Intermediate Grammar MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise 06

Intermediate Grammar Test 06

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Question 1

I like bacon and eggs _____.

A	for breakfast
B	for the breakfast
C	with breakfast
D	with the breakfast

Question 1 Explanation:

We use for with meals to say what we eat: for breakfast, for lunch, for dinner. We don't use the before meal names in general statements. Not with breakfast, because with means 'together with', not 'as the meal'.

Question 2

Do you like the cakes? I don’t like _____.

A	all them
B	them all
C	every
D	everyone

Question 2 Explanation:

With an object pronoun, all comes after it: them all, us all (or all of them). All them is wrong, and every and everyone cannot stand alone as the object here.

Question 3

Children shouldn’t leave their toys on the floor. They should _____.

A	put out them
B	put off them
C	put them away
D	put them off

Question 3 Explanation:

Put away means 'put something back in its proper place'. With a pronoun, the pronoun goes between the verb and the particle: put them away, not put out them. Put off means 'postpone', so it doesn't fit.

Question 4

Where can we get a ball? Let’s _____.

A	lend one from John
B	lend John’s one
C	borrow one of John
D	borrow one from John

Question 4 Explanation:

You borrow something from someone (you take it); you lend something to someone (you give it). We want to take a ball, so borrow one from John. Not borrow one of John, because the preposition after borrow is from.

Question 5

I _____ home at half past six.

A	was at
B	come at
C	arrive in
D	go to

Question 5 Explanation:

Be at home means 'be in your house': I was at home at half past six. With verbs of movement we say come home, go home, arrive home, with no preposition, so come at, arrive in and go to are wrong.

Question 6

I _____ early, but on Sundays I stay in bed late.

A	usually go up
B	usually get up
C	used to go up
D	used to get up

Question 6 Explanation:

Get up means 'leave your bed in the morning'. The present tense stay shows a present habit, so we use usually get up. Not used to get up, because used to talks about past habits that have stopped.

Question 7

When _____ Mr. Jones?

A	you have met
B	you did meet
C	you met
D	did you meet

Question 7 Explanation:

A past simple question with a question word needs did + subject + base verb: When did you meet …? We don't use the present perfect with When, so you have met is wrong.

Question 8

The girls _____ talked to were quite happy.

A	we
B	which we
C	those we
D	what we

Question 8 Explanation:

When the relative pronoun is the object, we can leave it out: The girls (who) we talked to. Which is for things, not people, and what cannot be used as a relative pronoun after a noun.

Question 9

Tony likes walking in the country and _____.

A	also does Mary
B	so does Mary
C	Mary likes also
D	so Mary likes

Question 9 Explanation:

To agree with a positive statement we use so + auxiliary + subject: so does Mary. The present simple likes needs the auxiliary does. Not also does Mary, because also doesn't cause this inversion.

Question 10

_____ it is from Bristol to Glasgow!

A	What long a way
B	What distance
C	How long way
D	How far

Question 10 Explanation:

For an exclamation about distance we can say How far it is! (or What a long way it is!). What long a way has the wrong word order, and How long way is not correct English.

Question 11

I _____ meet her every day.

A	used to
B	wanted
C	liked
D	am not able

Question 11 Explanation:

Used to + base verb describes a past habit that no longer happens: I used to meet her every day. The other options would need to before meet (wanted to meet, liked to meet, am not able to meet).

Question 12

You said the books were on the desk, but _____ there.

A	there was no one
B	there were none
C	there were no ones
D	was none

Question 12 Explanation:

None replaces 'no books' here: there were none = there were no books. We use were because books is plural. Not there was no one, because no one means 'no person'.

Question 13

Have you got a _____, please?

A	fishes tin
B	fish tin
C	tin of fishes
D	tin of fish

Question 13 Explanation:

For a container and its contents we say a tin of + noun: a tin of fish. Fish as food is uncountable, so we don't say fishes. A fish tin would mean a tin used for fish, not a tin full of fish.

Question 14

John’s not been to New York.

A	Neither has Ben.
B	Ben hasn’t also.
C	Nor is Ben.
D	Ben isn’t too.

Question 14 Explanation:

To agree with a negative statement we use Neither + auxiliary + subject. John’s not been = John has not been, so the auxiliary is has: Neither has Ben. Not Nor is Ben, because the auxiliary must be has, not is.

Question 15

How _____ have you been to America?

A	much time
B	many times
C	long for
D	long ago

Question 15 Explanation:

How many times asks about the number of visits: How many times have you been to America? — Twice. How long asks about a period of time, and time in much time is uncountable, so it doesn't fit.

Question 16

Tell _____ back tomorrow.

A	Pam to come
B	Pam come
C	to Pam to come
D	to Pam come

Question 16 Explanation:

The pattern is tell + person + to + verb: Tell Pam to come back tomorrow. We don't use to before the person after tell, so to Pam is wrong.

Question 17

There was a lot of post today but _____ you.

A	it’s nothing for either of
B	it’s nothing for either
C	there’s nothing for either of
D	there’s nothing for either

Question 17 Explanation:

To say something does not exist we use there is/are: there’s nothing for you. Before a pronoun we need of: either of you. Not it’s nothing, because it does not introduce the existence of something.

Question 18

He doesn’t _____ English.

A	neither speak or write
B	neither speak nor write
C	speak or write
D	speak nor write

Question 18 Explanation:

After a negative verb (doesn’t) we use or to join two verbs: He doesn’t speak or write English. Neither … nor is already negative, so it cannot follow doesn’t (that would be a double negative).

Question 19

Is that the man _____ yesterday?

A	you’ve met
B	has met you
C	you met
D	met you

Question 19 Explanation:

Yesterday shows a finished past time, so we need the past simple: the man (who) you met yesterday. Not you’ve met, because the present perfect isn’t used with yesterday. Met you would need who: the man who met you.

Question 20

The restaurant had plenty of tables but _____.

A	one only empty
B	only one empty
C	no one empty
D	no ones empty

Question 20 Explanation:

Only goes before the number it limits: only one (table was) empty. One only empty has the wrong word order, and no one means 'no person', so it can't refer to tables.

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