Grammar & Usage Test

This test is categorized under the “Grammar and Usage” lesson. It covers various aspects of English grammar, including verb tenses, prepositions, conjunctions, adjectives, adverbs, and sentence structure. The questions test the student’s ability to correctly use and identify these elements in context.

Here’s a breakdown of the categories within this test:

  1. Verb Tenses and Modals: Questions 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14, 15, 17, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 38, 41, 42, 49, 50
  2. Verb Forms and Usage: Questions 2, 4, 5, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
  3. Prepositions and Conjunctions: Questions 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 40
  4. Comparatives and Superlatives: Questions 11, 39, 41, 44
  5. Articles and Quantifiers: Questions 43, 46, 47, 48
  6. Pronouns and Relative Clauses: Questions 44, 45

Choose the Letter Corresponding to the Correct Answer.

1) I think I ………… never stop working; I ……… feel so depressed!

a- would/will b- will/would c- would/would d- will/will

2) That’s where I used to …………….. when I was a child.

a- skying b- skiing c- sky d- ski e- have skyed

3) I will never get used to ………….. spoken to in that rude way!

a- be b- beeing c- have been d- being e- to being

4) I wish I were able to get the others …………….. what I want! This is “charisma”!

a- doing b- do c- to doing d- to do e- having done

5) Their work was very poor; the teacher ……….. them………… it all over again.

a- maked/do b- made/to do c- made/doing d- maked/doing e- made/do

6) I will only talk to you when you ……………. ready to listen!

a- would be b- are c- had been d- will be e- will have been

7) It’s the first time I ……………….. on snow!

a- slipp b- have sliped c- slided d- have slid e- have slidden

8) How …………… that she ………….. a good dancer when she was young?

a- did she forgot/was b- has she forgoten/used to be

c- could she forget/were d- could she have forgotten/used to be

9) I ………… out until you …………. me how to do these tricks.

a- won’t moove/teach b- won’t move/have tought

c- will not move/have taught d- won’t move/will teach e- don’t moove/will teach

10) When ………….. those two young …………….. girls?

a- did you see/lebanese b- have you seen/Lebanese

c- have you seen/Libanese d- did you see/Lebanese

11) Tony is much ………………… the other teachers.

a- more friendly than b- friendlier then c- more friendly then d- friendlier than

12) At this moment I …………….. that we’re going to win.

a- am feeling b- feel c- have been feeling d- fell e- have felt

13) Since last year he………………. a book on the ways of fighting drugs.

a- has been writting b- is writing c- wrote d- has been writing e- has writen

14) My husband now …………… to go to the USA for two years.

a- is wishing b- wish c- has been wishing d- wishes e- have wished

15) While I ……….., the mosquitoes ………………. me everywhere!

a- slept/bited b- slept/bit c- was sleaping/beat d- was sleeping/bit

16) Who started the fight? who ………… the first blow?

a- striked b- struck c- stroke d- stroked e- struk

17) I’m sorry for what I did yesterday, but I …………… no harm.

a- ment b- have meant c- didn’t mean d- meant e- haven’t meant

18) Where is my new CD? I hope you didn’t …………. it at the party last night!

a- lose b- lost c- loose d- loosen

19) The criminal …………. on his knees and begged for mercy.

a- felt b- felled c- fell d- has felt e- has fallen

20) Do you know who ………….. this university?

a- found b- fund c- finded d- founded e- funded

21) All the …………. you gave me ………….. to be wrong.

a- informations/prooved b- information/prooved

c- informations/proved d- information/proved

22) At the moment, Cynthia ………… on the floor playing with the doll.

a- is laying b-is liing c- is lying d- lays e- lies

23) When the supervisor came, George …………. the documents on the table and …………. away.

a- lay/run b- layed/ran c- lead/run d- laid/ran e- was lying/running

24) When my son ………………. to university, he will visit us less often.

a- go b- will go c- would go d- have gone e- goes

25) Mr.Smith …………….. mountains when he was young, but now he is scared of heights.

a- had climbed b- used to climbing c- was used to climb d- used to climb e- clinbed

26) When the police ……………. , the …………… will have escaped.

a- arrives/thief b- arrive/theif c- has arrived/thief d- arrive/thief e-have arrived/theif

27) Every time we see him, the news he …………….us …………… bad.

a- has told/are b- tells/are c- told/were d- tells/is e- told/was

28) Tell Lisa to thank Mr. Jordan for his generosity as soon as she ……………. him.

a- will meet b- meats c- will meat d- meets e- have met

29) The Second World War ……………. for six years.

a- has been lasting b- has lasted c- lasted d- had lasted e- was lasting

30) Exactly a year ago, I …………… the same exam; I hope I ……….. this year!

a- have passed/will succed b- have taken/succeed c- passed/will succeed

d- was talking/succeed e- took/will succeed

31) “Guess who is responsible ……… this mess! It’s the man you are looking forward to …………….!”

a- of/see b- for/see c- of/seeing d- for/seeing e- about/see

32) We arrived ……………. our village ……………. a lovely night …………… October.

a- to/in/in b- in/at/in c- at/at/in d- at/on/in e- to/on/on

33)” What happened?” “All the lights went ………….. because there was a power cut!”

a- out b- off c- away d- over e- by

34) Last night I came ……………. my teacher at the cinema, but she didn’t talk to me!!!

a- into b- across c- by d- between e- down on

35) He’s been ill for such a long time that his body is wasting …………….. .

a- out b- off c- away d- down e- back

36) The sound of the cheering faded ……………….. in the distance.

a- away b- out c- off d- back

37) ………….. me do this exercise? I …………. it very difficult.

a- You will help/am finding b- Would you help/find

c- will you help/have found d- Will you help/am finding

38) Mother said he would have his tea as soon as he ………… back.

a- would get b- gets c- has got d- will get e- got

39) This country is three times ……………before,

a- more beautiful than b- more beautifull than

c- as beautiful as d- as beautifull as e- as beautiful than

40) However, ……….. economy is not …………. it was.

a- it’s/the same as b- its/the same as c- it’s/the same like

d- its/the same than e- its/the same

41) I still can’t figure out who………………

a- the smartest of the twins is. b- is the smarter of the twins

c- the smarter of the twins is d- is the smartest of the twins

42) We can’t drive much ………..; there is …………. petrol left in the tank.

a- further/a little b- farther/little c- further/few d- farther/a little e- farther/few

43) Poor girl! She has ………… relatives, ……….she?

a- a few/hasn’t b- little/doesn’t c- few/doesn’t d- no/hasn’t e- a few/doesn’t

44) The only person ……… she had ever loved was a ……………… boy.

a- whom/five years old b-that/five-year-old c- that/five-years-old d-who/five-year-old

45) Her career was all …………. she cared about, ………….. made her so successful.

a- that/which b- what/that c- what/which d- that/wich e- that/that

46) Take ……… things or you’ll regret it; don’t take ……….. jewelry either.

a- a few/many b- few/much c- little/much d- a little/many e- few/many

47) Don’t listen to …………… otherwise you will be …………….

a- these advices/hurted b- his advice/hurt c- these advices/hurt d- his advice/hurted

48) A number of students in this class …………. to know where ……………..

a- is dieing/you have gone b- are dying/you have been

c- is dying/you have been d- are dieing/have you been

e- are dying/have you been

49) Forty minutes …………. more than enough time to ………… this exercise.

a- are/achieve b- is/finish c- are/finish d- is/achieve e- are/acheive

50) I was so ………… when I noticed your absence; you should’ve come!!

a- decieved b- disapointed c- deceived d- disappoint e- disappointed