Gen. Grammer Test 21

Spot the error: "Neither the students nor the teacher have arrived." Spot the error: "Neither the students nor the teacher have arrived."

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Neither the students nor Neither the students nor
the teacher the teacher
have arrived have arrived
No error No error

Finish your work ___ you may leave. Finish your work ___ you may leave.

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and and
or or
so that so that
but but

Her proposal is better than ___ of any competitor. Her proposal is better than ___ of any competitor.

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those those
that that
these these
them them

Correct alternative: If you ___ earlier, you would have caught the train. Correct alternative: If you ___ earlier, you would have caught the train.

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leave leave
left left
had left had left
have left have left

Change to indirect: He said, "Open the window." Change to indirect: He said, "Open the window."

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He said to open the window. He said to open the window.
He asked to open the window. He asked to open the window.
He told me to open the window. He told me to open the window.
He told that open the window. He told that open the window.

Passive form: "They have completed the project." Passive form: "They have completed the project."

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The project is completed by them. The project is completed by them.
The project has been completed by them. The project has been completed by them.
The project was completed by them. The project was completed by them.
The project had been completed by them. The project had been completed by them.

This is the ___ problem we have faced. This is the ___ problem we have faced.

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worse worse
worst worst
more bad more bad
most bad most bad

Type 2 conditional: If I ___ rich, I would travel the world. Type 2 conditional: If I ___ rich, I would travel the world.

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am am
were were
was was
be be

Passive: "They will announce the results tomorrow." Passive: "They will announce the results tomorrow."

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The results are announced tomorrow. The results are announced tomorrow.
The results will be announced tomorrow. The results will be announced tomorrow.
The results have been announced tomorrow.
The results were announced tomorrow. The results were announced tomorrow.

The population of City A is larger than ___ of City B. The population of City A is larger than ___ of City B.

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City B City B
that that
those those
it it

Complete: If it rains tomorrow, we ___ at home. Complete: If it rains tomorrow, we ___ at home.

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stay stay
will stay will stay
would stay would stay
stayed stayed

Keep the list parallel. Keep the list parallel.

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We value honesty, being punctual, and creativity.
We value honesty, punctuality, and creativity.
We value to be honest, punctuality, and creativity.
We value honesty, punctual, and creativity.

He is married ___ a doctor. He is married ___ a doctor.

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to to
with with
by by
at at

Indirect: She said, "I have finished my work." Indirect: She said, "I have finished my work."

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She said that she had finished her work.
She said that she has finished her work.
She says that she had finished her work.
She told that she had finished her work.

Type 3 conditional: If she had known, she ___ have helped. Type 3 conditional: If she had known, she ___ have helped.

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will will
would would
would have would have
should should

Choose the correct correlative pair. Choose the correct correlative pair.

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Either you can stay or leaving now. Either you can stay or leaving now.
Either you can stay or you can leave. Either you can stay or you can leave.
Either to stay or you can leave. Either to stay or you can leave.
Either staying or leave now. Either staying or leave now.

Active voice: "The letter was written by Riya." Active voice: "The letter was written by Riya."

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Riya had written the letter. Riya had written the letter.
Riya wrote the letter. Riya wrote the letter.
Riya writes the letter. Riya writes the letter.
Riya will write the letter. Riya will write the letter.

You ___ smoke here — it’s prohibited. You ___ smoke here — it’s prohibited.

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must not must not
need not need not
cannot to cannot to
might not might not

When I reached, they ___ dinner. When I reached, they ___ dinner.

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have finished have finished
had finished had finished
finish finish
were finish were finish

He insisted ___ paying the bill. He insisted ___ paying the bill.

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to to
on on
for for
about about

Hurry up, ___ you will miss the train. Hurry up, ___ you will miss the train.

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and and
or or
so so
yet yet

___ he was exhausted, he kept working. ___ he was exhausted, he kept working.

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Although Although
Because Because
Since Since
So that So that

Place the adverb correctly: She ___ goes jogging. Place the adverb correctly: She ___ goes jogging.

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goes always goes always
always goes always goes
go always go always
going always going always

We travelled ___ bus to the office. We travelled ___ bus to the office.

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by by
in in
on on
with with

Report the speech: He said, "I am tired." Report the speech: He said, "I am tired."

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He said that he is tired. He said that he is tired.
He said that he was tired. He said that he was tired.
He says that he was tired. He says that he was tired.
He told that he was tired. He told that he was tired.

Gen. Grammer Test 21 : Question 1 of 25