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Grammar: example questions & answers
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Which sentence is grammatically correct?
- AHer and me was waiting at the gate.
- BHer and I was waiting at the gate.
- CShe and I were waiting at the gate.✓
- DShe and me were waiting at the gate.
Answer: The subject of the sentence is 'She and I', so both words take the subject form, and a plural subject takes 'were'.
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
- AThe team play better when it practise.
- BThe team plays better when they practises.
- CThe team plays better when it practises.✓
- DThe team play better when they practises.
Answer: 'Team' is treated as a single unit here, so it takes 'plays' and 'it practises' to match.
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
- ANeither of the boys has finished his work.✓
- BNeither of the boys have finished their work.
- CNeither of the boys has finished their work.
- DNeither of the boys have finished his work.
Answer: 'Neither' is singular, so it takes 'has' and the singular 'his'.
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
- AThere are less cars on the road today.
- BThere is fewer cars on the road today.
- CThere are fewer cars on the road today.✓
- DThere is less cars on the road today.
Answer: 'Fewer' is used for things you can count, such as cars; 'less' is for amounts you cannot count, such as traffic.
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
- AHe should of told us sooner.
- BHe should have told us sooner.✓
- CHe should have told we sooner.
- DHe should of told we sooner.
Answer: 'Should have' is correct — 'should of' comes from mishearing the shortened form 'should've'.
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
- AEach of the runners were given a medal.
- BEach of the runners are given a medal.
- CEach of the runners was given a medal.✓
- DEach of the runners have given a medal.
Answer: 'Each' is singular, so it takes 'was' even though 'runners' is plural.
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
- AThe dog wagged it's tail happily.
- BThe dog wagged its tail happily.✓
- CThe dog wagged its' tail happily.
- DThe dog wagged the tail of it happily.
Answer: 'Its' shows possession. 'It's' is short for 'it is', which would make no sense here.
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
- AWhom is going to the museum with you?
- BWho is going to the museum with you?✓
- CWho are going to the museum with you?
- DWhom are going to the museum with you?
Answer: 'Who' is the subject of the verb 'is going'. 'Whom' would be used as an object.
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
- AShe writes more neatly than he does.✓
- BShe writes more neat than he does.
- CShe writes more neatly than him does.
- DShe writes neater than him does.
Answer: 'Neatly' is an adverb describing how she writes, and 'he does' matches the comparison.
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
- AThey have been swimming since eight o'clock's.
- BThey has been swimming since eight o'clock.
- CThey have been swimming since eight o'clock.✓
- DThey have been swam since eight o'clock.
Answer: 'Have been swimming' is the correct form for an action still going on.
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
- AI couldn't hardly hear the announcement.
- BI could hardly not hear the announcement.
- CI could hardly hear the announcement.✓
- DI couldn't not hardly hear the announcement.
Answer: 'Hardly' is already negative, so adding 'not' creates a double negative.
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
- AThe book that I borrowed was overdue.✓
- BThe book what I borrowed was overdue.
- CThe book who I borrowed was overdue.
- DThe book which I borrowed were overdue.
Answer: 'That' (or 'which') introduces a clause about a thing; 'who' is for people, and 'what' is not used this way in standard English.
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
- AWe was told to bring our own lunch.
- BWe were told to brought our own lunch.
- CWe was told to brought our own lunch.
- DWe were told to bring our own lunch.✓
Answer: 'We' takes 'were', and after 'to' the verb stays in its basic form: 'to bring'.
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
- ABetween you and I, the answer was wrong.
- BBetween you and me, the answer was wrong.✓
- CBetween yourself and I, the answer was wrong.
- DBetween I and you, the answer was wrong.
Answer: After a preposition such as 'between', the object form 'me' is correct.