Mixed Grammar MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise 055

This is the 55th of 100 perfect multi-level grammar tests for assessment. Each test comprises 20 multiple choice questions on almost all the topics of English grammar. So these tests are perfect for you to check your English grammar knowledge thoroughly. To do this, we suggest you take these 100 grammar tests one by one.

Grammar Test 055

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Question 1

I lost my keys _____ I was playing football.

A	during
B	while
C	because of
D	for

Question 1 Explanation:

Use while before a subject and verb: while I was playing. Not during, because during goes before a noun: during the match.

Question 2

_____ does she take the bus? Because she doesn’t have a car.

A	Why
B	Where
C	When
D	How

Question 2 Explanation:

The answer starts with Because, so the question asks for a reason. We ask for a reason with Why.

Question 3

I don’t need _____ money.

A	no other
B	another
C	any
D	many

Question 3 Explanation:

Use any in negative sentences: I don't need any money. Not many, because money is uncountable, so we can't say many money.

Question 4

How much money _____ in the bank?

A	he has got
B	has he got
C	he had
D	he did

Question 4 Explanation:

In a question, the verb comes before the subject: How much money has he got? He has got is the word order for a statement.

Question 5

There isn’t _____ water left, so we can’t make tea.

A	some
B	a little
C	any
D	more

Question 5 Explanation:

Use any in negative sentences: There isn't any water left. Not some, because we usually use some in positive sentences.

Question 6

How _____ men work for Mr. White?

A	much
B	a lot of
C	hard
D	many

Question 6 Explanation:

Men can be counted, so we ask How many. We use How much with things we can't count, like water or money.

Question 7

How _____ do you earn a month?

A	many
B	hard
C	often
D	much

Question 7 Explanation:

We ask about money with How much, because money can't be counted: How much do you earn? Not often, because How often asks about the number of times something happens.

Question 8

_____ some paper on the desk.

A	It has
B	There are
C	They’re
D	There’s

Question 8 Explanation:

Paper is uncountable, so we use the singular form There's (= There is). Not There are, because it is used with plural nouns.

Question 9

A living room is usually _____ than the kitchen.

A	bigger
B	the bigger
C	biggest
D	very big

Question 9 Explanation:

The word than shows we are comparing two things, so we need the comparative form bigger. Biggest is used for one thing in a group.

Question 10

This is an old photograph of me when I _____.

A	was having short hair
B	have short hair
C	have had
D	had short hair

Question 10 Explanation:

The photo is old, so we talk about the past with the past simple: when I had short hair. We don't use have (to mean own or possess) in continuous forms, so was having short hair is wrong.

Question 11

A: What is your new partner like?

B: She _____.

A	likes football
B	is like any other partner
C	likes almost nothing
D	is tall and slender

Question 11 Explanation:

What is she like? asks about a person's character or appearance, so we answer with a description: She is tall and slender. Not likes football, because that answers What does she like?

Question 12

_____ is heavier, a kilo of gold or a kilo of feathers?

A	Whose
B	Which
C	How much
D	Who

Question 12 Explanation:

We use Which when we choose between a small number of things, here gold or feathers: Which is heavier? Not Who, because Who is only for people.

Question 13

_____ is the highest mountain in the world?

A	Whose
B	Which
C	Who
D	How

Question 13 Explanation:

We use Which to choose one thing from a group, here one mountain from all the mountains in the world. Not Whose, because it asks who owns something.

Question 14

_____ is the price of this blouse?

A	What
B	Who
C	How
D	Which

Question 14 Explanation:

We ask about a price with What is the price …? We can also say How much is this blouse?, but How is the price is wrong.

Question 15

_____ lives in that old house?

A	What
B	Who
C	Which
D	How

Question 15 Explanation:

We ask about a person with Who: Who lives in that old house?

Question 16

_____ shall I give you, tea or lemonade?

A	Where
B	How
C	What
D	Why

Question 16 Explanation:

The question asks about a thing (tea or lemonade), so we use What: What shall I give you? Why asks for a reason, so it doesn't fit.

Question 17

The rescue team _____ to the region hit by the recent earthquake last week.

A	are
B	were
C	was
D	went

Question 17 Explanation:

Last week shows the past, and to the region shows movement, so we need the past simple went: went to the region. Was/were to the region is wrong, and are is present.

Question 18

We _____ to London last Monday.

A	can drive
B	will drive
C	drove
D	had driven

Question 18 Explanation:

Last Monday is a finished time in the past, so we use the past simple: drove. Not had driven, because the past perfect needs another past action to refer to.

Question 19

I will probably work _____ six.

A	for
B	under
C	by
D	until

Question 19 Explanation:

Until means 'up to a time and then stop': I will work until six. Not by, which means 'not later than' and is used for finishing something: I'll finish by six.

Question 20

_____ the time Mr. Brown is sixty, he will have completed more than ten detective novels in forty years.

A	When
B	Until
C	Over
D	By

Question 20 Explanation:

The fixed expression by the time means 'before or at that moment' and is often used with the future perfect (will have completed). Not When or Until, because they are not followed by the time in this pattern.

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