English Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises
English Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises
1. Choose de connector for the sentence _______I play soccer, everybody shouts.
A) When B) Which C) What D) Who
2. Choose de connector for the sentence He sings along the music on the radio ______ he takes a shower.
A) When B) What C) Which D) Who.
3. Choose de verb for the sentence. Susan end Peter ______ very early.
A) Wake B) Wake up C) Up wake. D) Woke up
7. What's the grammatically correct answer to the following question? What were you doing yesterday al 3:00 PM?
A) I was working on my PC. B) I am working on my PC. C) I went working on my PC.
9. What do you consider is the best way to correct spelling on your writings?
A) Looking up in books the words you aren't sure about B) Looking in up books the words you aren't sure about
C) Looking in up books the words you not sure about.
10. Complete de following sentence with the correct verb form. We planted an apple-tree in the backyard; unfortunately it ____.
A) died B) dead C) die D dying
11. Choose de correct form of the verb "to be" for the sentence in future. I ________ hot chips.
A) am going to eat B) went to eat C) am eating
12. Complete the following sentence: The simple past with regular or irregular verbs indicates an action:
A) Completed or finished in the past B) Complete or finished in the past C)Completed or finish in the past.
13. Change the next sentence to past continuous. All of the reindeer are leaping around in the show.
All of the reindeer _______ around in the show.
A) were leaping B) have leapt C)had leapt D) had been leaping.
15. Fill in the blanks with the comparative and superlative adjectives: Comparative or superlative: Larger, the largest:
a) Which state is _____ Chihuahua or Zacatecas? b) Michoacan is _____ than Hidalgo.
c) Which city has the ____ population: Guadalajara, Mexico City or Monterrey?
d) Mexico City has ____ population of the country
A) larger-the largest-the largest-larger B) larger-larger-the largest-the largest
C) the largest-larger-larger- the largest.
16. The following sentence has the plural pronoun:
A) The children are nice. I have some mice in my houses B) The children is nice I have some mouse in my house
17. Tú asesor del modulo 12 "Mi vida en otra lengua" te da material de un tema nuevo para que lo estudies sobre "el uso de los
plurales irregulares" pero no logras entenderlo, ¿Qué haces?
A) Buscas más referencias para entenderlo, si es necesario pides ayuda a tu asesor.
B) Le pides directamente al asesor que te lo explique, para no complicarte por tu cuenta.
C) Esperas a que alguien más le pregunte al asesor para comprenderlo.
D) Te reúnes con compañeros para que ellos lo analicen y te lo expliquen.
19. Fill in the blanks whit the correct words. Some or any
a) We have one dog, two cats and _____ fish. b) There are ____ chocolate biscuits in the cupboard.
c) I can't find ____ books about Mexican movies. d) My daughter doesn't have ____ friends in Jalisco.
e) Would you like ____ grapes?
A) some - some - any - any - some B) some - any - some - any - some C)any - some - some - any - any
20. Fill in the blank with the correct word: The telephone rang ____ the doorbell
A) at B) on C) after
21. In the next sentence, do you need any of these prepositions? All our relatives came for a celebration__ last Christmas.
A) in B) on C) at D) nothing.
22. Complete the next sentence with the correct object pronoun:
I love Mary, I've just bought a nice bunch of flower for__
A) her B) she C) you D) it
23. Mark the following sentences as correct "C" or if they have errors "E"
_____ Maria Felix was an actress ____My brother and me left earlier than usual.
_____Everybody knows about she Jane was aware that something special occurred to him.
24. Identify the object pronoun: Which object form of the personal pronoun can substitute the underlined phrase in the sentence?
The boys are riding their bicycles.
A) me B)you C) him D) her E) it F)us G) them
25. Why is the following question incorrect? Why do you did that during last class?
A) Because the auxiliary in past is "did" the verb should be in infinitive without "to"
B) Because the auxiliary in present is "do" the verb should be in infinitive without "to"
C) Because the auxiliary in past is "did" the verb to be in infinitive without "to"
29. Rewrite the sentence using the simple future tense. The team has a party.
A) The team will have a party B) The team would have a party
C) The team was have a party D) The team is have a party
30. What does this sentence express? It will probably rain tomorrow morning.
A) A prediction about the future. B) A prediction about the past
31. What does this sentence express? I'm fine now. When I get married, I'll have a lot of babies.
A) Something the person believes will happen in the future B) Something the person believes in the future
C) Something the person in the future D) Something the person believes was happen in the future
32. Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb "buy" and the form of future using "going to"
I _____ a new car next year. I'm already saving money.
