Grammar

Which sentence uses correct grammar?

• AShe don't like coffee at all
• BShe don't likes coffee much
• CShe not like coffee in the morning
• DShe doesn't like coffee✓

Answer: With third person singular (she), we use 'doesn't' + base verb form. 'She doesn't like coffee' is correct.

Choose the grammatically correct sentence.

• AHe and I are going to the meeting✓
• BMe and him are goes to the meeting
• CHim and me is going to the meeting
• DMe and him going to the meeting

Answer: Use the subjective case 'he and I' for the subject. 'Are' matches the plural subject. 'He and I are going to the meeting' is correct.

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

• AThe company increases its profits✓
• BThe company increase it's profits
• CThe company increasing their profits
• DThe company are increasing it's profits

Answer: A singular subject such as 'the company' takes 'increases', and the possessive is 'its' with no apostrophe. Every other option either leaves out the verb the sentence needs or writes 'it's', which is short for 'it is' and cannot show possession.

Choose the correct sentence.

• ABetween you and I, I think it's quite wrong
• BBetween you and I, I think its quite wrong
• CBetween you and me, I think its quite wrong
• DBetween you and me, I think it's wrong✓

Answer: After the preposition 'between', use the objective case 'me'. Use 'it's' (it is). 'Between you and me, I think it's wrong' is correct.

Which sentence uses the correct simple past tense?

• AI went to the office yesterday✓
• BI was going to the office yesterday
• CI have go to the office yesterday
• DI had go to the office yesterday

Answer: 'Went' is the correct simple past tense of 'go'. Use simple past with 'yesterday'.

Choose the grammatically correct sentence.

• AShe could of done better
• BShe could've done better✓
• CShe could of done better on the test
• DShe could have did better

Answer: 'Could've' is the contraction of 'could have', and that is the correct form. 'Could of' comes from mishearing that contraction and is always wrong, however much extra wording follows it. After 'could have' the verb must be the past participle 'done', never 'did'.

Which sentence is correct?

• AEach of the players is playing good
• BEach of the players are playing good
• CEach of the players is playing well✓
• DEach of the players are playing well

Answer: 'Each' is singular, even when 'of the players' follows it, so the verb must be 'is' and not 'are'. Verbs are described by adverbs rather than adjectives, so the right form is 'playing well', not 'playing good'. The correct answer is the only option that gets the verb and the adverb right.

Choose the correct sentence.

• ANeither of the employees is trained✓
• BNeither of the employees were trained
• CNeither of the employees have been trained
• DNeither of the employees are trained

Answer: 'Neither' is singular, so use 'is' and 'trained' (past participle).

Which sentence has correct subject-verb agreement?

• AThe number of error is increasing
• BA number of errors is increasing
• CThe number of errors is increasing✓
• DThe number of errors are increasing

Answer: 'The number' is singular, so it takes 'is increasing', and it must be followed by a plural noun: 'the number of errors'. 'A number of' is treated as plural and would take 'are increasing'.

Choose the grammatically correct sentence.

• AIf I was you, I would have resigned
• BIf I am you, I will resign
• CIf I were you, I would resign✓
• DIf I was you, I would resign

Answer: In hypothetical conditions (subjunctive mood), use 'were' not 'was': 'If I were you...'

Which sentence is correct?

• AThe client has given feedback✓
• BThe client have gave feedback
• CThe client has gave feedback
• DThe client has give feedback

Answer: Present perfect uses 'has/have' + past participle. 'Given' is the past participle of 'give'.

Choose the correct sentence.

• AEach of the managers has met the targets✓
• BAll of the managers has met the targets
• CEach managers has met the targets
• DEach of the managers have met the goals

Answer: 'Each' is singular, so 'has'. The correct sentence is 'Each of the managers has met the targets'.

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

• AWho did you give the report to him?
• BWho you gave the report to?
• CWhom gave you the report?
• DWhom did you give the report to?✓

Answer: 'Whom' is the object form, so it is right when the pronoun stands for the person receiving something. In the correct answer 'whom' is the object of 'to', which is why that sentence works. 'Whom' can never be the subject of a verb, so the option where it is doing the giving is wrong. The remaining options add a second recipient, 'him', after the question word, or drop the auxiliary 'did' that a question of this shape needs.

Choose the correct sentence, treating 'data' as a plural noun.

• AThe data are showing an upward trend✓
• BThe data is showing an upward trend
• CThe data was showing a upward trend across the year
• DThe datas are showing an upward trend in sales

Answer: 'Data' came into English as the plural of the Latin 'datum', and formal or scientific writing keeps that plural agreement, so the verb is 'are'. In everyday British and American English 'data' is now widely treated as a singular mass noun, which is why this question tells you which treatment to use.

Which sentence has correct grammar?

