On-line Grammar Test

There ....... a pencil in the box.

• HAS
• IS
• GIVES

Where are the ....... ?

• CHILDS
• CHILD
• CHILDREN

There isn't ....... milk in the fridge.

• NO
• SOME
• ANY

The cups and plates are ....... the table.

• ON
• IN
• INTO

Don't fall ....... the water!

• THROUGH
• INTO
• ON

The Post Office is ....... the school.

• NEAR
• NEAR OF
• NEXT

"Is your birthday ....... December?"
"Yes, it's ....... December 8th".

• IN/THE
• ON/IN
• IN/ON

"That's ....... money, not .......!".

• MY/YOUR
• MINE/OF YOU
• MY/YOURS

"That's the man ....... works in the bank.".

• WHO
• WHOM
• WHICH

....... is that car?

• WHO'S
• WHOSE
• OF WHOM

....... big is your garden?

• HOW MUCH
• HOW
• SO

"Where is Mary?"
"She's in the sitting room. She ....... a letter."

• WRITES
• DOES WRITE
• IS WRITING

I didn't buy ...

• SOMETHING
• ANYTHING
• NOTHING

"What .......?"
"He's a doctor."

• IS HE DOING
• DOES HE DO
• DOES HE

He ....... abroad.

• NEVER GOES
• IS NEVER GOING
• DOESN'T NEVER GO

....... what I'm saying?

• ARE YOU UNDERSTANDING
• DO YOU UNDERSTAND
• UNDERSTAND YOU

She plays tennis ....... me, but not ....... my sister.

• BETTER AS / AS GOOD AS
• BETTER THAN / AS WELL AS
• BETTER THAN / WELL AS

Tom is ....... in his class.

• THE TALLER
• THE MOST TALL
• THE TALLEST

He works ......., but not very ....... .

• HARD, FASTLY
• HARDLY, FAST
• HARD, QUICKLY

Give him the chocolate, because ....... .

• HE LIKES VERY MUCH CHOCOLATE
• HE LIKES CHOCOLATE VERY MUCH
• HE LIKES VERY MUCH

He doesn't have ....... furniture, but he has ....... money.

• MANY / MUCH
• MUCH / A LOT OF
• MUCH / MUCH

The are ....... people in town today than yesterday.

• FEWER
• LESS
• LESSER

I have ....... interesting news for you!

• THE
• SOME
• AN

In general, most ....... people like ....... animals.

• - / -
• OF THE / -
• - / THE

This film isn't very good, ....... it?

• ISN'T IT
• IS
• DOES

Are you going ....... car? or ....... foot?

• IN / BY
• BY / ON
• BY / BY

Don't look ....... him! Listen ....... me!

• TO / -
• - / TO
• AT / TO

She always asks ....... her.

• TO ME TO HELP
• TO ME FOR HELPING
• ME TO HELP

Do you think it ....... rain later?

• CAN
• MIGHT
• SHALL

"I can't do it!"
"....... I help you?"

• SHALL
• WILL
• DO

You really ....... work harder.

• MUST
• MUST TO
• SHALL

There's a "NO SMOKING" sign. We ....... smoke in here.

• DON"T HAVE TO
• MUSTN'T
• DON'T MUST

We all ...... pay income tax.

• HAVE TO
• MUST
• WILL

He drives a Rolls Roice? so he ....... very rich.

• MUST
• MUST BE
• CAN BE

His brother only has a bycicle? so he ....... rich.

• MUSTN"T BE
• DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
• CAN'T BE

You ....... take an umbrella, but you ........ wear a coat.

• DON'T NEED / NEED
• NEEDN'T / NEED
• NEEDN'T / NEED TO

She ....... in England yesterday.

• HAS ARRIVED
• ARRIVED
• IS ARRIVED

Where ....... last night?

• DID YOU GO
• HAVE YOU GONE
• WENT YOU

"I went to Greece in the summer"
"Really? I ....... there."

• NEVER WENT
• HAVE NEVER GONE
• HAVE NEVER BEEN

I had breakfast at 7 am, but I ....... lunch yet.

