Advanced English Grammar Practice Quiz

To describe a state or action that will be happening at a specific point in the future, we use the future simple tense ("will be") or future continuous. "I will be in Tokyo" is grammatically correct and natural for expressing a future state.

The structure "have something done" is a causative construction used when someone arranges for another person to do a task for them. "Sarah is having some work done" is a grammatically correct sentence using this structure in the present continuous tense.

The past perfect continuous tense ("had been travelling") is used to show that an action started in the past and continued up until another time in the past, emphasizing the duration of the activity that caused the visible result. Option A is grammatically possible but less natural than B for emphasizing the continuous nature of the journey, and C is grammatically incorrect.

The phrase "used to" followed by an infinitive is used to describe past habits or states that are no longer true. Option B correctly uses "used to live" to contrast a past state with the present state.

The future continuous tense ("will be doing") is used to talk about an action that will be in progress at a specific time in the future. Additionally, "five years' time" correctly uses the plural possessive apostrophe after the 's'.

This sentence is a first conditional, which uses the present simple in the if-clause ("if you can keep") and the future simple in the main clause ("I'll only tell you"). Option B incorrectly mixes "can" and "would", and Option C is semantically and grammatically incorrect.

In English, the adverb of probability "probably" is most naturally placed after the auxiliary verb "has" (contracted in "He's") and before the main verb "lost". While other placements can sometimes occur in informal speech, Option A represents the standard, most natural word order.

This is a classic first conditional sentence, which describes a real or highly likely future situation. It requires the present simple in the "if" clause ("don't tell") and "will" + infinitive in the main clause ("I'll scream").

Option C is grammatically correct and logically coherent, using "until" to show that receiving the results is the necessary condition for knowing what to do. Option A incorrectly uses "how to do" instead of "what to do", and Option B lacks proper punctuation and is less natural than C.

In reported speech, the verb "say" is used without a direct personal object, whereas "tell" must be followed by a personal object (such as "me"). Option C is incorrect because "doesn't" cannot be followed by the gerund "feeling".

The word "hard" functions as both an adjective and an adverb, meaning with great energy or effort. "Hardly" is a different adverb meaning scarcely or almost not, while "hardfully" and "hardful" are not real English words.

In negative sentences, we use "anywhere" to indicate the absence of something in all places. "Somewhere" is typically used in positive sentences, "everywhere" would change the meaning illogically, and "anything" refers to objects rather than locations.

The subject 'The boys' is plural, so we must use the plural reflexive pronoun 'themselves'. Non-standard forms like 'theirselves' and 'themself' are grammatically incorrect. Using 'them' would mean they hurt other people rather than themselves.

The sentence requires a passive construction because the house is the receiver of the action. After the modal verb 'will', we use 'be' followed by the past participle 'sold'. This forms the future passive 'will be sold'.

The subjunctive-like structure 'It's about time' is followed by a subject and a past simple verb to express a present or future desire. Therefore, 'left' is the correct form to show that the action should happen now. Other verb forms like 'leave' or 'to leave' do not fit this grammatical pattern.

The verb 'sentence' is the correct legal term used when a court officially decides a punishment. It collocated perfectly with the preposition 'to', as in 'sentenced him to five years'. The verb 'ordered' would require a different structure, and 'sent' does not fit the legal context.

This sentence uses a perfect participle clause to describe an action that happened before the main clause. The structure 'Having + past participle' is required here, making 'thought' the correct choice. Other options like 'thinking' or 'think' do not fit this grammatical pattern.

The phrase 'have a go' is a common English idiom that means to try or attempt something. While 'give it a go' is also a common expression, 'give' cannot be used here because the pronoun 'it' is missing. Therefore, 'have' is the only correct option.

This sentence contains a non-defining relative clause, which provides extra information about 'Argentina'. Since 'Argentina' is a country (a thing/place), we must use the relative pronoun 'which'. Note that 'that' cannot be used in non-defining relative clauses after a comma.

The word 'delicious' is an extreme (non-gradable) adjective, meaning it cannot be modified by standard grading adverbs like 'very'. The adverb 'really' is highly versatile and can modify both gradable and non-gradable adjectives. 'Real' is an adjective and cannot modify another adjective here.

This sentence uses the causative structure 'get + object + past participle' to show that someone else will perform a service. 'My computer' is the object, and 'fixed' is the past participle, making 'my computer fixed' the correct arrangement. Other options violate this word order or omit the possessive pronoun.

When the main clause is negative ('won't forget'), the question tag must be positive. Since the auxiliary verb in the main clause is 'will' (from 'won't'), the correct tag is 'will you'.

The verb 'remember' can be followed by an infinitive or a gerund, but with a difference in meaning. 'Remember to do' means to not forget to perform a future task, which fits this context perfectly. 'Remember doing' refers to recalling a past memory of an action already completed.

The word 'Nothing' makes the main statement negative, so the question tag must be positive. Since the main verb 'happened' is in the past simple, we use the positive past auxiliary 'did'. The pronoun 'it' is used to refer back to 'nothing'.

The structure 'I'd rather you' is followed by a subject and a past simple verb to express a present or future preference. Therefore, the negative past simple 'didn't speak' is the correct choice. Other options like 'not speak' or 'didn't speaks' are grammatically incorrect in this pattern.

We use the preposition 'for' to state the duration of an action (a period of time like 'ten years'). 'Since' is incorrect because it is only used to mark the specific starting point of an action (e.g., 'since 2010').