Trinity ISE English Usage Practice — All Questions
5 questions
This time next week, I ___ on a beach in Portugal. Which choice is correct?
- a.will lie
- b.will be lying✓
- c.lie
- d.have lain
'This time next week' points to an action in progress at a specific future moment, so the future continuous 'will be lying' is correct. The simple future 'will lie' does not stress the action in progress.
The bridge ___ in the nineteenth century and is still in use today. Which choice is correct?
- a.built
- b.was building
- c.has built
- d.was built✓
The bridge received the action, so the passive is needed, and a finished past time ('the nineteenth century') calls for the past simple: 'was built'. 'Has built' is active and present perfect.
I'd rather you ___ me before making such a big decision. Which choice is correct?
- a.had told✓
- b.told
- c.tell
- d.would tell
'I'd rather you' expressing a wish about the past is followed by the past perfect: 'had told'. This structure uses a past form to talk about something the speaker wishes had happened.
She's the most helpful person ___ I have ever worked with. Which choice is correct?
- a.what
- b.which
- c.that✓
- d.who
After a superlative like 'the most helpful person', the relative pronoun 'that' is the natural choice. 'What' is never a relative pronoun here, and 'which' is used for things.
Not only ___ the deadline, but she also improved the design. Which choice is correct?
- a.she met
- b.did she meet✓
- c.she did meet
- d.met she
When a sentence begins with 'Not only', the subject and auxiliary invert: 'did she meet'. This inversion is required after certain negative or limiting phrases at the start of a clause.