Section 1: Basic Grammar and Usage

Choose the correct verb form to complete the sentence: By this time next year, she _____ her degree.

• will complete

• will have completed

• completes

• completed

Fill in the blank with the appropriate conditional form: If I (a)   known about the meeting, I would have attended.

• know

• knew

• had

Choose the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement:

• The team are playing well today.

• The team is playing well today.

Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions:
a) She is interested (a)   learning new languages.
i) at
ii) to
iii) in
iv) for

• at

• to

• in

• for

My keys are (a)   the table.

• in

• at

• about

Choose the correct tense to complete the sentence: By the time she arrives, we _______ dinner.

• will finish

• will have finished

• finished

• are finishing

Which sentence is in the past perfect tense?

• She had already left when I got there.

• She leaves every morning at 7 am.

• She is leaving now.

• She will have left by then.

Fill in the blank with the correct tense: I _______ English since I was a child.

• have been learning

• am learning

• learned

• was learning

Choose the sentence in the present continuous tense:

• They were watching a movie last night.

• They watch movies every weekend.

• They are watching a movie now.

• They have watched that movie before.

Which sentence uses the future perfect continuous tense correctly?

• By next month, I will be working here for five years.

• I will have been working here for five years by next month.

• I work here for five years next month.

• I will work here for five years by next month.