Mixed Grammar MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise 088

In a passive question with a question word, the order is question word + was + subject + past participle: Why was the order sent late? Not the order was, because that is statement word order.

This is a present simple passive question: are + subject + past participle. The stamps is plural and put is the past participle, so we need Are. Not Do, because do is not used to form passive questions.

This is the present perfect passive: has been + past participle. The word already and the agent by the customs officer show a finished passive action. Not has, because has examined is active and the suitcase cannot examine anything.

Yesterday shows the past, so we use the past simple passive: was + past participle: Much of the work was done yesterday. Not will be or won't be, because they refer to the future.

This is a past simple passive question: was + subject + past participle, so we need opened. Not opening, because was ... opening would be active and would mean the package was doing the opening.

The past continuous passive (was being + past participle) describes an action in progress at a past time. The repairs were happening while the traffic was bad: the highway was being repaired. Not being alone, because it needs the helping verb was.

After a preposition such as of, we use the -ing form. In the passive, this is being + past participle: in danger of being injured. Not been injured, because been cannot follow a preposition.

Was + past participle forms the past simple passive: The test was given yesterday (someone gave the test). Not giving, because was giving is active and a test cannot give anything.

Despite is followed by a noun phrase (her never-ending energy) and shows contrast: she had a lot of energy, but the project failed. Not Although, because although must be followed by a full clause with a subject and verb (Although she had a lot of energy, ...).

What means "the thing that". Here it starts a noun clause that is the subject of the sentence: What happened ... is difficult to explain. Not That, because that cannot be the subject inside its own clause in this way.

The subject is a what-clause, and its tense must match the main verb was: What I wanted to do was to have dinner. Not What I want, because the present tense want does not fit with the past tense was.

What she likes best is a noun clause meaning "the thing she likes most". It is the subject of is: What she likes best is riding horses. Not She likes, because that would give the sentence two main verbs. Not What she is like, because that describes her character.

Called here is a past participle, so it needs had to form the past perfect: she had called. After a past reporting verb (heard), the past perfect shows an earlier action. Would, will and are cannot be followed by called in this active meaning.

Were crowded is a passive or adjective form meaning "full of people": the small boats were crowded. Not were crowding, because the active form needs more information about where they crowded (crowding into the harbour).

The future perfect (will have been started) goes with by + time, meaning "not later than": By next year, the highway will have been started. Not Until, because until means an action continues up to that time.

In spite of + noun phrase shows contrast: the baby looks fragile, but it is actually very sturdy. Not Although, because it must be followed by a clause with a verb (Although it looks fragile, ...).

By next year points to the future perfect: will have + past participle, so the answer is will have started. Not had started, because will cannot be followed by had.

The main verb of the sentence is distorts, so the gap needs a relative clause that describes the smoke: The smoke that is rising from the oil refinery distorts the view. Not is rising, because then the sentence would have two main verbs.

The past perfect (had + past participle) shows an action finished before another past action: the landlord rented the flat before I arrived. Just goes between had and the participle. Not was, because was just rented is passive, but the landlord did the renting.

We say that living matter duplicates itself with these chemicals, so the relative clause needs the preposition: the chemicals with which living matter duplicates itself. Not which all, because the clause needs the preposition with before which.