Elementary Grammar MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise 26

This is the 26th of 30 elementary level grammar tests. This test in this set comprises 12 multiple-choice questions of elementary English grammar. The formats of the tests are similar and the level gradually increases.

Elementary Grammar Test 26

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Question 1

(Please note: The following questions are part of a cloze test. They are interrelated, meaning that the information provided in each question is connected to the others.)

Tom: Hello, Ann. How are you?

Ann: Well, I _____ the doctor’s yesterday.

A	was to
B	went to
C	have been to
D	have gone to

Question 1 Explanation:

Yesterday is a finished time, so we use the past simple: went to. Not have been to, because we don't use the present perfect with yesterday.

Question 2

Tom: What _____ you?

A	did he tell to
B	he has told
C	did he tell
D	has he told to

Question 2 Explanation:

A past simple question uses did + subject + verb: What did he tell you? We say tell you, not tell to you.

Question 3

Ann: He said that I have a weak stomach, but I _____ take any medicine.

A	mustn’t
B	don’t need to
C	couldn’t
D	may not

Question 3 Explanation:

Don't need to means it is not necessary. Ann is not very ill, so she doesn't have to take medicine. Not mustn't, because that means it is not allowed.

Question 4

Tom: How _____ that you were ill?

A	did you notice
B	have you noticed it
C	were you noticing it
D	you noticed

Question 4 Explanation:

This is a past simple question: How did you notice that…? Don't add it, because that you were ill is already the object.

Question 5

Ann: I was teaching _____ a bicycle, and I couldn’t run as fast as I _____.

A	to my cousin ride
B	my cousin riding
C	my cousin to ride
D	my cousin ride

Question 5 Explanation:

We say teach someone to do something: teaching my cousin to ride a bicycle.

Question 6

Ann: I was teaching _____ a bicycle, and I couldn’t run as fast as I _____.

A	did need
B	needed to
C	must
D	have to

Question 6 Explanation:

The story is in the past, so we use needed to: I couldn't run as fast as I needed to. Not must, because it has no past form here.

Question 7

Tom: Well, what _____ tomorrow evening?

A	are you doing
B	are you going do
C	will you to do
D	do you

Question 7 Explanation:

We use the present continuous for plans in the future: What are you doing tomorrow evening?

Question 8

Ann: I _____.

A	haven't planned nothing
B	haven’t planned something
C	didn’t plan something
D	haven’t planned anything

Question 8 Explanation:

The present perfect haven't planned shows that up to now there is no plan. In negative sentences we use anything, not something or nothing.

Question 9

_____ invite me for dinner?

A	Do you like to
B	Are you wanting
C	Are you going to
D	You will

Question 9 Explanation:

Are you going to + verb asks about a plan: Are you going to invite me for dinner?

Question 10

Tom: _____.

A	Not this
B	No that
C	No this
D	Not that

Question 10 Explanation:

Tom says Not that, which means 'not dinner'. Then he says what he really wants: to go to the films with Ann. We use that for something the other person just said.

Question 11

_____ in town this week, and I want _____ with me.