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5 (adjective - adverb - noun clauses)

- Adjective
- Adverb
- Noun clauses

Choose the best answer.

I’ll stay home if it ______.
- A) rained
- B) rains
- C) will rain
- D) won’t rain
If I ______ out, I’ll buy a newspaper
- A) go
- B) will go
- C) am going
- D) went
I’ll help him if he ______.
- A) ask
- B) asked
- C) asks
- D) will ask
If I fail the exam, I ______ it again.
- A) took
- B) wouldn’t take
- C) will take
- D) didn’t take
If I ______ time, I could go with you.
- A) have
- B) will have
- C) am having
- D) had
I’ll go to the park if it ______ cold.
- A) weren’t
- B) wasn’t
- C) isn’t
- D) doesn’t
If I ______ a bird, I could fly home.
- A) were
- B) will be
- C) would be
- D) be
If the weather were nice, I ______ to the beach.
- A) will go
- B) would go
- C) went
- D) go
If she ______, she usually does well on the tests.
- A) studied
- B) had studied
- C) studies
- D) will study
If you needed the money, I ______ it to you.
- A) would lend
- B) lent
- C) will lend
- D) lend
I ______ to you if you don’t come.
- A) wouldn’t talk
- B) won’t talk
- C) didn’t talk
- D) doesn’t talk
If I ______ a lot of money, I’d take a long holiday.
- A) won
- B) win
- C) would win
- D) had won
You wouldn’t ______ your car if you had driven more carefully.
- A) damage
- B) damaged
- C) has damaged
- D) have damaged
If I had time, ______ see the new film at the cinema.
- A) I’ll
- B) I’d
- C) I can
- D) I am
A: I smoke too much.
B: If I ______ you, I ______ smoke at all.
- A) was / won’t
- B) were / weren’t
- C) am / won’t
- D) were / wouldn’t
I don’t have much money so I can’t travel. If I ______ a lot of money, I ______ travel.
- A) have / could
- B) had / would
- C) had / can
- D) had had / would
I’m going out. If the phone ______, please answer it.
- A) rang
- B) rings
- C) would ring
- D) will ring
I ______ the car if I had the right tools.
- A) can repair
- B) repaired
- C) could repair
- D) will repair
If you mix yellow and blue, you ______ green.
- A) get
- B) got
- C) would get
- D) gets
I usually take some aspirin if I ______ a headache.
- A) had
- B) have
- C) will have
- D) would have
If flowers ______ enough water, they die.
- A) don’t get
- B) get
- C) didn’t get
- D) doesn’t get
I ______ write to you if you don’t give me your address.
- A) can’t
- B) couldn’t
- C) wouldn’t
- D) didn’t
Your cough ______ get better if you don’t stop smoking.
- A) will
- B) would
- C) won’t
- D) didn’t
If he ______ a promise, he always keeps it.
- A) made
- B) would make
- C) make
- D) makes
If you ______ me, I’d have helped you.
- A) asked
- B) would ask
- C) had asked
- D) ask
If I ______ ill yesterday, I wouldn’t have stayed at home.
- A) weren’t
- B) had been
- C) hadn’t been
- D) wasn’t
He is fat because he doesn’t take any exercise. If he ______ some exercise, he ______ so fat.
- A) took / won’t be
- B) will take / won’t be
- C) takes / wouldn’t be
- D) took / wouldn’t be
I’d like to go to the concert, but I haven’t got a ticket. If I ______ a ticket, I ______ go to It.
- A) had / will
- B) have / will
- C) will have / can
- D) had / could
Would he have passed if he ______ hard ?
- A) studied
- B) had studied
- C) studies
- D) would study
If you ______ practice, you can’t learn English.
- A) aren’t
- B) didn’t
- C) won’t
- D) don’t
If I could go anywhere in the world, I ______ to Japan.
- A) would go
- B) will go
- C) went
- D) had gone
You will kill yourself if you ______ stop smoking.
- A) aren’t
- B) didn’t
- C) don’t
- D) weren’t
If the teacher ______ a little more slowly, I could understand him.
- A) speak
- B) will speak
- C) speaks
- D) spoke
If people ______ ill, they go to see a doctor.
- A) is
- B) are
- C) were
- D) will be
If she ______ him, she would marry him.
- A) loved
- B) would love
- C) loves
- D) had loved
Perhaps he would excuse you if you ______ to him yourself.
- A) spoke
- B) will speak
- C) speak
- D) had spoken
I could tell you the time if I ______ a watch.
- A) had had
- B) had
- C) would have
- D) will have
If you don’t take your medicine, you ______ get well quickly.
