The Basic Course Basic English Test

Which tense is correct? Finish the sentence.

When I came home, I immediately saw that the dog ________ the cake from the table.

• ate

• eats

• had eaten

• will eat

Which tense is correct? Finish the sentence.

I _______ a book, when I heard the doorbell ring.

• read

• was reading

• had read

• am reading

Which tense is correct? Finish the sentence.

Tomorrow evening Tim _______ his grandma.

• visited

• will visit

• is going to visit

• are going to visit

Finish the Conditional Clause. Use the grammatically correct ending.

If I hadn´t eaten the mushrooms for dinner,

• I wouldn´t have ended up in the hospital.

• I hadn´t ended up in the hospital.

• I wouldn´t end up in the hospital.

• I wouldn´t have had ending up in the hospital.

Finish the Conditional Clause. Use the grammatically correct ending.

Cora would double the holiday time ...

• if she had been the school headmaster.

• If she would be the school headmaster.

• If she was the school headmaster.

• If she would have been the school headmaster.

Add the correct relative pronoun.

This is the place ____ my mum was born.

• who

• which

• that

• where

Add the correct relative pronoun.

Magpies are a species of birds ____ are able to recognize themselves in the mirror.

• who

• which

• when

• where

Name the part of speech of the underlined word.

Accidents can be caused when driving too fast.

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

• preposition

Much or Many?

______ information

• much

• many

Much or Many?

______ milk

• much

• many