English Grammar and Vocabulary Practice Test
English Grammar and Vocabulary Practice Test
5. The fact that space exploration has increased dramatically in the past thirty ___________
A. is an evidence of us wanting to know more of our solar system
B. indicates that we are very eager to learn all we can about our solar system
C. how we want to learn more about the solar system
D. is pointing to evidence of our intention to know a lot more about what is called our solar system
E. is pointing to evidence of our intention
16. The ancestors of the horse lived ….. and were about half a meter tall.
A. years ago 60 million
B. 60 million years ago
C. ago 60 million years
D million years ago 60
E. ago 60
17. The museum on Ellis Island, a former immigration station, contains documents and
artifacts……to four centuries of United States immigration.
A. related them
B. related
C. related that
D. be related
E. them
18. _________, particularly the oxides of sulfur, greatly increases the rate at which rust forms.
A. The presence of air pollutants
B. Air pollutants are present
C. Because the presence of air pollutants
D. Air pollutants whose presence
E. Because the presence
19. The Sun, the Moon, and Earth have magnetic fields, and _________ evidence that the stellar
that extend through vast regions galaxies have fields of space.
A. which is
B. is
C. because
D. There is
E. which
20. The “confederation school” poets of nineteenth-century Canada were primarily nature poets,
_________ a wealth of eulogies to Canadian rural life.
A.and producing
B. who they produced
C. producing
D. whose production of
E. who they
PERTEMUAN 2
1.The musical comedy Oklahoma did much to expand the potential of the musical stage, and it
encouraged others to attempt……
A. original themes
B. to original themes
C. that were original themes
D. how original themes
E. that were
2.Despite its fishlike form, the whale is……and will drown if submerged too long.
A. an animal breathes air that
B. an animal that breathes air
C. an animal breathes air
D. that an animal breathes air
E. that an animal
3.The saguaro ,found in desert regions in the southwestern United States ,……cactus in the world.
A. is the largest
B. the largest
C. that is the largest
E. the largest that is a
4. It is said that United Stales literature ____________ individuality and identity in the twentieth
century, after long imitation of European models.
A. was achieved
B. achieved
C. to achieve
D. achieving
E. was
5. Lucy Stone, ____________ first feminists in the United States, helped organize the American
Woman Suffrage Association in 1869.
A. the one
B. who was the
C. another
D. one of the
E. one
6. _______, including climate, mineral content, and the permanency of surface water, wetlands may
be mossy ,grassy , scrubby, or wooded.
A. Depending on many factors
B. Many factors depending on
C. Factors depending on many
D. On many factors depending
E. On many
7. Duke Ellington’s orchestra, _______ his own often complex compositions, made many
innovations in jazz.
A. he played
B. playing
C. that it played
D. was playing
E. Played
8. The term “ice age” refers to any of several periods of time when glaciers covered considerably
more of Earth’s surface _______.
A. as is today
B. than today is
C. than they do today
D. that today
E. as is do today
9. From colonial times, United States property owners agreed to tax themselves on the theory……
directly from services that the government could provide.
A. property owners benefited so that
B. why property owners benefited
C. that if property owners benefited
D. that property owners benefited
E. why property
12. Portland, ……, is located primarily on two hilly peninsulas overlooking Casco Bay and its many
island.
A.which Maine’s largest city
B. Maine’s largest city where
C. is Maine’s largest city
D. Maine’s largest city
E. is Maine’s
13. ……widely used in the chemical industry, sodium carbonate is principally consumed by the
glass industry.
A. Despite
B. Whether
C. Though
D. Except for
E. For
14. Cells, first identified by the early microscopists, began to be considered …… in the nineteenth
century.
A. them as microcosm of living organisms
B. the microcosm of living organisms
C. the microcosm of living organisms to be
D. as which, the microcosm of living organisms
15. Like Jupiter, Saturn is a large, gaseous planet composed……of hydrogen and helium.
A. it is mostly
B. mostly
C. almost
D. both are almost
E. both
16. Since prehistoric people first applied natural pigments to cave walls, ______ have painted to
express themselves.
A. when artists
B. artists
C. artists who
D. that artists
E. who
17. About 42 million bushels of oats are used annually ______ manufacture of breakfast foods in the
United States.
