Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE) — All Questions
5 questions
Not only ___ the deadline, but he also exceeded every target.
- a.he met
- b.he did meet
- c.did he meet✓
- d.met he
After the fronted negative 'Not only', subject-auxiliary inversion is obligatory: 'did he meet'. The plain word order 'he met' is incorrect here.
___ harder last year, she would be running the department now.
- a.Had she worked✓
- b.If she worked
- c.Should she work
- d.Were she to work
This is a mixed conditional: a past condition ('Had she worked' = if she had worked) with a present result ('would be running now'). The inverted 'Had she worked' correctly omits 'if'.
___ impressed the panel was her ability to stay calm under pressure.
- a.That
- b.Which
- c.It that
- d.What✓
This is a cleft sentence with a nominal relative: 'What impressed the panel was...'. 'What' introduces the clause acting as subject; 'that' and 'which' cannot begin it here.
___ all the evidence, the jury reached a swift verdict.
- a.To consider
- b.Having considered✓
- c.Considered
- d.Being considered
A perfect participle clause ('Having considered') shows the action was completed before the main clause. The passive 'Being considered' would wrongly make the jury the thing considered.
Rarely ___ such a compelling argument in a first draft.
- a.I have read
- b.have I read it
- c.have I read✓
- d.I read
The fronted restrictive adverb 'Rarely' triggers inversion: 'have I read'. Adding 'it' is redundant because 'argument' is the object already stated.