Intermediate Grammar MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise 03

Intermediate Grammar Test 03

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Question 1

We expected about 20 girls but there were _____ people there.

A	another
B	others
C	some
D	more

Question 1 Explanation:

The sentence compares the number we expected with the real number, so we need the comparative more (= a bigger number than 20). Another is used with one singular noun, and others is a pronoun, so it can't come before people.

Question 2

Your bicycle shouldn’t be in the house!

A	Take it out!
B	Get out it!
C	Put it off!
D	Take away it!

Question 2 Explanation:

Take something out means remove it from a place, here the house. With a phrasal verb and a pronoun, the pronoun goes in the middle: take it out, not take away it. Put it off means postpone.

Question 3

What time does the bus _____ Bradford?

A	go away to
B	go away for
C	leave to
D	leave for

Question 3 Explanation:

We say leave for a place to mean start a journey to it: The bus leaves for Bradford at 9. Not leave to: leave is used with for when it means 'start a journey to'.

Question 4

She _____ be Canadian because she’s got a British passport.

A	can’t
B	isn’t able to
C	mustn’t
D	doesn’t need

Question 4 Explanation:

Can't is used for a logical conclusion that something is impossible. The clue is her British passport. Not mustn't, because mustn't means it is not allowed, not that it is impossible.

Question 5

“Our daughter _____,” they said.

A	was born since three years
B	is born for three years ago
C	was born three years ago
D	has been born since three years ago

Question 5 Explanation:

Be born is a finished event at a past time, so we use the past simple was born. With ago we use the past simple: three years ago. Since and for are not used with ago.

Question 6

When _____ English?

A	has he begun to study
B	has he begun study
C	did he begin to study
D	did he begin study

Question 6 Explanation:

Questions with When ask about a finished past time, so we use the past simple: When did he begin…? After begin we use to + verb or the -ing form: begin to study. Not has he begun, because the present perfect is not used with When.

Question 7

Do you want some cheese?

No, _____.

A	I’ve a few
B	I still haven’t got
C	I don’t want any
D	I’ve still got many

Question 7 Explanation:

In negative sentences we use any instead of some: I don't want any. Cheese is uncountable, so a few and many are wrong.

Question 8

Brenda likes going to the theatre and _____.

A	so do I
B	so go I
C	so I like
D	so I am

Question 8 Explanation:

To agree with a positive sentence, we use so + auxiliary + subject. Likes is present simple, so the auxiliary is do: so do I. Not so I am: the verb is like, not be, and the word order after so is auxiliary + subject.

Question 9

_____ from London to Edinburgh!

A	How long there is
B	What a long way it is
C	What distance is there
D	How long is

Question 9 Explanation:

Exclamations with a noun use What a/an + adjective + noun: What a long way it is! How is followed by an adjective alone, and in an exclamation the word order is subject + verb, so How long is is wrong here.

Question 10

He’s a good guitarist, but he plays the piano _____.

A	quite well
B	too hardly
C	very good
D	much better

Question 10 Explanation:

The comparative adverb better (with much to make it stronger) compares his piano playing with his guitar playing. Not very good: we need an adverb after plays, and good is an adjective.

Question 11

When you go to the shops, bring me _____.

A	a fruit tin
B	a fruits tin
C	a tin of fruit
D	a tin of fruits

Question 11 Explanation:

We use container + of + noun: a tin of fruit, a bottle of milk. Fruit is normally uncountable, so we don't say fruits here.

Question 12

Molly doesn’t eat fish.

A	So doesn’t John.
B	Neither does John.
C	John doesn’t too.
D	John doesn’t that either.

Question 12 Explanation:

To agree with a negative sentence we use Neither + auxiliary + subject: Neither does John. You could also say John doesn't either. Not So doesn't John: so is used only to agree with positive sentences.

Question 13

The airport is five miles _____.

A	away from here
B	from here away
C	far from here
D	far away from here

Question 13 Explanation:

With an exact distance we say five miles away (from here). We don't use far with a number: not five miles far from here.

Question 14

Please ask _____ and see me.

A	to Bill come
B	Bill to come
C	for Bill come
D	Bill come

Question 14 Explanation:

The pattern is ask + person + to + verb: ask Bill to come. No preposition comes before the person, so ask to Bill and ask for Bill come are wrong.

Question 15

She always buys _____ my birthday.

A	anything nice to
B	anything nice for
C	something awful to
D	something awful for

Question 15 Explanation:

In positive sentences we use something, not anything. We buy something for an occasion: for my birthday. Not to, because to doesn't go with an occasion like a birthday.

Question 16

Aren’t they friends _____?

A	of yours
B	of you
C	to yours
D	to you

Question 16 Explanation:

The pattern is a friend / friends of + possessive pronoun: friends of yours, a friend of mine. Not of you: after of we use the possessive pronoun yours.

Question 17

She hardly ever eats _____ potatoes.

A	or bread or
B	bread or
C	neither bread or
D	neither bread nor

Question 17 Explanation:

Hardly ever already has a negative meaning, so we use or, not neither … nor: She hardly ever eats bread or potatoes. Neither … nor would make a double negative.

Question 18

This is the record we _____.

A	like so much
B	are liking so much
C	like it much
D	are liking it much

Question 18 Explanation:

Like is a state verb, so it is not usually used in the continuous form. In a relative clause the object is not repeated: the record (that) we like, not like it.

Question 19

She’s going to buy _____ new trousers.

A	some pair of
B	some
C	a couple of
D	this

Question 19 Explanation:

Trousers is a plural noun, so we can say some trousers or a pair of trousers. Not a couple of, because that would mean two separate items, not one pair of trousers.

Question 20

- Is she going to school?

- No, _____.

A	she doesn’t
B	she’s cycling
C	she gets by bus
D	to the shops

Question 20 Explanation:

The question asks where she is going, so the short answer gives another place: No, (she's going) to the shops. Not she doesn't: the question uses is, so the short answer would be she isn't.

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