A. the
B. is the
C. in the
D. to
E. is
18. Any acid can, in principle, neutralize any base, although ______ between some of the more
reactive compounds.
A. side reactions can occur
B. the occurrence of side reactions can
C. can side reactions occur
D. side reactions that can occur
E. can side
19. Just over two-thirds of Earth’s surface is covered by water, …… more than 98 percent of this
water is contained in the oceans.
A. with
B. which
C. and
D. resulting
E. result
20. Pleasing to look at and touch, beads come in shapes, colors, and materials …….to handle and to
sort them.
A. that almost compel one
B. one compels
C. that compel almost
D. one is almost compelled
E. that almost
PERTEMUAN 3
1. In the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, the United States developed the reusable space shuttle
________to space cheaper and easier.
A. to make access
B. and making access
C. which made accessible
D. and made accessible.
E. and make
3. _______more than 65,000 described species of protozoa, of which more than half are fossils.
A. Being that there are
B. There being
C. Are there
D. There are
E. There is
4. The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 ___ nearly unanimously through the United States Congress.
A. passed
B. in passage
C. having passed
D. passing
E. having
5. Modern skyscrapers have a steel skeleton of beams and columns ___a three-dimensional grid.
A. forms
B. from which forming
C. and forming
D. that forms
E. From which
6. The average level of United States prices grew very little from 1953 until the mid-1960’s when
____________.
A. did inflation begin
B. inflation began
C. the beginning of inflation
D. did the beginning of inflation
E. the beginning
7. The basis premise behind all agricultural production is _____available the riches of the soil for
human consumption.
A. to be made
B. the making
C. making is
D. to make
E. making
8. ___to the United States House of Representatives in 1791, Nathaniel Macon remained in office
until 1815.
A. Election
B. Why he was elected
C. Elected
D. Who was elected
E. Who was
10. The universe is estimated ___between 10 billion and 20 billion years old.
A. being
B. to be
C. which is
D. is
E. which
12. ____ freshwater species of fish build nests of sticks, stones, or scooped-out sand..
A. As the many
B. Of the many
C. Many
D. Many of them are
E. As the
13. Newspaper publishers in the united states have estimated ___________reads a newspaper every
day.
A. nearly 80 percent of the adult population who
B. it is nearly 80 percent of the adult population
C. that nearly 80 percent of the adult population who
D. that nearly 80 percent of the adult population
E. that nearly 80 percent of the adult
14. The foundation of all other branches of mathematics is arithmetic, _ science of calculating with
numbers.
A. is the
B. the
C. which the
D. because the
E. because
16. In 1978 the united States National Air and Space Administration selected Sally Ride…….the
first woman astronaut.
A. who being
B. to be
C. and being
D. was
E. who
17. Adhesions are ……. formed within the body in response to inflammation or injury.
A. that thin bands of scar tissue
B. they thin bands of scar tissue when
C. thin bands of scar tissue
D. thin bands of scar tissue able to
E. bands of scar tissue
18. The planet Neptune is about 30 times …… from the Sun as Earth is.
A. far
B. as far
C. more far
D. far that
E. more
19. Not until the 1850’s …… a few public-spirited citizens and state legislatures seek to rescue
historic buildings in the United States from destruction or alteration.
A. both
B. came
C. did
D. when
E. do
20. …… 200 bones forming the framework, or skeleton, of the human body.
A. Being over
B. There are over
C. Where over
D. Over
E. Where
PERTEMUAN 4
1. Fort Niagara was built by the French in 1726 on land ….the Seneca Indians.
A. They buy from
B. bought from
C. buying from
D. was bought from
E. buy
2. Soil texture depends on the proportions of clay and sand particles, ……soil porosity.
A. both alter
B. which alter
C. where altered
D. although altered.
E. both
3. The writers of the realist movement embraced the notion that art should depict life…..
A. accurately and objectively
B. accuracy and objectivity
C. accurate and objective
D. accurate objectivity
E. and objectivity
5. The bones of the elderly are more prone to fractures and splintering …..of young people.
A. than that
B. than those
C. those than
D. that than
E. than
9. Before Richard Bennet accepted the appointment as the prime minister of Canada in
1930, he…..as a lawyer.
