English Grammar Test A2 (Elementary)
- A2 Elementary: past simple, comparatives, going to, much/many
- 15 questions
- 15 minutes
This test covers A2 grammar: the past simple, the present continuous, comparatives and superlatives, going to, much/many, any and have to. Tip: time words such as yesterday, now or next week usually point to the right tense.
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Question 1
We ____ to the beach last weekend.
Correct answer: C
Last weekend is a finished time in the past, so we use the past simple: went (the past of go). The present perfect (have gone) is not used with finished past time expressions.
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Question 2
____ you see the game yesterday?
Correct answer: A
Past simple questions use Did + subject + base verb: Did you see…? Were is the past of be and is not followed by a base verb like see.
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Question 3
My brother is ____ than me.
Correct answer: D
Short adjectives form the comparative with -er: tall → taller. More taller is wrong because it uses both more and -er.
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Question 4
This is ____ restaurant in town.
Correct answer: B
Good has the irregular superlative the best. We use a superlative with the to compare one thing with all the others in a group (in town).
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Question 5
How ____ water do you drink every day?
Correct answer: B
Water is uncountable, so we ask How much. How many is for plural countable nouns: How many glasses?
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Question 6
I'm ____ visit my grandparents next week.
Correct answer: C
For plans we use be going to + base verb: I'm going to visit. Will cannot follow I'm, and going needs to before the verb.
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Question 7
Is there ____ milk in the fridge?
Correct answer: A
In questions with uncountable nouns like milk, we usually use any. Many is for plural nouns, an is only for singular countable nouns, and a lot needs of (a lot of milk).
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Question 8
She ____ late for work. She is always on time.
Correct answer: D
Adverbs of frequency usually come after the verb be: She is never late. Is not never is a double negative, which is not correct in standard English.
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Question 9
I ____ my homework last night because I was sick.
Correct answer: C
The past simple negative is didn't + base verb: didn't do. After didn't, the main verb stays in the base form, so didn't did is wrong.
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Question 10
Please be quiet. The baby ____.
Correct answer: A
The action is happening right now, so we use the present continuous: is sleeping. Baby is singular, so are sleeping is wrong.
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Question 11
Yesterday Tom ____ his phone on the bus.
Correct answer: B
Leave is an irregular verb: leave, left, left. Irregular verbs do not take -ed, so leaved and lefted are not words.
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Question 12
I was born ____ 2010.
Correct answer: D
Use in with years: in 2010. On is for days and dates (on March 4), and at is for clock times (at 6 o'clock).
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Question 13
You ____ wear a helmet when you ride a bike. It's the rule.
Correct answer: B
Have to expresses a rule or obligation, and with you the form is have to. Must is never followed by to, so must to is wrong.
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Question 14
Which sentence is correct?
Correct answer: A
People is a plural countable noun, so it takes are and many: There aren't many people here. Much is for uncountable nouns like time or money.
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Question 15
Where ____ you at 8 o'clock last night?
Correct answer: D
The past of be is was with I, he, she and it, and were with you, we and they: Where were you…? Did needs a main verb after the subject.
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