English Grammar Quiz

Which modal perfect verb form fits best in the sentence: "You needn't have waited _____ for me, I could have walked by myself."

• wait

• waited

• waiting

• waits

Choose the correct noun to complete the sentence: "I really look up to _____ raised my sister and _____ by herself."

• his friends / my grandmother

• my grandmother / five minutes

• hope / his friends

• who / his friends

Which particle should be used to complete the sentence: "They brought the child _____ as if she were their own."

• after

• up

• in

• on

Complete the sentence with the appropriate noun: "She never gave up _____ of finding her birth parents."

• hope

• his friends

• my grandmother

• five minutes

Choose the correct particle to complete the sentence: "My mother passed _____ when I was eight."

• out

• on

• away

• up

Rewrite the sentence using a modal perfect: "I suppose it's possible they got caught in traffic."

• I suppose they could have got caught in traffic.

• I suppose they would get caught in traffic.

• I suppose they get caught in traffic.

• I suppose they might get caught in traffic.

Select the appropriate modal perfect form of the verb to complete the sentence: "They must have decided _____ to foster a child after they found out they couldn't have children of their own."

• decide

• decided

• deciding

• to decide

Choose the correct modal perfect form for the sentence: "They should have told her she was adopted when she was younger. It's much harder for her to accept it now."

• told

• telling

• tell

• tells

Rewrite the sentence using a modal perfect: "You didn't forget your mobile phone. You sent me a text from the bus just before we met."

• You didn't forget your mobile phone. You should have sent me a text from the bus just before we met.

• You didn't forget your mobile phone. You might have sent me a text from the bus just before we met.

• You didn't forget your mobile phone. You would have sent me a text from the bus just before we met.

• You didn't forget your mobile phone. You could have sent me a text from the bus just before we met.

Complete the sentence with the appropriate modal perfect verb: "She could have caught the cold from Lucas who _____ sick last week."

• catch

• caught

• catching

• catches