- A) won’t
- B) wouldn’t
- C) couldn’t
- D) aren’t
I’d have been there on time if I ______.
- A) get up early
- B) could get on the first train
- C) had caught the earlier bus
- D) set my alarm clock
If the sun ______ the world ______ dark.
- A) won’t rise / will be
- B) hadn’t risen / would have been
- C) doesn’t / will be
- D) didn’t rise / would be
If Neil Armstrong had lived in 1453, he ______ on the moon.
- A) couldn’t walk
- B) wouldn’t walk
- C) can’t walk
- D) couldn’t have walked
If she ______ younger, she could start jogging.
- A) were
- B) would be
- C) is
- D) will be
He ______ angry if you argue with him.
- A) got
- B) get
- C) gets
- D) would get
Diana would have got up earlier if ______ .
- A) she knew the train left at 6.30
- B) the alarm clock went off on time
- C) you could have woken her up
- D) she could sleep well
If I had listened to the weather forecast ______.
- A) I would stay at home
- B) I’d know it was windy
- C) I wouldn’t have watered the flowers
- D) we were going to play football
______ they’d take you to hospital.
- A) If you are seriously ill
- B) If you have a terrible headache
- C) If you got any worse
- D) If you’d become worried
Everything would be all right if ______.
- A) I could start on the 9th of September
- B) you’d apologize to her
- C) it hadn’t rained
- D) she hadn’t phoned the police
______, I wouldn’t have told you.
- A) If it was a piece of bad news
- B) If I failed the driving test
- C) If you were dismissed
- D) If I’d known you were going to be upset
She’d go on a diet if ______.
- A) you ask her to do
- B) she had had some complaints
- C) she will marry a rich man
- D) she appeared on TV
She wouldn’t have married him if ______.
- A) she weren’t beautiful
- B) he didn’t have a lot of money
- C) she had a villa
- D) he hadn’t been an engineer
Tell me ______.
- A) where is the station
- B) what is your name
- C) why she is crying
- D) how did you learn English
Ask the driver ______.
- A) how long does it take to the airport
- B) how much we’ll pay
- C) if he had any change
- D) the car is his own
Does anybody know why ______ ?
- A) does the teacher get angry
- B) Ray is absent
- C) is he waiting outside
- D) are they late
“Are you ready?” she asked. She asked ______ ready.
- A) if I was
- B) when I am
- C) to be
- D) why I was
I don’t know______.
- A) when is it
- B) what time it is
- C) what time is it
- D) when was it
I wonder why ______.
- A) is the sky blue
- B) was the sky blue
- C) the sky was blue
- D) the sky is blue
“Why is he smiling ?” I want to know______.
- A) why he was smiling
- B) why was he smiling
- C) why is he smiling
- D) why he is smiling
I wonder whether ______ on other planets.
- A) is there life
- B) there was
- C) there’s life
- D) was there
Could you tell me where ______?
- A) the bus station was
- B) is the bus station
- C) the bus station is
- D) was the bus station
She said, “My brother is a student.” She said that ______ a student.
- A) my brother is
- B) her brother was
- C) my brother was
- D) your brother was
“When will you be here?” she asked. She asked me when ______ there.
- A) I would be
- B) would I be
- C) she will be
- D) she would be
He said, “I will watch TV”. He said ______.
- A) I would watch TV
- B) I will watch TV
- C) she would watch TV
- D) he would watch TV
“Do you need a pen?” Anne asked me ______ a pen.
- A) do you need
- B) did I need
- C) if I needed
- D) whether she needed
“I may be late.” Mike told me______ late.
- A) he might be
- B) I might be
- C) he may be
- D) he was
“What are you talking about?” Dick asked me what______.
- A) am I talking about
- B) I was talking about
- C) he is talking about
- D) was he talking about
“Can you come to the party?” David asked me ____ to the party.
- A) could he come
- B) can he come
- C) if I could come
- D) whether I can come
“I have to study.” Barbara said______.
- A) she had to study
- B) if he had to study
- C) she has to study
- D) if she has to study
I don’t know if I ______ succeed in passing my exam or not.
- A) will
- B) could
- C) would
- D) will be
“ Have you seen my grammar book?” Nancy wanted to know ______ grammar book.
- A) whether she’d seen my
- B) if I’d seen her
- C) did I see her
- D) I’d seen her
He explained why ______.
- A) did he come late
- B) was he late
- C) late he was
- D) he was late
My friend said, “I can’t believe it.” He said ______ it.
- A) he can’t believe
- B) I couldn’t believe
- C) he couldn’t believe
- D) he didn’t believe
The nurse doesn’t understand why the girl______.