A) am going to buy B) 'll buy C) am buying D) is going to buy
33. Complete the sentence using future: "going to" Lupita and Lalo (rent) _______ a car to travel along the country.
A) going to rent B) rent is going to C) are going rent D) are going to rent
34. What is the right short answer for this? Would you like to go the movies next weekend?
A) No, I wouldn't B) no, I won't C) no, I don't D) No, I would
35. Order the following words to make a coherent sentence. he- the - organizing – evidence? - be - would
A) He the organizing be evidence? B) He would the organizing be evidence?
C) The organizing he would be evidence? D) Would he be organizing the evidence?
36. Write the correct connector for the next sentence: I was studying ____ Mom was marking dinner.
A) While B) When C) Where D) Who
37. Read the next sentence: It's not polite to make a lot of noise because you know that other people are sleeping. Now, complete
the same idea in a question of cause and effect.
It is not polite to make a lot of noise ________ you know that other people are sleeping.
A) When B) While C) Where D) What
38. Choose a verb for the sentence. Peter ____ TV in the evening.
A) watches B) watch C) not sees
39. Read this sentence: Mary works. Change it to present progressive in the next forms: Affirmative, Negative, Interrogative
41. If I want to tell something that happened during the day and the person in front of me does not understand when I speak in
English, what happens to me?
A) I feel frustrated B) I felt frustrated C) I frustrated
44. Write a verb with correct form of the verb to be for the sentence in past progressive It ____ last winter.
A) was snow B) were snowing C) were snow D) was snowing
45. Complete the next sentence using the correct tense and form of the verb:
When you rang me yesterday, I ____ a shower.
A) was taking B) take a shower C) will take a shower D) go take a shower
46. Why do we use the verb in past form only in affirmative sentences?
A) In negative and interrogative we have the auxiliary "Did" B) in negative and interrogative did not have the auxiliary
C) In negative and interrogative have the auxiliary "Did"
50. Rewrite the sentences using plural nouns and change the number 1 for 100 There is one mouse in the kitchen.
A) There are one hundred mice in the kitchen B) There is one hundred mice in the kitchen
C) There are one hundred mouse in the kitchen
51. Determine which of the following sentences use the correct quantifier
A) People should drink a lot of water B) I have a lot of work to do B) People drink water C)I have work to do
52. Choose the correct preposition (at, on, in or after) for the sentence: Hidalgo was born ___ Guanajuato ___1753
A) at - in B)on- after C)in - in D) after - at
53. Choose the correct expressions " in, at, on,” to complete the sentences
My mother's birthday is ___ April. I always get up early ____ Friday mornings. Please try to be home ____ lunch time A) in - on - at
B) at - on - in C) on - in - at D) in - at - on
54. Complete the following sentences with the corresponding pronoun. Laura saw ____ (her friends) last week.
A) them B)him C) her D) then
55. Which object pronoun can substitute the underlined phrase in the sentence? Can you tell ____ the way to the train station?
A) the people B) the monkeys C) the animals
56. Which object pronoun can substitute the underlined phrase in the sentence?
Can you help ___________ to finish the homework, please?
A) my sister and to my B) my sister and my C) my sister and I
58. What's the correct question to get this underlined answer? I went to the movies yesterday.
A) When did you go to the movies? B) When you went to the movies? C) You went to the movies?
59. What's the correct question to get this answer based on the grammar for simple past and the best choice of a question word?
The concert began at six o'clock A) What time did the concert begin? B)What time the concert begin?
C) What time the concert began? D) What time did the concert began?
60. Complete the question: Will you please call me up when you ____ there?
A) arrived B) reach C) arrive
61. What’s the correct and logical question for this answer? Beto is pesenting his findings to Andres.
A) What is Beto doing? B) What is Be to present to Andres? C) Where in beto doing? D) What are Beto doing?
