Oxford English Grammar Course Advanced •

TEST 1 • basic sentence types

Answer Key
1 1 means this word  ➔  5 1 Both
does this word mean 2 Both
2 did phone  ➔ phoned 3 A
3 Correct 4 B
4 About what’s  ➔  5 A
What’s … about? See pages 10–11
5 When are arriving …?  ➔ 
When are the Director and his
6 1 Let’s not
staff arriving?
2 shall we
6 Correct
3 Let me
7 Which … the moon during?  ➔
4 Don’t let’s
During which … the moon?
5 Let’s
8 Correct
6 there
9 didn’t hardly see  ➔  hardly saw
See page 12
See pages 2–4

8 1 Correct
2 1 Not
2 What strange  ➔  What a strange
2 Not
3 this is boring  ➔  boring this is
3 No
4 does he talk  ➔  he talks
4 no
5 Correct
5 not
6 the piano beautifully  ➔ 
6 not
How beautifully … piano.
See page 5
See page 13

3 1 ✗
2 ✓
3 ✗
4 ✗
5 ✓
6 ✗
7 ✓
See pages 6–7

4 1 I don’t hope  ➔  I hope it doesn’t

2 It seems not  ➔  It doesn’t seem
3 nor exercise  ➔  or exercise
4 Nor I did  ➔  Nor did I
5 his assistant was also not  ➔
neither was his assistant / nor was
his assistant / his assistant wasn’t
either
6 I think we’re not  ➔
I don’t think we’re
See pages 8–9

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TEST 2 • be, have and do
Answer Key
1 1 ✓
2 ✗
3 ✓
4 ✗
5 ✓
6 ✗
See page 16

2 1 there won’t be /
there isn’t going to be
2 There’s going to be
3 There isn’t
4 Is there
5 there will be / there’s going to be
6 Was there
7 there had been / there was
8 There have been
See page 17

3 1 Both
2 Both
3 B
4 Both
5 B
6 B
7 Both
See page 18

4 1 is having  ➔ has
2 haven’t often got 
➔  don’t often have
3 Correct
4 No, I haven’t got  ➔  No, I haven’t
5 Correct
6 Are you having  ➔  Have you got /
Do you have
7 I had got  ➔  I had
See page 19

5 1 Both
2 A
3 Both
4 Both
5 A
6 Both
7 Both
See pages 20–21

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Oxford English Grammar Course Advanced •
TEST 3 • present and future
Answer Key
1 1 B 6 1 will have been hearing 
2 A ➔  will have heard
3 A 2 was spending  ➔  was to spend /
See page 23 would spend
3 Correct
4 have already reached 
2 1 runs
➔  will already have reached /
2 crosses
will have already reached
3 is standing
5 Correct
4 turns
6 Correct
5 shoots
See pages 34-37
6 makes
7 are playing
See page 24

3 1 march  ➔  are marching

2 She forever complains 
➔  She’s forever complaining
3 I’m seeing  ➔  I see
4 is it saying  ➔  does it say
5 Correct
6 I’m promising  ➔  I promise
7 I’m waiting  ➔  I’ve been waiting
8 Correct
See pages 25–26

4 1 ✗
2 ✗
3 ✓
4 ✓
5 ✓
6 ✗
See pages 28–29

5 1 A
2 Both
3 A
4 B
5 A
6 A
7 A
See pages 30–31

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Oxford English Grammar Course Advanced •
TEST 4 • past and perfect tenses
Answer Key
1 1 lived 6 1 scored
2 was eating 2 arrived
3 fell; was riding 3 had passed
4 joined; were protesting 4 heard
5 were losing; scored 5 left
See page 41 6 had finished
See page 52

2 1 ’ve worked
2 ’ve been given 7 1 A
3 was involved 2 B
4 travelled 3 A
5 was trained 4 A
6 enjoyed 5 Both
7 ’ve been See page 53
8 ’ve met
9 ’ve been
8 1 ’d eaten
10 has achieved
2 ’ve told
See pages 42-43
3 ’ve had
4 ’d worn
3 1 been being  ➔ been 5 ’s sung
2 Correct 6 ’d written
3 been having  ➔ had 7 ’d met
4 ’s watching  ➔  ’s been watching See page 54
5 Correct
6 we’re working late  ➔ 
we’ve been working late
7 Correct
8 planing  ➔ planning
See page 44

