Grammar Quiz 1

Question 1

.......on a chair every day, I am not used......, and so my leg muscles get sore when I do.

Accepted Answer

Having been sitting / to standing

Question 2

Before she got that new job, Eda...... lots of good books, but now she just doesn't have time.

Accepted Answer

used to read

Question 3

Sarah can't come to the party tomorrow,

Accepted Answer

can she?

Question 4

The monkeys ... not in the room yesterday.

Accepted Answer

were

Question 5

What is colloquial language?

Accepted Answer

informal language

Question 6

Which of the following is a dependent clause?

Accepted Answer

If the weather is still nice

Question 7

Nowadays, it ... that the vikings... the americas about 500 years before columbus's arrival.

Accepted Answer

is believed/had reached

Question 8

.......$100 for my visa application, I was upset......that I'd been rejected.

Accepted Answer

Having paid / to discover

Question 9

Sandy got married when she was .... 16, and now, at the age of 36, she is ......a grandmother.

Accepted Answer

barely / already

Question 10

Both of the boys turned ..... homework in late.

Accepted Answer

their

Question 11

A describing word is...

Accepted Answer

an adjective

Question 12

A sentence with two or more independent clauses is called a...

Accepted Answer

compound sentence

Question 13

Mr. Berry feels that the world today is not......it was during his childhood.

Accepted Answer

as safe as

Question 14

A term or phrase that is used to make a direct comparison between two things is?

Accepted Answer

A metaphor

Question 15

Which sentence is not a complete thought?

Accepted Answer

Beautiful shoes on my feet.

Question 16

Who (am/is/are) you?

Accepted Answer

are

Question 17

A simple sentence contains one independent clause and one dependent clause.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

John failed his exams because he was always out with his friends when he…………..

Accepted Answer

should have been studying

Question 19

....... moment I have ever experienced was when I saw my son sitting on the edge of a cliff.

Accepted Answer

The most terrifying

Question 20

The set of dishes .... been in his family for years.

Accepted Answer

had, have

Questions 20