English Grammar Exercises by Difficulty: Book 5

Introduction

The main purpose of English Grammar Exercises by Difficulty Series is to provide you a valuable and enlightening collection of English Grammar multiple-choice grammar exercises with answer key. This book contains different items sorted by difficulty and takes you on a beautiful journey towards improving your English language skills. Within this book you can find exercises regarding a multitude of topics like: word order, articles, verb tenses, active and passive voice, phrasal verbs, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, relative clauses, prepositions, nouns, conditionals, reported speech, confusing words, word formation and many more...

There are three levels of difficulty in this book: Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced. Choose the best that suits you and enhance your English by solving the exercises.

This book is the fifth book of English Grammar Exercises by Difficulty series and it is also the final one. It contains 2150 exercises with answers for all English levels: 700 for Elementary level, 750 for Intermediate level and 700 for Advanced level.

Elementary Exercises

1. The children ... TV yesterday morning. 

a) saw  b) looked c) watched

2. The Browns live ... the city center.

a) next  b) near  c) by

3. Susan looks ... a famous rock star.

a) like  b) as  c) same

4. This new software gives you the ... financial news.

a) least  b) later  c) latest

5. I only ... one mistake in my admission essay.

a) did  b) made c) make

6. The officer wants you to tell him the ... truth.

a) exact  b) real  c) whole

7. Daniel is looking ... a present to buy his wife.

a) for  b) at  c) in

8. Look. That’s what she would like ... Christmas.

a) in  b) for  c) at

9. One mustn’t drink and then ... a car.

a) lead  b) take  c) drive

10. Please be ... when you cross that boulevard.

a) careful b) caring c) careless

11. Do what you want, your cousin really doesn’t ...

a) dislike b) mind  c) concern

12. If you want to ... that CD remember to bring it back tomorrow.

a) owe  b) lend  c) borrow

13. Call me when you arrive. I will ... you from the station.

a) fetch  b) bring  c) take

14. Alice always gets ... early in the autumn.

a) over  b) up  c) on

15. Steve, when you first meet someone, shake them ... the hand.

a) with  b) by  c) in

16. I have never ... that woman before.

a) seen  b) saw  c) seeing

17. The professor asked his cadets to do their ...

a) house job b) housework c) homework

18. The detective told the boys always to tell the ...

a) true  b) truth  c) information

19. Excuse me. I ... what you said.

a) wasn’t listented to

b) didn’t hear

c) didn’t hearing

20. We ... to the lecture on nuclear power but we didn’t understand anything.

a) listened b) heard c) was listen

21. Can you ... me all right? You are rather far from me.

a) listen  b) hear  c) hearing

22. I ... what the manager is saying but that doesn’t make sense to me.

a) listening b) hearing c) hear

23. I ... to the broadcast every morning.

a) hear  b) am hearing c) listen

24. That old man is very hard of ...

a) hearing b) listen  c) to hear

25. Will you please ... the supervisor and do what she says?

a) hear  b) listen to c) hearing

26. The music is too loud. Even people at the far end of the street can ... you.

a) listen to b) hearing c) hear

27. Albert sometimes pretends he can’t ... some words she says.

a) listening b) hear  c) hearing

28. We’ve been ... strange stories about you recently.

a) hearing b) listen  c) listened to

29. Luna ... go to see the medical doctor last month.

a) must  b) must to c) had to

30. I could ... bought that jewelry but I didn’t like it.

a) had  b) have  c) have to

31. I ... go now because I’m already late for the meeting.

a) must  b) had  c) have

32. I may ... able to visit you on Saturday.

a) being  b) being to c) be

33. Do you ... clean the office every week or every month?

a) must  b) have  c) have to

34. Sarah ... speak English now because she has had many private lessons.

a) have  b) can  c) may

35. They ... finish the project today because we are going to meet again next week.

a) must not b) don’t have c) don’t have to

36. I ... help that old woman with her luggage.

a) ought to b) ought c) should had

37. When will you ... come and meets us in our new office?

a) can  b) must  c) be able to

38. The manager may ... go to Berlin next month.

a) had  b) have to c) have

39. I only want ... little honey is my coffee, please.

a) a  b) the  c) such

40. In ... end we decided to go to Egypt.

a) this  b) a  c) the

41. You should stop thinking about that issue and look at all the beautiful things ...

a) nature b) in nature c) in the nature

42. It is ... story that she has ever read.

a) the funniest b) funniest c) a funniest

43. We want to go to the cinema to see a film about ... and the Germans.

a) a Germany b) Germany c) the Germany

44. Can anyone give him ... ? He can’t solve the problem.

a) hand  b) the hand c) a hand

45. ... will visit us next week.

a) Browns b) a Browns c) the Browns

46. Mike always said that when she grew up she wanted to be ...

a) a detective b) detective c) the detective

47. I have left my laptop in ... and now I need it.

a) kitchen b) the kitchen c) a kitchen

48. Are you studying foreign languages at university, like ...?

a) the English b) a English c) English

49. ... is that woman waiting over there?

