Grammar and Usage Exercises with Answers

Answers. A lower intermediate student should have all of these correct.

01. I..................... hard-working.
     A. am B. are C. is D. be

02. That man.................. a banker.
     A. am B. are C. is D. be

03. ................. bankers hard-working?
     A. Be B. Is C. Do D. Are

04. Technicians.................... lazy.
     A. not are B. be not C. isn't D. aren't

05. Are.............. lazy?
     A. he B. it C. they D. this

06. .................... a letter on your desk.
     A. There is B. It is C. There are D. It are

07. .................... the office?
     A. Where B. Where be C. Where is D. Where are

08. .................... the address?
     A. What's B. What be C. What D. What are

09. She..................... to the office.
     A. no B. are going C. going D. is going

10. ....................... his car?
     A. Driving he B. Is he driving C. Drives he D. Is driving

11. ....................... to the meeting.
     A. I am going not B. I not going C. I am not going D. I no go

12. He.................. to work every morning.
     A. jog B. jogs C. jogging D. is jog

13. I................ cigars
     A. smoke B. smokes C. smoking D. am smoke

14. ...................... newspapers.
     A. Read you B. Do you read C. Do read you D. Do reading you

15. .................... at that hotel?
     A. Stay he B. Do he stay C. Staying he D. Does he stay

16. She.................. work in an office.
     A. don't B. doesn't C. doing not D. not do

17. He................. walk on water.
     A. not able B. isn't able C. can't D. not can

18. He................. a good hotel.
     A. having B. have C. has D. to have

19. I...................... a penny.
     A. hasn't B. not have C. haven't D. not having

20. ................... a big car?
     A. Do he have B. Does he having C. Has he D. Have he

VERB FORM AND USE

01 simple present
02 simple present have-be
03 drill: third person
04 elementary present
05 intermediate present

07 elementary past
08 continuous and simple
09 irregular past
10 irregular past
11 irregular past

14 past tense review
15 past tense review

19 present perfect
20 present/past perfect

23 conditional review
24 conditional
25 conditional

28 use of gerund
29 gerund
30 gerund and infinitive
31 gerund and infinitive
32 gerund and infinitive
33 gerund and infinitive