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801
Choose the correct sentence (advanced grammar):
English
A. He acts as if he knew everything.
B. He acts as if he knows everything.
C. He acts like he knew everything.
D. Both A and B are acceptable.
Answer: \'As if\' with indicative (knows) is for probable situations, and with subjunctive (knew) for hypothetical.
802
Choose the correct sentence (advanced grammar):
English
A. The teacher told the students not to be late.
B. The teacher told to the students not to be late.
C. The teacher told the students don\'t be late.
D. The teacher told the students not being late.
Answer: \'Told\' requires an indirect object without a preposition, followed by \'not to\' + infinitive.
803
Choose the correct sentence (advanced grammar):
English
A. He denied to have done the work.
B. He denied having done the work.
C. He denied doing the work.
D. Both B and C are correct.
Answer: \'Deny\' is followed by a gerund or that-clause, never an infinitive.
804
Choose the correct sentence (advanced grammar):
English
A. She suggested me to go home.
B. She suggested that I go home.
C. She suggested me going home.
D. She suggested to go home.
Answer: \'Suggest\' takes a that-clause with subjunctive or a gerund, not an object + infinitive.
805
Choose the correct sentence (advanced grammar):
English
A. I would rather you don\'t smoke here.
B. I would rather you didn\'t smoke here.
C. I would rather you not smoke here.
D. I would rather you won\'t smoke here.
Answer: After \'would rather\' + that-clause about others, the past tense is used for present/future.
806
Choose the correct sentence (advanced grammar):
English
A. No sooner I had arrived than it started raining.
B. No sooner had I arrived than it started raining.
C. No sooner had I arrived when it started raining.
D. No sooner did I arrived than it started raining.
Answer: \'No sooner...than\' requires inversion and \'than\' (not \'when\').
807
Choose the correct sentence (advanced grammar):
English
A. He is such a good student that all teachers like him.
B. He is so a good student that all teachers like him.
C. He is such good student that all teachers like him.
D. He is so good a student that all teachers like him.
Answer: \'So + adjective + a/an + noun\' is the correct structure for \'so...that\' constructions.
808
Choose the correct sentence (advanced grammar):
English
A. She is looking forward to meet you.
B. She is looking forward to meeting you.
C. She is looking forward for meeting you.
D. She is looking forward at meeting you.
Answer: \'Looking forward to\' requires a gerund because \'to\' here is a preposition.
809
Choose the correct sentence (advanced grammar):
English
A. I am used to wake up early.
B. I am used to waking up early.
C. I am use to waking up early.
D. I am used to woken up early.
Answer: \'Am used to\' (accustomed to) requires a gerund. \'Use\' is not the correct form here.
810
Choose the correct sentence (advanced grammar):
English
A. If I was you, I would apologize.
B. If I were you, I would apologize.
C. Were I you, I would apologize.
D. Both B and C are correct.
Answer: Both \'If I were you\' and the inverted \'Were I you\' are correct subjunctive forms.
811
Choose the correct sentence (advanced grammar):
English
A. She is as intelligent if not more than her sister.
B. She is as intelligent as, if not more than, her sister.
C. She is as intelligent like, if not more than, her sister.
D. She is as intelligent or more than her sister.
Answer: The correct structure is \'as + adjective + as, if not more than\'.
812
Choose the correct sentence (advanced grammar):
English
A. She is very unique in her approach.
B. She is unique in her approach.
C. She is more unique in her approach.
D. She is most unique in her approach.
Answer: \'Unique\' means one of a kind and cannot be modified by \'very\', \'more\', or \'most\'.
813
Choose the correct sentence (advanced grammar):
English
A. He insisted that she goes immediately.
B. He insisted that she go immediately.
C. He insisted that she should go immediately.
D. Both B and C are correct.
Answer: After \'insisted\', both subjunctive \'go\' and \'should go\' are acceptable.
814
Choose the correct sentence (advanced grammar):
English
A. The project has been completed by tomorrow.
B. The project will have been completed by tomorrow.
C. The project had been completed by tomorrow.
D. The project is completed by tomorrow.
Answer: Future perfect passive uses \'will have been + past participle\' for actions completed before a future time.
815
Choose the correct sentence (advanced grammar):
English
A. He is capable to do the work.
B. He is capable of doing the work.
C. He is capable in doing the work.
D. He is capable for doing the work.
Answer: \'Capable of\' is the correct prepositional phrase followed by a gerund.
816
Choose the correct sentence (advanced grammar):
English
A. Scarcely I had sat down when the phone rang.
B. Scarcely had I sat down when the phone rang.
C. Scarcely had I sat down than the phone rang.
D. Scarcely did I sat down when the phone rang.
Answer: \'Scarcely...when\' requires inversion. \'Scarcely had I sat down\' is correct.
817
Choose the correct sentence (advanced grammar):
English
A. She is prone to make mistakes.
B. She is prone to making mistakes.
C. She is prone at making mistakes.
D. She is prone in making mistakes.
Answer: \'Prone to\' is followed by a gerund when indicating a tendency.
818
Choose the correct sentence (advanced grammar):
English
A. The news are very shocking.
B. The news is very shocking.
C. The news were very shocking.
D. A news is very shocking.
Answer: \'News\' is uncountable and takes a singular verb. It cannot be preceded by \'a\'.
819
Choose the correct sentence (advanced grammar):
English
A. It is time we left.
B. It is time we leave.
C. It is time we are leaving.
D. It is time we will leave.
Answer: \'It is time\' + that-clause uses the past tense to express something that should happen now.
820
Choose the correct sentence (advanced grammar):
English
A. He has bought a new car yesterday.
B. He bought a new car yesterday.
C. He has bought a new car since yesterday.
D. He had bought a new car yesterday.
Answer: With specific past time markers like \'yesterday\', simple past is used, not present perfect.
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