C2 C2 Grammar and Language Use 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which sentence uses the subjunctive mood correctly?
- I wish I was taller.
- It is essential that he attends the meeting.
- She demanded that he leaves immediately.
- It is vital that she be informed at once. (Correct answer)
Correct answer: It is vital that she be informed at once.
The subjunctive 'be' is used in formal that-clauses following verbs like 'vital', 'essential', or 'demand'.
Question 2: Choose the sentence that correctly uses an inverted conditional:
- If he would have called, I would have answered.
- Had he called, I would have answered. (Correct answer)
- Should he would call, I will answer.
- Were he calling, I would have answered.
Correct answer: Had he called, I would have answered.
'Had he called' is the correct inversion of the third conditional 'If he had called'.
Question 3: Which option correctly completes the sentence: 'Not until she arrived _____ the truth'?
- she learned
- did she learn (Correct answer)
- she did learn
- she has learned
Correct answer: did she learn
When a negative adverbial phrase like 'not until' begins a sentence, subject-auxiliary inversion is required.
Question 4: Identify the correct use of a cleft sentence:
- It was John who broke the vase. (Correct answer)
- It was John that he broke the vase.
- What John he broke was the vase.
- The vase it was John who broke.
Correct answer: It was John who broke the vase.
A cleft sentence uses 'It + be + focused element + relative clause' to emphasize a particular part.
Question 5: Which sentence demonstrates correct use of a nominalized structure?
- The company decided to expand its operations.
- The company's decision to expand its operations surprised analysts. (Correct answer)
- The company has decided that it will expand.
- The company, which decided to expand, surprised analysts.
Correct answer: The company's decision to expand its operations surprised analysts.
Nominalization converts the verb 'decided' into the noun phrase 'decision', which is a hallmark of formal academic writing.
Question 6: Which sentence correctly uses a non-finite participle clause to show cause?
- Having finished the report, she went home. (Correct answer)
- She finished the report, and she went home.
- Finishing the report, she was going home.
- After she finished the report she went home.
Correct answer: Having finished the report, she went home.
A perfect participle clause 'Having finished…' indicates a completed action that caused or preceded the main clause.
C2 C2 Grammar and Language Use 1
Which sentence uses the subjunctive mood correctly?