Grammar

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

• AShe goes to work✓
• BHe gone to work
• CShe going home
• DShe go to work

Answer: 'She goes to work' is correct. The verb 'go' changes to 'goes' with a singular third person subject.

What is the correct form of the verb in this sentence: 'I ___ been to London'?

• Ahas
• Bhaving
• Chave✓
• Dam

Answer: 'Have' is correct. Use 'have' with 'I'; use 'has' with 'he/she/it'.

Which sentence uses the correct tense?

• AYesterday, I am going to work
• BYesterday, I go to work
• CYesterday, I went to work✓
• DYesterday, I will go to work

Answer: 'Yesterday, I went to work' uses past tense correctly with the past time reference.

What is the correct plural of 'child'?

• Achilds
• Bchildren✓
• Cchilder
• Dchildes

Answer: 'Children' is the irregular plural of 'child'.

In British English, which verb form is acceptable in 'The team ___ doing well'?

• AOnly 'are'
• BBoth 'are' and 'is'✓
• COnly 'is'
• DNeither 'are' nor 'is'

Answer: 'Team' is a collective noun. British English allows either a singular verb ('The team is doing well') or a plural one ('The team are doing well'); American English prefers the singular.

What is the correct form: 'She ___ not like cheese'?

• Adoing
• Bdo
• Cdone
• Ddoes✓

Answer: 'Does' is correct. Use 'does' with singular third person (she/he/it).

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

• AWe be happy
• BWe is happy
• CWe was happy
• DWe were happy✓

Answer: 'We were happy' is correct. Use 'were' with 'we'.

What is the correct past participle of 'eat'?

• Aeat
• Bate
• Ceaten✓
• Deating

Answer: 'Eaten' is the past participle, used in sentences like 'I have eaten'.

Which sentence uses the correct pronoun?

• AHim and I went to the shop
• BHim and me went to the shop
• CHe and me went to the shop
• DHe and I went to the shop✓

Answer: 'He and I' is correct because both pronouns are subjects of the verb 'went'.

What is the correct form of the verb: 'They ___ to arrive tomorrow'?

• Awill be going
• Bare going✓
• Cis going
• Dgoing

Answer: 'Are going' is correct with plural subject 'they' and future intention.

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

• AIf I were you✓
• BIf I was you
• CIf I would be you
• DIf I was being you

Answer: 'If I were you' is the standard form in formal writing: hypothetical conditions use the subjunctive 'were', even with 'I'. 'If I was you' is common in everyday speech but is not accepted as formal written English.

What is the correct plural of 'potato'?

• Apotatoes✓
• Bpotatos
• Cpotatoe
• Dpotaters

Answer: Many nouns that end in a consonant followed by 'o' add 'es' in the plural: potatoes, tomatoes, heroes.

Which sentence uses the correct comparative form?

• AThis book is betterer
• BThis book is more better
• CThis book is better✓
• DThis book is best

Answer: 'This book is better' is correct. Don't use 'more' with adjectives that already have a comparative form.

What is the correct form: 'I wish I ___ taller'?

• Awas
• Bwill be
• Cwere✓
• Dam being

Answer: After 'wish', formal writing uses the subjunctive 'were', even with singular 'I': 'I wish I were taller.' 'I wish I was taller' is common in speech but is not the formal written form.

Which sentence uses the correct word to show the house belongs to the boy?

• AThe boy went to he house
• BThe boy went to his house✓
• CThe boy went to him house
• DThe boy went to its house

Answer: 'To his house' is correct. Possessive adjective 'his' shows the house belongs to the boy.

What is the correct form: 'She ___ finished the project'?

• Ahaving
• Bhave
• Chas✓
• Dis

Answer: 'Has' is correct with singular third person 'she' in present perfect tense.

Which sentence uses the correct past tense?

• AI go to the meeting yesterday
• BI went to the meeting yesterday✓
• CI am going to the meeting yesterday
• DI will go to the meeting yesterday

Answer: 'I went to the meeting yesterday' uses past tense correctly with a past time expression.

What is the correct plural of 'box'?

• Aboxxes
• Bboxes✓
• Cbox
• Dboxs

Answer: Nouns ending in 'x' add 'es' to form plurals: boxes.

In formal written English, which verb fits: 'Each of the students ___ completed their work'?

• ABoth 'have' and 'has'
• BOnly 'has'✓
• COnly 'have'
• DNeither 'have' nor 'has'

Answer: 'Each' is singular, so it takes the singular verb 'has': 'Each of the students has completed their work'. The plural noun 'students' sits inside the phrase 'of the students' and does not change the subject, so 'have' is an agreement error.

Which word gives the strongest obligation: 'You ___ be careful with that'?

• Amight
• Bmust✓
• Ccould
• Dshould

Answer: All four words fit the sentence, but they differ in strength. 'Must' is the strongest obligation. 'Should' is advice, and 'might' and 'could' only suggest a possibility.

Which sentence uses the correct pronoun form?

• ABetween myself and you
• BBetween I and you
• CBetween you and I
• DBetween you and me✓

Answer: 'Between you and me' uses object pronouns correctly after a preposition.

What is the correct form of this negative: 'She doesn't ___ it'?

• Aunderstood
• Bunderstanding
• Cunderstands
• Dunderstand✓

Answer: After 'doesn't', use the base form of the verb: 'doesn't understand'.

In formal written English, which verb fits: 'Each of the workers ___ a bonus'?

• AOnly 'receive'
• BOnly 'receives'✓
• CBoth 'receive' and 'receives'
• DNeither 'receive' nor 'receives'

Answer: 'Each' is singular, so it takes the singular verb 'receives', even though the plural 'of the workers' follows it.

Which sentence uses the correct infinitive after 'wants'?

• AHe wants goes to college
• BHe wants gone to college
• CHe wants going to college
• DHe wants to go to college✓

Answer: 'To go' is the correct infinitive form after the verb 'wants'.

In British English, which verb form is acceptable in 'The group of students ___ working together'?

• AOnly 'is'
• BOnly 'are'
• CBoth 'is' and 'are'✓
• DNeither 'is' nor 'are'

Answer: 'Group' is a collective noun. A singular verb treats the group as one unit and a plural verb treats the members individually, so British English accepts both forms here.