Mixed Grammar MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise 062

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Grammar Test 062

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Question 1

She gave me a very nice book _____.

A	reading
B	read
C	to read
D	will read

Question 1 Explanation:

We use the to-infinitive after a noun to show its purpose: a book to read means a book for reading. Reading or read cannot follow the noun like this.

Question 2

He can climb trees _____ a monkey.

A	as though
B	like
C	as
D	as if

Question 2 Explanation:

Like + noun compares two things: climb trees like a monkey means in the same way as a monkey. Not as: as a monkey would mean that he is a monkey. As if and as though need a full clause after them.

Question 3

_____ poverty in the world.

A	There are always
B	It has always
C	It has always been
D	There has always been

Question 3 Explanation:

We use there + be to say that something exists. Poverty is uncountable, so it takes a singular verb: There has always been (present perfect for a situation from the past until now). Not There are always: are is plural.

Question 4

_____ the children for me while I’m out.

A	Look after
B	Take care
C	Look at
D	Care

Question 4 Explanation:

Look after means take care of someone: Look after the children. Not Take care, because it needs of (take care of the children), and care needs for.

Question 5

Robert seems _____ ready.

A	it is
B	to be
C	being
D	of being

Question 5 Explanation:

The verb seem is followed by the to-infinitive: Robert seems to be ready. We don't say seems being or seems of being.

Question 6

He was working at the office when the telegram _____.

A	was arriving
B	has arrived
C	arrived
D	arrives

Question 6 Explanation:

The past continuous (was working) describes a longer action in progress. A short action that interrupts it is in the past simple: when the telegram arrived. Not was arriving, because the arrival happened at one moment.

Question 7

This is the first time I _____ tennis this month.

A	play
B	have played
C	was playing
D	played

Question 7 Explanation:

After This is the first time, we use the present perfect: This is the first time I have played tennis this month. Not played, because the time period (this month) is not finished.

Question 8

Tom _____ carefully when he had the accident.

A	hadn’t been driving
B	hadn’t been
C	drives
D	driving very

Question 8 Explanation:

The past perfect continuous (hadn’t been driving) describes an action that was in progress before and up to a moment in the past (the accident). Not hadn’t been, because carefully is an adverb and needs an action verb: Tom hadn’t been driving carefully, not Tom hadn’t been carefully.

Question 9

The Brown family _____ about moving for several months.

A	thinking
B	had been thinking
C	been thinking
D	are thinking

Question 9 Explanation:

For several months shows an activity that continued over a period of time, so we need a continuous perfect form: had been thinking (past perfect continuous). Not are thinking: the present continuous is not used with for + a period of time.

Question 10

We _____ for only a few minutes before you came.

A	will wait
B	have to wait
C	have been waiting
D	had been waiting

Question 10 Explanation:

The past perfect continuous (had been waiting) shows an action that continued up to another past moment: before you came. Not have been waiting, because came puts the whole situation in the past.

Question 11

Julia _____ our visit.

A	hadn’t been expecting
B	was very surprised
C	hadn’t been to expect
D	had expected for

Question 11 Explanation:

Hadn’t been expecting is the past perfect continuous: Julia was not expecting our visit before it happened, so it was a surprise. Was very surprised our visit is wrong without by, and expect takes a direct object without for.

Question 12

Tom: Have you seen that film?

Bob: Yes, I have.

Tom: When?

Bob: I _____ it a week ago.

A	would see
B	had seen
C	saw
D	have seen

Question 12 Explanation:

With a finished past time like a week ago, we use the past simple: I saw it a week ago. Not have seen: the present perfect is used when no time is given (Have you seen that film?), but not with ago.

Question 13

He _____ the rent last Friday.

A	pays
B	has paid
C	was paying
D	paid

Question 13 Explanation:

Last Friday is a finished time in the past, so we use the past simple: He paid the rent last Friday. Not has paid: the present perfect is not used with a finished past time.

Question 14

- Has Nick finished his work yet?

- Yes, he _____ half an hour ago.

A	has finished
B	had finished
C	was finishing
D	finished

Question 14 Explanation:

The question uses the present perfect, but the answer gives an exact past time (half an hour ago), so we need the past simple: he finished. Not has finished, because it cannot be used with ago.

Question 15

At eight o’clock last night, I _____ a book.

A	was reading
B	have read
C	read
D	am reading

Question 15 Explanation:

The past continuous (was reading) shows an action in progress at a particular moment in the past: At eight o’clock last night. Not read, because that shows a finished action, not what was happening at that time.

Question 16

They would have gone home if we _____ here.

A	aren’t
B	won’t be
C	hadn’t been
D	are

Question 16 Explanation:

This is the third conditional (an imaginary past): would have + past participle in the main clause, and if + past perfect in the other clause: if we hadn’t been here. Present forms like aren’t don't match would have gone.

Question 17

If Bruce had been careful, he _____ had an accident.

A	has
B	have
C	wouldn’t
D	wouldn’t have

Question 17 Explanation:

In the third conditional, if + past perfect (had been careful) is followed by would(n’t) have + past participle: he wouldn’t have had an accident. Not wouldn’t alone, because wouldn’t had is not correct.

Question 18

Wilma _____ called if she had forgotten her keys.

A	had
B	was
C	would
D	would have

Question 18 Explanation:

The if-clause is in the past perfect (had forgotten), so this is the third conditional. The main clause needs would have + past participle: Wilma would have called. Not would: would called is not correct.

Question 19

If they _____ harder, they would succeed.

A	will try
B	try
C	tried
D	had tried

Question 19 Explanation:

This is the second conditional (an imaginary present or future situation): if + past simple, then would + verb: If they tried harder, they would succeed. Not had tried: the past perfect needs would have succeeded in the main clause.

Question 20

If Bruce _____ to a small country, his vacation would have been better.

A	went
B	have gone
C	has gone
D	had gone

Question 20 Explanation:

The main clause has would have been, so this is the third conditional about the past. The if-clause needs the past perfect: If Bruce had gone. Not went: the past simple is used in the second conditional with would + verb.

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