- A) is coughing
- B) was coughing
- C) would cough
- D) cough
I didn’t know if he ______ there.
- A) were
- B) is going to be
- C) would be
- D) will be
Peter asked his brother ______.
- A) where are the hammers
- B) where was the hammer
- C) where is the hammer
- D) where the hammer was
Father said that ______.
- A) I’m at my office
- B) he was at his office
- C) you are at your office
- D) “I’m at my office”
I heard that you ______ at the basketball match.
- A) are
- B) were
- C) been
- D) gone
George said that ______ to Tom.
- A) he’d spoken
- B) he’s spoken
- C) you speak
- D) I have spoken
They promised that they ______ Mike next year.
- A) visit
- B) would visit
- C) will visit
- D) won’t visit
She was sorry that ______.
- A) she was late
- B) she is late
- C) was she late
- D) to be late
“ May I use your telephone?” He asked me if ______.
- A) I might use his telephone
- B) he may use his telephone
- C) he might use my telephone
- D) he might use his telephone
“ Can you help me?” She wondered if ______.
- A) I can help her
- B) she could help me
- C) I could help her
- D) she can help me
I don’t know where ______.
- A) the lavatory is
- B) is the lavatory
- C) was the lavatory
- D) the lavatory was
She asked me if ______ to the meeting.
- A) I was going
- B) I am going
- C) she is going
- D) would she go
The surgeon says, “You may have some pain for a few days.” He says that ______ some pain for a few days.
- A) I might have
- B) he may have
- C) he might
- D) I may have
She asked me, “Can you help us?” She wanted to know if ______.
- A) could we help her
- B) I could help them
- C) we could help her
- D) I can help them
“Don’t walk on the bridge.” He warned us ______ on that bridge.
- A) didn’t walk
- B) to walk
- C) don’t walk
- D) not to walk
“Please be quiet.” I asked them ______ quiet.
- A) be
- B) not to be
- C) to be
- D) are
“Shall I call a taxi?” He asked me if ______ a taxi.
- A) he should call
- B) I should call
- C) should he call
- D) he will call
The teacher told me ______ the board.
- A) he is cleaning
- B) I clean
- C) cleaning
- D) to clean
“Open your mouth.” The dentist told me ______.
- A) to open his mouth
- B) opened my mouth
- C) open your mouth
- D) to open my mouth
“Don’t be late.” The teacher told us ______.
- A) not to be late
- B) not being late
- C) to be late
- D) we don’t be late
“Are you free now?” He asked her if ______ then.
- A) I was free
- B) is she free
- C) she was free
- D) was she free
The teacher said, “Pick up your book, Mike.” The teacher told Mike ______.
- A) pick up his book
- B) to pick up her book
- C) to pick up my book
- D) to pick up his book
A: Who is that woman?
B: I don’t know ______.
- A) who’s that woman
- B) who was that woman
- C) who that woman is
- D) who that woman was
A: What started the fire?
B: Nobody knows ______.
- A) who started the fire
- B) what started the fire
- C) what starts the fire
- D) who’d started the fire
A: What did Julia buy?
B: I don’t know ______.
- A) what she bought
- B) what she’s bought
- C) what did she buy
- D) what she had bought
Don’t look at your friend’s paper. The teacher warned me ______ my friend’s paper.
- A) to look at
- B) I don’t look at
- C) you don’t look at
- D) not to look at
He said that ______.
- A) it is raining
- B) she is unable to come
- C) it was somebody else’s bike
- D) I didn’t come
I don’t know ______.
- A) will he come
- B) what time the next train is
- C) he is there
- D) why did he fail
I can’t imagine how ______ the children.
- A) they are going to rescue
- B) did they rescue
- C) do they rescue
- D) are they going to rescue
Janet said that she was hungry. Janet said, “______”
- A) I was hungry
- B) I am hungry
- C) She was hungry
- D) She is hungry
Mike says his father is ill. Mike says, “______”
- A) My father is ill
- B) His father is ill
- C) My father was ill
- D) Your father is ill
We said that we were leaving on Saturday. We said, “______”
- A) You are leaving on Saturday
- B) We leave on Saturday
- C) We are leaving on Saturday
- D) You were leaving on Saturday
The secretary told me that Mr. Rich had gone out. The secretary told me, “______”
- A) Mr. Rich was going out
- B) Mr. Rich goes out
- C) Mr. Rich has gone out
- D) Mr. Rich is going out
Bill said he didn’t like to study. Bill said, “______”
- A) I don’t like to study
- B) You don’t like to study
- C) He doesn’t like to study
- D) We don’t like to study
The old lady said she wasn’t feeling well. The old lady said, “______”
- A) I’m not feeling well
- B) She isn’t feeling well
- C) I don’t feel well
- D) She hasn’t been feeling well
Carol said that she would see me the next day. Carol said, “_____”
- A) You will see me tomorrow
- B) I will see you tomorrow
- C) She will see you tomorrow
- D) She will see me tomorrow
You told me that you would be careful. You said to me, “______”
- A) You will be careful
- B) You would be careful
- C) I will be careful
- D) Be careful
He asked me what I was reading. “______?” he asked me.
