English
B
She has worked there _____ she finished college. A. for B. since
C
What will you do if you ________ the history exam? A. would fail B. will fail C. fail
A
What would you do if it ________ on your wedding day? A. rained B. will rain C. would rain
B
A clause is a group of words containing A. a subject and its object B. a subject and its verb
C
A common expression used to give advice has the / / structure. The expression is 'If I were you, I'd..', meaning 'in your situation, this is what I would do'. A. zero conditional B. first conditional C. second conditional D. third conditional
B
A phrase is a group of words without a subject and its verb, such as A. it's getting late B. late at night
B
A sentence contains (or implies) two parts: a subject and A. an object B. a predicate
A
A sentence ends with a full stop, an exclamation mark or A. a comma B. a question mark
B
A sentence is a group of words that expresses A. an English thought B. a complete thought
A
A sentence must contain A. a verb B. an adjective
B
An auxiliary verb is used with A. a proper noun B. a main verb
B
If an opinion-adjective and a fact-adjective are used before a noun, which comes first? A. a fact-adjective B. an opinion-adjective
A
If he _____ feeling better we would go. A. were B. was
A
If it snows, ________ still drive to the coast? A. will you B. would you C. would you have
A
If she comes, I _____ call you. A. will B. would C. would have
B
If they had not _____ the car, I would have driven you. A. take B. taken C. would take
B
In British English, a collective noun is usually treated as A. singular B. plural
A
In the question "Did you win?", which is the auxiliary verb? A. Did B. win
A
It is essential that she _____ at the meeting. A. be B. is
A
Let's go for a walk, ________ A. shall we? B. shan't we? C. will we?
A
Lisa and Jill have been at the library _____ a long time. A. for B. since
C
Modern English uses _____ gender. A. grammatical B. political C. natural
B
My family has lived here _____ last March. A. for B. since
C
My father hates ________ a tie to work. A. to wear B. wearing C. to wear/wearing
C
My grandmother prefers ________ science fiction books. A. reading B. to read C. reading/to read
A
My teacher said my essay needs ________ by tomorrow. A. correcting B. to correct C. corrected
C
Nobody called, ________ A. do they? B. didn't they? C. did they?
A
Only _____ can be affected by the grammatical category known as "number". A. nouns B. adverbs C. adjectives
C
Our neighbor used _____ a pipe. A. smoking B. to smoking C. to smoke
B
Possessive is a value of the grammatical category called A. number B. case C. gender
A
Present participles end with A -ing B. -ed
A
The predicate is the part of a sentence that tells us about A. the subject B. the object
A
The subject of the sentence performs the action. A. active B. passive
B
The subject of the sentence receives the action. A. active B. passive
C
The subjunctive "mood" expresses __________ . A. a statement of fact B. unreality C. something desired
A
When do you practice ________ the piano? A. playing B. to play C. playing/to play
B
Which form of the verb is called the infinitive? A. going B. to go
A
Which is a concrete noun? A. brain B. intelligence
A
Which is a reporting verb? A. tell B. go C. be
B
Which is an abstract noun? A. face B. beauty
B
Which is the object in the active sentence "Cows eat grass."? A. cows B. grass
B
Which is the past participle? A. was looking B. looked
A
Which of these articles is an indefinite article? A. a B. the
A
Which of these is usually required with reported YES/NO questions? A. if B. do C. why
B
Which sentence contains a definite article? A. We saw a movie. B. The movie was great.
C
Which structure is not used for reported orders? A. order somebody to B. tell somebody to C. ask somebody to
C
Who did you visit? A. I visit my mother B. Yes, I did C. I visited Judy
B
Would you mind ________ a window? A. to open B. opening C. to open/opening
C
You do go to school, ________ A. do you? B. aren't you? C. don't you?
B
You wouldn't like to invite my Dad, ________ A. did you? B. would you? C. won't you?
