite request

2 –

Formal permission

3 –

Less than 50% certainty

4 –

Strong necessity

Which of the following is the most common usage of the modal verb ‘might’?

1 –

Obligation

2 –

Uncertainty

3 –

Informal request

4 –

Impossibility

3

Which modal verb is NOT used to express obligation?

1 –

Should

2 –

Must

3 –

Have to

4 –

Could

4

Which modal verb is NOT used for requests?

1 –

Could

2 –

May

3 –

Must

4 –

Would

5

What is the correct structure for the modal verb ‘should’ in the past tense?

1 –

Should + have + past participle

2 –

Should + infinitive

3 –

Should + be + past participle

4 –

Should + past simple tense

6

Which of the following is NOT a usage of the modal verb ‘could’?

1 –

Request

2 –

Past ability

3 –

Degree of certainty

4 –

Obligation

7

Which modal verb is NOT used to express ability?

1 –

Can

2 –

Be able to

3 –

Would

4 –

Could

8

Which of the following sentences is the most formal?

1 –

Let me read your newspaper.

2 –

Could I read your newspaper?

3 –

Can I read your newspaper?

4 –

Would you mind if I read your newspaper?

9

You’ve just received a parcel and your friend asks you who you think it’s from. Which reply expresses the greatest degree of certainty?

1 –

It might be from Harold.

2 –

It could be from Harold.

3 –

It must be from Harold.

4 –

It may be from Harold.

10

Which of the following is NOT a usage of the passive voice?

1 –

To put the focus of the sentence on the performer of the action.

2 –

When the performer of the action is not known.

3 –

When the performer of the action is not important.

4 –

When we don’t want to say who performs the action.

11

Which of the following sentences is NOT written using the passive voice?

1 –

Peter had a car accident yesterday.

2 –

Mary was attacked yesterday.

3 –

Rice is grown in Vietnam.

4 –

The job will be completed by next week.

12

Which of the following sentences is NOT written using the active voice?

1 –

Holst composed The Planets.

2 –

Murder on the Orient Express was written by Agatha Christie.

3 –

Galileo invented the telescope.

4 –

Columbus landed in North America.

13

Which of the following sentences uses the present continuous tense in the passive voice?

1 –

My car was repaired.

2 –

My dad is repairing my car.

3 –

My car is being repaired.

4 –

My car should have been repaired by now.

14

Which of the following sentences uses the present perfect tense in the passive voice?

1 –

Clare has cleaned the pool already.

2 –

The pool was cleaned this morning.

3 –

The pool is being cleaned.

4 –

The pool has been cleaned.

15

Which of the following sentences uses the past simple tense in the passive voice?

1 –

The bank was being robbed.

2 –

The bank has been robbed.

3 –

The bank was robbed yesterday.

4 –

The bank is being robbed.

16

Which of the following sentences uses the future simple in the passive voice?

1 –

I will complete the report by 5pm.

2 –

The report will be completed by 5pm.

3 –

The report will have been completed by 5pm.

4 –

The report is going to be finished by 5pm.

17

Which of the following is an example of a defining relative clause?

1 –

The car that I bought last week broke down.

2 –

My brother, who lives in New York, got married last weekend.

3 –

This car, which is a BMW, was made in Germany.

4 –

Jennifer, whose husband you met yesterday, is going for an operation next week.

18

Which of the following is NOT an example of a transitive separable (Type 2) phrasal verb?

1 –

She turned on the radio.

2 –

I have never got on with my younger brother.

3 –

I brought up my children to know right from wrong.

4 –

My company bought out one of its major competitors last year.

19

Which of the following is an example of an intransitive (Type 1) phrasal verb?

1 –

The plane took off ten minutes late.

2 –

I have worked out the problem already.

3 –

I picked up malaria while travelling through India.

4 –

He has turned into a nice young man.

20

Which of the following is NOT an example of a transitive inseparable (Type 3) phrasal verb?

1 –

He came up with an interesting idea.

2 –

I filled up my gas tank this morning.

3 –

I don’t know if I can put up with my husband any longer.

4 –

She got off the bus at the wrong stop.

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