English Grammar – Sentences
English grammar is easy once you know the rules. Below you will find some exercises to test your knowledge of the English written, and also spoken, language.
English grammar is easy once you know the rules. Below you will find some exercises to test your knowledge of the English written, and also spoken, language. Answers are at the bottom of the page.
1) “Lemon” comes ( before / after ) “Orange” in the Dictionary.
2) Sentences begin with ( small / capital ) letters.
3) The fifth letter of the English alphabet is ( d / e / f ).
4) The path leads ( to / too / two) Westgate.
5) He is the leader ( of / off ) the gang.
6) The plural of “hiss” is ( hisses / hisss ).
7) A short form of “do not” is ( do’nt / don’t ).
He gave me ( a / an ) empty glass.
9) “Pig” is a ( singular / plural ) noun.
10) Paula lives in ( margate / Margate ).
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11) This is ( a / an ) good breakfast.
12) John fell ( of / off ) the branch.
13) My birthday is on ( june / June ) 1st.
14) They ( are / were ) both ill last week.
15) Her name is ( Pat West / pat west )
16) We ( was / were ) late for dinner.
17) John is captain ( of / off ) the team.
18) There are ( to / too / two ) nests in the hedge.
19) The singular of “follies” is ( folly / follie ).
20) “Heavy” is a ( noun / verb / adjective ).
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21) “Bedroom” is a ( collective / compound ) noun.
22) “Pack” is a ( collective / compound ) noun.
23) They come on ( Easter Sunday / easter sunday).
24) ( butter / tea ) comes after “cheese” in the dictionary.
25) My grandfather was ( to / too / two ) ill to go to the birthday party.
26) What happened last year is called the ( past / present / future ).
27) The allied armies were commanded by ( field marshal robins / Field Marshall Robins ).
28) The dog ( is / are ) running around.
29) The dogs ( is / are ) running around.
30) ( to / too / two ) fish ( was / were ) swimming among the corals.
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Answers:
1. before / 2. capital / 3. e / 4. to / 5. of.
6. hisses / 7. don’t / 8. an / 9. singular / 10. Margate.
11. a / 12. off / 13. June / 14. were / 15. Pat West.
16. were / 17. of / 18. two / 19. folly / 20. adjective.
21. compound / 22. collective / 23. Easter Sunday / 24. tea / 25. too.
26. past / 27. Field Marshall Robins / 28. is / 29. are / 30. two, were.
See related articles:
English Grammar – Putting together simple sentences
English Grammar – Compound Sentences and Conjunctions
English Grammar – Pronouns and Special Pronouns
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