Advance English Grammar Test

 

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1) ✪ Choose a sentence with the right word order

  ⊙ Kyle will tell you this story in the park tomorrow.

  ⊙ Kyle will tell you tomorrow this story in the park.

  ⊙ Kyle tomorrow will tell you this story in the park.

  ⊙ Kyle will tell you this story tomorrow in the park.

 ✎ Explain:- There is a certain word order in statements: Subject - Verb - Object. In Standard English we normally use the object of place before the object of time: in the park tomorrow.

   

2) ✪ Do you know when was __ Antarctica officially discovered?

  ⊙  -

  ⊙ the

  ⊙ an

  ⊙ a

 ✎ Explain:- 'The' is not used before names of continents.

 

3) ✪ I _____ (to live) here since childhood and I think I know everyone in our village.

  ⊙ live

  ⊙ am living

  ⊙ have lived

  ⊙ lived

 ✎ Explain:- 'Since' shows us that the action started in the past and continues up to now. That is why we use Present Perfect: has/have + Verb (-ed/Past Participle)

 

4) ✪ Jake _______ (to roast) meat in the oven while Cara ________ (to knead) dough.

  ⊙ was roasting / kneaded

  ⊙ was roasting / was kneading

  ⊙ had roasted / kneaded

  ⊙ had roasted / had been kneading

 ✎ Explain:- 'While' indicates simultaneous actions. In this case we use the Past  Continuous Tense for both actions.

 

5) ✪ I ______ (to send) you photos when I get them.

  ⊙ send

  ⊙ am sending

  ⊙ will send

  ⊙ sent

 ✎ Explain:- If a speaker suggests to do something voluntarily - we use the Future Simple.

 

6) ✪ Transfer this Active Voice sentence into the Passive one: Britain kept Napoleon on  the island of Saint Helena.

  ⊙ Napoleon was been kept on the island of Saint Helena by England.

  ⊙ Napoleon had kept on the island of Saint Helena by England.

  ⊙ Napoleon kept on the island of Saint Helena by England.

  ⊙ Napoleon was kept on the island of Saint Helena by England.

 ✎ Explain:- The Passive Voice is formed according to this rule: Subject - Be+ Past Participle - Preposition 'BY' - Agent (who or what carries out the action). The right form  for the Past Simple Passive is: was/were + past participle or verb+ -ed

 

7) ✪ ____ a doctor, I want to define the illnesses. Unfortunately I'm an IT specialist and don't have medicine knowledge.

  ⊙ Such

  ⊙ As

  ⊙ Like

  ⊙ Likely

 ✎ Explain:- 'Like' means 'similar to'. It means that the speaker is not a doctor. 'As a  doctor' means 'being a doctor'.

 

8) ✪ Darling, could you ______ (to reverse, to move backward) the car? There's a large puddle near my door, I can't get out.

  ⊙ back up

  ⊙ back out

  ⊙ back in

  ⊙ back down

 ✎ Explain:- Phrasal verb 'to back up' means 'to reverse, to move backward'.

 

9) ✪ Choose two forms of the verb 'to cast'

  ⊙ casted-casting

  ⊙ casted-casten

  ⊙ cast-cast

  ⊙ casted-casted

 ✎ Explain:- TO CAST-CAST-CAST

 

10) ✪ We could phone Jill later, ___________ we have to hurry up.

  ⊙ despite

  ⊙ seeing that

  ⊙ whereas

  ⊙ although

 ✎ Explain:- The meaning of this sentence is: we are in a hurry so we have no time to phone Jill. 'We have no time' is the reason why we can not phone Jill. To give a reason  for a certain situation we use 'seeing that, seeing as, as, because, since' + clause. Other given linking words do not relate to the meaning of the sentence.

 

11) ✪ Little Johnny is a (an) _______ brilliant boy!

  ⊙ exceptionally

  ⊙ very

  ⊙ pretty

  ⊙ fairly

 ✎ Explain:- Some words can make adjectives stronger. We call these words  'intensifiers'. Some of them are: very, really, pretty, absolutely. Remember that with strong adjectives (with extreme meaning) like 'brilliant' we use certain intensifiers. For example: exceptionally, completely, absolutely, totally, utterly, quite.

 

12) ✪ She looked at him ________ .

  ⊙ pointed

  ⊙ pointedfully

  ⊙ pointedful

  ⊙ pointedly

 ✎ Explain:- We use adverbs to describe time, degree, manner, etc. In other words adverbs help us get more information about the action or a place (where, when, how, how often, etc.)They are formed by adding '-ly' or '-ily' to the adjective.

 

13) ✪ My grandmother enjoys ________ (to swim) in the sea.

  ⊙ swam

  ⊙ is swimming

  ⊙ to swim

  ⊙ swimming

 ✎ Explain:- 'Enjoy' requires the Gerund. In this case the Gerund is used as the object of the verb.

 

14) ✪ People joined a walk through the town __ memory __ the poet.

  ⊙ to / for

  ⊙ in / of

  ⊙ at / to

  ⊙ in / on

 ✎ Explain:- We should remember that some nouns are used with specific prepositions before and after them: 'in memory of'.

 

15) ✪ The meeting is scheduled __ Friday evening.

  ⊙ on

  ⊙ for

  ⊙ at

  ⊙ in

 ✎ Explain:- It is correct to say 'on Friday evening'.

 

16) ✪ Martin is looking for a job and a place to move in. He doesn't want to be overly dependent __ his parents.

  ⊙ at

  ⊙ from

  ⊙ on

  ⊙ of

 ✎ Explain:- We should remember that some adjectives are used with specific  prepositions after them: 'dependent on'.

 

17) ✪ Unfortunately, hunters kill many ________ every year.

  ⊙ a grouses

  ⊙ grousies

  ⊙ grouses

  ⊙ grouse

 ✎ Explain:- There are some nouns which have the same form in the singular and in the  plural: ONE GROUSE - TWO GROUSE.

 

18) ✪ It was the worst birthday ever. ____ friends visited me.

  ⊙ a few

  ⊙ a little

  ⊙ much

  ⊙ little

 ✎ Explain:- A few' is used with countable nouns and means 'some'. 'A little' is used with uncountable nouns. 'Much' and 'little' do not relate to the meaning.

 

19) ✪ Express disappointment with the present situation: I have to do this task. I don't  want to do it.

  ⊙ If only I had done that task.

  ⊙ I wish I didn’t have to do that task.

  ⊙ I would do that task if I had to.

  ⊙ I didn't want to do that task but I had to.

 ✎ Explain:- To express disappointment with the present situation we usually use the construction [ I + wish + Past Simple]. Other answers do not relate to the meaning. 

 

20) ✪ Use a prefix to make a word negative: fair

  ⊙ disfair

  ⊙ infair

  ⊙ misfair

  ⊙ unfair

 ✎ Explain:- We say 'fair - unfair'