MARCO SUCUPIRA LANGUAGE MATERIALS

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
TESTS ON SPECIFIC GRAMMAR POINTS


QUESTION TAGS

01. My sister and I got a new carpet, ______________?

a) haven't we
b) hadn't we
c) had we
d) have we
e) didn't we

02. We are all here now, _____________?

a) isn't we
b) aren't we
c) aren't I
d) weren't I
e) weren't we

03. I haven't paid you yet, __________?

a) pay I
b) have I
c) have I paid
d) did I
e) am I

04. Christina is nice girl, ____________?

a) wasn't she
b) isn't she
c) is she
d) is she not
e) no correct answer

05. John and Robert Kennedy were shot down, _____________?

a) wasn't they
b) weren't John and Robert
c) were they
d) weren't they shot
e) weren't they

06. I am your teacher, __________?

a) am I not
b) amn't I
c) don't I
d) not am I
e) aren't I

07. We have not got good friends, ____________?

a) does we
b) did we
c) have we
d) do we not
e) don't we

08. I am not a good student, ___________?

a) is she
b) is he
c) am I
d) are I
e) no correct answer

09. Thomas had never had a bad mark at school, ___________?

a) had he
b) didn't he
c) hasn't he
d) haven't he
e) no correct answer

10. The radio isn't out of order, ___________?

a) is it
b) isn't it
c) aren't
d) are we
e) no correct answer

 

COMPARATIVES & SUPERLATIVES

11. The ________________the mountain, the ________ to climb it.

a) lower, easyer
b) more low, more easy
c) most low, most easy
d) lower, easier
e) lowest, easiest

12. "The weather is becoming ______________." The wrong alternative is:

a) nice
b) nicer
c) more nice
d) more and more nice
e) nicer and nicer

13. The "Globe" is _________________ newspaper in town.

a) the importanest
b) the more important
c) the less important
d) the most important
e) the importanter

14. Today his mother is _______________ than usual.

a) sader
b) saddest
c) more sad
d) sadder
e) very sader

15. She is ___________ than Sean.

a) juster
b) more juster
c) justest
d) less just
e) more just

16. Riding a horse is not ___________ riding a bicycle.

a) so easy as
b) easyer than
c) more easy than
d) the least easy
e) the least easy

17. Your coat is _____________ than mine.

a) heavyer
b) more light
c) less heavier
d) lighter
e) more heavy

18. This book is ________ the last one we used.

a) worst than
b) more good than
c) worse than
d) gooder than
e) best than

19. Today, Kelly is _____________ woman in the world.

a) happier
b) the most happy
c) the happyest
d) the less happy
e) the happiest

20. The farmer owned more _________ five hundred acres of good land.

a) of
b) than
c) that
d) then
e) a and b are correct

 

COUNTABLES & UNCOUNTABLES
EMPHASIS & QUANTITY

21. How ___________ does this raincoat cost ?

a) much
b) very
c) many
d) few
e) a and c are correct

22. If you had studied harder, you would have had __________ difficulty.

a) many
b) very
c) more
d) fewer
e) less

23. Her test is _______ better. She has made _______ mistakes than him.

a) much, more
b) very, fewer
c) much, less
d) very, less
e) much, fewer

24. " ______ money was spent on dresses" The wrong alternative is :

a) Many
b) A lot of
c) Plenty of
d) Lots of
e) A great deal of

25. I am very thirsty. Please, give me ________ cold coke.

a) much
b) many
c) fewer
d) a lot of
e) few

26. Very ___________ soldiers remained alive.

a) much
b) less
c) fewer
d) little
e) few

27. His handwriting is _________ worse than ours.

a) more
b) very
c) many
d) a lot of
e) much

28. He told me ___________ lies than you.

a) less
b) fewer
c) many
d) very
e) much

29. __________ don't believe he'll marry her.

a) Much
b) Many
c) Very
d) Little
e) a and b are correct

30. A ______________ old woman was taken to hospital.

a) much
b) very
c) many
d) lot of
e) few

DEMONSTRATIVES

31. ________ raincoat does not belong to me.

a) These
b) Those
c) That
d) An
e) Thises

32. ________ cloud is a sign of rain.

a) Thise
b) These
c) Those
d) Anyone
e) That

33. ________ does not belong to me.

