KOÇ UNIVERSITY FALL 2020

ELC Upper Intermediate

Level Grammar

Diagnostic Test
Choose the answer that correctly completes each sentence. Highlight your choice.

1. I don’t mind ____________ interviewed, but I dislike making presentations.

A. to be B. being C. having being D. be
1. I met two interesting people, both of _________ are teachers, this week.
A. whom B. them C. that D. who
1. Burcu was too tired ____________ her project yesterday.
A. to have finished B. finishing C. to finish D. finishes
1. Mother Theresa _______________ as a great humanitarian.
A. regards B. been regarding C. had been regarded D. is regarded
1. As soon as I ___________ from Can, I’ll let you know when he’s arriving.
A. hear B. have heard C. will hear D. am hearing
1. Severe weather, occurrences _____________ can delay our work, is uncommon.
A. of them B. of which C. that D. they
1. ____________ Professor Akkaya in my first week of university helped me a lot.
A. The meeting B. Having been meeting C. Having met D. Being met
1. Sevgi is still angry at __________________ at the last meeting.
A. having ignored B. be ignored C. ignoring D. having been ignored
1. ____________ the children were sleeping upstairs, they didn’t hear the loud noise.
A. Although B. Whereas C. Since D. Before
1. ______________ we were right, they complied, not wanting to anger us.
A. As realizing B. While realizing C. Upon realizing D. Because realizing
1. By the time Cem arrives home, he ________________ for almost three full days.
A. will be driving B. will drive C. has been driving D. will have been driving
1. Now I hope you understand that you __________________ that much earlier.
A. ought to have done B. ought to do C. oughtn’t to do D. ought doing
1. Beyza is taking this course _______________ her French skills.
A. for to improve B. to improve C. for improving D. to have improved
1. ____________ I know English quite well, I will be able to find a better job.
A. Now that B. While C. Whereas D. So that
1. If Mert ____________ last week, I would have known.
A. came B. had come C. has come D. was coming
1. The late 1920s was the time _____________ talking films replaced silent films.
A. when B. in that C. which D. how
1. She becomes angry at Ali’s ________________ every meeting.
A. controlling B. controlled C. has controlling D. been controlling
1. They considered ______________ Kadircan, but his English was not very good.
A. to hire B. having hired C. hiring D. making hired
1. There’s not money ____________ to pay for the tickets for everyone.
A. enough B. too C. for D. much
1. Yelda seems ________________ the project that was due today.
A. to be forgotten B. to have forgotten C. to forget D. forgetting
1. I stopped ______________ to the cinema because the tickets were too expensive.
A. to go B. going C. to have gone D. having gone
1. We expect ____________ our sales by 35% in the next four years.
A. to increase B. increasing C. having increased D. increase
1. I didn’t understand the problems _____________ in the meeting yesterday.
A. discussing B. to discuss C. they discussing D. discussed
1. Is the hotel big enough _____________ all the conference delegates?
A. accommodate B. accommodating C. accommodate D. to accommodate
1. The work was ____________ before now.
A. to have been done B. to do C. to be done D. been done
1. She had a vague memory of ______________ Murat somewhere before.
A. seeing B. having seen C. having been seen D. had seen
1. As you ________________ by now, we are planning to open a new shop in Taksim.
A. will have heard B. will hear C. hear D. are hearing
1. We bought a new DVD player, the main function __________ was to keep the children
happy.
A. which B. of which C. that D. in that
1. If you _____________ me, I’ll show you to the dining room.
A. are following B. followed C. will follow D. following
1. I’ve learnt a lot ____________ coming here.
A. for B. from C. through D. since
1. The flowers in the kitchen, __________ Burcu bought only yesterday, are all dead.
A. that B. of which C. those D. which
1. Cars that are parked in this street will be towed away by the police
A. that parking B. parking C. parked D. that park
1. Not until the winter ______________ to start walking again.
A. he was able B. was he able C. able D. wasn’t he able
1. It is important that his child ___________ to a special school.
A. go B. will go C. going D. goes
1. Elif oughtn’t _____________ that expensive car.
A. buying B. buy C. to have bought D. to have been buying
1. __________ a very sociable person, Cem found a seat where he could be by himself.
A. Being B. Having been C. Being not D. Not being
1. If they ____________ a little harder, I think they would have won.
A. had played B. played C. would play D. have played
1. ___________ English since I was in primary school.
A. I studyB. I was studying C. I will have studied D. I’ve been studying
1. If she had known what was going to happen, she ___________ here now.
A. Wouldn’t have been B. wouldn’t be C. has been D. would be

1. ___________ what he was like, I was careful to be polite.

 A. Knowing B. Having known C. Having been known D. Known

Each of the sentences has one error. Find the error and rewrite the sentence correctly.

1. Murat listens to music while does his homework.

Murat listens music while he's doing his homework.
1. Merve wishes she listened to her inner voice.
Merve wishes she had benn listened her inner voice.
1. Missing their flight, Ali and his friends will have to wait until the evening flight.
Missing their flight,Ali and his friends have to wait until the evening flight.
1. The Turkish city of Trabzon has just being hit by a tsunami.
The Turkish city of Trabzon has just been hitted by a tsunami.
1. That film director has won many awards, one of them was an Oscar.
That film director has won many awards, one of them is an Oscar.

Read the following email which has at least five errors in the use of conditionals and related
forms. Find and correct the errors. There is a highlighted example in the table below the text.

This has been one of those days when I wish I would have stayed in bed. When I turned on my
computer this morning, it crashed immediately. It’s not like this has never happened before …
but I certainly wish the computer didn’t choose this day, of all days, to crash. My scholarship
application was due this afternoon by 3:00 pm, and I had almost everything ready for it. I just
needed half an hour or so to put some finishing touches on it. So I was pretty desperate. As
soon as my computer crashed, I took it straight to a repair shop, but it took me two hours to get
there. If I got it there by 11 am, they probably could fix it in time for me to make the three
o’clock deadline. But I didn’t get it there until 12. Everything would have worked out if there
hadn’t been a major traffic jam on the bridge. I was stuck in traffic for an hour and a half. I wish I
had the sense to take a different bridge and not the one with the most traffic! I’m also mad at
myself for another reason. If I sent in the application a week ago, they would already receive it,
and everything would be fine right now.

ERROR CORRECTION
Example: would have stayed had stayed

Note: The following sources have been used to create this diagnostic. All questions have been
adapted from examples/exercises in these sources.
Cooper, A., & Eckstadt-Didier, S. (2015). Grammar Explorer 3. Boston: National Geographic
Learning. Cengage Learning.
Mauer, J. (2012). Focus on Grammar 5: An Integrated Skills Approach (4th Ed.). White Plains,
NY: Pearson.
Swan, M. (2016). Practical English Usage (4th Ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Swan, M. & Walter, C. (2011). Oxford English Grammar Course Advanced. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.