This grammar exercise tests your understanding of grammar rules and sentence patterns. Complete the following sentences.
1I would have ............... a gypsy.
Wrong!
The expression "taken him for" means believed him to be someone or something.
2Do you mind if I ............... here until the rain stops?
Wrong!
After "Do you mind if I", use the present simple form "stay" for a polite request.
3Would you mind if I ............... some music?
Wrong!
After "Would you mind if I", use the past simple form "played" for a polite request.
4Grandmother ............... go to hospital yesterday.
Wrong!
For past necessity, use "had to" with a past time expression like yesterday.
5If I ............... home earlier, I wouldn't have missed the train.
Wrong!
In a third conditional if-clause, use the past perfect form "had left".
6If he had driven carelessly, he ............... an accident.
Wrong!
In a third conditional result clause, use "would have had" before the noun object.
7He is ............... to live in a finer house.
Wrong!
With adjectives, "enough" comes after the adjective in "rich enough".
8He used a hammer ............... drive a nail into the wall.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "to" and "in order to" can express purpose before the verb drive.
9I was so bewildered ............... I could not say a word.
Wrong!
The result structure is "so... that", so the correct word is "that".
10............... the last day of our holiday, it rained.
Wrong!
Use "On" with a specific day or date.
11The house is burning. It is ............... fire.
Wrong!
The fixed expression is "on fire".
12Will you lend me the scissors when you are finished ............... them?
Wrong!
The fixed expression is "finished with" when something is no longer being used.
Answers
- I would have taken him for a gypsy.
- Do you mind if I stay here until the rain stops?
- Would you mind if I played some music?
- Grandmother had to go to hospital yesterday.
- If I had left home earlier, I wouldn’t have missed the train.
- If he had driven carelessly, he would have had an accident.
- He is rich enough to live in a finer house.
- He used a hammer to / in order to drive a nail into the wall.
- I was so bewildered that I could not say a word.
- On the last day of our holiday, it rained.
- The house is burning. It is on fire.
- Will you lend me the scissors when you are finished with them?