GRAMMAR QUIZ 1 ● ANSWER KEY
Group A
1.2 Present tenses – question forms
Exercise 1
1 What are you going there for?: Jackie is going there now,
so the question is in the present continuous.
2 Have you ever done that before?: ever and before show
that we need to use the present perfect – Have you ever
(in your life)?
3 Are you doing lots of training at the moment?: At the
moment means that we’re asking about now, so we
need to use the present continuous.
4 (So) who are you meeting in town?: Here we use the
present continuous, but it has a future meaning.
5 Does she go to our college?: We use the present simple
when we ask about things that are routine and happen
all the time.
6 Can I travel into town with you?: This is a request in the
present simple. The answer uses can, so we use it in
the question, too.
7 Is that our bus?: We use the present simple here. The
clue is in Jackie’s answer – that’s ours, so the question
has to be Is that…?
Exercise 2
1 you ever been: Have at the beginning and ever in the
brackets tells us this is a present perfect question. With
the verb go, we can say gone: He’s gone to London
(and he’s there now). We can also use been: He’s been
to London (and now he’s back). In this question, we
need been.
2 are Tim and Helen: We need the present simple of be, in
the plural – are.
3 Is it raining: The question includes at the moment, so we
need to use the present continuous – Is it raining.
4 does your father do: We use the present simple to ask
about things that are routine, such as the job that
somebody does.
5 Do you like: We use the present simple to ask about
things that are routine, or always happen, or states that
don’t change.
6 does your brother get: We use the present simple to ask
about things that are routine, or always happen. Here
we have to use the third person singular – does –
because of your father.
7 have you lived: We use the present perfect to talk about
things that started in the past and are still continuing
now.
8 is Ben doing: The question is about now, so we use the
present continuous.
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Group B
1.2 Present tenses – question forms
Exercise 1
1 What things are you interested in there?: The question is
in the present simple.
2 Have you ever drawn pictures like that before?: before
and ever tell us this is a present perfect question – Have
you ever (in your life)?
3 Are you drawing lots of things at the moment?: The
question mentions at the moment, so we use the
present continuous.
4 (So) who is going to the museum with you?: The
question is in the present continuous, but with a future
meaning.
5 Do they play football?: We use the present simple when
we ask about things that are routine and happen all the
time.
6 Can you show me your pictures later?: The answer uses
can, so we use it in the question, too.
7 Is your train coming now?: The clue is in Janine’s answer
– Yes, it is. Also, the question is about now, so we use
the present continuous.
Exercise 2
1 Is it snowing: The question mentions at the moment, so
we use the present continuous.
2 is Sarah watching: The question includes the word now,
so we use the present continuous.
3 have you known: With How long we often use the
present perfect to ask about something that started in
the past and continues up to the present.
4 does your sister take: We use the present simple when
we ask about things that are routine and happen all the
time.
5 is Tom: We need the present simple of be, in the singular
– is
6 you ever eaten: Have at the beginning and ever in
brackets tells us this is a present perfect question –
Have you ever (in your life) + past participle of eat =
eaten.
7 does your brother get up: We use the present simple to
ask about things that are routine, or always happen.
Here we have to use the third person singular – does –
because of your brother.
8 Do Josh and Max like: We use the present simple to ask
about things that are routine, or always happen, or
states that don’t change.
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Group A
1.5 Verb + -ing form or verb + to-infinitive
Exercise 1
1 to go: After the verb decide, we use the to-infinitive.
2 helping : After the verb hate, and many verbs related to
our likes and dislikes, we use the verb in the -ing form.
3 becoming : After the verb consider, we use the verb in
the -ing form.
4 to stay: After the phrase Would you prefer...?, we use the
to-infinitive.
5 wearing: After the verb like, and many verbs related to
our likes and dislikes, we use the verb in the -ing form.
6 driving: After the verb avoid, we use the verb in the -ing
form.
7 to go : After the verb hope, we use the to-infinitive.
2 of the verb.
1 doing: After the phrase spend time, we use the verb in
the -ing form.
2 to buy: After the verb afford, we use the to-infinitive.
3 to go: After the phrase Would you like...?, we use the to-
infinitive.
4 seeing: After the verb miss, we use the verb in the -ing
form.
5 swimming: After the phrase can’t stand, we use the verb
in the -ing form.
6 to play: After the verb refuse, we use the to-infinitive.
7 to be: After the verb pretend, we use the to-infinitive.
8 taking: After the phrase don’t mind, we use the verb in
the -ing form.
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Group B
1.5 Verb + -ing form or verb + to-infinitive
Exercise 1
1 playing: After the verb love, and many verbs related to
our likes and dislikes, we use the verb in the -ing form.
2 to find: After the verb need, we use the to-infinitive.
3 listening: After the phrase can’t stand, we use the verb in
the -ing form.
4 to come: After the verb want, we use the to-infinitive.
5 helping : After the phrase don’t mind, we use the verb in
the -ing form.
6 to be : After the verb pretend, we use the to-infinitive.
7 to speak : After the verb refuse, we use the to-infinitive.
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1 becoming: After the verb consider, we use the -ing form
2 baking: After the phrase spend time, we use the -ing form
of the verb.
3 to visit: After the verb choose, we use to-infinitive form of
the verb.
4 to catch: After the verb manage, we use to-infinitive form
of the verb.
5 playing: After the verb prefer, we use the -ing form of the
verb.
6 to go: After the verb decide, we use to-infinitive form of
the verb.
7 getting: After the verb avoid, we use the -ing form of the
verb.
8 to stay: After the phrase would like, we use to-infinitive
form of the verb.
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