This grammar exercise tests your understanding of basic grammar rules and sentence patterns.
1When the storm subsided, we ............... the next village.
Wrong!
Use "continued to" before the destination of the journey.
2I managed to do well in the test despite not feeling ...............
Wrong!
Use "well" after "feeling" to describe health.
3Neither Jane nor ............... have been to the opera.
Wrong!
Use the subject pronoun "I" because it is part of the subject of the verb "have been".
4He thinks that ............... two can win the doubles match.
Wrong!
Use the subject pronoun "we" before the number "two" when the phrase is the subject of the clause.
5............... vividly, the lightning struck the tall building.
Wrong!
Use "Flashing" as a present participle to describe what the lightning was doing.
6............... by rain, we took shelter under a tree.
Wrong!
Use "Driven" because the people were forced by the rain to take shelter.
7She was given the best treatment. ............... she died soon after.
Wrong!
Use "Despite this" to connect the second sentence with a surprising result.
8Will you ............... the good tennis balls from the worn ones?
Wrong!
Use "separate" with "from" when you put one group apart from another.
9Do you like ............... of meat pie?
Wrong!
Use "this sort" because singular "this" must agree with singular "sort"; "this sorts", "these sort" and "that sorts" mix singular and plural.
10The garden ............... used to clip the hedge.
Wrong!
Use "shears were" because "shears" is a plural noun and takes a plural verb.
11A strimmer is a machine used ............... grass and weeds.
Wrong!
Use "for cutting" after "used" to describe the purpose of the machine.
12You ............... working hard.
Wrong!
Use "have definitely been" because the adverb usually goes between the two auxiliaries.
Answers
- When the storm subsided, we continued to the next village.
- I managed to do well in the test despite not feeling well.
- Neither Jane nor I have been to the opera.
- He thinks that we two can win the doubles match.
- Flashing vividly, the lightning struck the tall building.
- Driven by rain, we took shelter under a tree.
- She was given the best treatment. Despite this she died soon after.
- Will you separate the good tennis balls from the worn ones?
- Do you like this sort of meat pie?
- The garden shears were used to clip the hedge.
- A strimmer is a machine used for cutting grass and weeds.
- You have definitely been working hard.