English Quiz 1

Tenses

100

Question: What tense is this sentence in? "He was reading when the phone rang."

Answer: Past Continuous

200

Question: Change this sentence to the present perfect: "They live in London."

Answer: "They have lived in London."

300

Question: What tense is this sentence in? "She will be singing at the concert tonight."

Answer: Future Continuous

400

Question: Change this sentence to past simple: "They are playing in the garden."

Answer: "They played in the garden."

500

Question: What tense is this sentence? "By the time she arrives, I will have been waiting for two hours."

Answer: Future Perfect Continuous

Punctuation

100

Question: Which punctuation mark is missing in this sentence? "Whos coming to the party?"

Answer: Apostrophe (Corrected: "Who’s coming to the party?")

200

Question: Add the correct punctuation: "Lets see what happens next"

Answer: "Let’s see what happens next."

300

Question: Add the missing punctuation: "Ill meet you at Johns house tomorrow."

Answer: "I’ll meet you at John’s house tomorrow."

400

Question: Correct the punctuation in this sentence: "She asked do you want to go out"

Answer: "She asked, 'Do you want to go out?'"

500

Question: Fix this sentence: "Its my sisters book."

Answer: "It’s my sister’s book."

Subject-Verb Agreement

100

Question: Which is correct? "He has two cars" or "He have two cars"?

Answer: "He has two cars."

200

Question: Which is correct? "The students (is/are) studying for their exams."

Answer: "The students are studying for their exams."

300

Question: Which is correct? "Either the teacher or the students (is/are) wrong."

Answer: "Either the teacher or the students are wrong."

400

Question: Fix the error: "The number of people have decreased."

Answer: "The number of people has decreased."

500

Question: Fix the subject-verb agreement: "Each of the players have a different strategy."

Answer: "Each of the players has a different strategy."

Parts of Speech

100

Question: What part of speech is "happy" in this sentence? "She is happy."

Answer: Adjective

200

Question: What is the conjunction in this sentence? "I will call you when I get home."

Answer: "When"

300

Question: Identify the adverb in this sentence: "She sings beautifully."

Answer: "Beautifully"

400

Question: What part of speech is "under" in this sentence? "The cat is under the table."

Answer: Preposition

500

Question: Identify the prepositions in this sentence: "He walked across the park and through the gate."

Answer: "Across" and "Through"

Common Mistakes

100

Question: Which is correct? "Their going to the mall" or "They’re going to the mall"?

Answer: "They’re going to the mall."

200

Question: Fix the error: "Your the best friend ever."

Answer: "You’re the best friend ever."

300

Question: Which is correct? "I could of gone to the party" or "I could have gone to the party"?

Answer: "I could have gone to the party."

400

Question: Fix the mistake: "Its raining cats and dogs outside."

Answer: "It’s raining cats and dogs outside."

500

Question: Fix the error: "The cake is too sweet for she and I."

Answer: "The cake is too sweet for her and me."