Which of the following usages is NOT associated with the modal verb ‘may’? Polite requestFormal permissionLess than 50% certaintyStrong necessity2Which of the following is the most common usage of the

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

1. Polite request
2. Formal permission
3. Less than 50% certainty
4. Strong necessity

2Which of the following is the most common usage of the modal verb ‘might’?

1. Obligation
2. Uncertainty
3. Informal request
4. Impossibility

3Which modal verb is NOT used to express obligation?

1. Should
2. Must
3. Have to
4. Could

4Which modal verb is NOT used for requests?

1. Could
2. May
3. Must
4. Would

5What 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

6Which of the following is NOT a usage of the modal verb ‘could’?

1. Request
2. Past ability
3. Degree of certainty
4. Obligation

7Which modal verb is NOT used to express ability?

1. Can
2. Be able to
3. Would
4. Could

8Which 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?

9You’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.

10Which 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.

11Which 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.

12Which 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.

13Which 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.

14Which 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.

15Which 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.

16Which 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.

17Which 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.

18Which 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.

19Which 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.

20Which 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.