Mixed Grammar MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise 061

This is the 61st 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 061

Please wait while the activity loads.
If this activity does not load, try refreshing your browser. Also, this page requires javascript. Please visit using a browser with javascript enabled.

If loading fails, click here to try again

Start

Congratulations - you have completed Grammar Test 061. You scored %%SCORE%% out of %%TOTAL%%. Your performance has been rated as %%RATING%%

Your answers are highlighted below.

Question 1

Her husband is ill in _____ hospital, so she has to stay at _____ home to look after _____ children instead of going to work.

A	_____ / _____ / _____
B	the / the / the
C	_____ / the / the
D	_____ / _____ / the

Question 1 Explanation:

In British English we say in hospital (as a patient) and at home with no article. The children needs the because we mean her own, particular children.

Question 2

Because _____ sun was so strong, they decided to sleep during _____ day and travel by _____ night.

A	the / the / _____
B	the / _____ / _____
C	the / the / the
D	_____ / _____ / _____

Question 2 Explanation:

There is only one sun, so we say the sun. We say during the day with the, but by night with no article, just like by day.

Question 3

Here is a picture of _____ village where I was born. It is about ten minutes by _____ car from Wellington, _____ big town.

A	the / _____ / a
B	the / the / _____
C	_____ / the / _____
D	the / _____ / _____

Question 3 Explanation:

The village is a particular village (the one where I was born). With transport we use by + no article: by car. A big town describes Wellington as one town among many, so it takes a.

Question 4

_____ two kinds of dog that I detest most are _____ snow dogs and _____ lap dogs.

A	the / the / the
B	_____ / the / the
C	_____ / _____ / _____
D	the / _____ / _____

Question 4 Explanation:

The two kinds are particular kinds (the ones I detest most), so we need the. Snow dogs and lap dogs are plural nouns used in a general sense, so they take no article. Not the snow dogs, because we are talking about these dogs in general, not specific ones.

Question 5

Do you think that I could ever learn to speak _____ Japanese _____ way _____ Japanese speak it?

A	_____ / the / the
B	the / the / the
C	_____ / _____ / _____
D	_____ / the / _____

Question 5 Explanation:

Names of languages take no article: speak Japanese. We say the way someone does something. To talk about the people of a nation with a word ending in -ese, we use the: the Japanese, the Chinese. Not Japanese speak it, because without the the word does not refer to the people.

Question 6

This is _____ toughest steak I have eaten. It is _____ last time I eat in this restaurant.

A	_____ / _____
B	_____ / the
C	the / _____
D	the / the

Question 6 Explanation:

Superlatives take the: the toughest steak. We also say the last time, because there is only one last time.

Question 7

I would like _____ there yesterday.

A	being
B	to have been
C	having to be
D	to be

Question 7 Explanation:

To talk about a past wish that did not happen, use would like + perfect infinitive: I would like to have been there yesterday. The clue is yesterday. Not to be, because that refers to the present or future.

Question 8

I can’t find my sister. Do you know _____?

A	where is she
B	where she is
C	somewhere she is
D	is she anywhere

Question 8 Explanation:

This is an indirect question after Do you know…?, so we use normal statement word order: where she is. Not where is she, because question word order is only used in direct questions.

Question 9

Mr. Green has a _____ vacation.

A	two weeks
B	two-week’s
C	two weeks’
D	two-week

Question 9 Explanation:

Number + noun used as an adjective before a noun is joined with a hyphen, and the noun stays singular: a two-week vacation. Not two weeks', because that form is used without a: two weeks' vacation.

Question 10

Have you heard _____ weather forecast?

A	yesterday
B	tomorrow’s
C	for today’s
D	next week

Question 10 Explanation:

We use a time word with 's before a noun: tomorrow's weather forecast. Not yesterday or next week, because they would need 's too, and for today's doesn't fit after heard.

Question 11

She ran in a _____ race.

A	ten kilometer
B	ten-kilometer
C	ten kilometer’s
D	ten-kilometers

Question 11 Explanation:

Number + noun before another noun is joined with a hyphen, and the noun stays singular: a ten-kilometer race. Not ten-kilometers, because the noun does not take a plural -s in this form.

Question 12

_____ weather will be great.

A	Tomorrow
B	Yesterday’s
C	Yesterday
D	Tomorrow’s

Question 12 Explanation:

Will be shows the future, and a time word before a noun takes 's: Tomorrow's weather. Not Yesterday's, because it does not match will be.

Question 13

I wish my car _____ make so much noise.

A	won’t
B	can’t
C	didn’t
D	doesn’t

Question 13 Explanation:

To talk about a present situation we don't like, use wish + past simple: I wish my car didn't make so much noise. Not doesn't, because after wish the verb moves back into the past.

Question 14

“Are you leaving now, Sam?” asked Mabel.

She asked Sam if he _____ then.

A	is leaving
B	leaves
C	was leaving
D	would leave

Question 14 Explanation:

In reported yes/no questions we use if and move the tense back. The present continuous are you leaving becomes the past continuous was leaving, and now becomes then. Not is leaving, because the word then shows we are talking about that moment in the past.

Question 15

Alice said that _____.

A	I’m at my office
B	she was at her office
C	I’m at her office
D	you have been at your office

Question 15 Explanation:

In reported speech the pronouns change and the tense moves back: I'm at my office becomes she was at her office. The other options keep I or you, which is wrong when reporting Alice's words.

Question 16

Jack _____ to Tom.

A	says that he had spoke
B	said that he had spoken
C	say that he speaks
D	had spoken that he will say

Question 16 Explanation:

Said that he had spoken is correct reported speech: a past reporting verb (said) followed by the past perfect for an earlier action. The other options have wrong verb forms (had spoke, say with Jack) or a wrong word order.

Question 17

“How have you been, Mona?” asked Fred.

He asked Mona how _____.

A	she was
B	she had been
C	was she
D	had she been

Question 17 Explanation:

In reported questions the present perfect have you been moves back to the past perfect she had been. The word order is like a statement. Not had she been, because reported questions don't use question word order.

Question 18

He hoped that they _____ that question, but they didn't.

A	don’t ask
B	will ask
C	would ask
D	can’t ask

Question 18 Explanation:

After a past verb such as hoped, we use would for the future in the past: He hoped that they would ask that question. The ending but they didn't shows the whole situation is in the past. Not will ask, because the moment for asking is already over.

Question 19

The new system is more productive and _____.

A	cheap
B	less dangerously
C	less expensive
D	costing less

Question 19 Explanation:

And joins two parallel comparative adjectives: more productive and less expensive. Not cheap, because it is not comparative. Not less dangerously, because it is an adverb, not an adjective.

Question 20

It was foolish _____ your advice.

A	to be forgotten
B	for her forgetting
C	of her to forget
D	to listen

Question 20 Explanation:

With adjectives that judge someone's behaviour (foolish, kind, silly), we use It was + adjective + of + person + to-infinitive: It was foolish of her to forget your advice. Not for her forgetting, because the pattern needs of and to + verb.

Once you are finished, click the button below. Any items you have not completed will be marked incorrect. Get Results

There are 20 questions to complete.

⇦

List

⇨

Return

Shaded items are complete.