Basic English Grammar Tests

 

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1) ✪ Choose a sentence with the right word order

         ⊙  Tom a lot of people invited.

         ⊙  A lot of people Tom invited.

         ⊙  Tom invited a lot of people.

         ⊙  Tom invited of people a lot.

✎ Explain:-We usually use a certain word order: Subject - Verb  - Object. In this sentence 'Tom' is a subject, 'invited' is a verb and 'a lot of people' is an object. 

 

2) ✪ Have you got _ pen?

         ⊙  —

         ⊙  a

         ⊙  an

         ⊙  the

✎ Explain:-We use the article 'a' with singular countable nouns when we talk about them in general.

 

3) ✪ Tom _______ (to read) a newspaper now.

         ⊙  reads

         ⊙  is reading

         ⊙  read

         ⊙  has read

✎ Explain:-The adverb 'now' means that the action is taking place at the moment of speaking.  In this case we should use the Present Continuous Tense: are/is/are + Verb-ing.

 

4) ✪ The Romans _______ (to come) to Britain in 54 BC.

         ⊙  came

         ⊙  were coming

         ⊙  comed

         ⊙  had come

✎ Explain:-If an action happened at a definite time in the past we use the Past Simple Tense. If there is a regular verb in a sentence we add ' -ed'. Irregular verbs should be memorized. Here: COME-CAME-COME

 

5) ✪ Bill __________ (to go) to the club with friends tomorrow. He has an appointment  with them.

         ⊙  is going to go

         ⊙  shall go

         ⊙  will go

         ⊙  goes

✎ Explain:-If we have decided to do something or arranged to do something in the near future we use 'be going to'.

 

6) ✪ Tom, look! The mail ______________ (to deliver).

         ⊙  is delivered

         ⊙  delivers

         ⊙  delivered

         ⊙  is delivering

✎ Explain:-Sometimes we don't know who carries out the action and also it can be obvious or unimportant to us. In this case we use the Passive Voice. 

 

7) ✪ My brother is only 6, but he _____________ already play the piano. 

         ⊙  has to

         ⊙  must

         ⊙  may

         ⊙  can

✎ Explain:-The modal verb 'can' is used when we speak about someone's ability to do something.

 

8) ✪ At first you have to _______________ (to complete a form) the application form.

         ⊙  try on

         ⊙  fill in

         ⊙  come on

         ⊙  take off

✎ Explain:-Phrasal verb 'to fill in' means 'to complete a form by providing needed information'.

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

         ⊙  was - been

         ⊙  was - was

         ⊙  been - been

         ⊙  been - was

✎ Explain:-TO BE - WAS - BEEN

 

10) ✪ Your brother is so rude. I don't like ____ .

         ⊙  him

         ⊙  he

         ⊙  his

         ⊙  himself

✎ Explain:-If a pronoun is an object we use its object form: He - Him

 

11) ✪ You should be very careful. Snowboarding is a __________ hobby. 

         ⊙  dangerous

         ⊙  boring

         ⊙  awful

         ⊙  scary

✎ Explain:-The adjective 'dangerous' is a characteristic of something risky, of  something that can cause injury

 

12) ✪ The train was moving ________ .

         ⊙  slow

         ⊙  slowful

         ⊙  slowly

         ⊙  slowy

✎ 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) ✪ Mike is a person __________________ always does his best.

         ⊙  which

         ⊙  who

         ⊙  whose

         ⊙  whom

✎ Explain:-We use 'who' for people in relative clauses.

 

14) ✪ Bob has some trouble ______ his car.

         ⊙  with

         ⊙  at

         ⊙  of

         ⊙  to

✎ Explain:-We should remember that some nouns are used with specific prepositions after them: 'to have trouble with'.

15) ✪ I will wait for you _____ the car.

         ⊙  onto

         ⊙  at

         ⊙  into

         ⊙  in

✎ Explain:-Preposition of place 'in' means 'inside'.

 

16) ✪ Macy is very proud ___ her little daughter.

         ⊙  with

         ⊙  for

         ⊙  of

         ⊙  about

✎ Explain:-We should remember that some adjectives are used with specific

prepositions after them: 'proud of'.

 

17) ✪ I see two _______ on the table.

         ⊙  boxs

         ⊙  boxes

         ⊙  boxies

         ⊙  box

✎ Explain:-We add ending -es to a noun after -s/-sh/-ch/-x

 

18) ✪ There is _______ coffee on the shelf.

         ⊙  many

         ⊙  a few

         ⊙  any

         ⊙  some

✎ Explain:-We use 'some' in positive sentences and 'any' in negative ones before  countable or uncountable nouns. 'Many' and 'a few' are used before plural countable nouns

 

19) ✪ If you ______ (to study) hard, you ______ (to pass) the exam.

         ⊙  will study/pass

         ⊙  study/will pass

         ⊙  will study/will pass

         ⊙  study/pass

✎ Explain:-When we speak about probable situations in the present or future we use Conditional 1: If-clause (if + Present Simple) - Main Clause (future/modal + present  without 'to')

 

20) ✪ Tom said: "I work every day".

         ⊙  Tom said that he was working every day.

         ⊙  Tom said that he had worked every day.

         ⊙  Tom said that he worked every day.

         ⊙  Tom said that he would work every day.

✎ Explain:-We change the Present Simple to the Past Simple in Reported Speech.