• HAVEN'T HAT
• DIDN'T HAVE
• HAVEN'T

She ....... 5 books so far. Her first novel ....... a big success

• WROTE / HAS BEEN
• HAS WRITTEN / WAS
• WROTE / WAS

I ....... letters all morning, and my fingers ache.

• TYPED
• HAVE BEEN TYPING
• HAVE TYPED

"How many letters .......?"

• HAVE YOU BEEN TYPING
• DID YOU TYPE
• HAVE YOU TYPED

It ....... heavily when I left the house.

• WAS SNOWING
• HAS BEEN SNOWING
• HAS SNOWED

What ....... this time yesterday?

• HAVE YOU DONE
• DID YOU DO
• WERE YOU DOING

When I arrived at the station, I discovered that the train ....... .

• HAD ALREADY LEFT
• LEFT ALREADY
• HAS ALREADY LEFT

"The phone's ringing."
"....... answer it!"

• I'M GOING TO
• I'LL
• I

I've bought some paint and ....... my room.

• I WILL DECORATE
• I DECORATE
• I'M GOING TO DECORATE

I can't meet you at 10.30 tomorrow, because ....... my bank manager then.

• I SEE
• I'M SEENG
• I WILL SEE

Your flight ....... at 9 am, and Mr.Smith ....... for you in Paris.

• IS GOING TO LEAVE / WAITS
• SHALL LEAVE / WILL WAIT
• LEAVES / WILL BE WAITING

I'll buy it when I ....... enough money.

• WILL HAVE
• HAVE
• SHALL HAVE

"When ....... you leave?"
"When I ....... my packing."

• DO / WILL FINISH
• WILL / AM FINISHING
• WILL / HAVE FINISHED

If you ....... this vase, I ....... very angry!

• WILL BREAK / WILL BE
• BREAK / WILL BE
• BREAK / WOULD BE

If I ....... $, I ....... a castle.

• WON / WOULD BUY
• WIN / WOULD BUY
• WOULD WIN / WOULD BUY

If I ....... you, I ....... that man.

• WAS / WILL NOT TRUST
• WERE / WOULDN'T TRUST
• WERE / DIDN'T TRUST

If she ....... them yesterday, she ....... them the news.

• SAW / WOULD NOT HAVE GIVEN
• HAD SEEN / WOULD GIVE
• HAD SEEN / WOULD HAVE GIVEN

Why did you lose the money? You really ....... more carefull !

• MUST HAVE BEEN
• SHOULD HAVE BEEN
• HAD TO BE

"I knocked on the door? but nobody answered."
"They ....... out."

• HAD TO BE
• MUST HAVE BEEN
• WOULD HAVE TO BE

"I saw a ghost in the woods"
"Don't be silly! You ....... ."

• COULDN'T HAVE
• MUST HAVE BEEN
• SHOULDN'T HAVE

I missed the bus, so I ....... a taxi.

• MUST HAVE TAKEN
• HAD TO TAKE
• MUST HAVE TO TAKE

Why didn't they tell me they had a dishwasher? I ....... all that washing up!

• DIDN'T NEED TO DO
• NEEDN'T HAVE DONE
• DIDN'T HAVE TO DO

You ....... your mother. She knows best!

• SHOULD LISTEN
• HAD BETTER TO LISTEN
• HAD BETTER LISTEN TO

He ....... that last night.

• HAD BETTER TO SAY
• OUGHTN'T TO HAVE SAID
• SHOULDN'T SAY

I want ....... tea ....... coffee, thank you!

• NEITHER / NOR
• NEITHER / NEITHER
• NO / EITHER

Our windows ....... by the caretaker.

• ARE ALWAYS CLEAN
• ARE ALWAYS CLEANING
• ARE ALWAYS CLEANED

But she promised that she ....... drive me to the cinema!

• WOULD
• WILL
• CAN

He told me that he ....... Peru.

• HAD NEVER BEEN TO
• WAS NEVER IN
• HAD NEVER GONE TO

This chair ....... I brought in Paris, is an antique.

• WHICH
• , WHICH
• WHAT

....... they said was rude, ....... annoyed me.

