GRAMMAR SAMPLE QUIZZERS:
Coverage: Identifying the Subject and the Verb; Subject-Verb
Agreement; Tenses of the Verb;
1. Identify the subject/s on the following sentences:
Sentence 1: The girls are looking for a nightlife when they heard a
music from a small bar.
Sentence 2: To escape from boredom, Liz and Ryan are watching TV.
a. Girls; TV
b. Nightlife; Liz and Ryan
c. Girls; Liz and Ryan
d. Music; Boredom
2. Identify the subject/s on the following sentences:
Sentence 1: Crying will not solve your problems.
Sentence 2: Growing old is natural to people.
a. Problems; Natural
b. Your Problems; People
c. Crying; Growing Old
d. Solve; People
3. Identify the subject/s on the following sentences:
Sentence 1: Her voice is beautiful, like Beyonce’s.
Sentence 2: His laugh is distinctive.
a. Beyonce; Laugh
b. Voice; Laugh
c. Beyonce; Distinctive
d. Beautiful; Distinctive
4. Identify the subject/s on the following sentences:
Sentence 1: Basketball and volleyball are my favorite sports.
Sentence 2: Brenda or her sister usually cooks for dinner.
a. Basketball and Volleyball; Brenda
b. Basketball and Volleyball; Brenda or her sister
c. Basketball and Volleyball; Her sister
d. Basketball and Brenda
5. Identify the verb/s on the following sentences:
Sentence 1: Basketball and volleyball are my favorite sports.
Sentence 2: Brenda or her sister usually cooks for dinner.
a. Basketball and Volleyball; Cooks
b. Sports; Cooks
c. Basketball and Volleyball; Dinner
d. Are; Cooks
6. Identify the subject/s on the following sentences:
Sentence 1: Singing makes your mood better.
Sentence 2: Smoking is dangerous to your health.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Singing; Smoking
Mood; Health
Mood; Smoking
Singing; Health
7. Identify the verb/s on the following sentences:
Sentence 1: Singing makes your mood better.
Sentence 2: Smoking is dangerous to your health.
a. Singing; Smoking
b. Singing; Is
c. Makes; Smoking
d. Makes; Is
8. Identify the verb/s on the following sentences:
Sentence 1: To become a superstar is her childhood dream.
Sentence 2: To forget about her problems, Alice went for shopping.
a. Is; Went
b. Become; Forget
c. Is; Shopping
d. Become; Shopping
9. Identify the subject/s on the following sentences:
Sentence 1: To become a superstar is her childhood dream.
Sentence 2: To forget about her problems, Alice went for shopping.
a. Superstar; Alice
b. Dream; To forget about her problems
c. To become a superstar; Alice
d. To become a superstar; To forget about her problems
10. Identify the subject/s on the following sentences:
Sentence 1: They just left their car in the alley.
Sentence 2: John and Pete got into a fist fight yesterday.
a. They; John and Pete
b. Car; Fist Fight
c. They; Pete
d. They; John
11. Identify the verb/s on the following sentences:
Sentence 1: They just left their car in the alley.
Sentence 2: John and Pete got into a fist fight yesterday.
a. Left; Fight
b. Left; Fist Fight
c. Left; Got
d. Just; Fight
12. Identify the subject/s on the following sentences:
Sentence 1: The kid cried out loud because the mother spanked him.
Sentence 2: The man packed his things and went home.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Kid and Mother; Man and Things
Kid; Man
Kid; Things
Kid and Mother; Man
13. Identify the verb/s on the following sentences:
Sentence 1: The kid cried out loud because the mother spanked him.
Sentence 2: The man packed his things and went home.
a. Cried; Packed
b. Cried and Spanked; Packed and Went
c. Cried out loud; Packed and Went
d. Cried and Spanked; Packed
14. Identify the subject/s on the following sentences:
Sentence 1: He ran out of money, so he stopped playing poker.
Sentence 2: She insisted to wash the dishes before leaving.
a. He; She
b. Money; dishes
c. Playing Poker; Leaving
d. Money; Leaving
15. Identify the verb/s on the following sentences:
Sentence 1: He ran out of money, so he stopped playing poker.
Sentence 2: She insisted to wash the dishes before leaving.
a. Ran out; Insisted
b. Ran out and Stopped; Insisted
c. Ran out and Stopped; Insisted and Wash
d. Ran out and Stopped; Insisted and Leaving
16. Identify the subject/s on the following sentences:
Sentence 1: I was sick so I went home early.