A. had achieved a successful
B. had been achieved successfully
C. has achieved success
D. had achieved success
E. achieved successfully
10. Gardeners transplant bushes and flowers by moving them from one place to …..
A. other
B. others
C. another
d. each other
E. each
11. Museums of natural history are ordinarily ……by special interest groups created for
that purpose.
A. owned and operated
B. they own and operate
C. owning and operating
D. the owner operates
E. own and
14. William Hearst had five sons,……………eventually became executives in the Hearts newspaper
conglomerate.
A. all of them
B. of them all
C. all of whom
D. who of all
15. An axiomatic assumption in physics holds that all matter has kinetic energy……….motion and
mass.
A. because its
B. because of its
C. because it is
D. because of it
E. of it
16. Amanda Way's career as a social reformer____ in 1851 when, at an antislavery meeting in
Indiana, she called for a state woman's rights convention.
A. begin
B. began
C. have begun
D. to have begun
E. begun
18. Thomas Paine, _____, wrote Common Sense, a pamphlet that identified the American colonies
with the cause of liberty.
A. writer of eloquent
B. whose eloquent writing
C. an eloquent writer
D. writing eloquent
E. eloquent writing
19. Although beavers rarely remain submerged for more than two minutes, they can stay underwater
___fifteen minutes before having to surface for air.
A. as long
B. as long as
C. so long
D. so long that
E. as that
20. Protein digestion begins in the stomach ____ends in the small intestine.
A. while
B. and
C. how
D. because
E. but
PERTEMUAN 5
1. Mike is the only one of those students who _________ passed the exam.
a. Have
b. Has
c. Are
d. Is
e. Does
10. “The man _________ lives next door is very friendly. ”What is the best option to complete the
missing word?”
a. Who
b. Which
c. Where
d. Whom
e. Whose
11.______ the inventor of light bulb, was one of the first. investorsto apply the principles.
a. Itis Thomas Alva Edison
b. Thomas Alva Edison
c. Thomas Alva Edison is
d. Thomas Alva Edison is famous
e. Thomas Itis Alfa Edison was on out-standing.
12.Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice and Elinor Dashwood inSense andSensibility,______ of Jane Austen's
famous characters.
a. They are two
b. Two of them are
c. Two of them
d. Are two
e. Both of them
14.During the Indonesian Independence, the Indonesiansociety was happy dan the new government___
a. Was formed
b. Was to from
c. Is forming
d. Forming
e. Forms
15.World War II is generally considered to have happened and 1945, although some conflicts in Asia that
are commonly viewed as becoming part of the world war had begun earlier than 1939.
a. The 1939
b. Between 1939
c. In between 1939
d. In the between 1939
e. On Between
16.Conditions required to be accepted in reputable international universities include good mastery of the
field of study, goodmastery of English, and_______.
a. The confidence must be high.
b. Having high confidence.
c. High confidence.
d. Highly confident.
e. High Confidently
19.In the presidential election in Indonesia, the government invites the society to determine who _____
by voting.
a. Should the president be
b. The president being
c. The president should be
d. It should be the president
e. The President should it be
1. Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, _____of the world’sfirst successful airplane, were both born in
Dayton.
b. They were inventing.
c. Were inventors.
d. Invented
e. The inventors
f. Invent
3. Glaciers are made up of ______that, over many years,compresses into large, thickened ice masses.
a. The snow is falling
b. Snow is falling
c. Fallen snow
d. Snow fallen
e. Fall Snowing
4. Not only _____provide energy that maintains many thingson earth, but it also provides sunlight which
is important for vitamin Dproduction.
a. The sun
b. It is the sun that
c. Does the sun
d. Is the sun
e. That is the sun
6. Thunder _____ because of the vibration resulting from lightning when it strikes.
a. Happen
b. Because
c. Vibration
d. From
e. Begins
7. _____ atom consists of a dense central nucleussurrounded by a cloud of negatively charged electrons.
a. An
b. Dense
c. Charged
d. Electrons
e. Negative
8. Most heart attacks ________ discomfortin the center or left side of the chest.
a. Most
b. Involves
c. Discomfort
d. Left side
e. Reason
9. When the general price level _____, each unit of currency buys fewer goods as well services.
a. Rises
b. Currency
c. Buys
d. As well
e. Decrease
10. The cerebral hemispheres, ______, form the largest part of the human brain and are situated above
other brain structure.
