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ENGLISH GRAMMAR LEVEL TEST About The Grammar Test There are 40 questions in this grammar test. They cover all levels from elementary (A1) to advanced (C1) in a random order. Some of the questions are easier, some are more difficult. Don’t worry if you don’t know the answer! Don’t use any books or websites to help you – the idea is to find your natural level!

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She’s from ________, so she speaks ________.

Spain … Spanish

Spanish … Spanish

Spain … Spainese

Spanish … Spain

Spain is the country and ‘Spanish’ is the adjective for the people or the language.

I’m busy on Friday, so I ________ come.

can't

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don't

am not

not can

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‘I don’t come’ would mean regularly, many times, so it doesn’t fit here, because we’re talking about one time (this Friday). We use ‘can’ + ‘not’ = ‘can’t’/’cannot’ (‘can’t’ is more common in spoken English).

I’d love to ________ in the 19th century.

live

have been lived

lived

have lived

20.2K shares ‘I’d love’ … = the desire is in the present ‘… to have lived’ = the context is in the past This is a perfect infinitive, which is used to add a past meaning to an infinitive.

That smells good! What ________.

are you cook?

do you cook?

are you cooking?

do you cooking?

We use the present continuous (‘be’ + -ing) to talk about something which is happening now.

Take a sandwich with you ________ you get hungry later.

if

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so as not to

in case

when

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‘In case’ = you do something to be prepared, because you aren’t sure what will happen. In this situation, you don’t know if you will get hungry or not. But you take a sandwich anyway, just to be prepared.

Where ________ he work?

is

does

do

don't

20.2K shares Present simple questions are made with ‘do’ or ‘does’. With ‘he’, ‘she’ and ‘it’, the form is ‘does’.

I’ll send it to you ________ I get the money.

in case

unless

until

as soon as

As soon as = when (although ‘as soon as’ is stronger)

She’s wearing a ________ dress.

black long beautiful

long beautiful black

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beautiful long black

long black beautiful

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Adjectives of opinion (like ‘beautiful’) go before adjectives of fact (like ‘long’ and ‘black’). If you have several adjectives, they need to go in a certain order. Find out more in this free lesson about adjective order.

Put ________ bag on ________ table, then give me ________ apple and ________ bar of chocolate.

the … the … a … a

a … a … the … the

the … the … an … a

a … the … an … the

1) ‘The bag’ because I think you know which bag I’m talking about.

2) ‘The table’ for the same reason – probably there’s only one table in the room where we are. 3) ‘An apple’ because I want one apple, but I don’t care which apple you give me. Probably, this means there are several 20.2K shares apples which both people can see. 4) ‘A bar of chocolate’ is similar to 3. If you find articles confusing, you’re not alone. Watch this free lesson which covers articles at five levels from elementary to advanced.

By next month I ________ all my exams, and I can relax!

will have been finishing

will be finishing

will have finished

will finish

The future perfect (‘will have’ + past participle) is used to show that something will be complete by a certain time in the future. It’s often used together with ‘by’: ‘By Friday, we’ll have done everything.’

How did this ________ broken?

get

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was

be

become

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‘Get’ in this sentence has the meaning of ‘become’ but native speakers never use ‘become’ in this way. There are many similar phrases with ‘get’: get broken, get married, get wet, etc.

She ________ in a small house near the park.

living

live

lives

stays

20.2K shares This is a statement of fact, so we use the present simple. The 3rd person form in the present simple ends with -s. The verb ‘stays’ is a temporary situation (e.g. in a hotel) and we would need to use the present continuous (‘she is staying’). Learn about the differences between present simple and present continuous in this free lesson.

I’ve already called her four times ________.

before

yesterday

today

again

‘I’ve called…’ = present perfect. We use the present perfect to talk about unfinished time periods. So, we can’t say ‘I’ve called…yesterday’ (because yesterday is finished) ‘Today’ is unfinished, so it’s the only possible answer.

He drives quite ________, but his brother drives really ________.

slow … fast

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slowly … fast

slowly … fastly

slow … fastly

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We want to say how he drives, so we need to use adverbs: ‘slow’ –> adverb = ‘slowly’ ‘fast’ –> adverb = ‘fast’ (it’s irregular)

I ________ to Germany last year.

go

gone

goed

went

20.2K shares Last year was in the past. We use the past simple for completed actions in the past. ‘Go’ is an irregular verb, and the past simple form is ‘went’.

That wasn’t a good idea – you ________ thought about it more carefully.

have to

ought have

should have

must have

‘You should have…’ = you made a mistake/you did something wrong. Learn more about using modal verbs to refer to the past in this free lesson.

But they ________be away – I saw them this morning!

don't have to

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can't

mustn't

shouldn't

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‘They can’t be’ = ‘I’m sure they aren’t’ In this case, ‘can’t’ is the negative form of ‘must’ for making deductions. Find out more in this free lesson.

Do you think it’s ________ rain tomorrow?

will

going

to

going to

20.2K shares ‘Going to’ and ‘will’ can both be used to make predictions, but in this sentence, we already have ‘it’s’, which means we can’t use ‘will’. Otherwise, you could say ‘Do you think it will rain tomorrow?’ with no difference in meaning. Revise the different ways to talk about the future in this free lesson.

How long have they ________ there?

been waiting

waited

waiting

been waited

We use the present perfect (‘have’…) to show that something started in the past and continues until now. We make it continuous (…’been’ + -ing) to show that the length of the action is important. There’s more about the present perfect simple and continuous tenses in this free lesson.