a) These
b) Those
c) That
d) This
e) c and d are correct

34. "_______ were the days" was a popular BBC program.

a) This
b) That
c) Theses
d) Those
e) Thats

35. I don't like ___________ news.

a) these
b) those
c) this
d) thats
e) a and b correct

36. _______ women are looking for you.

a) Those
b) That
c) This
d) There
e) b and c correct

37. _______ is what I want.

a) Those
b) These
c) That
d) ......
e) Theses

38. _______ do not belong to me.

a) That
b) This
c) These
d) Thats
e) The

39. That driver has had an accident; ________ is what I expected to happen.

a) those
b) these
c) any
d) this
e) the

40. ________ are the mountains I told you about.

a) Theses
b) That
c) That
d) This
e) Those

 

PLURALS

41. Which of these words has a plural form ?

a) news
b) information
c) newspaper
d) mankind
e) accomodation

42. Five __________ packages were sent to Italy.

a) thousand
b) thousand of
c) thousands
d) thousands of
e) all are correct

43. The plural of brother-in-law is :

a) brothers-in-laws
b) brother-in-laws
c) brethren - in-law
d) brothers-in-law
e) it has no plural

44. It was _________ book.

a) ten dollar
b) ten dollars
c) a ten dollars
d) a ten dollar
e) ten dollars of

45. __________ names were published in this list.

a) Hundreds
b) Hundreds of
c) Hundred
d) Hundred of
e) Five hundreds of

46. The plural of louse and mouse is :

a) louses - mouses
b) lice - mice
c) lice - mouses
d) louses - mice
e) a and b are correct

47.In which of the following words both components go to the plural form ?

a) classroom
b) shoemaker
c) manservant
d) housemaid
e) maidservant

48. The little ________ are in those ___________ .

a) foxes - box
b) fox - box
c) foxen - box
d) foxes - boxes
e) foxen - boxen

49. Their _________ are against their attitudes.

a) believe
b) belief
c) believes
d) beliefs
e) believ

50. _________ are generally big animals.

a) Ox
b) Oxes
c) Oxen
d) Foxen
e) Fox

 

GENITIVE CASE

51. The child is afraid of _____________.

a) the pirate's hook
b) the hook of the pirate's
c) pirate's hook
d) the pirates' hook
e) pirate's hook

52. Those shoes are _______________.

a) of the children's
b) children'
c) the children's
d) the children
e) my children's shoe

53. __________ and ___________ blue shirts are different.

a) Marco - Gary's
b) Marco's - Gary's
c) Marco's - Gary
d) Marco - Gary
e) the Marco - the Gary's

54. Which of these alternatives is wrong ?

a) Beauty's queen
b)The queen of beauty
c) The queen's beauty
d) Queen's beauty
e) The beauty of the queen

55. His strength may be compared to ____________.

a) the strength of a horse
b) horse's strength
c) horses's strength
d) the horse' strength
e) a and c are correct

56. She doesn't like ___________ new house.

a) our father's-in-law
b) ours father-in-law's
c) our's father-in-law
d) our father-in-law's
e) our father's-in-law's

57. Which of these alternatives is wrong ?

a) Murphy's law
b) A notice of moment
c) That house is Mr. Friel's, the teacher
d) We often visit St. Mark's
e) Are you going to the hairdresser's ?

58. She's done ___________ task.

a) Peter and Mary
b) Peter's and Mary
c) Peter and Mary's
d) Peter's and Mary'
e) Peter's and Mary's

59. These are _____________________.

a) the Prince' subjects
b) the Princes' subjects
c) the Prince's subjects
d) the Princes subjects
e) b and c are correct

60. Have you read ___________?

a) the today's paper
b) today's paper
c) to-day's paper
d) the paper's today
e) the paper of today's

 

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS AND WORDS

61. ________ hair is not combed.

a) Hers
b) Mine
c) Ours
d) Our
e) Theirs

62. They have two of _________ houses on this street.

a) them
b) theirs
c) their
d) they
e) mine

63. Gary has come to see me; ________ father and ________ were
school friends.

a) his, my
b) his, mine
c) her, your
d) mine, his
e) your, hers

64. We saw __________ teacher and ________.

a) them, us
b) yours, yours
c) him, hers
d) our, hers
e) ours, her

65. Marco will sell that car of __________.

a) its
b) it
c) him
d) his
e) he

66. We all love __________ parents.

a) them
b) mine
c) our
d) ours
e) they

67. Last night I visited an old friend of ___________.

a) I
b) him
c) her
d) mine
e) my

68.I must call some relatives of ________ and some of ________ and
tell them the truth.

