Exercise
1. Daniel said that if he had to do homework last night, he wouldn’t have been
A B C
able to attend the concert.
D
Reason: Because the conditional is past perfect, so we can’t use tonight.
2. Peter had already seen that musical before he read the reviews about it.
AB CD
Reason: Because already must be followed by past participle.
3. Almost all books have a few errors in them in spite of the care taken to check
A B C
their proof pages before the final printing.
D
Reason: Because their refers to books whicch is plural.
4. Tom and his sister studied biology in this university last year, and so did
AB C D
Jean.
Reason: this sentence containts pararel past tense.
5. The examination will test your ability to understand spoken English, to
A B
readnon-technical language, and to write correctly.
C D
Reason: Because the verb must be paralel with the previous verb.
6. The sooner you leave, the earlier you will arrive at your destination.
A B C D
Reason: Because earliest is not paralel with sooner.
7. If Rudy had studied German in college, he wouldn’t have found the
A B
scientific terminology so difficult to understand.
C D
Reason: Because the sentence above is third conditional sentence so theformula must be If+S+had+verb3
8. After she had bought herself a new automobile, she sold her bicycle.
A B CD
Reason: in this case the subject had bought her new aoutomobile first and then
followed by selling her bicycle.
9. He isn’t driving to the convention in March, and neither are they.
A B C D
Reason: Because the order of the subject “they” and its verb was incorrect.
10. John went to the mountains on his vacation, and we did too.A B C D
Reason: because the sentence is pararel.
