How Good Is Your Grammar?

The man beat me ___ and took away all my money.

• down

• up

• in

• out

The princess ___ down and slept for twenty years.

• laid

• lain

• lay

• lied

They love cold weather, __________

• are they?

• don't they?

• isn't it?

• aren't they?

The barking dog scared ___ the burglar.

• off

• up

• out

• on

I often ___ money from my parents.

• lend

• save

• loan

• borrow

Timothy can drink ___ a gallon of chilled soda in one sitting.

• as much as

• their

• so much that

• mostly

Can you put me ___ for the weekend?

• down

• up

• in

• away

Sorry, I can't repay you this week. I'm completely __________ .

• broke

• destroyed

• dead

• broken

According to the information on this page, items bought before 1940 ___ more than items made after that year.

• costs

• cost

Come to my party ___ Saturday night.

• on

• at

• upon

• in

I can sell you bananas, but only _________.

• few

• a little

• a few

• little

Please speak ___. I can't hear you very well.

• out

• on

• off

• up

Adam will often spend his evenings ___ upside-down from the ceiling in his room.

• hanging

• which hanging

• that are

• hang

I really regretted my mistake. It was one that I ____________ .

• ought not to be making

• mustn't make

• ought not to have made

• had not to make

It has been five years since I last __________ French.

• was speaking

• spoke

• have been speaking

• have spoken

Members of Parliament are _______ by the people.

• voted

• vote

• represented

• elected

Nobody can fool me. I'm never ___ in.

• taken

• taking

• given

• giving

His job was so tiring that he felt absolutely ___________ .

• sharpened

• scrabbled

• scattered

• shattered

He was sure he would ___ the race because his shoelaces had become ___.

• loose, lose

• lose, lose

• lose, loose

"No, ___ true!" exclaimed the girls sadly. "The teddy bear has had ___ arm amputated."

• its, it's

• its, its

• it's, its