Noun Clauses Test 4

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

1) The civil engineer who accompanied us requested that we ______________ hard hats in the area.

2) ____________ parents tolerate their children too much is not true. 

3) _____________ I had for breakfast gave me heartburn.

4) I demand that I _______________ to call my lawyer.

5) He said that he _____________ the answer but _____________ he hesitated to talk.

6) My dog follows me _______________ I go.

7) It was through his efforts ____________ the two sides finally agreed to hold talks on economic cooperation.

8) During the late 20th century, ____________ is known today as modern agriculture was quite successful in meeting the growing global demand for food.

9) __________ began as a naive protest march grew into a bloody riot.

10) As a system administrator, you must know for sure ____________ and ___________ to check the system against malicious software.

11) In ancient Rome, it was aristocrats ____________ owned huge amounts of farming land.

12) It is asserted ___________ helping the Russians build a free society and market economy is the greatest strategic challenge of our time and ___________ Russia is the single most important foreign policy priority of the US administration at present.

13) The outcome of the UN Conference in Stockholm in 1972 was ___________ states are now responsible for ensuring __________ their activities do not damage the environment of other states.

14) It’s these recycling techniques, rather than improved performance, _____________ are receiving attention in the advertisements.

15) The high value of the pound at the moment explains ______________ manufacturers and exporters are suffering.

16) I’m sure I’m not the first to notice _________ your daughter is a very talented artist, especially for her age.

17) _____________ we will rent this shop again for next year depends on the amount of profit we will make.

18) We are not sure yet ______________ we want to spend on flowers at our wedding.

19) It wasn’t until he refused to help his mother organise his aunt’s funeral ____________ I realised ____________ selfish Mike is.

20) The underlying principle of abstract art is ____________ it is not the subject at all but form and colour ___________ really possess aesthetic value.