English Grammar

Level: Grades 10-12

While English grammar is generally very flexible it has, like any highly developed language, rules that need to be adhered to. These are the rules that are being tested in this section. Each test comprises ten items, randomly chosen, from an extensive data base of questions. To get the greatest benefit a learner must take these grammar tests on a regular basis over an extended period of time.

  

In a question where the letters have to be re-arranged, as in the example above, click on the letter that you wish to move and thereafter click on the spot where you want that letter to be. The letter will be transferred. Where you have to match items, drag the answer so that it lies next to the item that it matches. 

1. Choose the compound words that are correctly written:-
mother-in-law
master-at-arms
devil may care
devil-may-care
master at arms
good-for-nothing
over-the-counter
mother in law
good for nothing
over the counter

2. His lawyer, as well as his doctor, agree/agrees that he should be in hospital.
agree
agrees

3. There is nothing here which/that I can recognise.
that
which

4.

Give the diminutive of the following words:

book; duck; goose; lamb; leaf



5.

What is the figure of speech used by Tennyson in the following line?

Too full for sound and foam ...


6.

What is the term used to refer to the action of a verb that occurs regularly and repeatedly as in the following sentences:-

She sings as she showers. Dad eats breakfast at seven every morning. I water the plants every evening. Mum exercises before going to school. Grandpa rocks on his chair all day long.


habitual present
stative present
progressive present

7. Match the following:-

8.

What is the gender of the following words?

architect, artist, athlete, doctor, herbalist, passenger, pupil, secretary, student, teacher?


neutral
masculine
feminine

9.

Are the following adjectives or adverbs?

skywards; edgeways; clockwise


adjectives
adverbs

10. Choose the three sentences that are grammatically correct?
Her hair hung loosely over her shoulders.
In some countries murderers are hung.
I know a person who hung himself and died.
The students hung around for a while before dispersing.
The curtains were hung this morning.

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