a. The cerebrum
b. From
c. Are
d. Structure
e. Cause
11.Borobudur is the world’s largest Buddhist temple,as well as one of _____ Buddhist monuments in
theworld.
a. World’s
b. As well as
c. The great
d. Monuments
e. Building
12. Although George Washington lost many ofhis battles, he never surrendered his army during the war,
and he continued ________ the British relentlessly until the war ended.
a. Although
b. Lost
c. To fighting
d. Relentlessly
e. Maintain
13.Uluru is notable for _______ to change colorat different times of the day and year, most notably
glowing red at dawnand sunset.
a. Appear
b. Color
c. Times
d. Sunset
e. Direction
14. The giant panda is easily recognized by thelarge, distinctive black patches around ____ eyes, over the
ears,and across its round body.
a. Recognized
b. Patches
c. It
d. Body
e. Segment
15. The outer space has effectively no friction, allowingstars, planets and moons to move _____ along
their ideal orbits.
a. Effectively
b. Effectively
c. Free
d. Orbits
e. In circles
16._______ James A. Bland, “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny” was adopted is the state song of Virginia
in 1940.
a. Was written
b. His writing was
c. He wrote the
d. Written by
e. Has written
17.____ large natural lakes are found in the state of South Carolina.
a. There are no d. No
b. Not the e. Nor
c. It is not
d.
18.The surface conditions on the planet Mars are _______ like the Earth’s than are those of any other
planet in the solar system.
a. Conditions
b. The more
c. Than
d. Other
e. Those of
19.The midnight sun is a phenomenon in which the Sun _________ in the sky for twenty-four hours or
longer.
a. Is d.Longer
b. Visible remains e.Bright
c.
d. Sky
1. ………. Is a beautiful Island rich in culture has been confirmed by tourist from around the world
A. Bali D. That Bali
B. Whether Bali E. How Bali
C. If Bali
2. The books on the Table, ………..are about child education, belong to my sister in law
A. Which of most D. Of which
B. Most of which E. That of most
C. In which
3. “ He couldn’t bake an apple pie because he didn’t have any apples.” In another word, we can
say”…………….”
A. If he has some apples, he can bake an apple pie
B. If he had some apples, he could bake an apple pie
C. If he had got some apples, he could have baked an apple pie
D. If he has some apples, he would bake an apples pie
E. If he had some apples, he would bake an apple pie
4. Shall would answer the phone if she …….at her office right now
A. Will be D. Has been
B. Stay E. Had Been
C. Is
5. If the mechanic had done the work properly, I ……………..no problem with my car yesterday.
A. Would have had D. Had had
B. Have had E. Will have
C. Would have
6. …………Three people have died of cholera, the old people of the village refuse to get an injection
against it,
A. Although D. Since
B. However E. Despite
C. In spite of
8. Ann has four books and a couple of pens. This sentences means
A. She has more books than pens
B. She has more pens than books
C. She has fewer books than pens
D. She has as many pens as books
E. She has four pens
9. According to the student, they like Mr. Boy very much, especially in teaching speaking. For them,,
he is……
A. The more popular among the others
B. The most wonderful than the others
C. The best teacher than the others
D. The most attractive teacher in their department
E. More intelligent of all
10. Despite criticisms from political opponents, the new president continues his…….. Abroad to appeal
to foreign countries to invest in Indonesia.
A. To travel D. Be travelling
B. Traveled E. To be traveled
C. Travelling
11. What does this song remind you of?” …………with my first date.”
A. I dance D. To be dancing
B. To dance E. Dance
C. Dancing
12. He told me a lot about the Philippines as if he …….. for a long time
A. Has stayed there D. Has been staying there
B. Stayed there E. Is staying there
C. Had stayed there
15. We allowed the children to watch their favorite TV program yesterday, only after they ….. doing their
school assignments
A. Were finishing D. Would finish
B. Have finished E. Had finished
C. Finish
16. ‘Several hotels in this region are closing down’
“That because tourism itself …… since last year”
