WREN & MARTIN's English grammar-1st Year Intermediate: Set - 2

 

English Grammar Quiz for 1st Year Intermediate: Set - 2

Instructions: Choose the most appropriate option to complete each sentence.

Q1. Neither of the two candidates __________ qualified for the job.

a) is

b) are

c) were

d) have

Q2. He is __________ university student.

a) a

b) an

c) the

d) (no article)

Q3. If he __________ harder, he would have succeeded.

a) worked

b) works

c) had worked

d) would work

Q4. Choose the correctly punctuated sentence:

a) Ram said, "I am going to the market."

b) Ram said "I am going to the market."

c) Ram said, I am going to the market.

d) Ram said, "i am going to the market."

Q5. The package was delivered __________ the postman.

a) by

b) with

c) at

d) from

Q6. Change into passive voice: "Someone has broken the window."

a) The window is broken.

b) The window has broken by someone.

c) The window has been broken by someone.

d) The window was broken by someone.

Q7. I am not used __________ up this early.

a) to wake

b) to waking

c) wake

d) waking

Q8. Choose the correct antonym for the word "Reluctant":

a) Hesitant

b) Unwilling

c) Eager

d) Shy

Q9. She succeeded __________ passing the entrance exam.

a) at

b) on

c) in

d) with

Q10. Change into indirect speech: She said to him, "Where are you going?"

a) She asked him where he was going.

b) She asked him where was he going.

c) She said to him where he was going.

d) She asked him where he is going.

Answer Key

Q.NoAnswerNote
1a) is'Neither' takes a singular verb.
2a) a'University' starts with a consonant sound ('yu').
3c) had workedType 3 conditional (If + past perfect, would have + past participle).
4a) Ram said, "I am going to the market."Correct use of comma and quotation marks.
5a) by'By' indicates the agent in passive voice.
6c) The window has been broken by someone.Present perfect passive structure.
7b) to wakingThe phrase 'be used to' requires the gerund form.
8c) Eager'Reluctant' means unwilling; 'eager' is the opposite.
9c) in'Succeed' is followed by the preposition 'in'.
10a) She asked him where he was going.Question word order in indirect speech is subject + verb.

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