Grammar Practice Exercises

Gender Nouns
I. Fill in the chart below with the correct pair of gender nouns.

grandfather drake vixen lord duck

lady fox emperor empress grandmother

Masculine noun Feminine noun

e.g. Grandfather Grandmother

drake lady

fox duck

emperor empress

lord vixen

II. Choose the opposite gender noun.

1. lion - lioness tigress tiger

2. niece - aunt nephew daughter
3. prince - actress goddess princess
4. emperor - princess empress lady

Present Tense and Present Continuous

I. Choose the correct verb.

1. Margaret _______ four languages.
( spoke / speaks / speak )
2. These shoes are expensive. They _______ a lot of money.
( cost / costs / cots )
3. My job is interesting. I _______ a lot of people.
( met / meet / meets )
4. I often _______ basketball.
( play / plays / played )
5. Water _______ at 100 degree Celsius.
( boil / boils / bolied )
6. In Britain, the banks usually ______ at 9:30 in the morning.
( opened / opens / open )
7. My father ………………… for a walk in the morning.

( goes / go / is going )

8. Jason ………………… his homework at the moment.

( does / do / is doing )

9. Birds ………………… their nests in trees.

( makes / make / are making )

10. The pigeon ………………… the art of nest-making.

( not know / does not know / do not know )

Adjectives in a row

I. Circle the correct adjective order.

1. He found a ……..
(a) small old black Turkish box.
(b) old small Turkish black box.
(c) Turkish old small black box.
(d) small Turkish black old box.
2. Mrs. Smith is our …….
(a) French arts nice teacher.
(b) nice French arts teacher.
(c) arts French nice teacher.
(d) arts nice French teacher.
3. There was a ………… in the dining room.
(a) dark long wooden table
(b) wooden long dark table
(c) long dark wooden table
(d) dark wooden long table
4. My brother bought a ……….
(a) white cotton new shirt.
(b) cotton new white shirt.
(c) new cotton white shirt.
(d) new white cotton shirt.
II. Choose the best answer for each sentence.

1. Which sentence uses the correct order of adjectives?

a. We took a ride on an old, blue, Chinese bus.

b. We took a ride on a blue, old, Chinese bus.

c. We took a ride on a Chinese, old, blue bus.

2. Which sentence uses the correct order of adjectives?

a. I like that really big, red, old, antique tractor in the museum.

b. I like that really big, old, red, antique tractor in the museum.

c. I like that old, red, really, big, antique tractor in the museum.

3. Which sentence uses the correct order of adjectives?

a. During my school years, I wore a red, white and black, big hat to
sporting events.

b. During my school years, I wore a big, red, white and black hat to
sporting events.

c. During my school years, I wore a big, red, white and small, hat to
sporting events.

Determiners (Articles)

I. Write the correct article.

1. There is ______ cat on the couch. ( a / an / the )
2. My mother was ______ accountant. ( a / an / the )
3. ______ house where I was born has been torn down. ( a / an / the )
4. He likes his job because his boss is _____ kind man. ( a / an / the )
II. Complete the following story by putting 'a' , 'an' and 'the' and put a
cross (X) wherever it is not necessary.

One day, it started raining and it just wouldn't stop. e.g.

…..The…. sky wept great tears in (1) ……………….
X endless stream until the
clouds had entered everyone's hearts and made them feel as grey and weepy
as (2)……………….
the weather. But still it rained on and on.

Everyone stayed at home, gloomy and bored. "I wish we could

do something," moaned Geeta. "Nothing exciting ever happens to us," said
Vikki. Mummy wouldn't let them go out but she tried to cheer them up by
baking (3)……………….
a cake. (4)……………….
The children helped too.
(5)……………….
the cake was yummy and they ate it a lot. Geeta squealed with
the
joy. "I wish (6)………………. monsoon would last forever! Then we would get
to eat lovely cakes all year long."

Have or Do

I . Use the correct form of ‘do’.

e.g. Mulan does not like chocolate.

1. ____________
Do you want to go to the party?

2. Mrs. Albertson ___________

does not call me last night.

3. ____________you
Did catch the bus yesterday?

4. They always ____________good

do work.

II. Use the correct form of “have”.

1. Paula __________
had a cold last week and she missed school.

2. I really hope that she ___________

has time to fix my dress.

3. Does he __________
have a lot of friends?

4. __________
Have you had your breakfast yet?

have
5. They __________ fish and vegetables for dinner.
III. Choose the correct answer “have” or “do”.

1. Lucy has decided to ………………… a course this autumn. She's going to

study Spanish.

do does

2. I ………………… a good breakfast before I left home.

have had

3. My sister ………………… time to play with me.

doesn’t have don’t have

4. Susie ………………… lots of Barbie dolls. Her favorite one is an American

girl called Lucy.

have has

Question Tags
I. Complete the sentences by putting in question tags.

