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.

• lied

• laid

• lay

• lain

They love cold weather, __________

• don't they?

• isn't it?

• aren't they?

• are they?

The barking dog scared ___ the burglar.

• out

• off

• up

• on

I often ___ money from my parents.

• save

• borrow

• loan

• lend

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

• so much that

• as much as

• mostly

• their

Can you put me ___ for the weekend?

• up

• down

• away

• in

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

• broke

• broken

• destroyed

• dead

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

• in

• upon

• at

I can sell you bananas, but only _________.

• little

• a little

• a few

• few

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

• off

• on

• up

• out

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

• hang

• that are

• which hanging

• hanging

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

• had not to make

• ought not to have made

• ought not to be making

• mustn't make

It has been five years since I last __________ French.

• was speaking

• have been speaking

• spoke

• have spoken

Members of Parliament are _______ by the people.

• represented

• voted

• elected

• vote

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

• taken

• taking

• giving

• given

His job was so tiring that he felt absolutely ___________ .

• scattered

• sharpened

• shattered

• scrabbled

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

• it's, its

• its, its