This grammar exercise tests your understanding of basic grammar rules and structures.
1She ............... red and ran out of the room.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Turned" and "went" are natural before colour words to describe a visible change.
2Alice is the person ............... keeps a deer in the garden shed.
Wrong!
"Who" is the subject relative pronoun for a person.
3A deer is ............... Alice keeps in the garden shed.
Wrong!
"What" means "the thing that" in this sentence.
4The baby's eyes are not at all the same colour ............... yours.
Wrong!
"As" completes the comparison pattern "the same... as".
5She looks ............... older than her daughter.
Wrong!
"No" is used before a comparative adjective to mean "not any".
6I haven't seen him ............... ages.
Wrong!
"For" is used with a period of time such as "ages".
7Samuel and ............... decided to split up.
Wrong!
"I have" is the correct full form after another subject joined with "and".
8The village ............... I live is very beautiful.
Wrong!
"Where" means "in which" when referring to a place.
9If you have already had measles, you are unlikely to get ............... again.
Wrong!
"It" refers to measles as one disease name.
10I have difficulty ............... dates.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Remembering" and "in remembering" are both correct after "have difficulty".
11My grandfather is eighty-five, but he still enjoys ............... health.
Wrong!
"Good" is correct because "health" is uncountable here and does not need an article.
12Have you bought the ...............?
Wrong!
"Groceries" is the usual plural noun for food and household goods bought from a shop.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- She turned / went red and ran out of the room.
- Alice is the person who keeps a deer in the garden shed.
- A deer is what Alice keeps in the garden shed.
- The baby’s eyes are not at all the same colour as yours.
- She looks no older than her daughter.
- I haven’t seen him for ages.
- Samuel and I have decided to split up.
- The village where I live is very beautiful.
- If you have already had measles, you are unlikely to get it again.
- I have difficulty remembering / in remembering dates.
- My grandfather is eighty-five, but he still enjoys good health.
- Have you bought the groceries?