a) Which b) Who  c) Whom

50. She doesn’t understand the concept ... you are talking about.

a) that  b) what  c) who

51. They have a large property, ... has many gardens.

a) whose b) that  c) which

52. I’m looking at the photo ... you sent me with the e-mail.

a) who  b) which c) whom

53. There is a new TV series called: ... wants to be a victim?

a) Who  b) Which c) What

54. This is the best restaurant ... you can find in the town.

a) who  b) what  c) that

55. The detective wanted to discover ... drove the black car into the crowd.

a) whose b) who  c) who’s

56. Did you meet the child ... mother works in the hospital?

a) whose b) who  c) who’s

57. I’m sure Alex knows someone ... met Mr. Smith.

a) whom b) which c) who

58. The grass, ... Alice cuts every Friday, grows quickly.

a) who  b) which c) who’s

59. I ... Mrs. Simpson every day in the university.

a) am seeing b) will seen c) see

60. What is the name of ... font you are using now?

a) that  b) which c) who

61. ... to see that new James Bond movie next week?

a) Do you went

b) Are you going

c) Is you gone

62. ... every single thing which that woman says?

a) Do you believe

b) Is you believing

c) Are you believing

63. Sometimes I ... what the professor says to me.

a) understand not

b) am not understanding

c) don’t understand

64. Later today I ... my mother, who is ill in hospital.

a) am visiting b) visit  c) are visiting

65. Why ... late every time we arrange to have dinner?

a) he is  b) is he  c) is he being

66. ... by air because the cost is very high.

a) I’ll not often travelling

b) I’m not often travelling

c) I don’t often travel

67. Next time you ... to the office, you must bring the documents.

a) come  b) is coming c) are coming

68. I ... to remember her name but nothing comes to my mind.

a) try  b) will trying c) am trying

69. You said you would ...?

a) did you b) didn’t you c) would you

70. Kathy is definitely not coming ...?

a) is she  b) isn’t she c) will she

71. This problem drives you mad ...?

a) is it  b) does it c) doesn’t it

72. The procedure won’t hurt ...?

a) will it  b) can it  c) does it

73. I think you ought to go ...?

a) ought you b) don’t you c) do I

74. You must go ...?

a) must I b) had you c) mustn’t you

75. It happened yesterday ...?

a) didn’t it b) had it c) has it

76. Sarah is always late ...?

a) is it  b) isn’t she c) was she

77. They are selling their car ...?

a) have they b) will they c) aren’t they

78. No one understood that concept ...

a) did they b) does he c) did you

79. You don’t like coffee ...?

a) don’t you b) did you c) do you

80. I am right about the error, ...?

a) am I  b) aren’t I c) am I not

81. Mary: I’ve finished the project. John: ...

a) That’ll be nice, will it?

b) That would be nice, wouldn’t it?

c) That’s nice, isn’t it?

82. Mary: I can’t compete anymore. John: ...

a) Oh, you can’t, can you?

b) Oh you could, could you?

c) Oh you would, wouldn’t you?

83. Mary: She hates that software. John: ...

a) She did, did she?

b) She does, doesn’t she?

c) She doesn’t hate, does she?

84. Mary: I would prefer to go by car. John: ...

a) Oh you did, did you?

b) Oh, you wouldn’t, will you?

c) Oh you would, wouldn’t you?

85. Mary: I won’t listen to my mother anymore. John: ...

a) So you won’t, will you?

b) So you will, will you?

c) So you don’t, do you?

86. John: I spent hundreds to repair my car. Mary: ...

a) Oh you do, don’t you?

b) Oh you did, didn’t you?

c) Oh you have, haven’t you?

87. Father: You mustn’t eat sweets today. Child: ...

a) Oh I must, must I?

b) Oh I can’t, can I?

c) Oh I mustn’t, must I?

88. Commander: That’s not allowed you know. Soldier: ...

a) Oh it isn’t, is it?

b) Oh it is, isn’t it?

c) Oh you do, don’t you?

89. You’d rather I kept it secret ...?

a) do you b) had you c) wouldn’t you

90. Daniel used to work in this city ...?

a) does he b) didn’t he c) had he

91. John has his breakfast at the office ...?

a) doesn’t he b) had he c) hadn’t he

92. In that case Sarah will have to search for a book ...?

a) shall she b) does she c) won’t she

93. You wouldn’t want Freddy to do that ...?

a) will you b) would you c) did you

94. The supervisor didn’t need to speak to us like that ...

a) did he b) will he c) does he

95. Come back in the evening ...?

a) do you b) will you c) don’t you

96. You like honey in your coffee ...?

a) have you b) don’t you c) can you

97. You are a smart woman ...?

a) aren’t you b) would you c) have you

98. You shouldn’t have closed the door ...?

a) could you b) didn’t you c) should you

99. So did you give the keys to ...?

a) him  b) his  c) he

100. The book is on the table. I put ... there yesterday.

a) them  b) it  c) its

101. Well, Alice says that she doesn’t believe ...

a) yours  b) them  c) you

102. She doesn’t trust ...?

a) me  b) it  c) I

103. Listen to me! That’s exactly what Brian said about ...

a) yours  b) you  c) their

104. I find this problem difficult to solve. Do you trust ...?

a) his  b) you  c) me

105. Steven has borrowed books and not given ... back.

a) them  b) they  c) their

106. We think the new manager is quite unfair to ...

a) our  b) us  c) we

107. Look at this error code and tell ... what you observe.

a) my  b) I  c) me

108. Oh, I can see ... The military plane is enormous.

a) them  b) it  c) him

109. ... does that laptop belong to?

a) Who  b) Whose c) Which

110. Shouldn’t the