a) my, yours
b) yours, him
c) their, him
d) mine, yours
e) us, they

69. Tell me, isn't that ______ girl-friend?

a) me
b) your
c) you
d) he
e) him

70. You can take ________ but don't forget to give me _______.

a) you, my
b) my, yours
c) mine, your
d)yours, mine
e) your, my

 

RELATIVE PRONOUNS

71. That man _________ name I have forgotten looks like you.

a) that
b) of which
c) whom
d) who
e) whose

72. He is the cleverest man _________ has ever visited us.

a) whose
b) whom
c) who
d) which
e) a and d are correct

73. The man to ___________ you spoke is an Englishman.

a) whose
b) which
c) of which
d) whom
e) who

74. Everything ___________ I say is wrong.

a) ------
b) which
c) that
d) what
e) a and c are correct

75. The HTML book __________ I was reading yesterday, is very good.

a) what
b) which
c) whose
d) of which
e) whom

76. The boy ____________ you punished so severely was innocent.

a) how
b) whom
c) whose
d) what
e) a and b are correct

77. His brother __________ lives in Oxford, speaks French.

a) whom
b) where
c) who
d) whose
e) a and c are correct

78. The man _________ you saw is Italian.

a) -------
b) what
c) whom
d) whose
e) A and C are correct

79. His father, __________ lives in Florence, will return soon.

a) whose
b) that
c) who
d) what
e) b and d are correct

80. I do not know ____________ you want.

a) that
b) what
c) where
d) whose
e) which

 

INDEFINITES

81. Don't tell me ___________ lies ; you cannot deceive me any longer.

a) some
b) no
c) none
d) no one
e) any

82. I think that there is ____________ milk in the jug.

a) some
b) any
c) none
d) no
e) no one

83. __________ of the boys helped the poor lady (to) get on the train.

a) Nobody
b) No one
c) Someone
d) None
e) Nothing.

84. There is _____________ milk in the fridge.

a) something
b) none
c) no
d) any
e) anything

85. Take your little brother ________ to eat! I can't stand his crying.

a) something
b) nowhere
c) anywhere
d) someone
e) none

86. There were ____________ twenty students outside.

a) any
b) somebody
c) something
d) some
e) none

87. There won't be a prize for __________ of you.

a) nobody
b) noone
c) somebody
d) any
e) anything

88. If you have __________ problem come to me.

a) someone
b) no
c) something
d) any
e) none

89. He never had ___________ luck.

a) no
b) any
c) not some
d) some
e) none

90. Will you send ____________ to repair my wireless phone?

a) any
b) someone
c) some body
d) anything
e) anyone

 

INTERROGATIVES

91. __________ does your brother look like ? He is tall and young.

a) How
b) Who
c) Whom
d) What
e) Why

92. __________ of them gave up studying?

a) Who
b) Whom
c) Which
d) Whose
e) What

93. __________ stole my pen ? It was Thomas.

a) Whom
b) Whose
c) Which
d) Who
e) a and d corrects.

94. __________ dollars did you pay for that book?

a) How much
b) How many
c) How long
d) When
e) What

95. __________ is Mr. Smith? Is he a manager?

a) What
b) Whom
c) Which
d) Whose
e) Where

96. __________ does she live from here?

a) What distance
b) How long
c) How far
d) How distance
e) What far

97. __________ coat is this : Marco's or Sean's.

a) Who
b) Which
c) What
d) Whom
e) Whose

98. ___________ do you look like? I look like my sister.

a) Who
b) What
c) Which
d) With whom
e) a and c correts

99. ___________ river flows through Rome: The Po or the Tiber?

a) What
b) Where
c) Which
d) Who
e) a and c are correct

100. "Sue bought some candy" is an answer to :

a) What Sue bought?
b) What did buy Sue?
c) What Sue did buy?
d) What did Sue bought?
e) What did Sue buy?

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