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General Grammar Exercise

Test your understanding of English Grammar rules and sentence patterns with this
interactive exercise.

1. That is not the color I wanted.

quite
quiet
rather

Not quite can mean not exactly.

2. You eat too much.

rather
quite
very

Rather can modify comparatives and too.

3. My mother would rather we .. to each other any more.

don't talk
won't talk
didn't talk

After would rather, we use a past tense with a present or future meaning.

4. I will go and see the Prime Minister himself if I have to.

Here himself is used as an emphatic pronoun.


Here himself is used as a reflexive pronoun.

When words like himself, herself and themselves are used to mean that person and nobody
else, it is used as an emphatic pronoun.

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5. I will never forget the day my daughter was born.

when
on which
Either could be used here

When can mean on which.

6. This is Ms. Malini . last year.

who you met


whom you met
whom you met her

The relative pronoun acts as the subject or object of the relative clause. It replaces words
like he, him, her etc.

7. money he has comes from his wifes family.

What
That
Which

The sentence What money he has means the same as The money that he has

8. They saved hundreds of refugees, had been at sea for several days.

of whom some
some of whom
Either could be used here

9. He turned the radio down . he wouldnt disturb the old lady


downstairs.

so that
so as to

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in order to

So that suggests a cause and effect relationship.

10. A lot of social problems . caused by unemployment.

is
are

If the noun following a lot of is plural, the verb is also plural.

11. I will lend it to you on condition that you it back tomorrow.

will bring
bring
would bring

In subordinate clauses we often use the present tense to refer to the future

12. It doesnt matter what you .................... with your time or money.

do
does
have
will do

Present tenses are common after expressions like it doesnt matter and I dont care.

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Answers

1. That is not quite the color I wanted.


2. You eat rather too much.
3. My mother would rather we didnt talk to each other any more.
4. I will go and see the Prime Minister himself if I have to. (Emphatic)
5. I will never forget the day when / on which my daughter was born.

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6. This is Ms. Malini whom you met last year.


7. What money he has comes from his wifes family.
8. They saved hundreds of refugees, of whom some / some of whom had been at sea for
several days.
9. He turned the radio down so that he wouldnt disturb the old lady downstairs.
10. A lot of social problems are caused by unemployment.
11. I will lend it to you on condition that you bring it back tomorrow.
12. It doesnt matter what you do with your money.

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