English Grammar Ultimate Quiz! Trivia Questions

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    If you look carefully, you _____________ writings scratched on the glass.

    • Find
    • Will find
    • Shall find
    • Are find
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About This Quiz

Welcome to this English grammar ultimate quiz! There are different ways that one can improve their grammar knowledge and quizzes are one of them. By taking up the quiz below you stand to refresh your understanding on how to write grammatically correct sentences in different tenses. How about you give it a shot and see how well you will do. All the best and remember to keep practicing to perfect your skills. .

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  • 2. 

    Against her parents wishes, she wants to be __________

    • The economist

    • A economist

    • An economist

    • Economist

    Correct Answer
    A. An economist
    Explanation
    Articles

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  • 3. 

    _________ that Margaret was able to retire at the age of 50.

    • So successful her business was

    • So successful was her business

    • Her business was so successful

    • So was her successful business

    Correct Answer
    A. Her business was so successful
    Explanation
    Organization of information

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  • 4. 

    One of the people arrested was Michael Wales, _________ a member of the local council.

    • Is

    • That is

    • Whom is

    • Who is

    Correct Answer
    A. Who is
    Explanation
    Relative clauses

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  • 5. 

    I still feel very tired __________ in the morning.

    • When I wake up

    • As I wake up

    • When I will wake up

    • While I wake up

    Correct Answer
    A. When I wake up
    Explanation
    Adverbs and conjunctions

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  • 6. 

    I ________ her birthday and ________ how to make it up for her.

    • Completely forgot ... don't just know ...

    • Forgot completely ... don't just know ...

    • Completely forgot ... just don't know ...

    • Forgot completely ... just don't know ...

    Correct Answer
    A. Completely forgot ... just don't know ...
    Explanation
    Adverbs and conjunctions

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  • 7. 

    About ten of us were taken ill ________ a party we were at in New York. I felt ill ________ a couple of days but was fine after that.

    • For ... during ...

    • For ... for ...

    • During ... during ...

    • During ... for ...

    Correct Answer
    A. During ... for ...
    Explanation
    Prepositions

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  • 8. 

    Every summer we ___________ to Italy on vacation.

    • Go

    • Gone

    • Going

    • Are going

    Correct Answer
    A. Go
    Explanation
    The system of English tenses.

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  • 9. 

    He suddenly saw Sue ________ the room. He pushed his way ________ the crowd of people to get to her.

    • Across ... through ...

    • Over ... through ...

    • Across ... across ...

    • Over ... along ...

    Correct Answer
    A. Across ... through ...
    Explanation
    Prepositions

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  • 10. 

    The children ____________ to the zoo.

    • Enjoyed being taken

    • Enjoyed taking

    • Were enjoyed taking

    • Were enjoyed taken

    Correct Answer
    A. Enjoyed being taken
    Explanation
    The correct answer is "enjoyed being taken" because the verb "enjoyed" needs to be followed by a gerund (a verb form ending in -ing) to show the action that is being enjoyed. In this case, the gerund "being taken" correctly shows that the children enjoyed the action of someone taking them to the zoo.

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  • 11. 

    If you were a rich man, _______ money on charity?

    • Would you spend

    • Would you have spent

    • Do you spend

    • Did you spend

    Correct Answer
    A. Would you spend
    Explanation
    Conditional Mood

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  • 12. 

    Jeffrey Miles ____________ 15 films and I think his latest is the best.

    • Made

    • Has made

    • Was made

    • Was making

    Correct Answer
    A. Has made
    Explanation
    The system of English tenses

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  • 13. 

    I'm sorry I talked rudely with him. I ____________ nicer to him.

    • Should be

    • Should have been

    • Would have been

    • Should

    Correct Answer
    A. Should have been
    Explanation
    Modal Verbs

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  • 14. 

    Many leading members of the opposition party ___________ to justify the decision.

    • Have tried

    • Has tried

    • Has been trying

    • Tries

    Correct Answer
    A. Have tried
    Explanation
    Collective nouns

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  • 15. 

    She noticed ________ away from the house.

    • Him to run

    • Him running

    • Him run

    • Him ran

    Correct Answer
    A. Him running
    Explanation
    Infinitives and gerunds

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  • 16. 

    I notified ___________ I had changed my account.

    • With the bank that

    • The bank that

    • That

    • To the bank that

    Correct Answer
    A. The bank that
    Explanation
    Reported speech

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  • 17. 

    She encouraged __________ the job.

    • To take

    • That Mark should take

    • Mark to take

    • To Mark to take

    Correct Answer
    A. Mark to take
    Explanation
    Reported Speech

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  • 18. 

    They directed that the building ____________

    • Be pulled down

    • To be pulled down

    • Should be pulled down

    • Is to be pulled down

    Correct Answer
    A. Should be pulled down
    Explanation
    Reported speech

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  • 19. 

    I'll be with you in ____________

    • One quarter of an hour

    • A quarter of an hour

    • A quarter of one hour

    • A quarter of hour

    Correct Answer
    A. A quarter of an hour
    Explanation
    Articles

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  • 20. 