• ATheir going to their meeting at their office
• BThey're going to their meeting at their office✓
• CTheir going to there meeting at there office
• DThey're going to there meeting at their office

Answer: They're = they are. Their = possessive. The correct sentence is 'They're going to their meeting at their office'.

Choose the grammatically correct sentence.

• AThe manager and team is celebrating
• BThe managers along with team is celebrating
• CA manager, along with the team, are celebrating
• DThe manager, along with the team, is celebrating✓

Answer: 'Along with' is not a coordinating conjunction. The main subject is 'manager' (singular), so 'is'.

Which sentence is correct?

• AOne of the best things about working here are the perks
• BOne of the best things are the benefits
• CThe benefits of working here is good
• DOne of the best things about working here is the benefits✓

Answer: The subject is 'one' (singular), so use 'is'. The correct sentence is 'One of the best things about working here is the benefits'.

Choose the correct sentence.

• AI wish I has been more confident
• BI wish I were more confident✓
• CI wish I am more confident
• DI wish I was more confident

Answer: With 'wish', use the subjunctive mood: 'were'. 'I wish I were more confident' is correct.

Which sentence has correct verb agreement?

• AEverybody is expected to attend✓
• BEverybodys are expected to attend
• CEverybody are expected to attend
• DEveryone are expected to attend

Answer: Both 'everybody' and 'everyone' are singular, so use 'is'.

Choose the grammatically correct sentence.

• AA film which we watched were boring
• BThe film that we watched were dull
• CThe film which we watched was boring✓
• DThe film we watched been boring

Answer: 'Film' is singular, so use 'was'. Both 'which' and 'that' work, but 'was' is required.

Which sentence is correct?

• AShe asked me if I would go with herself
• BShe asked me if I would of gone with her
• CShe asked me if I would go with her✓
• DShe asked me if I would go with she

Answer: After preposition 'with', use objective case 'her', not 'she'.

Choose the correct sentence.

• AEither the supervisors or the manager is responsible✓
• BEither the supervisors or manager is responsible
• CEither the supervisors or the manager am responsible
• DEither the supervisors or the manager are responsible

Answer: With 'either ... or', the verb agrees with whichever subject sits nearest to it. Here the nearer subject is the singular 'the manager', so the singular verb 'is' is required, even though the plural 'supervisors' appears earlier in the sentence. 'Are' would only be right if the nearer subject were plural, 'am' never goes with a third-person subject, and dropping 'the' before 'manager' breaks the parallel structure that 'either ... or' needs.

Which sentence has correct grammar?

• AHis presentation were excellent
• BHis presentations is excellent
• CHis presentation was excellent✓
• DHis presentations was excellent

Answer: Singular 'presentation' takes the singular verb 'was'. Plural 'presentations' would need 'are' or 'were', so every other option pairs a subject and a verb that do not agree.

Choose the grammatically correct sentence.

• ANoone was not expecting the results
• BNo one weren't expecting the results
• CNo one was expecting the results✓
• DNoone weren't expecting the results

Answer: 'No one' is two words and singular. Use 'was', not 'weren't'.

Which sentence is correct?

• AThe committee has made its decision✓
• BThe committee has made it's decision
• CThe committee have made there decision
• DThe committees has made their decisions

Answer: A singular subject such as 'committee' takes 'has', and the possessive is 'its' with no apostrophe. The other options write 'it's' (short for 'it is'), confuse 'there' with 'their', or put a plural subject with the singular verb 'has'.

Choose the correct sentence.

• ALeast people came than expected
• BFewer people attended than expected✓
• CLess people attended than expected
• DLesser people attended than hoped

Answer: Use 'fewer' for countable things (people), 'less' for uncountable things (water, time).

Which sentence has correct grammar?

• AThe reasons for changes is the costs
• BThe reason for a change are the cost
• CThe reasons for the change are cost
• DThe reason for the change is the cost✓

Answer: Singular 'reason' takes singular 'is'.

Choose the grammatically correct sentence.

• AThe board members, including the chair, want to proceed✓
• BBoard members, including the chair, wants to proceed
• CThe board member, including the chair, want to proceed
• DThe board members including the chair wants to proceed

Answer: 'Board members' is plural, so use 'want'. The phrase 'including the chair' doesn't change the subject.

Which sentence is correct?

• AA professor, as well as his students, are attending
• BThe professor and students is attending
• CThe professors as well students is attending
• DThe professor, as well as his students, is attending✓

Answer: 'As well as' doesn't change the subject verb agreement. Main subject 'professor' is singular, so 'is'.

Choose the correct sentence.

• AI would of done it if I could of
• BI would have done it if I could of
• CI would have done it if I could have✓
• DI would've done it if I could of

Answer: 'Would of' and 'could of' are never correct: they come from mishearing the spoken contractions 'would've' and 'could've'. The correct answer writes 'have' in both halves of the sentence. The contraction 'would've' is fine in informal writing, but 'could of' is wrong wherever it appears, which rules out every other option.