Grammar Drills and Exercises with Answers

An intermediate student should have all of these correct, with perhaps one mistake.

01. An author...................... books.
A. write B. writes C. is writing D. do write

02. He..................... the letter now.
A. is typing B. types C. type D. do type

03. He is a car salesman. He..................... cars.
A. sell B. is selling C. sells D. do sell

04. What were you doing at the bank? I................... my traveller's cheques.
A. changing B. am changing C. was changing D. change

05. After he.................. his dinner, he drank a cup of coffee.
A. was eating B. eat C. ate D had eaten

06. I asked him what he..........................
A. had be done B. had be doing C. has been done D. had been doing

07. .................. to the cinema.
A. Go we B. Let's C. Let's to go D. Let's go

08. Were you working yesterday? Yes, I.................. all day.
A. am working B. was working C. have worked D. had been working

09. For the past week, he.................. English.
A. has been learning B. has learnt C. is learning D. will learn

10. ...................... English?
A. Can you B. Can you speak C. Are you able to D. Will you

11. If it..................., I shall read a book.
A. rain B. will rain C. shall rain D. rains

12. If I had the money, I..................... to New York
A. could fly B. flew C. am flying D. had flown

13. If I....................... a bigger car, police would not catch me.
A. would have B. could C. had D. was having

14. The job was easy enough.......................
A. to be doing B. to doing C. doing D. to do

15. She............................ his insults.
A. bare B. bared C. beared D. bore

16. I smelt........................
A. cooking the food B. the food to cook C. to cook the food D. the food cooking

17. She keeps ....................
A. on to talk B. talk on C. to talk on D. on talking