62. What would you do if you're waiting for someone at the airport and a foreigner approaches you and asks you this:
Do you know what time the bank opens?
A) I'd try to answer using my knowledge in English B) I'd say I don't know C) l don't answer
63. You're invited to a wedding and the invitation says: After the ceremony, there's a reception with family and friends.
A) You understand that there will be a reception after the end of the ceremony.
B) Before the ceremony, there’s a reception. C) There are be a reception after the end of the ceremony.
66. What option completes the expression below: I'm a little worried. She's 2 hours late. Why ___ she ____ so late?
A) would - be B) be - would.
67. Write a logical sentence with the given words: Told / he / me / 10:00 / would / after / be / He / here.
A) He told me he would be here after 10:00 B) He me told would he be after here 10:00.
68. In the next sentence, identify the type of verb, not the tense. The girl lives in Mexico
A) Regular B) Irregular C) Perfect Progressive
69. Is it possible to distinguish irregular and regular verbs in a sentence in present? Why?
A) Sometimes it's possible, sometimes it's impossible B) Yes, you can do it if you analyze it's ending or the "s"
C) No, because the verb in present has no indication of its conjugation D) It's always possible if the auxiliary used is analyzed.
70. Is it possible to distinguish in the third person if the verb is regular or irregular?
A) It's possible to distinguish them only in the first person
B) It's impossible to distinguish them, no matter what the form is.
C) it's possible if you observe the auxiliary of the sentence Its possible to do it only if it's affirmative or negative.
71. Is this sentence correct? Why? I does get amazed at day of the death offerings on November 2 nd
A) No, because you can use the auxiliary in affirmative, but "do" goes with the subject " I "
B) Yes, It's totally correct because "does"can go before the verb "get" in simple form.
C) No, because the auxiliary is used only for negative and interrogative with no exception.
D) Yes, it's correct because "does" is the auxiliary for " I " and we use the verb in present .
73. Indicate if the following sentences are simple present (S) or present progressive (P) :
He read the newspaper at mornings.________ I'm speaking English to you because you want to practice it.______
They speak Italian and Chinese every day. __________
74. Read the following sentence: Every word on that page is working hard to highlight your talents and skills.
Now, change it to the grammatically correct interrogative form asking "Why?"
A) Why every word on that page is working hard to highlight your talents and skills?
B) Why every word on that page working hard to highlight your talents and skills?
C) Why is every word on that page working hard to highlight your talents and skills?
D) Why does every word is working hard to highlight your talents and skills?.
75. Choose the correct verb conjugation for the sentence in past continuous: They ____ football at school.
A) was playing B) are playing C) is playing D) were playing
76. Choose a correct verb conjugation for the sentence in past continuous: We ___ in a small town.
A) are living B) were living C) was living D) is living
77. Complete the following sentence: The simple past with regular or irregular verbs indicates an action:
A) That began in the past and continues in the present. B) In progress in the past at a specific time.
C) That happened before another action in the past. D) Completed or finished in the past.
78. Turn the next sentence into a question: Pepe was sleeping because the math class was boring.
______________________because the Math class was boring?
A) Is Pepe sleeping B) Did Pepe sleep C) Does Pepe sleep D) Was Pepe sleeping
80. We call them regular verbs because the past tense of each is formed by adding "ed" to the end of the verb. but some verbs have
many different ways of forming the past tense , because there is no regular pattern, these verbs are known as irregular verbs. Change
to past tense the following verbs: Choose, weep, like, beat, drive, fly
A) chose , wept, liked, beat, drove, flew B) chose, wept, liked, beated, drived, flew
C) chose, weped, liked, beated, wrote, flyed D) choose, weped, liked, beat, drove, flew.
81. The following sentence, Mi automóvil corre más rápido que el tuyo, should be translated to English as:
A) My car run more faster than you. B) My car runs faster than yours
C) My car runs fastest than yours. D) My car runs more fast than yours.
