English Grammar Practice Questions PDF

## Module 1 **English Grammar In Use (Third edition) by Raymond Murphy, Cambridge University Press 2004** **Cambridge Grammar of English by Ronald Carter and Michael McCarthy, Cambridge University Press 2006** * http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-grammar-current.htm * http://www.e...

## Module 1 **English Grammar In Use (Third edition) by Raymond Murphy, Cambridge University Press 2004** **Cambridge Grammar of English by Ronald Carter and Michael McCarthy, Cambridge University Press 2006** * http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-grammar-current.htm * http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/index.htm * Look at "Teaching grammar effectively" at: http://www.cambridge.org/elt/tkt * Read the grammar section of the TKT Glossary. Can you think of examples of all the terms mentioned? **N.B. The TKT always contains a task on grammatical form and a task on grammatical use. For this reason this unit contains two practice tasks.** ## TKT practice task 1A **(See page 245 for answers)** For questions 1-7, look at the sentences and the three words from each listed A, B and C. Two of the words have the same grammatical function in the sentence. One does NOT. Choose the letter (A, B or C) which does NOT have the same grammatical function. 1. She told us it was very cold there. * A. she * B. it * C. there 2. It was built when they were young, so they don’t remember the old building. * A. was * B. were * C. don't 3. Nobody understood his spoken French because his accent was so 'strong'. * A. understood * B. spoken * C. was 4. He studied IT for his job but he made very slow progress so he gave up. * A. for * B. but * C. so 5. They took off their coats and went to the table near the window. * A. off * B. to * C. near 6. She found it really hard to concentrate as it was so noisy there. * A. really * B. so * C. noisy 7. The young cat ran too fast for the dog to catch it easily. * A. young * B. fast * C. easily ## TKT practice task 1B **(See page 245 for answers)** For questions 1-6, choose the best option (A, B or C) to complete each statement about the uses of the grammatical structures underlined in the sentences. 1. You should arrive early if you want to make a good impression. Here should is used to * A. give advice. * B. talk about obligation. * C. speculate. 2. He stopped driving as he was worried about pollution. Here as is used to * A. introduce a comparison. * B. introduce a reason. * C. introduce a time period. 3. I can't see the girl who she's talking about. Here who is used to * A. signal a question. * B. give extra information. * C. introduce a definition. 4. My holiday starts next week and I come back the week after, on the 10th. Here come back is used to * A. refer to the present. * B. refer to the future. * C. refer to the past. 5. I don't know if he's coming. Here if is used to * A. talk about a condition. * B. discuss a doubt. * C. introduce a reported question. 6. She is living with her sister while she's at university. Here is living is used to * A. describe a permanent state. * B. describe a continuing action. * C. describe a temporary state.