A
_________ can be affected by the grammatical category known as "degree". A. gradable adverbs B. non-gradable adverbs C. all adjectives
C
Continuous and perfect are examples of the grammatical category known as A. tense B. mood C. aspect
A
I might want ________ some money soon. A. to borrow B. borrowing C. to borrow/borrowing
A
It is necessary that every student _____ a uniform. A. wear B. wears
A
I studied for this test _____ three days straight. A. for B. since
A
I washed my car three weeks ago. A. active B. passive
A
I will introduce you to my boss this week. A. active B. passive
C
I'm right, ________ A. amn't I? B. am not I? C. aren't I?
C
If I eat peanut butter, I ________ sick. A. would have gotten B. would get C. get
B
"Don't yell!" is a A. direct request B. direct order C. reported order
C
"He would have gone with you if you had asked him." Which conditional is this? A. first B. second C. third
C
"I bought a car last week." Last week he said he had bought a car A. a week ago B. next week C. the week before
A
"If I forget her birthday, Andrea gets upset." Which conditional is this? A. zero B. first C. second
C
"If I won a million dollars, I would buy my own airplane." Which conditional is this? A. zero B. first C. second
A
"Tense" is a grammatical category that applies to A. verbs B. adverbs C. adjectives
A
"Voice" is a grammatical category affecting A. transitive verbs B. intransitive verbs C. all verbs
A
"What will she do if she misses the bus?" Which conditional is this? A. first B. second C. third
B
"Where is it?" said Mary. She A. said where it is B. asked where it was C. asked if it was there
B
Another way to make / / sentences is to use 'unless' which means 'only if' or 'except'. As with 'if', the word 'unless' can never be followed by 'will' but only by the present simple. A. zero conditional B. first conditional C. second conditional D. third conditional
A
Every sentence must have a subject and A. a verb B. an object
B
Grammatical category is related to A. word indexation B. word agreement C. calligraphic form
A
Has your class finished? A. Yes, it has B. In five minutes C. It's English
C
Have you done the laundry? A. Yes, I do B. On Wednesdays C. No, I haven't
B
He said that it was cold outside. Which word is optional? A. said B. that C. was
B
He's still sleeping, ________ A. is not he? B. isn't he? C. wasn't he?
A
Help yourself. _____ coffee, tea and juice to drink. A. There's B. There are
A
So you bought a car, ________ A. did you? B. haven't you? C. weren't you?
B
That lady has been waiting for the bus _____ noon. A. for B. since
B
The boss asks that you _____ early for your first day of work. A. are B. be
A
The doctors recommended that she _____ a holiday. A. take B. takes
C
The grammatical category "person" is a property of pronouns and has _____ values. A. one B. two C. three
A
The landlord requested that John _____ out of the apartment. A. move B. moves
B
The money was stolen. A. active B. passive
B
The national anthem is being sung by Jason this time. A. active B. passive
A
The predicate gives us information about a sentence's A. subject B. topic
A
There ______ a euro and ten cents on the counter. A. is B. are
A
There ______ a load of laundry to do. A. is B. are
B
There ______ a lot of errors on this page. A. is B. are
B
They are paid on Fridays. A. active B. passive
B
They will wash the car, ________ A. will it? B. won't they? C. wouldn't they?
A
We can't afford ________ a vacation this summer. A. to take B. taking C. to take/taking
A
We have been dating _____ a long time. A. for B. since
C
We must lock the doors, ________ A. mustn't they? B. shouldn't we? C. mustn't we?
C
We started ________ dinner without you. A. eating B. to eat C. eating/to eat
B
We use the / / to talk about a realistic situation in the present or future. A. zero conditional B. first conditional C. second conditional D. third conditional
D
We use the / / to talk about impossible situations, as in the / /, in the past. We often use the / / to describe regrets. A. zero conditional B. first conditional C. second conditional D. third conditional
C
We use the / / to talk about improbable or impossible situations in the present or future. A. zero conditional B. first conditional C. second conditional D. third conditional
A
We use the / / to talk about permanent truths, such as scientific facts, and general habits. A. zero conditional B. first conditional C. second conditional D. third conditional
B
We won't be late, ________ A. won't we? B. will we? C. are we?