Mixed Grammar MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise 045

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Grammar Test 045

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Question 1

_____ coffee in the pot.

A	It’s a
B	It has
C	There’s a
D	There’s some

Question 1 Explanation:

Coffee is uncountable, so we say There's some coffee, not a coffee. We use there is to say something exists in a place. Not It's a, because it doesn't introduce something new.

Question 2

A video set is _____ than a television set.

A	more expensive
B	expensive
C	most expensive
D	the most expensive

Question 2 Explanation:

The word than shows a comparison of two things. Long adjectives form the comparative with more: more expensive than.

Question 3

The yellow car is _____ car in the parking lot.

A	dirtier
B	the dirtier
C	the dirtiest
D	the dirty

Question 3 Explanation:

We compare one car with all the cars in the parking lot, so we need the superlative: the dirtiest. Not the dirtier, which compares only two things.

Question 4

My hat is different _____ yours.

A	of
B	as
C	like
D	from

Question 4 Explanation:

The usual preposition after different is from: My hat is different from yours. Different of is not correct English.

Question 5

Barbara doesn’t have a car, _____ she takes the bus to work.

A	as
B	because
C	then
D	so

Question 5 Explanation:

So introduces a result. She has no car, and the result is that she takes the bus. Not because, which introduces a reason.

Question 6

_____ Tom nor his wife has a cold.

A	Neither
B	Nor
C	Either
D	Or

Question 6 Explanation:

Nor goes together with neither: neither A nor B means 'not A and not B'. Either goes with or.

Question 7

We managed to reach our house _____ the road was flooded.

A	whether
B	because
C	although
D	unless

Question 7 Explanation:

Although introduces a contrast. The flooded road was a problem, but they still reached the house. Not because, since the flood was not the reason they got home.

Question 8

He was late, _____ he took a taxi.

A	as
B	so
C	then
D	since

Question 8 Explanation:

So introduces a result. He was late, and the result was that he took a taxi. As and since give a reason, and that doesn't fit the meaning here.

Question 9

Mrs. Simpson will visit _____ Spain or Greece.

A	both
B	either
C	neither
D	between

Question 9 Explanation:

Either goes with or: either Spain or Greece means one of the two countries. Both goes with and, and neither goes with nor.

Question 10

The car is both fast _____ economical.

A	if
B	and
C	or
D	but

Question 10 Explanation:

Both goes with and: both fast and economical. This means the car has both qualities.

Question 11

Gold _____ in many countries.

A	is found
B	finds
C	has found
D	finding

Question 11 Explanation:

Gold doesn't find anything. People find it, so we use the present simple passive: is found. Not has found, because that is active.

Question 12

Many cameras _____ in Japan.

A	made
B	are making
C	here
D	are made

Question 12 Explanation:

Cameras don't make anything. People make them, so we use the passive are made (am/is/are + past participle). Not are making, because that is active.

Question 13

There was a storm. Two trees _____ down.

A	were blowing
B	were blown
C	were to blow
D	was blown

Question 13 Explanation:

The storm (the wind) blew the trees down, so we use the past simple passive: were blown. Trees is plural, so we need were, not was.

Question 14

The electric light bulb _____ by Thomas Edison.

A	is invented
B	was invented
C	invented
D	invents

Question 14 Explanation:

This happened in the past, and the bulb didn't invent anything, so we use the past simple passive: was invented by. Not is invented, which is present.

Question 15

Even though construction costs are high, a new hospital _____ next year.

A	will be built
B	would be built
C	is built
D	builds

Question 15 Explanation:

Next year shows the future, and the hospital doesn't build itself, so we use the future passive: will be built. Not would be built, which is conditional.

Question 16

I don’t know _____ book this is.

A	interesting
B	who
C	whose
D	your

Question 16 Explanation:

Whose asks who something belongs to: I don't know whose book this is. Not who, because we are asking about the owner of the book.

Question 17

This is my friend _____ house is near mine.

A	who lives is
B	who is
C	whose
D	in his

Question 17 Explanation:

Whose shows possession in a relative clause: my friend whose house means 'my friend's house'. Not who is, because the sentence is about the friend's house.

Question 18

Helen is wearing a jacket _____ is red.

A	it
B	as red
C	that
D	such

Question 18 Explanation:

That is a relative pronoun for things here. It joins the two ideas: a jacket that is red. Not it, because it cannot join two parts of a sentence.

Question 19

Do you know a good place _____ we can have lunch?

A	somewhere
B	where
C	anywhere
D	there

Question 19 Explanation:

Where is a relative adverb for places: a good place where we can have lunch. Somewhere and anywhere cannot join the two parts of the sentence.

Question 20

This is the _____ suit I have ever bought.

A	more expensive
B	most expensively
C	most expensive
D	more expensively

Question 20 Explanation:

The and I have ever bought show a superlative. Suit is a noun, so we need the adjective: the most expensive. Not most expensively, because adverbs don't describe nouns.

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