Intermediate Grammar Exercise

Instructions: Choose the letter for the correct completion of each sentence.

1. Walter _____________________ food to poor people in New York City every weekend.
a. give
b. gives
c. giving

2. Natalie likes __________________ in her backyard pool.
a. swimming
b. swims
c. swim

3. You ______________ at a stop sign. It is the law!
a. can stop
b. must stop
c. prefer to stop

4. There are five _______________ in the restroom.
a. woman
b. women
c. womans

5. While Maurice __________________  in bed last night, a drunk driver ______________ his car on the street.
a. was sleep...hit
b. sleeps....hits
c. was sleeping...hit

6. When the boss _______________ to the office tomorrow, he _____________ the workers.
a. comes....will pay
b. will come...will pay
c. come...will pay

7. You practice English every day, ____________?
a. aren't you
b. did you
c. don't you

8. David: ______________________________?
    Susan: Mary.
a. Who did Peter marry?
b. Did Peter marry Mary?
c. Who Peter married?

9. ___________ you please lower the volume of the radio?
a. Should
b. Could
c. May

10. ______________ food will be ready in a few minutes.
a. You're
b. Yours
c. Your

11. Nathan ________________ in Colombia since 1999.
a. has lived
b. have lived
c. has living

12. Tony is not in class today. He is absent ________ the class.
a. to
b. at
c. from

13. ___________ students failed the second math quiz.
a. Much
b. Many
c. A little

14. Maurice ________________ a grammar exercise for his students now.
a. is makes
b. was making
c. is making

15. By the time Jack ___________ at the airport last night, the plane to Los Angeles _____________.
a. arrives...will leave
b. arrived...had left
c. arrived...has left

16. The turkey is delicious. Can I have ___________ slice of the turkey?
a. other
b. another
c. others

17. There is ______________ food in the kitchen.
a. a lot of
b. many
c. several

18. Richard cut ___________ with a knife. He is in the hospital now.
a. herself
b. itself
c. himself

19. Nadine _____________________  in New York City, but now she doesn't.
a. used to work
b. is working
c. use to work

20. Julia and her husband wake up __________ 5am every morning.
a. at
b. in
c. on