English Grammar Quiz

Good grammar makes writing clear and exams easier. This quiz covers parts of speech, subject–verb agreement, articles, prepositions, sentence structure and common error patterns.

What this quiz covers

Study tip: Keep a list of the grammar mistakes you make in quizzes and review it before your next attempt.

Questions, answers and explanations

1. Which of the following is a noun?

  1. Beautiful
  2. Run
  3. School
  4. Quickly

Answer: School

A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.

2. Which word is a pronoun?

  1. Ali
  2. Book
  3. He
  4. Chair

Answer: He

A pronoun replaces a noun.

3. Choose the correct sentence.

  1. She go to school.
  2. She goes to school.
  3. She going to school.
  4. She gone to school.

Answer: She goes to school.

With third-person singular subjects, the verb takes 's' in the present simple tense.

4. Which of the following is an adjective?

  1. Beautiful
  2. Run
  3. Quickly
  4. Play

Answer: Beautiful

An adjective describes a noun.

5. Which punctuation mark ends a question?

  1. .
  2. ?
  3. !
  4. ,

Answer: ?

A question mark is used at the end of a question.

6. Which of the following is a verb?

  1. Run
  2. Beautiful
  3. Chair
  4. Quickly

Answer: Run

A verb is a word that expresses an action or state.

7. Choose the correct spelling.

  1. Recieve
  2. Receive
  3. Receeve
  4. Receve

Answer: Receive

The correct spelling is 'Receive'.

8. Which sentence is grammatically correct?

  1. They is playing football.
  2. They are playing football.
  3. They am playing football.
  4. They was playing football.

Answer: They are playing football.

The plural subject 'They' takes the helping verb 'are'.

9. What is the plural of 'Child'?

  1. Childs
  2. Children
  3. Childes
  4. Childrens

Answer: Children

The correct plural form of 'Child' is 'Children'.

10. Which word is an adverb?

  1. Quickly
  2. Beautiful
  3. Book
  4. Teacher

Answer: Quickly

An adverb describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb.

11. Which sentence is in the Present Continuous Tense?

  1. She writes a letter.
  2. She is writing a letter.
  3. She wrote a letter.
  4. She will write a letter.

Answer: She is writing a letter.

Present Continuous uses 'is/am/are + verb + ing'.

12. Which word is a conjunction?

  1. And
  2. Quickly
  3. Beautiful
  4. School

Answer: And

A conjunction joins words or sentences.

13. Choose the correct sentence.

  1. He don't like tea.
  2. He doesn't likes tea.
  3. He doesn't like tea.
  4. He not like tea.

Answer: He doesn't like tea.

With 'doesn't', the main verb remains in its base form.

14. Which of the following is a preposition?

  1. Under
  2. Happy
  3. Walk
  4. Slowly

Answer: Under

A preposition shows the relationship between a noun and another word.

15. What is the opposite of 'Hot'?

  1. Warm
  2. Cool
  3. Cold
  4. Heat

Answer: Cold

The opposite (antonym) of 'Hot' is 'Cold'.

16. Which sentence is in the Past Tense?

  1. She is reading a book.
  2. She reads a book.
  3. She read a book yesterday.
  4. She will read a book.

Answer: She read a book yesterday.

The sentence describes an action completed in the past.

17. Which word is an interjection?

  1. Wow!
  2. Beautiful
  3. School
  4. Quickly

Answer: Wow!

Interjections express sudden emotions or feelings.

18. Choose the correct sentence.

  1. There is many books.
  2. There are many books.
  3. There am many books.
  4. There be many books.

Answer: There are many books.

Use 'are' with plural nouns.

19. Which of the following is a common noun?

  1. Pakistan
  2. Ali
  3. Teacher
  4. Islamabad

Answer: Teacher

A common noun names a general person, place, or thing.

20. Which punctuation mark is used to separate items in a list?

  1. .
  2. ?
  3. ,
  4. !

Answer: ,

A comma is used to separate items in a list.

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