Monday, October 03, 2005

4.TESTE O SEU INGLÊS

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A TEST OF YOUR PRESENT GRAMMATICAL ABILITY

This test will verify your present grammatical knowledge – your ability to solve problems of correct usage. Here, one hundred questions which will explore your speed habits, wich will probe deeply into the language patterns you now use.
On the average, as english as a second language for you, you may do correctelly 35 or 50 per cent of those! In this case your problems are the same as everyone else´s:

1. Why does Marilyin Monroe have such a tremendous ( affect , effect ) on you?

2. How does one go about (effecting , affecting ) a reconciliation between husband and wife?

3. You come up here at least twice a week to see me, why do you make such ( continuous , continual ) demands on my time?

4. What with our high income taxes, I can´t see the sense
(in , of ) trying to make an honest dolar any more.

5. I wish you would (let , leave ) me go.
6. What (kind of , what kind of a ) fool do you think she is?
7. The Colonial Diner is one of the ( principle , principal ) eating places in town.
8. The murderer will be (hung , hanged ) at dawn.
9. (Mother-in-laws , Mothers-in-Law ) are probably the most unpopular of all relatives.
10. Doris Garn told na ( incredulous , incredible ) story of her experiences in book publishing.
11. Take two (spoonsful , spoonfuls , spoons full ) of arsenic, mix with an ounce of cyanide, stir well in a glassful of orange juice, and drink before retiring.
12. Are you trying to ( imply , infer ) that Charlotte is flirting with Mimi´s husband?
13. (It´s , Its ) the first husband years that are the hardest.
14. No one but ( she , her ) could possibly love such a man.
15. I´ve spoken to everyone except ( he , him ).
16. Between you, ( I , me ), and the lamppost, she´s making a fool of you.
17. Is this book for Helen and ( I , me )
18. Why did you ( rob , steal ) that money?
19. ( those , That ) data ( are , is ) inconclusive.
20. Harry Simon has a little ( stationery , stationary ) store on North Avenue.
21. Vitamins are thought to be na excellent ( preventative , preventive ) of disease.
22. Bea is a most naïve and (ingenious , ingenuous ) person.
23. Do you really think that Jules speaks just like ( I , me )?
24. The cost of new houses (is , are ) dropping every day.
25. There (was , were ) a man and a woman waiting for you.
26. One of his cousins ( comes , come ) from Boston.
27. The senator, with his clerks and secretaries ( draw , draws ) a whacking salary from treasury every week.
28. Your appearence as well as your personality ( is , are ) against you.
29. Florence, like her sisters and parents, ( has , have ) red hair.
30. (has , Have ) either your friends come in yet?
31. Each of the men ( was , were ) given thirty lashes.
32. Boatload after boatload od refugees ( was , were ) stopped.
33. Neither of your answers ( is , are ) correct.
34. Allan, unlike rich relatives, ( has , have ) to live economically.
35. A captain and a lieutenant ( is , are ) come to see you tonight.
36. The manager of his assisntant ( is , are ) always in the store.
37. Neither your money nor your influence ( is , are ) of any use to you now.
38. Either Dr. Jeffe or one of our other podiatrists ( is , are ) coming up to see you tomorrow.
39. He´s very (childish , childlike ); if he doesn´t get his one way, he sulks.
40. I think one or two of the men ( is , are ) here already.
41. Myrtle and ( I , me ) would like to pay you a visit tonight.
42. Can you visit Estelle and ( I , me ) some evening?
43. I´m (uninterested , desinterested ) in hearing about your personal troubles.
44. A numberof cases ( was , were ) settled out of court.
45. Please ( lie , lay ) down.
46. (Lie , Lay ) the baby in the crib.
47. His genius ( lay , laid ) dormant all during his marriage.
48. You´ve ( laid , lain ) the rug on the floor of the wrong room.
49. If she had ( laid , lain ) quiet, she would not have been hurt.
50. He ( lay , laid ) his hand on my shoulder and spoke in a confidential tone.
51. If you would ( lay , lie ) down for a while, you might feel better.
52. When you (lie , lay ) in a new store of canned goods, let me know.
53. He was (lying , laiyng ) down for a nap when the phone rang.
54. His (fianceée , fiancé ) has red hair.
55. Three-quarters of the rent ( is , are ) due when you sign the lease.
56. A majority of the members ( has , have ) promised to vote for you.
57. It was ( she , her ) I was referring to, not you.
58. George, together with his whole family, (is , are ) coming up steps.
59. Was it ( she , her ) who lost her husband?
60. (Who , Whom ) do you thing you are, anyway?
61. (Who, Whom) are you looking for?
62. I want to speak to ( whoever , whomever ) answers the phone.
63. His brother ( who , whom ) I met in Istanbul, is much richer than you think.
64. (Who , Whom ) would you rather be, if you weren´t you?
65. He has finally found a teacher ( who , whom ) he bilieves can handle that class.
66. (Who , Whom ) do you want to see?
67. Your brother is shorter than ( I , me).
68. I´m just as good as (he , him )
69. Neither he nor I ( am , is , are ) your friend.
70. We have (swam, swum ) for over one hour.
71. Have you ( drank, drunk) all your milk?
72. Young children are generally ( sensuous, sensual ) in their approach to life.
73. You should ( of, have ) come on time if you wanted to see him.
74. He talks as if he ( was, were ) my keeper.
75. I´m not thinking of her lack of beauty; it´s just that I wish she ( was , were ) richer.
76. If your husband ( was , were ) more considerate, he wouldn´t talk that way to you.
77. If the doctor ( was , were ) in all morning, why didn´t he phone me?
78. What would you like for ( dessert , desert)?
79. Why do you continue to ( prosecute , persecute ) me so?
80. I´m not very hungry; ( beside, besides ) I don´t like fish.
81. She´s one of those women who never ( say , says ) die.
82. She doesn´t like here ( any , no ) more.
83. That ( ain´t , ins´t ) the way to act.
84. We ( have , haven´t) hardly any money left.
85. I´m going ( irregardless , regardless ).
86. ( This , This here ) book doesn´t help me any.
87. Have you got a ( better , more better ) one?
88. I thought you ( was , were ) a gentlemen in every sense of the word.
89. Did you get an ( invitation, invite ) to her party?
90. If I (hadn´t , hadn´t of ) seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn´t have believed it.
91. He (don´t , doesn´t ) act the way he should.
92. I´m going to give you some ( council , counsel ).
93. It is who ( am, is ) the only friend you´ve got.
94. The most striking thing about Eden is her ( luxurious, luxuriant ) black hair.
95. Let ( he, him ) who is without sin cast the first stone.
96. Some economists are ( prophesying, prophecying ) a continuing period of prosperity.
97. What we need ( is , are ) bigger salaries for the working classes.
98. Two thousand dollars ( is , are ) too much for that car.
99. (Who , Whom ) did you bilieve him to be?
100. The memoranda ( is , are ) on your desk.

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