4 1 B
2 B
3 Both
4 Both
5 A
6 Both
See pages 46-47

5 1 B
2 Both
3 B
4 Both
5 B
6 B
7 B
8 Both
See pages 48-49

Oxford English Grammar Course • Advanced   TEST 4 • past and perfect tenses  
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Oxford English Grammar Course Advanced •
TEST 5 • modal verbs
Answer Key
1 1 Correct 6 1 Probably
2 could double  ➔  succeeded in 2 Yes
doubling or managed to double 3 No
3 Correct 4 Yes
4 can speak  ➔  will be able to 5 No
speak 6 No
5 ‘m tasting  ➔  can taste See pages 68, 69 and 70
6 could you play  ➔  were you able
to play or did you succeed in
7 1 ✗
playing or did you manage to play
2 ✓
See pages 60 and 61
3 ✓
4 ✗
2 1 ✗ 5 ✓
2 ✓ 6 ✗
3 ✗ See page 71
4 ✓
5 ✓
8 1 If you will eat so much chocolate,
6 ✗
it’s not surprising you feel sick.
See page 62
2 This computer won’t open these
documents.
3 1 A 3 Would/Will you follow me, please?
2 Both 4 The company won’t increase our
3 A pay.
4 B 5 On Saturdays the family would
5 A always go the football.
See pages 63 and 64 6 Her parents will always help with
the kids if we need them.
See page 72
4 1 must
2 should
3 must 9 1 Both
4 ’ll 2 A
5 ’ll 3 A
6 can’t 4 Both
See page 65 5 B
6 Both
See page 73
5 1 may not
2 can
3 may not 10 1 ✓
4 can’t 2 ✓
5 May 3 ✗
6 could 4 ✗
See pages 66 and 67 5 ✓
6 ✗
See page 74

Oxford English Grammar Course • Advanced   TEST 5 • modal verbs  

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Oxford English Grammar Course Advanced •
TEST 6 • passives
Answer Key
1 1 I want being collected  5 1 Brian was seen as a bit of a 8 1 You aren’t fitted by that dress.
➔  I want to be collected laughing stock, to be honest. / To ➔  That dress doesn’t fit you.
2 sofa will delivered  be honest, Brian was seen as a bit 2 by a postman
➔  sofa will be delivered of a laughing stock. 3 To Frank has been given 
3 Correct 2 A senior player was appointed ➔  Frank has been given a clock /
4 must to be done  manager by the board. A clock has been given to Frank
➔  must be done 3 Professor Richards was regarded 4 That we had not heard from
5 By who was the film as an expert on linguistics. them for several weeks surprised
directed?  ➔  Who was the film 4 Updike was considered a literary us.  ➔  We were surprised that we
directed by? / By whom was the giant. or It surprised us that we
film directed? 5 She was called awful names by 5 Correct
6 got designed by  the children. 6 Correct
➔  was designed by See page 83 7 The politician was wanted
See pages 78 and 79 to give a straight answer by the
journalist.  ➔  The journalist
6 1 ✓
wanted the politician to give
2 1 A 2 ✗
8 Correct
2 B 3 ✗
9 Confidence is lacked by your son
3 A 4 ✗
➔  Your son lacks confidence
See page 80 5 ✓
10 Correct
See page 84
11 is break  ➔  is broken or has been
3 1 A daytime telephone number broken
must be provided. 7 1 Both 12 It is started  ➔  It started /
2 Three companies were chosen to 2 Both It has started
present the product to. 3 A
3 No evidence was found of 4 B
inappropriate behaviour. OR No 5 Both
evidence of inappropriate See page 84
behaviour was found.
See page 81

4 1 There is said to be heavy snow on

the way.
2 She is reported to be worth
several billion dollars.
3 It is suggested that interest rates
will not change this month.
4 He is known to be abroad at the
moment.
5 It is understood that the suspect
was arrested on Friday morning.
6 Animals are believed to be able to
sense when earthquakes will
occur.
See page 82