E.g. You can’t speak English, can you?

hadn't we
1. We had a good time, _______________________?

will it
2. The bill won’t be very high, ________________?

was he
3. He wasn’t very polite, _____________________?

4. I’m right, _________________________________?

am I

5. He lives in France, ________________________?

doesn't he

6. We are playing tag, ___________________?

aren't we

7. I’m here, ________________?

am I

aren't we
8. You and I are very busy right now, _________________?
is it
9. It isn’t very windy today, __________________?

10. She likes to draw, ________________?

doesn't she
Adverbs

I. Choose the correct answer.

1. You can learn English ( easy /easily )
2. This is a ( slow / slowly ) train – it stops everywhere.
3. Could you talk more ( quiet / quietly ), please?
4. You have cook the meat ( beautiful / beautifully ).

II. Choose the correct type of adverb which is underlined in each

sentence.

For example: They will go to the school concert soon.

(a) adverb of place

(b) adverb of time

(c) adverb of manner

1. I rarely eat fast food these days.

(a) adverb of frequency

(b) adverb of duration

(c) adverb of time

2. I politely opened the door for my grandmother.

(a) adverb of place

(b) adverb of time

(c) adverb of manner

3. My new backpack came from the store by overnight.

(a) adverb of time

(b) adverb of frequency

(c) adverb of duration

Pronouns
I . Choose the right pronoun to finish the sentence.

1. Maria and Alison, you really should look after ……………………. better.
a. themselves b. yourself c. yourselves
2. Bob taught ……………………. to type last summer.
a. himself b. herself c. ourselves
3. Tim and Jake were talking to ……………………. in the corridor.
a. one another b. themselves c. each other
4. The children did everything ……………………. without any help.
a. ourselves b. himself c. themselves

II. Write the correct pronouns in the sentences below.

1. This is Jack. ____________
He is my brother.
2. She is waiting for her son. ___________
She is late.
3. These books belong to Tom. They are __________
their books.

4. I have a cat. ___________

It is small and white.
My sister and I can play the piano. __________
We are good at

III. Write an object pronoun as the object in each sentence based on

the word(s) in the brackets.

1. Our mother bought for __________the

us same pencil box. (my sister and I)

2. Alexander asked …………….

me to give the book to her. (I)

3. I picked …………….
them up at seven o'clock. (Peter and Jane)
it
4. Susie ate ……………. quickly and left for work. (breakfast)

her
5. Angela visited ……………. two months ago. (Mary)

Determiners - Quantity words

I. Choose the correct answer.

1. Our garden looks awful this summer. There are too ( many , much )
weeds.

2. They say ( a few , a little ) knowledge is a dangerous thing.

3. She earns ( fewer , less ) money than I do.

4. Not all of the children went outside. ( A few , A little ) of them stayed in
the classroom.

5. I like many of Marshmallow’s songs, but not ( all , some ) of them are
good.

6. The museum was very crowded. There were too ( much / many ) people.

7. She hasn’t got ( some / any ) interesting ideas.

8. She needs ( fewer / less ) pieces of pizza.

9. He isn’t very popular. He has ( a lot of / a few ) friends.

10. Listen carefully. I am going to give you ( a little / a few ) advice.

Preposition

I. Complete the sentences with at , on (or ) in.

1. Do you live _________
in Manchester.
2. He was ________
at the bus stop for an hour.
3. Are the plates _________
in the cupboard?
4. Look at the examples _______the
on board.
5. She usually sits __________
on the floor.

II. Fill in the blanks with the given words.

on middle of without towards into over

For example: I sat on the chair.

1. He drove __________________
over the bridge.

2. We walked __________________
towards a main post office first.

3. She never leaves __________________

without her phone.

middle of
4. We were in the __________________ the storm.

into
5. The caterpillar turned __________________ a butterfly.
 Grammar Rules

I. Choose the correct answer.

1. Males and females are example of ( gender nouns / adjectives ).

2. In positive sentence, we use ( some / any ) before uncountable nouns

and countable nouns.

3. We use ( much/ many) before uncountable nouns.

4. We use ( simple present tense / present continuous tense ) for the

actions that happen regularly.

5. We use ( have/ do ) to show ownership.

6. We use ( a lot of / a little ) with countable and uncountable nouns.

7. We use ( tag question / simple present tense) to make agreement with

somebody.

8. We use ( have / do ) to show action.

9. For a week, briefly and overnight are examples of (adverbs of duration

/adverbs of time).

10. Old, green, woolen carpet is an example of ( gender nouns / adjectives

order ).

11. The correct adjective order is (origin, colour, material /colour, origin,

material).

12. Princess, madam and aunt are opposite of (male gender nouns / female

gender nouns).