A. Is declining D. Was declining
B. Declined E. Had declining
C. Has been declining
5. Why did you leave your very good job in that company?
A. Will stay D. Would stay
B. Have stayed E. Wouldn’t have done it
C. May stay
6. If only we ….. the police for directions, we wouldn’t have got lost
A. Asked D. Were asking
B. Have asked E. Had asked
C. Would asked
7. ……………Most people know that the success of television show is measured by ratings, few know
exactly how shows are rated
A. Although D. Nevertheless
B. However E. Because
C. Since
10. Yesterday, mike and I went to buy bags. Mike’s bag is …… as mine
A. More expensive D. as expensive
B. Bigger E. Cheaper
C. Large
A. Collect D. To collect
B. She collects E. Is collecting
C. Collecting
14. “How long has he been the principal leading of our school?”
: Since I ……………..this School”
A. Was entering D. Entered
B. Have entered E. Had been entering
C. Had entered
15. ………………..Near a beautiful beach, the town soon became a popular tourist resort
A. Situation D. Situating
B. It is situated E. Is situating
C. Situated
16. “Annoyed by the speaker’s remarks. Hadi got up and left the room.” This means that the speaker’s
remarks………….
A. Be annoying D. To be annoyed
B. Were annoying E. Annoyed
C. Were annoyed
17. When I found that Mr. Boy drove his new car I said.” ……….”
A. What a beautiful D. What car!
B. How beautiful the car is? E. How beautiful is it!
C. How a beautiful!
20. “ Stay in bed for a few days,” the doctor said to Caroline
This means that the doctor…………..
A. Said to Caroline to stay in bed for a few days
B. Told Caroline to stay in bed for a few days
C. Asked Caroline If she stayed in bed for a few days
D. Asked Caroline whether she could stay in bed for a few days
E. Said that Caroline should stay in bed for a few days
PERTEMUAN 9
1. I am planning to go to the party tonight but it is not raining. It’s raining very hard now. I wish ….
A. It had stopped D. It will stop
B. It stops E. It stopped
C. It would stop
8. I wish you ….. stay at home because I am sure you will the concert very much.
A. don’t have to D. hadn’t had to
B. didn’t have to E. haven’t had to
C. hadn’t to
10. She goes to the blackboard as if she knew how to solve the problem .
The underlined words mean ...
A. She succeeded in solving the problem
B. she actually couldn’t solve the problem
C. She does not know how to solve the problem
D. she ought to know how to solve the problem
E. She didn’t know how to solve the problem
13. Ulfa went to the blackboard as if she knew how to solve the problem. The underlined words mean …
A. she succeeded in solving the problem
B. She actually couldn’t solve the problem
C. she definitely knew how to solve the problem
D. She ought to know how to solve the problem
E. She should know how to solve the problem
14. I’m planning to go to a party tonight, but it’s raining very hard now. I wish …
A. it had stopped D. it will stop
B. it stops E. it has stopped
C. it would stop
16. Everything can … well if you also try to cooperate with us.
A. runs D. running
B. ran E. to run
C. run
17. My Math teacher may … us writing test tomorrow so have to make preparation for it
A. gives D. gave
B. give E. to give
C. given
18. Most of students in this class can … English fluently, the others still have to practice a lot
A. to speak D. spoke
B. speak E. speaks
C. speaking
19. My uncle works hard night and day because he … support his family economy.
A. had D. has to
B. have to E. has
C. have
20. You should … driving license if you drive a car on high way otherwise the police give you a ticket.
A. having D. has
B. have E. has to
C. have to
PERTEMUAN 10
13. Don’t worry! … the heavy rain, I will visit you next Saturday night.
A. Despite D. Besides
B. However E. Furthermore
C. Even though
14. If you want to … in running your business, you must work hard.
A. successive D. succeed
B. success E. successful
C. successfully
16. The river near my house is deep enough so it … dangerous for children to play near it.
A. has D. was
B. is E. are
C. were
19. The man has elementary school education but he … good at english.
A. has D. was
B. is E. are
C. were
20. Her hobby is singing that’s why she always … singing together with her friends.
A. practiced D. practice
B. practices E. practicing
C. to practice
PERTEMUAN 11
2. I had five books on my table two days ago but now … only two on it.
A. there is no D. there are
B. there is E. there were
C. there was
A. Landmarks D. is in a landmark
B. is landmarked in E. was landmark
C. is a landmark in
7. Young deer _________.
A. are called fawns D. are fawns called
B. be fawns E. is calling
C. is fawns
8. Not until a dog is several months old does it begin to exhibit signs of independence ___________.
A. is highest than any other one D. is higher than any other one
B. is highest then any other one E. more higher than any other one
C. is higher than any other one
12. At the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, Geraldine Ferraro became the first
woman _________ for the vice presidency.