Oxford English Grammar Course • Advanced   TEST 6 • passives  

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Oxford English Grammar Course Advanced •
TEST 7 • infinitives and -ing form
Answer Key
1 1 to be watched 6 1 ✓
2 to have taken / to be taking 2 ✓
3 to have been written 3 ✗
4 to go 4 ✗
5 coming / having come 5 ✓
6 to have been broken 6 ✗
7 to have passed / to pass 7 ✓
8 lying / having lied See pages 102 and 103
9 being attacked / having been
attacked
7 1 It’s normal for us to go shopping
10 being taken
on a Saturday morning.
See pages 89–91
2 It’s unusual for the picture to be so
bad.
2 1 ✗ 3 Is it possible for you to give us a
2 ✓ lift?
3 ✗ 4 I’ll be happy for you to use my
4 ✓ laptop.
5 ✓ 5 I’m anxious for you to see a doctor
See page 92 right away.
See page 104

3 1 changing
2 to move 8 1 doing
3 to make 2 visiting
4 seeing 3 take
5 to welcome 4 snowboarding
6 to meet 5 writing
See page 93 See page 105

4 1 accepting  ➔  to accept 9 1 ✓
2 taking  ➔  to take 2 ✓
3 Correct 3 ✗
4 washed  ➔  to be washed / 4 ✓
washing 5 ✓
5 Correct See page 106
See pages 93–95

5 1 Both
2 A
3 B
4 A
5 B
6 B
7 B
8 Both
9 A
10 A
11 Both
See pages 98–101

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Oxford English Grammar Course Advanced •
TEST 8 • various structures with verbs
Answer Key
1 1 Both 6 1 Correct
2 Both 2 to open  ➔ open
3 A 3 stand  ➔  to stand
4 A 4 get repaired my watch
5 B ➔  get my watch repaired
6 B 5 to have  ➔  to get
See page 111 6 Correct
7 Correct
See pages 120 and 121
2 1 the TV off
2 No change possible.
3 No change possible.
4 an application form in
5 No change possible.
6 No change possible.
See page 112 and 113

3 1 into
2 into
3 from
4 –
5 –
6 on
See page 114 and 115

4 1 make up
2 breaking up
3 turned down
4 telling us off
5 back up
See pages 116 and 117

5 1 explain me this word  ➔ explain

this word to me
2 describe me your favourite
painting  ➔  describe your
favourite painting to me
3 Correct
4 suggest me a good restaurant
in Madrid  ➔  suggest a good
restaurant in Madrid to me
5 sing her  ➔  sing to her
See pages 118 and 119

Oxford English Grammar Course • Advanced   TEST 8 • various structures with verbs  
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TEST 9 • nouns and pronouns
Answer Key
1 1 Correct 6 1 ✓
2 an interesting research  2 ✓
➔  some interesting research / 3 ✗
an interesting piece of research 4 ✓
3 a real luck  ➔  a real stroke of luck 5 ✓
4 Correct 6 ✗
5 luggages  ➔ luggage 7 ✗
See page 125 8 ✓
9 ✗
See pages 138–139
2 1 Both
2 Both
3 A 7 1 three-days course
4 Both ➔  three-day course
5 A 2 page’s top  ➔  top of the page
6 Both 3 a paper piece  ➔  a piece of paper
7 A 4 Correct
8 B 5 Correct
See pages 126–127 6 two week holiday  ➔  two week’s
holiday / a two-week holiday
7 Industrial Revolution book
3 1 A
➔  book on/about the Industrial
2 Both
Revolution
3 Both
8 chemists  ➔ chemist’s
4 Both
9 Correct
See page 132
10 make some cleaning  ➔ 
do some cleaning
4 1 ✗ 11 food for cats  ➔  cat food
2 ✗ 12 wedding’s invitation  ➔ 
3 ✗ wedding invitation
4 ✓
See page 133

5 1 Both
2 B
3 B
4 B
5 A
6 A
7 A
8 A
See pages 134–138

Oxford English Grammar Course • Advanced   TEST 9 • nouns and pronouns  

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Oxford English Grammar Course Advanced •
TEST 10 • determiners (1)
Answer Key
1 1 A 4 1 ✗
2 an 2 ✗
3 a 3 ✓
4 the 4 ✓
5 a 5 ✗
6 the 6 ✓
7 a 7 ✗
8 the 8 ✓
9 the 9 ✓
10 an 10 ✗
11 a 11 ✓
12 – 12 ✓
13 – See pages 150 and 151
14 a
15 a
5 1 ones  ➔ one’s
16 the
2 Correct
17 a
3 my mother’s friend
18 a
➔  friend of my mother’s
19 the
4 Correct
20 a
5 the  ➔ his
See pages 143–145
6 jacket  ➔ jackets
7 an  ➔  our / a home of our own
2 1 Correct 8 your  ➔ yours
2 Correct 9 than the ours  ➔  than ours
3 the jazz  ➔ jazz 10 it’s  ➔ its
4 A  ➔ The 11 who’s  ➔ whose
5 the  ➔ a See pages 152 and 153
6 Correct
7 the society  ➔ society
8 history  ➔  the history
See pages 146 and 147

