Adjectives and Tenses Quiz

Select the sentence that demonstrates a grammatically correct mixed conditional form.

1. If I had studied medicine, I would be a doctor now.
2. If she would have arrived earlier, she wouldn't have missed the opening speech.
3. If he would listen to advice, he wouldn't have made so many mistakes.
4. If I was taller, I would have joined the basketball team.

Answer: (a) If I had studied medicine, I would be a doctor now.

Identify the most appropriate future form to complete this sentence: "By the time you receive this letter, I ________ to my new address."

1. will move
2. will have moved
3. will be moving
4. am going to move

Answer: (b) will have moved

Which sentence shows incorrect usage of stative and dynamic verbs?

1. I am feeling extremely disappointed with the service.
2. She is appearing in court tomorrow morning.
3. He is seeing the specialist next week about his knee injury.
4. I am knowing the answer to this tricky riddle.

Answer: (d) I am knowing the answer to this tricky riddle.

Which sentence demonstrates correct usage of perfect infinitives?

1. We expect to had finished the project by next week.
2. They claim to having solved the problem.
3. She pretends to never have seen the document before.
4. He seems to have been working all night on the proposal.

Answer: (d) He seems to have been working all night on the proposal.

Identify the sentence with incorrect use of conditional tenses.

1. If you had asked me, I would have told you the truth.
2. If it rains tomorrow, we will cancel the picnic.
3. If I would win the lottery, I would buy a new house.
4. Had she arrived earlier, she might have met the director.

Answer: (c) If I would win the lottery, I would buy a new house.

Identify the sentence with appropriate use of simple and perfect infinitives.

1. She seems to have finished the project ahead of schedule.
2. He appears to has left without saying goodbye.
3. They hope to had completed the training by next month.
4. I expected to having received a response by now.

Answer: (a) She seems to have finished the project ahead of schedule.

Select the sentence that correctly uses past perfect and past simple.

1. When she arrived, the film already started.
2. After he had finished his work, he went home.
3. They had left before I had arrived.
4. By the time we reached the station, the train left.

Answer: (b) After he had finished his work, he went home.

Select the correct tense: By this time next year, she ___ her novel.

1. writes
2. will write
3. will have written
4. wrote

Answer: (c) will have written

Which principle explains why 'The situation is getting more and more worse' is incorrect?

1. Double comparatives create redundancy as 'more' and '-er' serve the same function.
2. The construction 'more and more' requires a positive adjective form.
3. Progressive verbs cannot be used with comparative structures.
4. Worse' already means 'more bad', so adding 'more' is illogical duplication.

Answer: (d) Worse' already means 'more bad', so adding 'more' is illogical duplication.

Identify the sentence with the correct irregular comparative form:

1. This novel is the best than his previous work.
2. This novel is better than his previous work.
3. This novel is more good than his previous work.
4. This novel is well than his previous work.

Answer: (b) This novel is better than his previous work.