Sentence 2: Henry quietly entered the museum.
a. I; Museum
b. Home; Henry
c. I and Home; Henry and Museum
d. I; Henry
17. Identify the verb/s on the following sentences:
Sentence 1: I was sick so I went home early.
Sentence 2: Henry quietly entered the museum.
a. Was and Went; Entered
b. Was; Entered
c. Went; Entered
d. Was and Went; Quietly
18. Identify the subject/s on the following sentences:
Sentence 1: He came from the tribe of head-hunters.
Sentence 2: While on his date, he accidentally spilled his drinks.
a.
b.
c.
d.
He; While on his date
He; He
Head-Hunters; He
Tribe of head-hunters; He
19. Identify the verb/s on the following sentences:
Sentence 1: He came from the tribe of head-hunters.
Sentence 2: While on his date, he accidentally spilled his drinks.
a. Came; Accidentally
b. Came; On
c. Came; Spilled
d. Came; Drinks
20. Identify the verb/s on the following sentences:
Sentence 1: She likes a guy who is rich.
Sentence 2: Ryan stepped into my feet while we’re dancing.
a. Likes; Stepped
b. Likes and is; Stepped and Dancing
c. Likes; Stepped and Are dancing
d. Likes and is; Stepped and Are dancing
21. When you called, I ___________ a bath.
a. Was taking
b. Am taking
c. Have
d. Had
22. While I was cooking, my phone __________.
a. Is ringing
b. Rang
c. Was ringing
d. Had rung
23. I __________ in Paris for 5 years.
a. Will have been living
b. Will have lived
c. Will be living
d. Will living
24. They will finish their work before they _________.
a. Will go home
b. Would go home
c. Go home
d. Are going home
25. I am tired because I __________ for 8 hours.
a. Have worked
b. Have working
c. Had been working
d. Have been working
26. Anna usually ______ her pet in the afternoon.
a. Is walking
b. Will be walking
c. Walks
d. Walk
27. Most business establishments __________ over the last 10 years.
a. Have grown
b. Grew
c. Grow
d. Will grow
28. Our family ___________ in Canada when I was a kid.
a. Lived
b. Is living
c. Lives
d. Was living
29. If you had not arrived, I ___________ angry.
a. Would have been
b. Would be
c. Was
d. Am
30. They _________ the meeting yet.
a. Had not started
b. Have not started
c. Have not start
d. Had not start
31. Did she _________ you yesterday?
a. Called
b. Calling
c. Call
d. Calls
32. We will be ________ our meeting tomorrow at 9am.
a. Have
b. Had
c. Having
d. Has
33. I will be __________ an oral examination on Tuesday.
a. Conduct
b. Conducting
c. Conducted
d. Conducts
34. _________ you be in London tomorrow?
a. Will
b. Are
c. Were
d. Was
35. It _________ dark and we were not there yet.
a. Is getting
b. Gets
c. Was getting
d. Will get
36. All she _________ was the answer.
a. Wants
b. Want
c. Had wanted
d. Wanted
37. The couple _______ an announcement that their baby was a boy.
a. Make
b. Makes
c. Is Making
d. Made
38. He _______ the surgical mask to keep from catching the virus.
a. Wear
b. Wears
c. Wearing
d. Have been wearing
39. My friend _______ about her health condition.
a. Worry
b. Worrying
c. Worried
d. Worries
40. She ________ that it’s great.
a. Think
b. Thinking
c. Realizes
d. Realizing
41. My ________ cleans the house everyday.
a. Mother
b. Sisters
c. I
d. Brother and sister
44. The big mango tree in our front yard ______ our porch at noon.
a. Shades
b. Shade
c. Shading
d. Has Shading
45. I _________ for this company for 20 years and I intend to stay
until I retire.
a. Work
b. Am working
c. Was working
d. Have been working
46. _________ loves to travel.
a. Sharon
b. Sharon and her friends
c. I
d. We
47. We ______ late because we had some problems on our car.
a. Are
b. Were
c. Was
d. Will
48. Everyday I _______ up at 6 o’clock.
a. Wake
b. Woke
c. Was waking
d. Had woke
49. The author _______ since he was 20.
a. Writes
b. Wrote
c. Had been writing
d. Has been writing
50. Right now, Bob ______ the newspaper while Kate _______
breakfast.
a. Reads; Makes
b. Read; Make
c. Is reading; Is making
d. Read; Made