English Grammar Quiz 47

Q21 : Jane is not very keen ___ sport.

1. at 2. on 3. with 4. in

Q22 : Tom Harris, a 36-year-old firefighter, saved 3 _____ after a fire broke out in a house.

1. lives 2. lifs 3. life 4. lifes

Q23: I need ______ money. Jeremy, could you borrow me 3 dollars?

1. a few 2. many 3. a little 4. any

Q24 : Express regret about the past: It’s a pity that I didn’t know her before.

1. I would have known her before. 2. I would like to know her before. 3. I wish I have known her before. 4. I wish I had known her before.

Q25 : Use a prefix to make a word negative: competent

1. incompetent 2. uncompetent 3. imcompetent 4. discompetent

Q26. Mark is a pretty ________ child.

1. six-year-old 2. year-old-six 3. six-old-year 4. old-year six

Q27 : The politician _____ overcame uneasy and awkward questions from journalists.

1. skillfullest 2. skillfuller 3. skillful 4. skillfully

Q28 : My little brother wants _______ (to play) football again.

1. playing 2. plays 3. play 4. to play

Q29 : My little sister likes fairy tales ____ Hans Christian Andersen.

1. to 2. by 3. for 4. with

Q30 : It’s always uneasy to find an interesting book ____ hundreds of others in the bookstore.

1. among 2. with 3. about 4. off

Q31 : Transfer this Active Voice sentence into the Passive one: It is known that pirates kidnapped Julius Caesar on the way across the Aegean Sea.

1. It is known that Julius Caesar had kidnapped by pirates on the way across the Aegean Sea. 2. It is known that Julius Caesar was kidnapped by pirates on the way across the Aegean Sea. 3. It is known that Julius Caesar was kidnapping by pirates on the way across the Aegean Sea. 4. It is known that Julius Caesar kidnapped pirates on the way across the Aegean Sea.

Q32 : Paula wants to lose 10 kilos. But she _____ no attempt to reach this aim.

1. makes 2. does 3. takes 4. gets

Q33 : The bus ______ (to stop working, functioning) so I had to go on foot.

1. broke in 2. broke down 3. broke out 4. broke up

Q34 : Choose two forms of the verb ‘to overthrow’ according to the order: Past Simple – Past Participle

1. overthrew-overthrew 2. overthrowed-overthrowed 3. overthrew-overthrown 4. overthrowed-overthrowen

Q35 : _______ the accident the flight was delayed.

1. Owing to 2. Since 3. So that 4. Whereas

Q36 : Choose the sentence with the right word order

1. My grandfather a passionate numismatist was. 2. Was my grandfather passionate numismatist. 3. A passionate numismatist my grandfather was. 4. My grandfather was a passionate numismatist.

Q37 : ___ Bronx is the third most densely populated county in the U.S.

1. the 2. – 3. a 4. an

Q38 : Hey, Patrick! Don’t forget, that the party ______ (to start) at 9 o’clock!

1. has been starting 2. has started 3. is starting 4. starts

Q39 : Kate was sleeping when her alarm clock ______( to go off)

1. goes off 2. went off 3. was going off 4. had went off

Q40 : I _______ (to read) a newspaper when mom arrives tonight.

1. will read 2. shall read 3. will be reading 4. read

English Grammar Quiz 47

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