Intermediate
Oxford
Practice
Grammar
Tests
John Eastwood
,Oxford
Practice
Grammar
Intermediate Tests
Contents
Test A: Tenses – present 1
Test B: Past Simple and Past Continuous 3
Test C: Present Perfect and Past Simple 5
Test D: Tenses – past and perfect 7
Test E: Tenses – present and past 9
Test F: The future with will, be going to and present tenses 11
Test G: Tenses – future 13
Test H: Questions 15
Test I: Questions, negatives and answers 17
Test J: Modal verbs 19
Test K: The passive 21
Test L: Verb + to-infinitive or -ing form 23
Test M: The infinitive and the -ing form 25
Test N: Nouns and agreement 27
Test O: A/an and the 29
Test P: This, my, some, a lot of, all, etc. 31
Test Q: Pronouns 33
Test R: Adjectives and adverbs 35
Test S: Comparative and superlative 37
Test T: Adverbs and word order 39
Test U: Prepositions 41
Test V: Verbs with prepositions and adverbs 43
Test W: Reported speech 45
Test X: Relative clauses 47
Test Y: Conditionals and wish 49
Exit test 51
, Test A Tenses – present
A Read the conversation between two students. Then look at the answers below and write the
correct answer in each space.
Lisa: Who ♦ is Michelle talking to?
Amy: I can’t see Michelle.
Lisa: You 1 looking in the right place. She’s over there.
Amy: Oh, that’s Adrian. He’s new here.
Lisa: Really? Where 2 he live? 3 you know?
Amy: No, I 4 know anything else about him.
Lisa: What 5 they talking about, I wonder?
Amy: Well, he 6 look very interested. He’s got a very bored expression on his
face. And he 7 saying anything.
♦ a) are b) do c) does d) is
1 a) aren’t b) doesn’t c) don’t d) isn’t
2 a) are b) do c) does d) is
3 a) Are b) Do c) Does d) Is
4 a) aren’t b) doesn’t c) don’t d) ’m not
5 a) are b) do c) does d) is
6 a) aren’t b) doesn’t c) don’t d) isn’t
7 a) aren’t b) doesn’t c) don’t d) isn’t
B Read Tessa’s postcard to Angela and write the missing words. Use one word only in
each space.
We’re ♦ having a great time here. It’s beautiful, and the sun 1
shining. Yesterday I went water skiing! What 2 you think of that?
I still think postcards are nicer than emails, so I’m 3 at a table in our hotel
room and writing a few. The room is fine, but we 4 like the food very much.
But it 5 matter because we 6 out to a restaurant every
evening.
We’re both 7 very lazy at the moment. I 8 up quite late
in the morning, and Dan 9 up even later. You know of course how much
Dan’s work 10 to him and how he’s 11 talking about it.
Well, the holiday is so good that he’s forgotten all about work. So it’s the perfect holiday. The
only problem is that it’s 12 us a lot of money. But we’ll worry about that later.
C Each of these sentences has a mistake in it. Write the correct sentence.
♦♦ The children is doing their homework now.
The children are doing their homework now.
1 The girls are play tennis at the moment.
2 Both my brothers likes sport.
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, 3 Anna wearing her new coat today.
4 What colour you like best?
5 My suitcase is weighing ten kilos.
6 At the moment I stay at a hotel.
7 Robert catch the same bus every morning.
8 What is this word here mean?
D Complete the conversations. Put in the correct form of each verb.
Use the Present Continuous or the Present Simple.
♦♦ A: Is Jessica in, please?
B: Yes, but I think (I / think) she’s busy at the moment.
She’s washing (she / wash) her hair.
1 A: (I / think) of buying a new car.
B: But cars (cost) so much money. What’s wrong with the one we’ve got?
A: (it / get) old and unreliable now.
2 A: Your new trousers (look) nice.
B: Thank you. The trouble is (they / not / fit) properly.
(I / not / know) why I bought them, really.
3 A: What (you / do)?
B: (I / weigh) this parcel. (I / need) to know
how many stamps to put on it.
4 A: (I / think) this road is really dangerous. Look how fast that lorry
(go).
B: (I / agree). People shouldn’t go so fast.
5 A: (I / like) musicals. And this is a great show, isn’t it?
(you / enjoy) it?
B: Yes, I am. (I / love) every minute of it.
6 A: (I / always / fall) asleep. I just can’t keep awake.
B: What time (you / go) to bed?
A: About ten o’clock usually. But (it / not / make) any difference.
7 A: Could you post the goods to me, please?
B: Yes, certainly.
A: (I / live) at a guest house at the moment as
(I / look) for a flat. So could you send them to my work address?
B: Yes, of course. And you’ll have the goods by the end of the week,
(I / promise).
8 A: Why (you / want) to change the whole plan?
B: I’m just not happy with it.
A: And (I / not / understand) why (you / be)
so difficult about it.
