How Good Is Your Grammar?

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

• out

• in

• down

• up

The princess ___ down and slept for twenty years.

• lied

• laid

• lay

• lain

They love cold weather, __________

• aren't they?

• don't they?

• isn't it?

• are they?

The barking dog scared ___ the burglar.

• on

• off

• up

• out

I often ___ money from my parents.

• save

• borrow

• lend

• loan

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

• so much that

• as much as

• their

• mostly

Can you put me ___ for the weekend?

• away

• up

• in

• down

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

• broken

• broke

• destroyed

• dead

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

• cost

• costs

Come to my party ___ Saturday night.

• in

• on

• at

• upon

I can sell you bananas, but only _________.

• little

• few

• a little

• a few

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

• off

• out

• on

• up

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

• hang

• which hanging

• that are

• hanging

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

• ought not to be making

• had not to make

• mustn't make

• ought not to have made

It has been five years since I last __________ French.

• have spoken

• have been speaking

• was speaking

• spoke

Members of Parliament are _______ by the people.

• elected

• voted

• represented

• vote

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

• given

• taking

• taken

• giving

His job was so tiring that he felt absolutely ___________ .

• scattered

• sharpened

• scrabbled

• shattered

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

• lose, loose

• lose, lose

• loose, lose

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

• it's, its

• its, it's

• its, its