Unit 5: Grammar - Practice Quiz

1 Which sentence uses the present continuous tense correctly?

2 Choose the correct simple past sentence.

3 Which sentence uses the present perfect tense?

4 Choose the correct collocation.

5 Which sentence is grammatically correct?

6 Which modal auxiliary expresses ability?

7 Which word is missing from this sentence? "She looked ___ the new word in a dictionary."

8 Choose the correct reduced infinitive: "I would like to go, but I cannot ___."

9 Which sentence uses negative inversion correctly?

10 Which sentence emphasizes the subject correctly?

11 Choose the correct preposition: "She is interested ___ science."

12 Which sentence is a mixed conditional?

13 Choose the correct relative pronoun: "The teacher ___ helped me was kind."

14 Which discourse marker introduces a contrast?

15 Choose the connector that shows a reason: "We stayed inside ___ it was raining."

16 Choose the correct passive sentence.

17 Which sentence uses will correctly for a future decision?

18 Which linking word adds another idea?

19 Which sentence expresses obligation?

20 Which reporting structure is correct?

21 Although Maya usually works from home, this week she ___ in the company office.

22 By the time the lecture began, the students ___ their assignments.

23 The researcher was ___ disappointed by the unreliable results.

24 The manager suggested ___ the meeting until Friday.

25 You ___ have informed us earlier; the delay could have been avoided.

26 Choose the sentence in which a word has been correctly omitted.

27 A: "Would you like to join the discussion?" B: "Yes, I would like ___."

28 ___ had the presentation started when the fire alarm sounded.

29 Which sentence correctly emphasizes that the director approved the proposal?

30 The committee agreed to ___ the matter before making a decision.

31 If Daniel had accepted the scholarship, he ___ abroad now.

32 The documents ___ by the auditors revealed several inconsistencies.

33 The evidence appears convincing. ___, further research is still needed.

34 The experiment was repeated ___ the initial results were inconclusive.

35 Researchers believe that the new method will reduce processing time. Choose the correct passive reporting form.

36 Look at those dark clouds. It ___ rain before the match begins.

37 The proposal was expensive; ___, the board approved it because of its long-term benefits.

38 Leena ___ at the university for three years before she moved to another city.

39 The lights are off and nobody is answering. They ___ have left already.

40 The conference, ___ in Singapore last month, attracted researchers from twelve countries.

41 Choose the option that best completes the sentence: "This is the third time this month that the laboratory equipment while technicians ."

42 Choose the sentence that correctly distinguishes an earlier completed event from a later past event.

43 Which option contains the most idiomatic adverb-adjective collocation?

44 Choose the option that preserves the intended meaning: Priya paused her presentation in order to answer a question.

45 The confidential file is no longer in the locked cabinet, and only Mira knew the access code. Which sentence expresses the strongest logical deduction about a past event?

46 Choose the grammatically acceptable elliptical completion: "The first proposal was more innovative than the second , but the second was easier to implement than the first ."

47 Choose the option that correctly uses a reduced infinitive without changing the meaning: "Noah did not attend the briefing, although he had intended to attend it."

48 Choose the grammatically correct sentence.

49 Which cleft sentence emphasizes the reason for the committee's rejection rather than the rejected item or the time of rejection?

50 Choose the option containing the correct verb-preposition combinations: "The inquiry allegations of misconduct and ultimately a recommendation for stricter oversight."

51 Choose the sentence that means: Her earlier failure to back up the database explains why she is dealing with the consequences now.

52 Choose the sentence in which the reduced relative clause is both grammatical and logically equivalent to: "Applicants who have been shortlisted will be contacted tomorrow."

53 Choose the discourse marker that best completes the argument: "The sample was too small to support a universal claim. ___, the findings identify a pattern worth investigating in a larger study."

54 Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: " the revised protocol reduces processing time, it cannot be adopted it satisfies the regulator's safety requirements."

55 Choose the best passive reporting transformation of: "Investigators believe that the documents were destroyed before the inspection."

56 Choose the option that correctly describes an action expected to be in progress at a specified future time: "At 10 a.m. tomorrow, the negotiating teams ___ the final contractual clauses."

57 Choose the linking expression that makes the relationship between the clauses both grammatical and logical: "The software is inexpensive to license; ___, its maintenance costs are exceptionally high."

58 Choose the best completion: "I why the director is so cautious now, but I his objections were excessive when the proposal was first discussed."

59 Choose the option that best completes the sentence: "The researchers the compound for six months before they finally a stable formulation."

60 Choose the sentence that correctly refers to an entire preceding clause rather than to a single noun.