3 1 The
2 –
3 the
4 –
5 the
6 the
7 the
8 a
See pages 148 and 149

Oxford English Grammar Course • Advanced   TEST 10 • determiners (1)  

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TEST 11 • determiners (2)
Answer Key
1 1 A 6 1 Correct
2 B 2 Correct
3 B 3 has  ➔ have
4 B 4 is  ➔ are
5 Both 5 majority teenagers
6 Both ➔  majority of teenagers
7 A 6 almost each one
8 B ➔  almost every one
See pages 157–158 7 Every of  ➔  Every one of
8 more of time  ➔  more time
See pages 167–169
2 1 ✗
2 ✓
3 ✓
4 x
5 ✓
6 ✓
See page 159

3 1 any
2 No
3 Neither
4 any
5 –
6 some
See pages 161–163

4 1 No of > None of
2 no > not a
3 Correct
4 Correct
5 Correct
See page 164

5 1 ✗
2 ✗
3 ✓
4 ✗
5 ✗
6 ✓
7 ✗
See pages 165–166

Oxford English Grammar Course • Advanced   TEST 11 • determiners (2)  

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TEST 12 • adjectives, adverbs and comparison
Answer Key
1 1 A 6 1 about 12 1 ✓
2 B 2 to win 2 ✓
3 B 3 to know / of knowing 3 ✓
4 B 4 to wait 4 ✗
5 A 5 for Miss Jones to see me 5 ✗
See page 173 See page 178 See page 184

2 1 university debating 7 1 Correct 13 1 A

2 scruffy old 2 Correct 2 Both
3 last two 3 Get out of my house at once. 3 Both
4 regional and national 4 He studies accountancy in the 4 A
5 tall, dark and handsome evenings. 5 B
See page 174 5 Correct See page 185
See page 179

3 1 an asleep child  ➔  a sleeping 14 1 more  ➔  even / much / far /

child (or a child asleep) 8 1 completely forgot a lot / lots
2 elder  ➔ older 2 Always think 2 much  ➔  many / far / a lot / lots
3 madness sheer  ➔  sheer madness 3 often serve 3 Correct
4 Prepared to wait people 4 have occasionally sung 4 Correct
➔  People prepared to wait 5 is never 5 easy  ➔ easily
5 next to arrive train  ➔ See page 180 See page 186
next train to arrive
See page 175
9 1 ✓ 15 1 much rain  ➔  a lot of rain /
2 ✓ lots of rain / plenty of rain
4 1 very strengthened 3 ✓ 2 many  ➔  a lot of / lots of
➔  (very) much strengthened 4 ✗ 3 much  ➔  a lot / a great deal
2 questioned suspects  5 ✓ 4 Correct
➔  suspects questioned See page 181 5 Correct
3 Correct See page 187
4 Correct
10 1 B
See page 176
2 A 16 1 B
3 B 2 B
5 1 B 4 Both 3 A
2 A 5 Both 4 B
3 Both See page 182 5 B
4 B 6 Both
5 A See pages 188–189
11 1 ✓
See page 177
2 ✗
3 ✗
4 ✗
5 ✓
See page 183

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TEST 13 • prepositions
Answer Key
1 1 at
2 at
3 in (or with)
4 in
5 in
6 on (or –)
7 on
8 in or round
9 in
10 in
11 at (or in)
See pages 192–193

2 1 for
2 by
3 about
4 without
5 to
6 Since
7 for
See page 194

3 1 Correct
2 About the presentation ... 
➔  The presentation ...
thought about.
3 Correct
4 which I need to post a letter
before  ➔  before which I need to
post a letter
5 stand in it  ➔  stand in
See page 195