20. The fact that space exploration has increased dramatically in the past thirty ___________
A. is an evidence of us wanting to know more of our solar system
B. indicates that we are very eager to learn all we can about our solar system
C. how we want to learn more about the solar system
D. is pointing to evidence of our intention to know a lot more about what is called our solar system
E. We have to study about the solar system
PERTEMUAN 12
1.The musical comedy Oklahoma did much to expand the potential of the musical stage, and it
encouraged others to attempt……
A. original themes
B. to original themes
C. that were original themes
D. how original themes
E. Why original themes
2.Despite its fishlike form, the whale is……and will drown if submerged too long.
A. an animal breathes air that
B. an animal that breathes air
C. an animal breathes air
D. that an animal breathes air
E. This animal breathes air
3.The saguaro ,found in desert regions in the southwestern United States ,……cactus in the world.
A. is the largest
B. the largest
C. that is the largest
D. the largest that is a
E. More Largest
4. It is said that United Stales literature ____________ individuality and identity in the twentieth century,
after long imitation of European models.
A. was achieved
B. achieved
C. to achieve
D. achieving
E. Will achieved
5. Lucy Stone, ____________ first feminists in the United States, helped organize the American Woman
Suffrage Association in 1869.
A. the one
B. who was the
C. another
D. one of the
E. Only one
6. _______, including climate, mineral content, and the permanency of surface water, wetlands may be
mossy ,grassy , scrubby, or wooded.
A. Depending on many factors
B. Many factors depending on
C. Factors depending on many
D. On many factors depending
E. Is many factor depending on
7. Duke Ellington’s orchestra, _______ his own often complex compositions, made many innovations in
jazz.
A. he played
B. playing
C. that it played
D. was playing
E. Is Playing
8. The term “ice age” refers to any of several periods of time when glaciers covered considerably more of
Earth’s surface _______.
A. as is today
B. than today is
C. than they do today
D. that today
E. That is Today
9. From colonial times, United States property owners agreed to tax themselves on the theory……directly
from services that the government could provide.
A. property owners benefited so that
B. why property owners benefited
C. that if property owners benefited
D. that property owners benefited
E. What property owners benefited
12. Portland, ……, is located primarily on two hilly peninsulas overlooking Casco Bay and its many
island.
A.which Maine’s largest city
B. Maine’s largest city where
C. is Maine’s largest city
D. Maine’s largest city
E. was Maine’s largest city where
13. ……widely used in the chemical industry, sodium carbonate is principally consumed by the glass
industry.
A. Despite
B. Whether
C. Though
D. Except for
E. Although
14. Cells, first identified by the early microscopists, began to be considered …… in the nineteenth
century.
A. them as microcosm of living organisms
B. the microcosm of living organisms
C. the microcosm of living organisms to be
D. as which ,the microcosm of living organisms
E.Is the microcosm of living organisms
15. Like Jupiter, Saturn is a large, gaseous planet composed……of hydrogen and helium.
A. it is mostly
B. mostly
C. almost
D. both are almost
E. More
17. ____ freshwater species of fish build nests of sticks, stones, or scooped-out sand..
A. As the many
B. Of the many
C. Many
D. Many of them are
E. Much of them
18. Newspaper publishers in the united states have estimated ___________reads a newspaper every day.
A. nearly 80 percent of the adult population who
B. it is nearly 80 percent of the adult population
C. that nearly 80 percent of the adult population who
D. that nearly 80 percent of the adult population
E. that is nearly 80 percent of the adult population
19. The foundation of all other branches of mathematics is arithmetic, _ science of calculating with
numbers.
A. is the D. because the
B. the E. Was the
C. which the