Elementary Grammar MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise 29

This is the 29th of 30 elementary level grammar tests. This test in this set comprises 18 multiple-choice questions of elementary English grammar. The formats of the tests are similar and the level gradually increases.

Elementary Grammar Test 29

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Question 1

Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.

A	What is your age?
B	How many years you have?
C	How old you are?
D	What age do you have?

Question 1 Explanation:

What is your age? is a correct question. We usually say How old are you?, with are before you. Not What age do you have?, because in English we don't say we have an age.

Question 2

John bought _____ cheese.

A	enough of
B	too many
C	fewer
D	more

Question 2 Explanation:

Cheese is uncountable, and more works with uncountable nouns: more cheese. Too many and fewer are for things we can count.

Question 3

Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.

A	What pencils made of?
B	What are pencils made of?
C	What pencils are they made of?
D	What are made of pencils?

Question 3 Explanation:

In a question, are comes before the subject: What are pencils made of?

Question 4

_____ like music.

A	The both girls
B	Both this girls
C	Both of them
D	Both they

Question 4 Explanation:

We say both of them or both girls. Not the both girls, because we don't put the before both.

Question 5

What _____ on Saturday?

A	Ken usually does
B	does Ken usually
C	usually does Ken do
D	does Ken usually do

Question 5 Explanation:

The word order for this question is What + does + subject + adverb + verb: What does Ken usually do? Not does Ken usually, because the main verb do is missing.

Question 6

There isn’t _____ in the garden.

A	anyone
B	no person
C	persons
D	any people

Question 6 Explanation:

After a negative verb like isn't, we use anyone. Not any people, because people is plural and needs aren't.

Question 7

He thinks John _____.

A	the same as I
B	is the same as me
C	is same as me
D	is the same I am

Question 7 Explanation:

The sentence needs the verb is and the phrase the same as: John is the same as me. We always say the same, not just same.

Question 8

Cathie has read _____ French books.

A	so much
B	a few
C	the more
D	every

Question 8 Explanation:

A few goes with plural countable nouns: a few French books. Not so much, because much is for uncountable nouns.

Question 9

When _____, I’ll talk to him.

A	does Peter come
B	Peter will come
C	Peter comes
D	can Peter come

Question 9 Explanation:

After when about the future, we use the present simple: When Peter comes, I'll talk to him. Not will come, because we don't use will after when.

Question 10

I don’t know _____ geography.

A	something about
B	anything about
C	something of
D	anything of

Question 10 Explanation:

In negative sentences we use anything, not something. To talk about a subject, we say know about: I don't know anything about geography.

Question 11

Next year we’re going to stay there _____ a week.

A	in
B	through
C	during
D	for

Question 11 Explanation:

We use for to say how long something lasts: for a week. Not during, because during comes before a period or an event, as in during the holiday.

Question 12

Is Chris _____ Kate?

A	taller that
B	so tall as
C	as tall as
D	taller as

Question 12 Explanation:

To say two people are equal, we use as + adjective + as: as tall as. With taller we need than, not that or as.

Question 13

Tom gave us _____ apples.

A	a lot of
B	so much
C	same
D	this

Question 13 Explanation:

A lot of goes with plural nouns like apples. Not so much, because much is for uncountable nouns.

Question 14

_____ those newspapers have you read?

A	What are
B	Which
C	What of
D	Which of

Question 14 Explanation:

Before those, these or the, we use which of: Which of those newspapers have you read?

Question 15

It was raining when Mary _____ the bus.

A	waited
B	expected
C	was waiting
D	was waiting for

Question 15 Explanation:

We say wait for something: Mary was waiting for the bus. The past continuous shows an action in progress. Not was waiting alone, because wait needs for before an object.

Question 16

Have you been to the museum?

A	Not yet.
B	Not already.
C	Not ever.
D	Not still.

Question 16 Explanation:

Not yet means "no, but I will do it later". We use yet in negative answers.

Question 17

What kind of watch shall I buy?

Get _____.

A	one Swiss
B	a French
C	a Japanese one
D	some American one

Question 17 Explanation:

An adjective like Japanese needs a noun after it, so we use one in place of watch: a Japanese one. Not a French, because there is no noun after it.

Question 18

Mary doesn’t speak Russian.