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Oxford
Practice
Grammar
Tests
John Eastwood
,Oxford
Practice
Grammar
Intermediate Tests
Contents
Test A: Tenses – present 1
Test B: Past Simple and Past Continuous 3
Test C: Present Perfect and Past Simple 5
Test D: Tenses – past and perfect 7
Test E: Tenses – present and past 9
Test F: The future with will, be going to and present tenses 11
Test G: Tenses – future 13
Test H: Questions 15
Test I: Questions, negatives and answers 17
Test J: Modal verbs 19
Test K: The passive 21
Test L: Verb + to-infinitive or -ing form 23
Test M: The infinitive and the -ing form 25
Test N: Nouns and agreement 27
Test O: A/an and the 29
Test P: This, my, some, a lot of, all, etc. 31
Test Q: Pronouns 33
Test R: Adjectives and adverbs 35
Test S: Comparative and superlative 37
Test T: Adverbs and word order 39
Test U: Prepositions 41
Test V: Verbs with prepositions and adverbs 43
Test W: Reported speech 45
Test X: Relative clauses 47
Test Y: Conditionals and wish 49
Exit test 51
, Test A Tenses – present
A Read the conversation between two students. Then look at the answers below and write the
correct answer in each space.
Lisa: Who ♦ is Michelle talking to?
Amy: I can’t see Michelle.
Lisa: You 1 looking in the right place. She’s over there.
Amy: Oh, that’s Adrian. He’s new here.
Lisa: Really? Where 2 he live? 3 you know?
Amy: No, I 4 know anything else about him.
Lisa: What 5 they talking about, I wonder?
Amy: Well, he 6 look very interested. He’s got a very bored expression on his
face. And he 7 saying anything.
♦ a) are b) do c) does d) is
1 a) aren’t b) doesn’t c) don’t d) isn’t
2 a) are b) do c) does d) is
3 a) Are b) Do c) Does d) Is
4 a) aren’t b) doesn’t c) don’t d) ’m not
5 a) are b) do c) does d) is
6 a) aren’t b) doesn’t c) don’t d) isn’t
7 a) aren’t b) doesn’t c) don’t d) isn’t
B Read Tessa’s postcard to Angela and write the missing words. Use one word only in
each space.
We’re ♦ having a great time here. It’s beautiful, and the sun 1
shining. Yesterday I went water skiing! What 2 you think of that?
I still think postcards are nicer than emails, so I’m 3 at a table in our hotel
room and writing a few. The room is fine, but we 4 like the food very much.
But it 5 matter because we 6 out to a restaurant every
evening.
We’re both 7 very lazy at the moment. I 8 up quite late
in the morning, and Dan 9 up even later. You know of course how much
Dan’s work 10 to him and how he’s 11 talking about it.
Well, the holiday is so good that he’s forgotten all about work. So it’s the perfect holiday. The
only problem is that it’s 12 us a lot of money. But we’ll worry about that later.
C Each of these sentences has a mistake in it. Write the correct sentence.
♦♦ The children is doing their homework now.
The children are doing their homework now.
1 The girls are play tennis at the moment.
2 Both my brothers likes sport.
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, 3 Anna wearing her new coat today.
4 What colour you like best?
5 My suitcase is weighing ten kilos.
6 At the moment I stay at a hotel.
7 Robert catch the same bus every morning.
8 What is this word here mean?
D Complete the conversations. Put in the correct form of each verb.
Use the Present Continuous or the Present Simple.
♦♦ A: Is Jessica in, please?
B: Yes, but I think (I / think) she’s busy at the moment.
She’s washing (she / wash) her hair.
1 A: (I / think) of buying a new car.
B: But cars (cost) so much money. What’s wrong with the one we’ve got?
A: (it / get) old and unreliable now.
2 A: Your new trousers (look) nice.
B: Thank you. The trouble is (they / not / fit) properly.
(I / not / know) why I bought them, really.
3 A: What (you / do)?
B: (I / weigh) this parcel. (I / need) to know
how many stamps to put on it.
4 A: (I / think) this road is really dangerous. Look how fast that lorry
(go).
B: (I / agree). People shouldn’t go so fast.
5 A: (I / like) musicals. And this is a great show, isn’t it?
(you / enjoy) it?
B: Yes, I am. (I / love) every minute of it.
6 A: (I / always / fall) asleep. I just can’t keep awake.
B: What time (you / go) to bed?
A: About ten o’clock usually. But (it / not / make) any difference.
7 A: Could you post the goods to me, please?
B: Yes, certainly.
A: (I / live) at a guest house at the moment as
(I / look) for a flat. So could you send them to my work address?
B: Yes, of course. And you’ll have the goods by the end of the week,
(I / promise).
8 A: Why (you / want) to change the whole plan?
B: I’m just not happy with it.
A: And (I / not / understand) why (you / be)
so difficult about it.
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