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Try these 10 questions, then open the answer to check yourself. The trainer has all 48 questions on this topic, mixed in a new order each time, with your mistakes saved for review.
This frigate is ______ than the previous one.
- Amore fast
- Bfaster
- Cfastest
- Dthe fastest
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B. faster
Short adjective, so the comparative takes -er.
It is the ______ decision he has ever taken.
- Adifficult
- Bmore difficult
- Cmost difficult
- Ddifficultest
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C. most difficult
Long adjective, so the most.
She is not ______ experienced as her colleague.
- Aso
- Bas
- Cmore
- Dsuch
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B. as
as ... as.
It's high time we ______ the procedure.
- Areview
- Breviewed
- Cwill review
- Dhave reviewed
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B. reviewed
It's time + past subjunctive.
The officer ______ briefed us has just retired.
- Awhich
- Bwho
- Cwhom
- Dwhose
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B. who
Human subject, so who.
The ship ______ hull was damaged returned to port.
- Awhich
- Bwho
- Cwhose
- Dthat
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C. whose
Possession -> whose.
This is the report ______ I mentioned yesterday.
- Awhat
- Bwho
- Cwhich
- Dwhose
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C. which
A thing, not a person: which or that.
Not only ______ he arrive late, he also forgot the file.
- Adid
- Bdoes
- Cwas
- Dhas
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A. did
Inversion after Not only.
Never before ______ such a request.
- Awe received
- Bhave we received
- Cwe have received
- Dreceived we
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B. have we received
Inversion after Never before.
Hardly ______ we left when the storm broke.
- Ahad
- Bhave
- Cdid
- Dwere
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A. had
Hardly ... when.
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