Advanced Grammar Final Examination

________ staff at the hospital have come down with a mysterious illness.

He didn't have ________money, so he decided to catch the bus rather than take a taxi

We were surprised when ________students failed to attend the lecture

I'm looking forward to a relaxing holiday, and I'm taking ________books to read

I want ________ of chocolate

The party was excellent, and I'd like to thank all the people concerned.

• True

• False

The novel was praised by the judges for its very original use of language.

• True

• False

After the accident I tried to comfort the driver of the car, who was upset.

• True

• False

The material is mainly cotton.

• True

• False

The novel was praised by the judges for it's very original use of language.

• True

• False

I've put you in the spare room at the back of the house, so it'll be nice and quite.

• True

• False

The oranges looked quite old, but when I cut into them they were nice and juicy.

• True

• False

They were all sitting around the table waiting for me.

• True

• False

Small black cars are not very visible.

• True

• False

The weather was ___________ perfect for a long walk.

• Really

• Fairly

• Really/fairly (both)

The path to the summit of the hills was very straight and steep.

• True

• False

I'm afraid I can't afford that much. Would you be prepared to reduce the price if I pay cash?

• True

• False

There's bound to be a lot of traffic on the way to the station. Perhaps we should leave now.

• True

• False

The children weren't well so I had to take -------------------days off

• A little

• Much

• A few

• The few

It wasn't a great surprise when Rahim died as he hadn't been a well man for years.

• True

• False

She spent most of her life nursing seriously ill children in the hospital.

• True

• False

The food was absolutely excellent.

• True

• False

She was too busy talking on the phone to notice that Devinta had come into the room.

• True

• False

After Rachel left university she worked in the diplomatic service for a number of years.

• True

• False

While it is true that many thousands of jobs were lost with the decline of the northern coal and steel industries.

• True

• False

After Dr Owen left the project, it's failure was inevitable.

• True

• False

The computer fault was serious enough to disrupt all the work in the office.

• True

• False

The bridge is now almost complete.

• True

• False

I thought his performance as Hamlet was____________ tremendous.

• Fairly

• Really

• Fairly/really(both)

The average temperature on the island is a pleasant 23.4 C

• True

• False

It had all happened so quickly, I couldn't remember much about it.

• True

• False

She was to busy talking on the phone to notice that Devinta had come into the room.

• True

• False

You can all stay for dinner if you want.

• True

• False

Bryanna is among .................foreign students allowed into the country.

• A little 1

• What few

• What little

• The few

I feel awful turning people away from the concert, but there just wasn't any more room.

• True

• False

Many of the people I met were quite sincere, but some seemed  very false, so that I could never be sure if they meant what they said.

• True

• False

It's so difficult to get a job at the moment you'd be mad to resign.

• True

• False

Anyone trying to climb the mountain will be foolish to underestimate the challenge facing them.

• True

• False

Lots of people think that monkeys are very rare nowadays in UNAI, but when I was at the campus 3 (Married students compound) I saw a lot

• True

• False

The only available room in the hotel night.

• True

• False

Dian ; Have there been many applications for the job? Devianty: Yes, quite ---------------

• A little

• The little

• A few

• The few

Rida hasn't been looking well recently, and I'm .................. worried about her

• Few

• The little

• Little

• A little

In this photograph she looked ________ young.

• Really

• Very

• Really/very (both)

Jenny's had many problems with her back for a lot of years. She's having an operation next week and she won't be back at work for a good deal of weeks afterwards.

• True

• False

Many have claimed that Professor Tobing's study on current attitudes to politics is flawed is flawed 

• True

• False

The sorry girls apologised to their teacher for their behaviour

• False

• True

Indonesia has had --------------------- female politicians since independence.

• Few

• The few

• Little

• The little

We were unsure whic way to go

• True

• False