    They needed someone who could be both an excellent administrator and manager. _________ isn't easy to find.

    • Such a person

    • A such person

    • Such

    • Such person

    Correct Answer
    A. Such a person
    Explanation
    Substitution and leaving out words

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  • 21. 

    You ____________ mad if you think that I'm going to lend you any more money.

    • Can be

    • Must be

    • Should be

    • Are

    Correct Answer
    A. Must be
    Explanation
    Modal Verbs

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  • 22. 

    If only I had told him the truth lat time we met, he _________ me.

    • Won't leave

    • Wouldn't leave

    • Didn't leave

    • Wouldn't have left

    Correct Answer
    A. Wouldn't have left
    Explanation
    Conditional Mood

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  • 23. 

    She lives _______ Paris and owns a house _______ the Swan Lake

    • At ... on ...

    • At ... in ...

    • In ... at ...

    • In ... on ...

    Correct Answer
    A. In ... at ...
    Explanation
    Prepositions

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  • 24. 

    We should use _________ time we have to discuss Mark's proposal.

    • The little of

    • The little

    • The few

    • The few of

    Correct Answer
    A. The little
    Explanation
    Determiners and quantifiers

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  • 25. 

    If I hadn't eaten so much ice-cream last night, I _________  a sore throat today.

    • Wouldn't have had

    • Wouldn't have

    • Didn't have

    • Don't have

    Correct Answer
    A. Wouldn't have
    Explanation
    Conditional Mood

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  • 26. 

    - Why isn't Tim here yet? - He ____________ to Spain on business trip.

    • Must go

    • Should have gone

    • Must have gone

    • Could go

    Correct Answer
    A. Must have gone
    Explanation
    Modal Verbs

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  • 27. 

    The __________ faulty.

    • Equipments are

    • Equipment was

    • Equipments were

    • Equipment were

    Correct Answer
    A. Equipment was
    Explanation
    Collective nouns

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  • 28. 

    ___________ arrived for you this morning.

    • A furniture

    • Furniture

    • Some furnitures

    • Some furniture

    Correct Answer
    A. Some furniture
    Explanation
    Articles

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  • 29. 

    __________ during the storm.

    • They were collapsed the fence

    • The fence collapsed

    • The fence was collapsed

    • They collapsed the fence

    Correct Answer
    A. The fence collapsed
    Explanation
    Passive Voice

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  • 30. 

    There are a number of people _________ be asked about this issue.

    • Should

    • That should

    • Whom should

    • Who should

    Correct Answer
    A. Who should
    Explanation
    Relative clauses

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  • 31. 

    We need some curtains. Let's buy _________

    • The ones with flowers on

    • Ones

    • One

    • Some

    Correct Answer
    A. The ones with flowers on
    Explanation
    x

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  • 32. 

    He ______________ for the national team in 58 matches so far.

    • Played

    • Was playing

    • Has played

    • Has been playing

    Correct Answer
    A. Has played
    Explanation
    The ssytem of English tenses

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  • 33. 

    I remembered ___________ the race.

    • The horse to win

    • The horse which win

    • The horse winning

    • The horse was winning

    Correct Answer
    A. The horse winning
    Explanation
    Infinitives and gerunds

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  • 34. 

    She reminded _________ the papers.

    • Me where to leave

    • Me where I had to leave

    • Where I had to leave

    • Where to leave

    Correct Answer
    A. Me where to leave
    Explanation
    Infinitives and gerunds

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  • 35. 

    This time next year, she ______________ from the University.

    • Will graduate

    • Graduate

    • Will be graduate

    • Will have graduated

    Correct Answer
    A. Will have graduated
    Explanation
    In this sentence, the phrase "this time next year" indicates a future point in time. The verb "will have graduated" is the correct choice because it shows that the action of graduating from the University will be completed by that future point in time. The other options ("will graduate," "graduate," "will be graduate") do not convey the idea of a completed action in the future.

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  • 36. 

    ________ the children _________ awake.

    • None of ... was ...

    • Not any of ... were ...

    • No children ... was ...

    • None of ... were ...

    Correct Answer
    A. None of ... was ...
    Explanation
    Determiners and quantifiers

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  • 37. 

    _________ resigned, we would have been forced to sack him.

    • Had he not

    • Hadn't he

    • He had not

    • He not had

    Correct Answer
    A. Had he not
    Explanation
    Organization of information

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  • 38. 

    The new computer system _________ next month.

    • Is being installed by people

    • Is being installed

    • Is being

    • Will be installed

    Correct Answer
    A. Is being installed
    Explanation
    Passive Voice

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  • 39. 

    The program allows students from many countries to communicate __________

    • Each other

    • With each other

    • Themselves

    • With one another

    Correct Answer
    A. With one another
    Explanation
    Substitution and leaving out words

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  • 40. 

    I ________ that you can swim so well, and I can't.

    • Hate

    • Hate it that

    • Hate that

    • Hate it

    Correct Answer
    A. Hate that
    Explanation
    Organization of information

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