- A) What do you read
- B) What you are reading
- C) What are you reading
- D) What you were reading
I asked the clerk if they had a double room. “______?” I asked the clerk.
- A) Have you got a double room
- B) Did you have a double room
- C) Is there a double room
- D) They have got a double room
I asked her what her name was. “______?” I asked her.
- A) What is your name
- B) What my name was
- C) What is her name
- D) What her name is
They asked me if I was Turkish. “______?” they asked me.
- A) You are Turkish
- B) Am I Turkish
- C) Are they Turkish
- D) Are you Turkish
My father told me to do my homework. My father said, “______”
- A) You do your homework
- B) You don’t do your homework
- C) I don’t do my homework
- D) Do your homework
He warned me not to touch the wire. “______” he warned me.
- A) I don’t touch the wire
- B) Touch the wire
- C) Don’t touch the wire
- D) I didn’t touch the wire
The doctor told him not to eat much. “___” the doctor said to him.
- A) You eat very little
- B) Don’t eat much
- C) I don’t eat much
- D) Eat very little
He says he is cold. He says, “______”
- A) You are cold
- B) I am cold
- C) He is cold
- D) I was cold
The book ______ is on the table is mine.
- A) who
- B) which
- C) whose
- D) where
The man ______ car was stolen phoned the police.
- A) who
- B) which
- C) whose
- D) that
Bryan Adams is the singer ______ songs I like best.
- A) whom
- B) whose
- C) that
- D) who
A river ______ is polluted is not safe for swimming.
- A) whose
- B) where
- C) when
- D) which
People ______ study the weather are called meteorologists.
- A) that
- B) when
- C) whom
- D) whose
I like photographs ______ are in black and white.
- A) when
- B) which
- C) whom
- D) whose
Is there a time ______ we can discus this problem?
- A) when
- B) which
- C) that
- D) where
A library is a place ______ we can borrow books.
- A) where
- B) which
- C) when
- D) that
The factory ______ he works is closing down.
- A) that
- B) which
- C) where
- D) whom
I’ve got a friend ______ father is a pilot.
- A) whom
- B) of which
- C) who
- D) whose
His wife, ______ lives in Paris, is a fashion model.
- A) who
- B) that
- C) whom
- D) whose
Elvis Presley, ______ name was probably one of the best known in the world, died in 1977.
- A) who
- B) whose
- C) whom
- D) of which
A thermostat is something ______ controls temperatures.
- A) who
- B) where
- C) when
- D) which
Miss Snow, ______ you met at the theatre, is my classmate.
- A) who
- B) whom
- C) where
- D) that
Mustafa Kemal, ______ was born in 1881, became the first President of Turkey on October 29th, 1923.
- A) that
- B) who
- C) whom
- D) when
It was the blue car______.
- A) it caused the accident
- B) caused the accident
- C) it is expensive
- D) which caused the accident
The man ______ is an electrical engineer.
- A) who lives next door
- B) makes cars
- C) works in a factory
- D) whose job
That is the film ______.
- A) it is about Turkish people
- B) we are liked
- C) I watched last week
- D) it is a western
A teacher is a man ______.
- A) works at a school
- B) makes us study
- C) who teaches
- D) which is liked by everybody
Your heart is the part of your body ______.
- A) which pumps blood
- B) can’t live without it
- C) it causes heart attacks
- D) makes us sad or happy
I like films ______.
- A) they are interesting
- B) which hasn’t got a sad story
- C) are not sad ones
- D) that are funny
______ I was watching TV, the telephone rang.
- A) While
- B) Before
- C) After
- D) Until
He broke his leg ______ he was skiing.
- A) as soon as
- B) after
- C) when
- D) before
I always brush my teeth ______ I go to bed.
- A) before
- B) as soon as
- C) while
- D) until
We waited ______ the plane took off.
- A) as soon as
- B) when
- C) as
- D) until
We went out ______ it stopped raining.
- A) until
- B) as soon as
- C) as
- D) while
I hope he gets here _____ the train leaves. There isn’t another train today.
