Mixed Grammar MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise 058

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Grammar Test 058

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Question 1

She’s telling _____ an amusing story.

A	they
B	them
C	to them
D	their

Question 1 Explanation:

After a verb like tell, use an object pronoun: them. We say tell someone a story, so there is no to.

Question 2

All of the students did _____ homework.

A	his
B	her
C	its
D	their

Question 2 Explanation:

The students is plural, so the matching possessive is their: their homework.

Question 3

I imagine _____ to have Italian ancestors.

A	she
B	his
C	her
D	their

Question 3 Explanation:

In the pattern imagine + object + to-infinitive, the pronoun is an object pronoun: her. Not she, because a subject pronoun cannot follow imagine here.

Question 4

When I returned home, my father asked me where I _____.

A	am
B	had been
C	have been
D	will go

Question 4 Explanation:

In reported speech after a past reporting verb (asked), the question Where have you been? usually moves back to the past perfect: where I had been. Not have been or am, because the story is told in the past, and will go talks about the future.

Question 5

Tom has just left for San Francisco. By six o’clock tomorrow he _____ New York.

A	will have reached
B	will reach
C	reaches
D	has reached

Question 5 Explanation:

By + a future time shows that an action will be complete before that time. This needs the future perfect: will have reached. Not will reach, because that does not show the action finished before six o'clock.

Question 6

My brother told me that he _____ the letter the day before.

A	has posted
B	will post
C	had posted
D	is posting

Question 6 Explanation:

After a past reporting verb (told), we use the past perfect for an action that happened earlier: had posted. The clue the day before shows the posting happened before he told me. Not has posted, because the present perfect is not used with a finished past time like the day before.

Question 7

You can go home if you _____ your work.

A	are finishing
B	finished
C	will finish
D	have finished

Question 7 Explanation:

After if, we don't use will for the future. The present perfect have finished shows the work must be complete first. Not will finish, because will is not used after if in this kind of sentence.

Question 8

When I arrived home at 7 o’clock, I was very surprised. Everybody _____ out.

A	were
B	has gone
C	had gone
D	is

Question 8 Explanation:

The going out happened before the past moment when I arrived, so we use the past perfect: had gone. Not were, because everybody takes a singular verb (was).

Question 9

He is sad because he _____ some money.

A	loses
B	had lost
C	has lost
D	was lost

Question 9 Explanation:

The present perfect has lost links a past action to a present result: he is sad now. Not was lost, because that is passive and means he himself was lost.

Question 10

Muhammad Ali _____ his first world title fight in 1964.

A	has won
B	is winning
C	was winning
D	won

Question 10 Explanation:

A finished action at a stated past time (in 1964) takes the past simple: won. Not has won, because the present perfect is not used with a finished past time.

Question 11

Water _____ at a temperature of 100 degrees Celsius.

A	is boiling
B	boils
C	boiled
D	boil

Question 11 Explanation:

We use the present simple for facts that are always true: Water boils at 100 degrees. Water is singular, so the verb is boils, not boil.

Question 12

In cold climates people _____ sitting in the sun.

A	like
B	likes
C	are liking
D	does like

Question 12 Explanation:

People is plural, and this is a general truth, so we use the present simple: like. Like is a state verb, so we don't normally say are liking. Not likes or does like, because those forms go with he, she or it.

Question 13

I was doing the shopping while you _____ tennis.

A	are playing
B	were playing
C	have played
D	have been playing

Question 13 Explanation:

Two actions in progress at the same time in the past, joined by while, both take the past continuous: was doing … were playing. Not are playing, because the sentence is about the past.

Question 14

We _____ television when a bird flew into the room.

A	was watching
B	were watching
C	looked at
D	saw

Question 14 Explanation:

A longer action in progress (past continuous) is interrupted by a short one (flew). We takes were, so the answer is were watching, not was watching.

Question 15

- Do they often go to the beach?

- Yes, they _____.

A	do
B	go
C	do go
D	are going

Question 15 Explanation:

A short answer repeats the helping verb from the question: Do they…? – Yes, they do.

Question 16

- Does Albert have any new magazines?

- No, he _____.

A	does
B	doesn’t
C	has
D	don’t

Question 16 Explanation:

The question uses does, so the short answer is No, he doesn't. Not don't, because he takes doesn't.

Question 17

He didn’t understand me _____ I spoke to him slowly and clearly.

A	although
B	however
C	since
D	because

Question 17 Explanation:

Although links two ideas that contrast: he didn't understand, even though I spoke slowly. Not however, because it doesn't join two clauses like this without a full stop or semicolon.

Question 18

_____ you open the window, please?

A	Could
B	Shall
C	Should
D	Must

Question 18 Explanation:

Could you …? is a polite way to ask someone to do something.

Question 19

She would rather read _____ listen to the radio.

A	than
B	to
C	or
D	and

Question 19 Explanation:

The pattern is would rather + verb + than + verb: She would rather read than listen to the radio. Not to, because would rather is followed by verbs without to.

Question 20

You look hungry. _____ you like a sandwich?