I spend too much time ________. I’d like ________ more time for myself and my family.

to work … having

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working … having

working … to have

to work … to have

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This question is about when we use the -ing form and when the infinitive, with two verbs in a row: ‘spend time’ + -ing form ‘would like’ + infinitive with ‘to’

He ________ ever works as ________ as he should.

hard … hard

hard … hardly

hardly … hardly

hardly … hard

20.2K shares ‘Hardly’ = ‘almost not’, so ‘hardly ever’ = ‘almost never’ ‘Work hard’ = ‘work a lot’, ‘work well’, etc. ‘Hard’ and ‘hardly’ are both adverbs, but with very different meanings. Don’t confuse them!

Where ________ they from?

isn't

am

is

are

This is a question with the verb ‘be’ in the present simple.

Let’s go to the cinema. Great idea! What film ________ we watch?

do

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shall

are we going to

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We use ‘shall’ for offers and suggestions when we ask a question. It’s only used in questions with ‘I’ and ‘we’ – not ‘you’, ‘they’ or ‘he’/’she’/’it’.

The film ________ by Quentin Tarantino.

was directed

was direct

directed

did directed

20.2K shares This is the passive voice, which is used to change the emphasis of a sentence. Here, we use the passive because we want to emphasise the film, not the director. Find out how to use the passive – and when not to! – in this free lesson.

_______ spent time abroad when I was a student, I found it easier to get used to ________ in another country.

Having … living

Have … live

To have … living

Having … live

‘Having spent…’ = ‘Because I spent…’ ‘Get used to’ + -ing = ‘adapt to a new situation’

I ________ been hit by a car, but luckily I just managed to get out of the way.

can have

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should have

must have

could have

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‘I could have…’ = there was a possibility, but in the end it didn’t happen.

I ________ like getting up early.

not

don't

doesn't

am not

The sentence ‘I like getting up early’ is present simple. So, the negative is: ‘I don’t like…’ 20.2K shares

She ________ have short hair, but now it’s long.

use to

didn't

used to

before

‘Used to’ = something was true in the past, but it isn’t true anymore.

I wouldn’t say that to him if I ________ you.

would be

am

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were

was

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This situation is imaginary: I am imagining being in your position. To describe an imaginary situation, we use the past simple after ‘if’. In most of these hypothetical sentences, we can say ‘if I was’ or ‘if I were’. For example: ‘If I was rich and famous…’ or ‘If I were rich and famous…’. However, in this particular case, it’s a set phrase: ‘If I were you…’.

I don’t know where she is. I suppose she ________ got stuck in traffic.

should have

might have

must have

can have

‘She might have…’ = ‘It’s possible that she has…’ 20.2K shares Could you tell me ________?

the bus stop is where

where the bus stop is

is where the bus stop

where is the bus stop

This is an indirect question, so after ‘Could you tell me…’ we don’t change the word order in the rest of the sentence.

I wish he ________ so rude to people when we go out.

wouldn't be

hadn't been

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didn't be

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We use this form to talk about other people’s behaviour which we find annoying or unpleasant: ‘wish’ + person + ‘would’ + verb. In this case, he is often rude, and I find it annoying or unpleasant, so I want him to change.

Whose bag is this? It’s ________.

the mine

of me

mine

my

‘It’s my bag.’ = ‘It’s mine.’ 20.2K shares You can’t say ‘It’s mine bag.’

If he ________ one minute later, he ________ the train.

arrived … would have missed

would have arrived … would have missed

would arrive … would miss

had arrived … would have missed

We use this form to talk about an imaginary situation in the past: ‘If’ + ‘had arrived’ (past perfect) –> ‘would have’ + past participle. In this case, he didn’t arrive late, so he caught the train. In grammar and coursebooks, this type of sentence is called a 3rd conditional. Practise them in this free lesson.

Winters here ________ be really cold sometimes, so make sure you bring warm clothes!

could

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might

can

may

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‘Can’ is used here because we are talking about a general possibility. ‘Could’. ‘may’ and ‘might’ are used for specific possibilities, at one moment in time. In addition, ‘could’ refers to general possibility in the past, e.g. “When I was a child, winters here could be really cold sometimes.”

It was the first time he ________ anything so spicy.

had eaten

had been eating

was eating

has eaten

20.2K shares We use the past perfect because we have two points of time in the past: (1) It was the first time (2) he had eaten anything so spicy Action (2) refers to all of his life before the moment of (1), so we use the past perfect to indicate the sequence in time. Learn more about the past perfect in this free lesson.

This house is ________, but also ________.

bigger … expensiver

more big … expensiver

bigger … more expensive

more big … more expensive

For shorter words, add -er to make a comparative: ‘big’ –> ‘bigger’ / ‘tall’ –> ‘taller’ For longer words, use ‘more’: ‘expensive’ –> ‘more expensive’ / ‘beautiful’ –> ‘more beautiful’

If I had more time, I ________ do more exercise.

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want to

'm going to

would

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will

We use this form to talk about a situation which is imaginary or unreal: ‘if’ + past simple –> ‘would’ + infinitive. In this case, the situation is unreal because I don’t have time, so I can’t do more exercise.

I drink coffee ________.

two times for a day

two times day

twice in day

twice a day

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‘Two times’ is not wrong, but native speakers usually say ‘twice’. We use ‘a’ in phrases like this: ‘once an hour’, ‘twice a month’, ‘three times a week’, etc.

I was ________ exhausted by the end of the day.

very

extremely

completely

incredibly

‘Exhausted’ has a strong meaning, so we can only use certain adverbs. In the same way, you can’t say “I was completely tired”, because ‘completely’ can only be used with adjectives which have a strong meaning.

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