• WHAT / THAT
• WHAT / WHICH
• THAT WHICH / WHAT

....... they have is very expensive.

• ALL WHAT
• ALL WHICH
• EVERYTHING THAT

This car is filthy! I must ....... .

• HAVE IT CLEANED
• MAKE IT CLEANED
• GET IT TO BE CLEANED

"Let me ....... it!"
"No, you'll only ....... a mess."

• TO DO / MAKE
• MAKE / DO
• DO / MAKE

"I ....... him to shut the door," she ....... ..

• TOLD TO / SAID
• SAID TO / TOLD
• TOLD / SAID

He has been a milkman for 20 years, so he ....... early.

• IS USED TO GET UP
• IS USED TO GETTING UP
• USED TO GET UP

She ....... in Manchester, but now she lives in London.

• USED TO LIVE
• WAS USED TO LIVING
• HAD BEEN USED TO LIVE

She succeeded ....... the radio, but she didn't manage ....... the TV.

• TO REPAIR / REPAIRING
• IN REPAIRING / TO REPAIR
• REPAIRING / IN REPAIRING

He enjoys ......., so he has decided ....... a chef.

• COOKING / TO BECOME
• TO COOK / BECOMING
• TO COOK / TO BECOME

He always tries ....... to the dentist.

• TO AVOID GOING
• AVOIDING TO GO
• TO AVOID TO GO

I remember ....... her to shut the door, but she didn't remember ....... it.

• TO TELL / TO DO
• TELLING / DOING
• TELLING / TO DO

I'm looking forward ....... you.

• TO SEE
• TO SEEING
• ON SEEING

I'm really, sorry! I didn't mean ....... it.

• DOING
• ABOUT DOING
• TO DO

She isn't interested ....... art, but she's very keen ....... music.

• BY / ON
• IN / ON
• IN / WITH

He's very good ....... history. He got 19 ....... 20 for the test.

• AT / OUT OF
• AT / ON
• IN / ON

You must comply ....... our regulations. I insist ....... it!

• TO / ON
• WITH / ON
• WITH / IN

She wishes she ....... famous.

• IS
• CAN BE
• WERE

I wish I ....... there when he fell off the chair.

• WERE
• COULD BE
• HAD BEEN

they wish they ....... on holiday.

• COULD GO
• WENT
• WOULD GO

When he was small, he ....... hours climbing trees.

• WAS SPENDING
• WOULD SPEND
• HAD SPENT

....... you by any chance find it, please let me know.

• WOULD
• MIGHT
• SHOULD

"I'm really sorry, but I've lost your umbrella."
"You .......!"

• WOULD
• SHOULD
• COULD

I was just digging the garden, when what ....... I see but an anormous rat.

• SHOULD
• WOULD
• COULD

"I've invited the boss for dinner tonight."

• MUST HAVE TOLD
• WOULD HAVE TOLD
• MIGHT HAVE TOLD

Not only ....... to lock the door, you've lost the key!

• YOU FORGOT
• DID YOU FORGET
• YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN

He told us that under no circumstances ....... the box.

• WERE WE TO OPEN
• WE SHOULD OPEN
• WE OPEN

He doesn't ....... his brother. They're always arguing and ....... each other.

• GET ON / FALLING OUT WITH
• GO ALONG WITH / FALLING AGAINST
• GET ALONG WITH / FALLING OUT WITH

I met her at the party and I'm afraid I didn't ....... her at all. I found her very rude.

• CARE ABOUT
• TAKE TO
• TAKE WITH

He was ....... for the job because he ....... late for his interview.

• TURNED AWAY / TURNED IN
• TURNED DOWN / TURNED THERE
• TURNED DOWN / TURNED UP

....... the weather, I ....... out.

• IF NOT FOR / WOULD GO
• BUT FOR / WOULD HAVE GONE
• IF NOT FOR / HAD GONE

....... I like them, I think they're very silly!

• MUCH AS
• SO MUCH AS
• AS MUCH THOUGH

....... to tell you the truth, ...... believe me.

• IF I WERE / NEVER SHOULD YOU
• WERE I / MIGHT YOU NEVER
• WERE I / YOU WOULD NEVER