General Grammar Exercises & Tests [ 11 ]

11 - ] General Grammar Exercise & Tests

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Choose a phrasal verb to replace the words in bold. (Answers at the end)

1 . Every morning  I  (stop sleeping)  _________ ____   when I hear the alarm clock.

(a) wake out (b) wake up (c) wake in (d) wake off

2 . On Sundays I can  (leave bed)  _________ ____  later.

(a) get out (b) step off (c) get up (d) step out

3 . We must  (be quick)  _________  ____  or we'll be late for school!

(a) act up (b) fasten on (c) hurry up (d) speed in

4 . John helped the old lady to  (board)  _________ ____   the bus.

(a) mount on (b) get on (c) get up (d) put on

5 . Julie went to the library to  (try to find)  _________ ____   a book.

(a) look out (b) look after (c) look for (d) look out

6 . It's time for the news.  Let's  (start)  _________ ____ the radio.

(a) turn on (b) tune in (c) turn up (d) tune at

7 . "Please come in and  (have a seat)   _________ ____"    said the doctor.

(a) seat up (b) seat down (c) sit up (d) sit down

8 . When Dad arrives home, he  (removes)  _________ ____    his coat.

(a) puts off (b) takes off (c) leaves in (d) takes out

9 . Dad couldn't see very well.   "  (wear)  _________ ____  your glasses" said Mum.

(a) put on (b) put away (c) put in (d) put up

10 . When we arrive at the station, we  (descend from)  _________ ____  the train.

(a) get down (b) stand down (c) get off (d) stand out

----------Answers----------

  1 (b)   2 (c)   3 (c)   4 (b)   5 (c)   6 (a)   7 (d)   8 (b)   9 (a)   10 (c) 

Complete the following sentences with A, AN or THE:

1 .Danny wanted _____ new bicycle for Christmas.

(a) A (b) AN (c) THE

2 . Jennifer tasted _____ birthday cake her mother had made.

(a) A (b) AN (c) THE

3 . The children have _____ new teacher called Mr. Green.

(a) A (b) AN (c) THE

4 . All pupils must obey _____ rules.

(a) A (b) AN (c) THE

5 . Dad turned on _____ radio to listen to _____ news.

(a) A (b) AN (c) THE

6 . Alex is in Boston studying for _____ MBA.

(a) A (b) AN (c) THE

7 . The teacher read _____ interesting article from the newspaper.

(a) A (b) AN (c) THE

8 . There was _____ huge crowd of people outside the church.

(a) A (b) AN (c) THE

9 . Julie talked for _____ hour about her school project.

(a) A (b) AN (c) THE

10 . _____ European expert was invited to speak to the committee.

(a) A (b) AN (c) THE

----------Answers----------

  1 (a)   2 (c)   3 (a)   4 (c)   5 (c)(c)   6 (b)   7 (b)   8 (a)   9 (b)   10 (a) 

Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the adjective given.

1.Jeremy is 10 years old. Jenny is 8 years old.

Jeremy is (old) ____________ ______ Jenny.

2.The Alps are (high) _____ _______________ mountains in Europe.

3.An ocean is very large. It is (large) ____________ _______ a sea.

4.A Rolls Royce costs a lot of money. A Toyota costs less.

A Rolls Royce is (expensive) _______ ________________ _____ a Toyota .

5.John's results were bad. Fred's were very poor.

Fred's results were (bad) _________ _____ John's.

6.This exercise is not very difficult. It's ____________ ______ I expected.

7.The weather is not good today. It's raining.

I hope the weather will be (good) _____________ next week.

8.People are not very friendly in big cities.

They are usually (friendly) ________________ in small towns.

9.In a republic, the President is (important) ____ ______ ______________ person.

10. People say that Chinese is (difficult) ______ ____________ to learn than English.

 Answers :

1.older 2.the highest   3.larger than  4.more expensive than          5.worse than

6.easier than  7.better           8.friendlier     9.the most important 10.more difficult