85. Turn the first statement into a question: My sister and I needed to get up early the last month because we didn't have a car
_____ need to get up early last month?
A) Did we B) We did C) Dis us D) Did you
86. Change the statement below to the negative form in past tense: She mixes the ingredients for the Thanksgiving stuffing. She
____ the ingredients for the Thanksgiving stuffing this morning.
A) didn't mixed B) did mixed C) didn't mix D) doesn't mix
87. Complete the sentence with the appropriate word, ____ you go to Veracruz on Saturday
A) Will B) Are C) Did D) Do
88. Order the numbers of the following words to make a logical sentence in the conditional for future
1.-every day 2.-your brain 3.- read 4.- work 5.-better 6.-if you 7.- will
A) 6 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 4 - 7 - 5 B) 5 - 7 - 4 - 2 - 6 - 3 - 1 C) 6 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 7 - 4 - 5 D) 5 - 7 - 2 - 4 - 6 - 3 - 1
89. Read the sentence and choose which answer is the correct one for this situation. You arranged to play tennis today. Now you
decide that you don't want to play, you say:
A) I don't think I'll play tennis today B) I won't play tennis today
C) I don't want to play tennis today D) I will not play tennis today.
90. Order the words to make a coherent sentence. 1.- movies 2.-the 3.-I 4.-to 5.-am 6.-going
A) 4 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 6 B) 3 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 2 – 1 C) 4 - 2 - 1 - 3 - 5 - 6 D) 3 - 5 - 6 - 4 - 2 - 1 .
91. Complete the sentences using the correct form of "going to". Choose affirmative, interrogative or negative.
1.-pedro's sweater is dirty. He (wash)_______ it 2.-I've decided to pick up some eggs. I (fry)______them 3.-Rosa needs that sofa. She
(sell)_________it 4.-My tooth is aching a lot. I (visit)_______my dentist
A) are going to wash - going to frying - isn't going to sell - is going to visit
B) is will go to wash - amn't going to fry - isn't going to sell - am going to visit
C)is going to wash - am not going to fry - aren't going to sell - am going to visit
D) Is going to wash - am going to fry - isn't going to sell - am going to visit.
92. What's the right short answer for this? Would you like to go to the movies next weekend?
A) No, I would not B) No, I wouldn't C) No, I would not like D) No, I wouldn't like.
93. Order the following words to make a sentence. 1.-he 2.- be 3.- would 4.-the 5.-organizing 6.-not 7.-? 8.-evidence A) 1 - 3 - 2 -
6-5-4-8-7 B) 1 - 3 - 6 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 8 - 7 C) 3 - 1 - 6 - 2 - 5 - 4 - 8 - 7 - D)3 - 1 - 2 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 8 - 7
94. Is this underlined part correct? why? Ignacio wanted to leave early, but his boss wouldn't let him
A) It's not correct. The auxiliary "would" is used only for habits
B) It's incorrect because this is not a conditional
C) It's incorrect to use "would" in simple past
D) It's correct to use "wouldn't for a refusal in negative in past.
95. Choose a verb for the sentence : The Gomez family members ____ dinner together every night.
A) take B) wash C) drink D) eat
97. Choose the correct verb conjugation for the sentence in past continuous. My parents ____ for me.
A) were waiting B) was waiting C) is waiting D) are waiting
98. Choose the correct verb conjugation for the sentence in past continuous We ____ the four o'clock bus
A) is taking B) was taking C) are taking D) were taking .
100. Complete the conversation using the correct form of the verbs for past progressive. Use the verbs in parenthesis. Lupe : I'm
afraid I`ve broker the pot for the mole Pedro : Oh no! What 1/________ (do? Lupe I 2/_______(take) it into the dining room I bumped
into Chayo. She 3/_______(come) out just as I 4/_________(go) in.
A) 1.-are you doing 2.-am taking 3.-is coming 4.-am going B) 1.-is you doing 2.-is taking 3.-are coming 4.-is going
C) 1.-were you doing 2.-was taking 3.-was coming 4.-was going
D) 1.-was you doing 2.-were taking 3.-were coming 4.-were going.
101. Complete the conversation with the correct past forms of verbs "to be" Lore: I ______ in Istanbul last summer Roberto: Really?
How long ______ you there? Lore: For three weeks Roberto: ______ you there on business or on vacation? Lore: I _____ there for fun.
