Mixed Grammar MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise 021

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Grammar Test 021

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Question 1

A: Did you read this book?

B: No, I didn’t. I wish I _____ it.

A	read
B	can read
C	had read
D	will read

Question 1 Explanation:

To talk about a regret about the past, use wish + past perfect: I wish I had read it. B didn't read the book in the past and is sorry now. Not read, because wish + past simple is used for wishes about the present.

Question 2

He will study _____.

A	until I will come back
B	when I came back
C	when I will come back
D	until I come back

Question 2 Explanation:

After time words like until, when and as soon as, use the present simple with a future meaning, not will: He will study until I come back. Not until I will come back, because will is not used after time conjunctions.

Question 3

He has a headache so he _____ take an aspirin.

A	must
B	ought
C	had to
D	must have

Question 3 Explanation:

Must + base verb shows that something is necessary now: he must take an aspirin. Not ought, because it needs to (ought to take). Not had to, because the sentence is about the present (he has a headache).

Question 4

By the end of the year, I _____ this journey ten times.

A	will do
B	will have done
C	will be doing
D	will have been doing

Question 4 Explanation:

The future perfect (will have + past participle) shows an action completed before a point in the future. The clue is By the end of the year: I will have done this journey ten times. Not will have been doing, because we are counting finished journeys, not describing an ongoing activity.

Question 5

He would have told me if he _____ it.

A	knew
B	would know
C	has known
D	had known

Question 5 Explanation:

This is the third conditional for an imaginary past: would have + past participle in the main clause, and if + past perfect in the other: if he had known it. Not knew, because that belongs to the second conditional (present or future situations).

Question 6

You will have a long holiday if you _____ your class.

A	will pass
B	are going to pass
C	pass
D	would pass

Question 6 Explanation:

This is the first conditional: if + present simple, then will + verb. You will have a long holiday if you pass your class. Not will pass, because we don't use will in the if clause.

Question 7

I didn’t know that your book _____ into English until Charles told me.

A	translating
B	translated
C	have been translated
D	had been translated

Question 7 Explanation:

The book was translated by someone, so we need the passive. The translation happened before the past moment I didn't know, so we use the past perfect passive: had been translated. Not have been translated, because the main sentence is in the past.

Question 8

The Browns will go on a picnic unless it _____.

A	doesn’t rain
B	won’t rain
C	rains
D	will rain

Question 8 Explanation:

Unless means if not, and like if it takes the present simple for the future: unless it rains = if it doesn't rain. Not doesn't rain, because unless already contains the negative meaning.

Question 9

The teacher has Ali _____ the blackboard every day.

A	cleaned
B	clean
C	cleans
D	to clean

Question 9 Explanation:

With have + person, we use the base verb without to: have someone do something means ask or make someone do it. The teacher has Ali clean the blackboard. Not cleaned, because have + object + past participle (have the blackboard cleaned) is used for the thing, not the person.

Question 10

Don’t mention it. It’s the _____ I can do.

A	little
B	least
C	less
D	likely

Question 10 Explanation:

It's the least I can do is a fixed polite expression, meaning 'I am happy to help; it was only a small thing'. Least is the superlative of little, so it follows the. Not less, because the + comparative doesn't work here.

Question 11

Don’t you always feel very _____ when you are home?

A	happy
B	hardly
C	happily
D	nicely

Question 11 Explanation:

After feel (a linking verb), we use an adjective, not an adverb: feel happy. Not happily, because it is an adverb and describes how you do an action.

Question 12

Helen has finished school and _____.

A	so did her brother
B	so has her brother
C	so finished her brother
D	so her brother has

Question 12 Explanation:

To say 'also' after a positive sentence, use so + auxiliary + subject. The auxiliary must match the first verb: has finished → so has her brother. Not so did her brother, because the first verb is in the present perfect, not the past simple.

Question 13

Rose doesn’t like horror films and _____.

A	James doesn’t too
B	James doesn’t either
C	James doesn’t neither
D	nor doesn’t James

Question 13 Explanation:

To agree with a negative sentence, use either at the end: James doesn't either. Too is used only after positive sentences. Not nor doesn't James, because nor is followed by a positive auxiliary: nor does James.

Question 14

He must be the director. I remember _____ in school.

A	to be him
B	him to be
C	seeing him
D	saw him

Question 14 Explanation:

Remember + -ing is used for remembering something that happened in the past: I remember seeing him in school. Remember to do means not forgetting a future task. Not saw him, because remember cannot be followed directly by a past simple verb.

Question 15

Both boxers trained very _____ for several weeks before the fight.

A	much
B	hardly
C	many
D	hard

Question 15 Explanation:

Hard is both an adjective and an adverb: train hard means train with a lot of effort. Not hardly, because it means 'almost not' (He hardly trained = he trained very little).

Question 16

A: Helen is leaving home to get a job in New York.

B: I think _____ will make her father sad.

A	her leaving
B	she leaving
C	she leaves
D	her to leave

Question 16 Explanation:

The subject of the sentence is a gerund (leaving), and before a gerund we use a possessive: her leaving will make her father sad. Not she leaves, because a full clause can't be the subject here without that (that she is leaving).

Question 17

He _____ mistake in the examination.

A	did a
B	was
C	made a
D	made

Question 17 Explanation:

The correct collocation is make a mistake, not do a mistake. Mistake is a countable noun, so it needs a: He made a mistake. Not made, because the article is missing.

Question 18

Do you know where _____?

A	will they meet
B	they will meet
C	do they meet
D	are they meeting

Question 18 Explanation:

In an indirect question (after Do you know…), we use normal statement word order: subject + verb. Where will they meet? becomes Do you know where they will meet? Not will they meet, because that is direct question word order.

Question 19

These grapes _____ in the sun.

A	has been dried
B	have been dry
C	have been dried
D	have being dried

Question 19 Explanation:

Someone dried the grapes, so we need the present perfect passive: have been + past participle. Grapes is plural, so we use have: have been dried. Not has been dried, because has is for singular subjects.

Question 20

He _____ for half an hour when he realized he was painting the wrong wall.

A	worked
B	had worked
C	has worked
D	has been working

Question 20 Explanation:

The past perfect shows an action that happened before another past action. He worked for half an hour before he realized his mistake, so had worked. Not has worked, because the present perfect doesn't fit a story in the past.

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