{"id":352,"date":"2014-11-24T16:58:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T16:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=352"},"modified":"2014-11-24T16:58:34","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T16:58:34","slug":"grammar-exercise-for-toefl-and-gre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/grammar-exercise-for-toefl-and-gre\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammar Exercise for TOEFL and GRE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This grammar exercise tests your understanding of basic grammar rules. It contains the kind of questions asked in standardized tests like TOEFL, CAT and GRE.<\/p>\n<p>Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or expression.<\/p>\n<p>1. We are looking for \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a) people skilled at design<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">b) people skilled in design<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">c) skilled at design people<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">d) skilled design people<\/p>\n<p>2. She is \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. to refuse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a) a polite person<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">b) too polite a person<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">c) a person too polite<\/p>\n<p>3. \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 is he?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a) How good a singer<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">b) How a good singer<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">c) How good singer<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">d) None of these<\/p>\n<p>4. We \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. to the hills in May.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a) used to always go<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">b) always used to go<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">c) used always to go<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">d) Either a) or b)<\/p>\n<p>5. He is thirty \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a) years old<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">b) years of age<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">c) years<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">d) Either a) or b)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">e) Either b) or c)<\/p>\n<p>6. I have invited \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a) every my friend<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">b) my every friend<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">c) every friend I have<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">d) All of these<\/p>\n<p>7. 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He smokes too much, but at least he \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 too much.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a) doesn\u2019t drink also<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">b) doesn\u2019t also drink<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">c) also doesn\u2019t drink<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">d) All of these can be used here<\/p>\n<h3>Answers<\/h3>\n<p>1. We are looking for <strong>people skilled at design.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2. She is <strong>too polite a person<\/strong> to refuse.<\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>How good a singer<\/strong> is he?<\/p>\n<p>4. We <strong>used to always go \/ always used to go<\/strong> to the hills in May.<\/p>\n<p>5. He is thirty <strong>years old \/ of age.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>6. I have invited<strong> every friend I have.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>7. 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