A) was - was - were - was B) were - was - was - were C)was - were - were – was D) was - was - were - were
102. Choose the correct form of the adjective in parenthesis for each of the following sentences. 1.-This is (cheap , cheaper,
cheapest,) than that one , said, the seller . 2.- today there are (nice, nicer, nicest) people than yesterday. 3.- Sorry, teacher, could you
tell me who the (smarter, smartest, most smart) pupil in your class is? 4.- There is no doubt about it, She is the (better , best, more
good)
A) 1.- cheap/ 2.- nice / 3.-smarter/ 4.-more good B) 1.-cheaper / 2.-nicest / 3.-smartest / 4.-better
C) 1.-cheapest / 2.-nice / 3.-most smart / 4.-best D) 1.-cheaper / 2.-nicer / 3.-smartest / 4.-best.
103. Choose the correct plural noun for the following sentence As we get older,so do our___!
A) teeth B) tooths C) teeths D) tooth
104. Why is the following sentence incorrect? To much mouses threatens public health
A) Because the plural of "mouse" is "mice". The verb is not used in the correct form. We don't use "much" with countable nouns.
B) Because "may mouses threaten " should be used in order to have coherence with the interrogative, the plural and the verb.
C) Because "many" should be used with "mouses" and the verb should be "threaten".
D) Because the plural of "mouse" is "mice". Changing that would make the sentence correct.
106. Indicate which of the following words in the sentence are uncountable nouns:
The school has 5 backyards, 3 slider and 2 bookstores.
A) Backyard B) School C) Sliders D) None
108. Complete the next paragraph with the correct time expressions given in parenthesis. Write the answer following the sequence
of the numbers. "We traveled _______(on-it-at) Friday. We got to the airport ______(on-in-at) time to have a coffee before checking
in _______(on-in-at) the airline's counter. Fortunately, the plane look off ______(on-it-at) time.
A) on-on-at-on B) at-on-in-on C) on-in-on-at D) on-at-in-at.
109. Rewrite the sentence using the simple future tense. I am a teacher.
A) I will be teaching B) I will be a teacher C) I will a teacher D) I was a teacher
110. What does this sentence express? I'll take a seat. Look over there, there's an empty chair.
A) A decision made at the moment of speaking. B) Uncertainty of actions happening in the future.
C) A prediction or promise. D) Plans about the future
111. Order the following words to make a coherent sentence. 1.-be 2.-will 3.-Christmas 4.-where 5.-Eve 6.-you 7.-on 8.-?
A) 7-3-5-4-6-2-1-8 B) 4-6-2-1-7-3-5-8 C) 4-2-6-1-7-3-5-8 D) 7-3-5-4-2-1-6-8.
112. Complete the conversation using the modal auxiliary would. You are on a bus. You have a seat but an elderly man is standing.
You offer him your seat. you:_________________________ Man: Oh . that's very kind of you very much.
A) Would you like to sit down? B) Do you like to sit down? C) Sit down old man! D) Will you sit down?
113. If we are planning to buy a new book in preparation for an exam, it is best to use:
A) will buy B) going to buy C) shall buy D) will be buying .
114. Check if the prepositions "in" "at" are correct in the following the sentences I heard a terrible noise in the middle of the night. I
was awake because I usually work at night.
A) "At" should be used in both expressions B) "In" should be used in both expressions
C) Both are incorrect, the preposition is "on" , like "on Friday" D) Both are correct because they are standard expression
117. Is this question correct or not? why? Did she tell you what time did the last train leave?
A) Its incorrect because "what time" is not an appropriate time expression and we can't use it in the middle of the sentence.
B) It's incorrect because you can't use "did" two times in the same sentence, even if it's interrogative, only if it's a verb
C) It's incorrect because in an embedded question after the "Wh" word we can't use another auxiliary before the subject
the second sentence has to be affirmative or negative
D) It's correct because we use the auxiliary "did" before the subject then followed by the correct form of the verb without "to" ask
two question about the past.
118. Order the next words to make a meaningful sentence . 1.-you 2.-last 3.-? 4.-go 5.-week 6.-did 7.-where
A) 7-6-1-4-2-5-3 B) 7-1-6-4-2-5-3 C) 6-1-4-2-5-7-3 D) 6-1-4-7-2-5-3.