Home of English Grammar

Free Guide (Updated for 2023)

  • Home
  • Download Lessons
  • Grammar Rules
  • Online Exercises
  • Online Tools
    • Grammar Checker
    • Word Counter
  • Guides
  • Contact
You are here: Home / Exercises / General Grammar Exercise

General Grammar Exercise

April 30, 2021 - pdf

Fill in the blanks.

1. Help me with this, ………………….?

Correct! Wrong!

After imperatives, will you is used to ask people to do things.

2. Politics ……………………… a dirty game.

Correct! Wrong!

Words like politics, science and mathematics are singular.

3. The girls in this photo ………………………….. my cousins.

Correct! Wrong!

Here the subject is the plural noun girls.

4. I …………………………. my grandparents yesterday.

Correct! Wrong!

To call on is to visit.

5. Neither of these answers ………………………….. correct.

Correct! Wrong!

Use a singular verb after either and neither.

6. I ……………………….. in Mumbai at that time.

Correct! Wrong!

Use the simple past to talk about a completely finished event or situation.

7. My application …………………………… by the company.

Correct! Wrong!

In the simple past, the passive form is made with was/were + past participle form of the verb.

8. I am writing a novel. A novel …………………………….. by me.

Correct! Wrong!

The passive form of the present continuous is made with is/am/are + being + past participle.

9. Let’s …………………………….. your plans.

Correct! Wrong!

Discuss is one of those verbs that cannot be followed by a preposition.

10. That child …………………………….. neither of his parents.

Correct! Wrong!

Resemble does not take a preposition.

11. We ……………………………. to hear from them for a long time.

Correct! Wrong!

The present perfect continuous is used to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.

12. I ………………………….. all my life in India.

Correct! Wrong!

The present perfect is more appropriate here.

Answers

  1. Help me with this, will you?
  2. Politics is a dirty game.
  3. The girls in this photo are my cousins.
  4. I called on my grandparents yesterday.
  5. Neither of these answers is correct.
  6. I lived in Mumbai at that time.
  7. My application was rejected by the company.
  8. I am writing a novel. A novel is being written by me.
  9. Let’s discuss your plans.
  10. That child resembles neither of his parents.
  11. We have been waiting to hear from them.
  12. I have lived all my life in India.
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • WhatsApp
1,280,138 
647,105 

Check Your Grammar

GrammarCheck.net - Try online
Hint → Bookmark GrammarCheck for future use.

Latest Exercises

  • Relative Pronouns Exercise September 29, 2023
  • Phrasal Verbs Exercise September 28, 2023
  • Gap Filling Vocabulary Exercise September 28, 2023
  • Correct or Incorrect September 26, 2023
  • No, None. Not September 22, 2023
  • Definite Article vs. No Article September 21, 2023
  • Irregular Plurals September 20, 2023
  • Color Idioms September 19, 2023
  • Animal Idioms September 18, 2023

Topics

  • Adjectives
  • Adverbs
  • Business Writing
  • Commas
  • Conjunctions
  • Creative Writing
  • Difference
  • Essay Writing
  • Exercises
  • Learning
  • Lessons
  • Nouns
  • Prepositions
  • Pronouns
  • Proofreading
  • Punctuation
  • Quiz
  • Spelling
  • Style Guide
  • Teaching
  • Terms
  • Verbs
  • Words
  • Writing

Quiz

  • Can you correct these 14 basic grammar mistakes?
  • What kind of writer are you?

Copyright © 2023 · EnglishGrammar.org
Disclaimer · Privacy Policy · Sitemap