- A) before
- B) while
- C) until
- D) after
You must wait ______ the light changes to green.
- A) after
- B) before
- C) until
- D) as soon as
He hasn’t written to us ______ he left.
- A) since
- B) until
- C) while
- D) when
______ she doesn’t enjoy her job, she works hard.
- A) Since
- B) Although
- C) Because
- D) As
They went out for a walk, ______ the weather was bad.
- A) even though
- B) so
- C) therefore
- D) for
He was late ______ he took a taxi to go to work.
- A) as
- B) because
- C) so
- D) in order to
I use my umbrella ______ it rains.
- A) until
- B) after
- C) whenever
- D) although
______ the film is over, I’ll go to bed.
- A) While
- B) As soon as
- C) By the time
- D) Until
I’ll never speak to her______ I live.
- A) as long as
- B) until
- C) whenever
- D) whereas
She is sneezing______ she has a cold.
- A) so
- B) before
- C) whereas
- D) because
It was hot; ______ we went swimming.
- A) because
- B) therefore
- C) as long as
- D) even though
He didn’t know the answers to the exercises, ______ he guessed.
- A) as
- B) even though
- C) because
- D) so
I had toothache ______.
- A) because I am going to the dentist
- B) so I went to the dentist
- C) why I went to the dentist
- D) I seldom brush my teeth
We went out______ the bell rang.
- A) so
- B) although
- C) after
- D) until
By the time he ______ here, it will be too late for the theatre.
- A) will get
- B) got
- C) gets
- D) get
I have known him ______ he was a baby.
- A) for
- B) since
- C) because
- D) when
We can leave as soon as ______.
- A) the train arrived
- B) the plane will take off
- C) you are ready
- D) they are going to phone
I’ll be at the airport when ______.
- A) the plane landed
- B) the plane will take off
- C) you arrive
- D) you will get there
She left the clothes out although ______.
- A) the sun is shining
- B) it was raining
- C) it isn’t hot
- D) the weather was good
______ as soon as I get home.
- A) I will phone you
- B) I have taken a shower
- C) I went to bed
- D) I would have a cup of coffee
Always turn your television off ______.
- A) when you went to bed
- B) as soon as you got bored
- C) after you have fallen asleep
- D) before you leave home
She was not listening while ______.
- A) I was talking
- B) we are complaining
- C) she is very angry with you
- D) you tell him something to do
He went out as ______.
- A) she came in
- B) the sun is shining
- C) I am leaving home
- D) he is worried about something
The lights went out ______.
- A) when the eight o’clock news started
- B) after I have finished my homework
- C) as soon as you arrive home
- D) before the Prime Minister enters the conference hall
They studied hard although ______.
- A) they were tired
- B) they were good friends
- C) they were happy
- D) they had a lot to eat
When I got home, ______.
- A) my sister opens the door for me
- B) I will have a good rest
- C) my mother was setting the table
- D) my father hasn’t come back home
I swim every day when______.
- A) the weather was very hot
- B) I will be in Marmaris
- C) I am on holiday
- D) the sea will get hot
I usually listen to some classical music______ I am reading.
- A) as
- B) because
- C) for
- D) since
No buses were running ______.
- A) because I had no ticket
- B) however I was late
- C) as I was at the bus-stop
- D) so I had to walk to school
It is raining now. We’d better wait until it ______.
- A) will stop
- B) stop
- C) stops
- D) stopped
I have a mark on my coat but ______.
- A) it is not noticeable
- B) I’ve cleaned it
- C) you can see it
- D) it was very small
I couldn’t solve the problem so ______.
- A) I telephoned the police
- B) I called an ambulance
- C) I asked my father to help me
- D) I answered the advertisement
You’d better take care of yourself , otherwise, ______.
- A) it is very cold outside
- B) you will catch cold
- C) put on a sweater
- D) you should take a hot shower
She is very healthy, but______.
- A) she can play tennis
- B) she is also rich
- C) she might get sick
- D) she reads a lot
Although he eats a lot, ______.
- A) he is losing weight
- B) he is gaining weight
- C) he is getting fatter
- D) he is putting on weight
The doctor examined me; however, ______.
- A) he found nothing wrong with me
- B) he prescribed some medicine
- C) I wasn’t feeling very well
- D) I was given an injection
There is ‘no smoking’ sign in our library but ______.
- A) I never smoke there
- B) a lot of people ignore it
- C) nobody smokes
- D) everybody must obey this
We can’t do anything before ______.
- A) the doctor comes
- B) the doctor didn’t come
- C) the doctor will come
- D) the doctor doesn’t come

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