This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Levels > Advanced English Grammar – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Advanced English Grammar Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The earth ..... around the sun once every 365 days. A) Goes. B) Are going. C) Is going. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goes. 2. I did well in my math test. Therefore, my dad ..... me go to the concert with my friends. A) Forced. B) Allowed. C) Let. D) Got. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Let. 3. If they ..... carefully, they will hear the woodpecker A) Would listen. B) Will listen. C) Listen. D) Listened. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Listen. 4. We are not allowed to park ..... we want. A) Anywhere. B) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anywhere. 5. What is the gerund/gerund phrase in the following sentence? Helen enjoys sketching the sunset. A) Helen. B) The sunset. C) Sketching. D) Enjoys. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sketching. 6. Since there is a 50% chance of rain, I'm going to bring an umbrella on our field trip. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 7. Kayla ..... me take off my shoes before I went into her house. She said she wanted to keep the carpet clean. A) Makes. B) Got. C) Let. D) Made. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Made. 8. James ..... of ..... game online now. A) Thinking, to play. B) Is thinking, to play. C) Thinks, playing. D) Is thinking, playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is thinking, playing. 9. Correct the errors of passive voice in this sentence!My little brother and I have always been interesting in learning more about engine. A) 'interesting' should be 'interested'. B) 'have always been' should be 'has always been'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'interesting' should be 'interested'. 10. If they had known, they ..... the instructions. A) Would have followed. B) Would follow. C) Will be followed. D) Will follow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would have followed. 11. What is the function of gerund in this sentence '' My friends are good at playing football. '' A) The function is noun use as a subject. B) The function is noun use as an adjective. C) The function is noun use as an object of preposition. D) The function is noun use as an object. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The function is noun use as an object of preposition. 12. I received your message yesterday ..... I could not respond to it immediately. A) And. B) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) But. 13. I read the Jakarta Post newspaper.It arrives every week. Combine those clauses using relative clause! A) I read the Jakarta Post newspaper which is arrived every week. B) I read the Jakarta Post newspaper which arrives every week. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I read the Jakarta Post newspaper which arrives every week. 14. The dancer ..... won a trophy is my girlfriend. A) Which. B) That. C) Whom. D) Who. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Who. 15. The seven coordinating conjunctions used as connecting words at the beginning of an independent clause are ..... A) For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So. B) For, While, When, Yet, So, Or, Nor. C) But, So, and, Both, Either, Or, Nor. D) Not Only, But also, While, When, Where, who, whose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So. 16. Lilly ran away seven times in one morning. A) Simple. B) Compund. C) Complex. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 17. Which is the correct use of a semicolon? A) I swear I saw a rabbit; bear; or mouse downstairs. B) I laughed:loudly. C) Canada is beautiful; so many impressive boats. D) Eart is old; it formed 4.5 billion years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eart is old; it formed 4.5 billion years ago. 18. If I had gone to the sofa, I ..... asleep. A) Would fall. B) Would have fallen. C) Will fall. D) Will fell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would have fallen. 19. When you ..... a word, you look it up a dictionary. A) Didn't know. B) Doesn't know. C) Knew. D) Don't know. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Don't know. 20. The Language Faculty in Chapter 1 refers to teachers of Grammar. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. Will your mother arrive tomorrow? I wonder ..... A) Whether your mother will arrive tomorrow. B) Whether your mother arrives tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whether your mother will arrive tomorrow. 22. Which is the correct use of a dash? A) Don't go-I'll make a dinner. B) The Chicago-New York flight left at 6.00. C) I promised-well, sorta-that we'd go. D) I've told you a million-times, no. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Chicago-New York flight left at 6.00. 23. Elisa has hair ..... every month. A) Cut. B) To cut. C) Cutting. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cut. 24. He left the house without ..... anyone A) Told. B) Telling. C) Is telling. D) Tell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Telling. 25. The salary ..... every month A) Is paying. B) Is being paid. C) Is being paying. D) Is paid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is paid. 26. I am sure David ..... taken you books by mistake. A) Couldn't have. B) Might have. C) Must have. D) Shouldn't have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must have. 27. The door ..... by him now A) Was being opened. B) Is being opened. C) Will be opened. D) Is opened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is being opened. 28. ..... Jasmine ..... Jesslyn is lazy student. A) Either, nor. B) Neither, nor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neither, nor. 29. Would you go out more often if you ..... so much in the house? A) Wouldn't do. B) Didn't have to do. C) Don't have to do. D) Wouldn't have to do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't have to do. 30. I went to his apartment last night ..... no one there, ..... I left the parcel in front of the door. A) But, so. B) And, then. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) But, so. 31. She did not pass the entrance examination, so she was not admitted by the university.The conditional sentence from above statement is ..... A) If she had passed the entrance examination, she would have been admitted by the university. B) If she passed the entrance examination, she would be admitted by the university. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If she had passed the entrance examination, she would have been admitted by the university. 32. Join these clauses with so ..... (that) / such ..... (that)!There was an hour delay. We would miss our connecting flight to Europe. A) There was such an hour delay that we would miss our connecting flight to Europe. B) There was so an hour delay that we would miss our connecting flight to Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There was such an hour delay that we would miss our connecting flight to Europe. 33. Oh my goodness, I am going to go on a date with Kevin this Saturday. I need to have my hair ..... and my teeth ..... A) Cut; white. B) Cutting; whitening. C) Cut; whiten. D) Cut; whitened. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cut; whitened. 34. What company besides ours would make its employees ..... overtime on a national holiday? A) Work. B) Worked. C) Will be working. D) Be working. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Work. 35. The severe weather conditions in the alpine regions forced the airlines ..... all outgoing flights and divert incoming planes. A) To cancel. B) Cancel. C) Canceled. D) Canceling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To cancel. 36. My neighbour was nervous last night ..... somebody knocked her house at midnight. A) For. B) Yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For. 37. Della:Could you mind ..... here for a minute? i ..... pick Nandita up right now A) Waited, have to. B) Waiting, have to. C) Waiting, could. D) Waiting, need. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Waiting, have to. 38. If I had had enough money, I ..... that car. A) Would had bought. B) Will buy. C) Would buy. D) Would have bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Would have bought. 39. We have our computers ..... every weekend. A) Checking. B) To check. C) Checked. D) Check. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Checked. 40. I, d like you to meet a very good friend of ..... , Tom Brown. A) Us. B) Our. C) Ours. D) We. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ours. 41. If I ..... a bird, I would fly around the sky. A) Are. B) Was. C) Were. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 42. According to your textbook, the phrase 'these books burned' include: A) 3 meaningful units. B) 6 meaningful units. C) 2 meaningful units. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6 meaningful units. 43. She will teach the students If she ..... a teacher A) Am. B) Do. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 44. If your brother hits you, don't hit back. That's wrong. You know that ..... A) Two heads are better than one. B) Once bitten, twice shy. C) Two's company, three's a crowd. D) Two wrongs don't make a right. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two wrongs don't make a right. 45. Cynthia and Penny walked to the store, and they also bought a soda. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 46. Join these clauses with so ..... (that) / such ..... (that)! She was tired. Angel could not finish his project on time. A) Angel was so tired that she could not finish his project on time. B) Angel was such tired that she could not finish his project on time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Angel was so tired that she could not finish his project on time. 47. You didn't tell whether you could drive or not. The dependent clause is ..... A) You didn't tell. B) You could drive or not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You could drive or not. 48. I ..... my grandmother next holiday A) Will have been visiting. B) Will have visited. C) Will visit. D) Will visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will visit. 49. The boy ..... wears the green T-shirt is my son. A) Who. B) Which. C) Whose. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who. 50. Helen ..... her driving test five times so far without success, but she ..... , yet. A) Was taking / didn't give up. B) ) is taking / doesn't give up. C) Takes / isn't giving up. D) Took / wasn't giving up. E) Has taken / hasn't given up. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Has taken / hasn't given up. 51. Psychology and Linguistics are internconnected A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 52. The thunder was so incredibly loud. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 53. The head to the employee, "Sign the document." A) The head told to the employee to sign the document. B) The head asked to the employee to sign the document. C) The head told the employee to sign the document. D) The head said to the employee to sign the document. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The head told the employee to sign the document. 54. "Murderers are usually sentenced to life imprisonment."This is an example of: A) Present Simple Passive. B) Present Continuous Passive. C) Present Perfect Passive. D) Past Passive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present Simple Passive. 55. All rivers flow ..... the sea. A) In. B) To. C) From. D) Down. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To. 56. Some people are tall, while ..... A) Others are tall. B) Others are thin. C) Others are short. D) Others are large. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Others are short. 57. President:The society must get the best service from the government.The president said ..... A) The society should get the best service from the government. B) The society had to get the best service from the government. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The society had to get the best service from the government. 58. Linguistics does not seem to be related to studies of the brain A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 59. I ..... spending my time lying on my bed A) Look. B) Like. C) Likes. D) Liked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Like. 60. Vito:I will join the English Club next year.Vito said ..... A) He would join English Club next year. B) He will join English Club next year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He would join English Club next year. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesAdvanced English Grammar Quiz 2Advanced English Grammar Quiz 3Advanced English Grammar Quiz 4Advanced English Grammar Quiz 5Elementary Grammar QuizEnglish For Kids QuizIntermediate Grammar QuizScience For Kids Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books