Grammar Drills and Exercises with Answers

Answers. A beginner with a few weeks English should have five or six correct; a pre-intermediate student should have all (or nearly all) of them correct.

01. The little child stood on the chair in order to see out of the window.

02. She's the office gossip and knows everything about everybody.

03. Ice melts when the temperature is below zero.

04. The work of a government adviser is done in secret, behind closed doors.

05. His confession seemed to make his guilt absolutely certain, beyond all reasonable doubt.

06. The soldier saw his girl-friend when he was off duty.

07. The golfer got into difficulties when his ball ended up in the rough, twenty metres off the fairway.

08. We must keep the formula in as secure a place as possible, under lock and key.

09. After his illness, he was as weak as a kitten.

10. The boss wanted to know the reason why his secretary was late.

11. A taxi-driver has to be good at remembering street names.

12. I haven't been to the movies since last April.

13. The baby-sitter looked after the children while the parents went to the opera.

14. He failed his driving test five times but in the end he passed.