Practise 25 grammar questions covering verb forms, articles, questions and prepositions. Read any meaning or tense instruction, then choose the answer that fits that context. Check the explained key after trying the items.
This is informal practice, not a standardised placement exam or proof of a language level. The collection label does not establish a validated proficiency level.
Quick reminders
- Use an before a vowel sound and a before a consonant sound when an indefinite article is needed.
- In the present simple, he and she normally take an -s verb form; be and have have special forms.
- After can, use the base form of the next verb.
- A sentence can allow different meanings. Follow the extra context in these questions rather than assuming every other wording is always wrong.
Questions
- She ___ a teacher.
- A) am
- B) is
- C) are
- D) be
- They ___ playing soccer now.
- A) is
- B) are
- C) am
- D) be
- I have two ___.
- A) cat
- B) cats
- C) cat’s
- D) cats’
- ___ you speak English?
- A) Does
- B) Do
- C) Is
- D) Are
- She ___ to the store every day.
- A) go
- B) goes
- C) going
- D) to go
- They ___ in London.
- A) lives
- B) live
- C) living
- D) to live
- Choose the indefinite article for a first mention: There is ___ apple on the table.
- A) a
- B) an
- C) the
- D) some
- He ___ a book last night.
- A) read
- B) reads
- C) reading
- D) to read
- I am ___ a book.
- A) reads
- B) read
- C) reading
- D) to read
- Ask about location: ___ are your keys?
- A) Where
- B) What
- C) Who
- D) Why
- She ___ a blue car.
- A) has
- B) have
- C) having
- D) to have
- It ___ cold outside.
- A) am
- B) is
- C) are
- D) be
- There ___ many people here.
- A) is
- B) are
- C) am
- D) be
- She is ___ woman I know.
- A) the tallest
- B) taller
- C) tallest
- D) tall
- Choose the preposition meaning below: The cat is sleeping ___ the chair.
- A) in
- B) on
- C) under
- D) over
- He goes to work ___ car.
- A) by
- B) with
- C) on
- D) in
- Make a polite request: I ___ like a slice of pizza, please.
- A) would
- B) am
- C) has
- D) does
- They ___ the movie last week.
- A) sees
- B) see
- C) saw
- D) seen
- I ___ to the gym every morning.
- A) goes
- B) go
- C) going
- D) to go
- She can ___ English very well.
- A) speaks
- B) spoke
- C) speak
- D) speaking
- Use the superlative form of interesting: It is the ___ book on the shelf.
- A) more interesting
- B) most interesting
- C) interesting
- D) interest
- They were ___ in the park yesterday.
- A) walk
- B) walks
- C) walked
- D) walking
- There is a little milk in this drink. Choose the word for an unspecified amount: I have ___ milk in my coffee.
- A) any
- B) some
- C) no
- D) a
- We ___ to the movies last night.
- A) went
- B) goes
- C) go
- D) gone
- Use the present simple for a routine: He ___ his homework every evening.
- A) does
- B) do
- C) is doing
- D) are doing
Answers and explanations
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- B) is — Use is with the singular subject she.
- B) are — The present continuous here uses are with they, followed by playing.
- B) cats — Two requires the plural noun cats, without a possessive apostrophe.
- B) Do — Use do to form this present-simple question with you.
- B) goes — The present-simple form with she is goes.
- B) live — Use the base present-simple form live with they.
- B) an — The instruction asks for an indefinite article. Apple begins with a vowel sound, so use an, not a. The is possible in a different, definite context.
- A) read — Last night places the event in the past. Read is also the past-tense spelling; its past pronunciation differs from its present pronunciation.
- C) reading — After am, the continuous form is reading.
- A) Where — Where asks about location.
- A) has — Use has with she.
- B) is — Use is with it.
- B) are — Many people is plural, so use are.
- A) the tallest — The superlative phrase before woman is the tallest.
- C) under — Under expresses the requested meaning below. Without that meaning clue, other locations could have been possible.
- A) by — By car describes a means of transport. In a car would need an article here.
- A) would — Would like is a standard polite way to express a request. The revised other options do not complete this request grammatically.
- C) saw — Saw is the past-simple form of see.
- B) go — Use go with I in this present-simple routine.
- C) speak — Can takes the base form speak, without to or an -s ending.
- B) most interesting — The instruction requests the superlative form: most interesting, following the supplied the.
- D) walking — Were is followed by walking to form the past continuous.
- B) some — Some expresses an unspecified positive amount. No would contradict the first sentence; a does not directly modify uncountable milk here.
- A) went — Went is the past-simple form of go; last night gives the past-time context.
- A) does — The instruction specifies present simple. He takes does. Is doing can describe other situations, but it is not present simple.
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References: British Council: a and an; present simple.