Elementary Grammar MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise 25

This is the 25th of 30 elementary level grammar tests. This test in this set comprises 20 multiple-choice questions of elementary English grammar. The formats of the tests are similar and the level gradually increases.

Elementary Grammar Test 25

Please wait while the activity loads.
If this activity does not load, try refreshing your browser. Also, this page requires javascript. Please visit using a browser with javascript enabled.

If loading fails, click here to try again

Start

Congratulations - you have completed Elementary Grammar Test 25. You scored %%SCORE%% out of %%TOTAL%%. Your performance has been rated as %%RATING%%

Your answers are highlighted below.

Question 1

Do you want a drink?

A	Yes, I want.
B	Yes, I do want.
C	No, I don’t.
D	No, I don’t want.

Question 1 Explanation:

A short answer repeats the helper word: Do you…? → No, I don't. or Yes, I do. We don't add want at the end.

Question 2

_____ clever idea!

A	What a
B	What
C	So
D	How

Question 2 Explanation:

Use What a + adjective + singular noun: What a clever idea! Not How, because how goes before an adjective alone: How clever!

Question 3

Mary got _____.

A	for her birthday a pen.
B	at her birthday a pen.
C	a pen for her birthday.
D	a pen at her birthday.

Question 3 Explanation:

The thing comes first, then the time phrase: a pen for her birthday. We say for your birthday, not at.

Question 4

Ask him _____.

A	how old he is.
B	how old is he.
C	how old has he.
D	how old he has.

Question 4 Explanation:

After Ask him, the question words are in normal order: how old he is. Not how old is he, because this is not a direct question.

Question 5

_____ we didn’t visit John in hospital.

A	Already
B	Sometimes
C	Never
D	Always

Question 5 Explanation:

Sometimes can start a sentence and works with a negative verb. Never already means "not", so Never we didn't is wrong.

Question 6

_____ to get rich.

A	Not every young man try
B	Not every young man tries
C	No every young men try
D	No every young man tries

Question 6 Explanation:

Not every is followed by a singular noun and a singular verb: Not every young man tries. We say not every, not no every.

Question 7

Whose is this?

A	There’s
B	There
C	Their
D	Theirs

Question 7 Explanation:

Theirs means "belonging to them" and can stand alone: It's theirs. Their needs a noun after it: their car.

Question 8

- Who went to Paris?

- John _____.

A	has
B	did
C	does
D	was

Question 8 Explanation:

The question is in the past (went), so the short answer uses did: John did.

Question 9

Where’s the dog?

A	It’s on the table.
B	There’s on the table.
C	There’s under a table.
D	It's under table.

Question 9 Explanation:

We use it for the dog we are talking about: It's on the table. Not There's, because there's needs a noun after it.

Question 10

Are you going to school?

A	No, I don’t.
B	No, I’m cycling.
C	No, to the shops.
D	No, to shops.

Question 10 Explanation:

The short answer gives the real place: No, to the shops. We say the shops when we mean the shops in our area.

Question 11

Next month Jane _____ twenty-three.

A	is having
B	has
C	shall be
D	will be

Question 11 Explanation:

For age in the future, use will be: Next month Jane will be twenty-three. We use be for age, not have.

Question 12

How’s John’s sister?

A	She’s fine.
B	That’s she.
C	This is her.
D	Her's fine.

Question 12 Explanation:

How's…? asks about health or how someone is. Answer with She's fine. Not Her's, because her cannot be the subject.

Question 13

Have you _____ the cups with tea?

A	felt
B	feel
C	filled
D	full

Question 13 Explanation:

After Have you, use the past participle filled. Fill means to make something full: fill the cups with tea.

Question 14

Did John _____ to drive a car?

A	teach you
B	taught you
C	learn you
D	learnt you

Question 14 Explanation:

After Did, use the base verb: teach. Someone teaches you to do something; we don't say learn you.

Question 15

Why have you _____ to me?

A	gone
B	come
C	came
D	went

Question 15 Explanation:

Have + past participle: come (come–came–come). We use come for movement towards the speaker (to me), not go.

Question 16

Last Sunday _____ thousands of people at the beach.

A	it was
B	they were
C	there was
D	there were

Question 16 Explanation:

Thousands of people is plural and in the past, so use there were.

Question 17

What’s today’s date?

A	Of January the second.
B	Of January second.
C	The January second.
D	January the second.

Question 17 Explanation:

We say January the second (or the second of January). Don't start with of.

Question 18

My daughter is older _____.

A	that his one
B	than his
C	than his one
D	that his

Question 18 Explanation:

Use than after an adjective like older. His can stand alone, so we don't add one: older than his.

Question 19

She _____ her hat and left the room.

A	takes on
B	took on
C	puts on
D	put on

Question 19 Explanation:

Left is past, so the first verb is also past: put on (put–put–put). We put on clothes, not take on.

Question 20

Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.

A	Was the big car expensive?
B	Was the expensive car a big?
C	Was expensive the big car?
D	Was the expensive a big car?

Question 20 Explanation:

In a question, was comes first, then the subject: Was the big car expensive? The adjective big goes before the noun car.

Once you are finished, click the button below. Any items you have not completed will be marked incorrect. Get Results

There are 20 questions to complete.

⇦

List

⇨

Return

Shaded items are complete.

1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20
End

Return

Download PDF version of this test.

Elementary Grammar MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise 25

Elementary Grammar Test 25

Previous Posts

Next Posts