English Grammar

Level: Grades 10-12

While English grammar is generally very flexible it has, like any highly developed language, rules that need to be adhered to. These are the rules that are being tested in this section. Each test comprises ten items, randomly chosen, from an extensive data base of questions. To get the greatest benefit a learner must take these grammar tests on a regular basis over an extended period of time.

  

In a question where the letters have to be re-arranged, as in the example above, click on the letter that you wish to move and thereafter click on the spot where you want that letter to be. The letter will be transferred. Where you have to match items, drag the answer so that it lies next to the item that it matches. 

1. Match each phrasal verb with a valid meaning.

2.

What is the plural form for each of the following:-

aircraft; counsel; deer; grouse; salmon 

3. Select which of the following are degrees of comparison:-
comparative
subjunctive
dative
superlative
positive
indicative
4.

Study the following sentences in which inversion occurs, and then determine what kind of adverbial phrases the writer has used.

Down the mountain hurtled the stream.Across the field it swept on and on. Beyond the trees it flowed and spread. Along its banks the cattle grazed and the corn grew tall. All the way, down to the sea, the river ran. 


 adverbial phrase of place
adverbial phrase of manner
adverbial phrase of concession
5.

Many words in English can have endings in ise or ize. Some do not. Select the words that accommodate both forms:

 


 annualise
disguise
supervise
economise
advertise
finalise
computerise
surmise
6.

Select the words that are correctly written:-

 


 self awareness
self-awareness
self-assurance
self-betterment
self assurance
self betrayal
self-betrayal
self betterment
7.

Give the diminutive of the following words:

book; duck; goose; lamb; leaf



8. The word few is the opposite of --------- and the phrase a few is the opposite of ..........

9.

Which suffix is used to make the following nouns into adjectives?

comic; logic; magic; music; stoic.

10.

Are the underlined words gerunds or participles?

I was relaxing on the beach while my friends were surfing and the children were building sand castles.


 participles
gerunds

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