Intermediate Grammar

1. Which sentence is grammatically correct?

• A. She gave me an useful advice.
• B. She gave me a useful advice.
• C. She gave me useful advices.
• D. She gave me useful advice. ✓

💡 "Advice" is an uncountable noun and cannot be pluralized or used with "a/an".

2. Which word is a conjunction in this sentence: "I was tired, but I kept working."

• A. tired
• B. kept
• C. working
• D. but ✓

💡 "But" is a coordinating conjunction that connects two contrasting clauses.

3. Which is the correct question tag? "She works here, ___?"

• A. does she
• B. isn't she
• C. doesn't she ✓
• D. won't she

💡 For positive statements with "works", the tag is negative: "doesn't she?"

4. What is the superlative form of "bad"?

• A. Baddest
• B. Most bad
• C. Worse
• D. Worst ✓

💡 "Bad" has irregular forms: bad → worse → worst.

5. Choose the correct word: "There are ___ students in the class."

• A. less
• B. few
• C. a little
• D. fewer ✓

💡 "Fewer" is used with countable nouns like students. "Less" is for uncountable nouns.

6. What is the gerund in: "Swimming is my favorite hobby."

• A. is
• B. my
• C. favorite
• D. Swimming ✓

💡 A gerund is a verb used as a noun (verb + -ing). "Swimming" acts as the subject here.

7. Which sentence contains a relative clause?

• A. She is happy.
• B. Although she was tired, she worked.
• C. The book that I bought is interesting. ✓
• D. She worked hard and succeeded.

💡 "That I bought" is a relative clause modifying "the book".

8. Choose the correct form: "If I ___ rich, I would travel the world."

• A. am
• B. was
• C. were ✓
• D. will be

💡 In second conditional (unreal/hypothetical), use "were" for all subjects: "If I were rich..."

9. What tense is used in: "By the time she arrived, he had left."

• A. Simple past
• B. Past continuous
• C. Future perfect
• D. Past perfect ✓

💡 Past perfect (had + past participle) shows an action completed before another past action.

10. Which sentence uses the passive voice?

• A. The chef cooked the meal.
• B. The meal was cooked by the chef. ✓
• C. The chef is cooking the meal.
• D. The chef had cooked the meal.

💡 Passive voice = subject + to be + past participle. "The meal was cooked" is passive.

11. Choose the correct sentence.

• A. Neither of them are ready.
• B. Neither of them is ready. ✓
• C. Neither of them were ready.
• D. Neither of them be ready.

💡 "Neither" takes a singular verb. "Neither of them is ready" is grammatically correct.

12. Which sentence is in the present perfect tense?

• A. She was eating.
• B. She eats every day.
• C. She will eat soon.
• D. She has eaten already. ✓

💡 Present perfect = has/have + past participle. "She has eaten" is correct.

13. Which word correctly fills the blank: "___ you finish your work, you can go home."

• A. Until ✓
• B. During
• C. While
• D. Despite

💡 "Until" means up to the point in time when something happens — correct here.

14. What is the correct comparative form of "good"?

• A. Gooder
• B. More good
• C. Goodest
• D. Better ✓

💡 "Good" has an irregular comparative: good → better → best.

15. Choose the correct sentence.

• A. He suggested to go to the park.
• B. He suggested going to the park. ✓
• C. He suggested go to the park.
• D. He suggested that going to the park.

💡 After "suggest", use the gerund (-ing form): "suggested going" is correct.