4 1 A
2 B
3 A
4 A
See page 196

5 1 among
2 between
3 until
4 by
5 for
6 by
7 with
8 except
See pages 197–198

Oxford English Grammar Course • Advanced   TEST 13 • prepositions  

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Oxford English Grammar Course Advanced •
TEST 14 • conjunctions, clauses and tenses
Answer Key
1 1 ✗
2 ✗
3 ✓
4 ✗
5 ✓
6 ✓
7 ✓
See page 201

2 1 ✗
2 ✓
3 ✗
4 ✓
See page 202

3 1 She both plays the piano and

sings.
2 Your teeth need both whitening
and straightening.
3 Either he cheated or he got lucky.
or He either cheated or got lucky.
5 I play both football and cricket.
or I play football as well as cricket.
See page 203

4 1 wherever you will go

➔  wherever you go
2 Correct
3 I’ll finish  ➔  I finish / I’ve finished
4 Correct
5 Correct
See pages 204 and 205

5 1 ✗
2 ✗
3 ✓
4 ✗
5 ✓
See pages 206 and 207

Oxford English Grammar Course • Advanced   TEST 14 • conjunctions, clauses and tenses  
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Oxford English Grammar Course Advanced •
TEST 15 • adjective (relative) clauses
Answer Key
1 1 what  ➔ that
2 a story will delight 
➔  a story which / that will delight
3 Correct
4 left it  ➔ left
5 Correct
See pages 208 and 209

2 1 ✗
2 ✓
3 ✓
4 ✗
See page 210

3 1 The young man driving…

2 The hostages being released…
3 Can’t be reduced.
4 … the information on…
5 Can’t be reduced.
6 … desserts made with nuts
See page 211

4 1 ✓
2 ✗
3 ✗
4 ✗
5 ✓
6 ✓
7 ✗
8 ✓
9 ✓
10 ✓
See pages 212–215

Oxford English Grammar Course • Advanced   TEST 15 • adjective (relative) clauses  

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TEST 16 • noun clauses
Answer Key
1 1 told to  ➔ told 5 1 Correct
2 what do you  ➔  what you 2 couldn’t bear it to
3 Correct ➔  couldn’t bear to
4 will  ➔ would 3 owe to  ➔  owe it to
5 Correct 4 Correct
6 understands  ➔ understood; 5 To carry ... is important
says  ➔ said ➔  It is important to carry ...
7 Correct 6 Correct
See pages 218 and 219 See pages 228 and 229

2 1 Both
2 B
3 Both
4 A
5 Both
6 Both
7 B
8 A
9 B
10 Both
See pages 220–223

3 1 Correct
2 Correct
3 Correct
4 would be  ➔ were
5 do not give  ➔  not give
6 was  ➔ were
7 Correct
8 somebody talk 
➔  somebody to talk
9 Correct
10 that you’ll be  ➔  you to be
11 that you attend 
➔  your attending
12 That  ➔  The fact that
See pages 224–226

4 1 It isn’t important whether she

knows CAD. / Whether she knows
CAD isn’t important.
2 It’s your business who you
speak to. / Who you speak to is
your business.
3 I’ll drive how I like!
4 He’ll agree to whatever you
suggest.
5 It is not clear why they are
leaving / (have) left. / Why they are
leaving / (have) left is not clear.
See page 227

Oxford English Grammar Course • Advanced   TEST 16 • noun clauses  

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TEST 17 • adverb clauses
Answer Key
1 1 sell
2 I’d buy
3 might
4 would
See pages 233 and 234

2 1 Unless  ➔ If or don’t clear

➔ clear
2 unless I pass  ➔  if I don’t pass
3 Correct
4 In case  ➔ If
5 Correct
6 Correct
See page 235

3 1 ✓
2 ✓
3 ✓
4 ✓
5 ✓
6 ✗
7 ✓
8 ✗
9 ✓
10 ✓
See pages 236–239

4 1 B
2 A
3 B
4 Both
5 B
6 A
7 A
8 A
9 B
See pages 240–245

5 1 Correct
2 Correct
3 they broke  ➔ breaking
4 Correct
5 for not being  ➔  in order not
to be / so as not to be
6 Correct
See pages 246 and 247

Oxford English Grammar Course • Advanced   TEST 17 • adverb clauses  

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