ELTIS - English Language Test for International Students Grammar and Sentence Structure Practice Test 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct.
- She don't know the answer to the question.
- She doesn't knows the answer to the question.
- She doesn't know the answer to the question. (Correct answer)
- She not know the answer to the question.
Correct answer: She doesn't know the answer to the question.
With a third-person singular subject ('she'), the auxiliary verb must be 'doesn't' (does + not), and the main verb stays in its base form 'know' — not 'knows'.
Question 2: Fill in the blank: 'He _____ to school every day when he was young.'
- walks
- is walking
- walked (Correct answer)
- has walked
Correct answer: walked
The phrase 'when he was young' signals a past habitual action, so the simple past tense 'walked' is correct.
Question 3: Which sentence uses articles correctly?
- I saw an useful video about grammar.
- She wants to be a engineer someday.
- They adopted a dog from an animal shelter. (Correct answer)
- He is a honest person who never lies.
Correct answer: They adopted a dog from an animal shelter.
'A' is used before consonant sounds and 'an' before vowel sounds. 'A dog' is correct (consonant sound), and 'an animal shelter' is correct (vowel sound).
Question 4: Choose the correct pronoun to complete the sentence: 'The teacher gave _____ the assignment yesterday.'
- we
- us (Correct answer)
- our
- ours
Correct answer: us
After a verb like 'gave', an object pronoun is needed. 'Us' is the object form of 'we', while 'we' is a subject pronoun and cannot be used here.
Question 5: Which sentence correctly uses a conjunction to join two ideas?
- She was tired, but she finished her homework. (Correct answer)
- She was tired but, she finished her homework.
- She was tired, but, she finished her homework.
- She was tired but she, finished her homework.
Correct answer: She was tired, but she finished her homework.
A comma is placed before a coordinating conjunction ('but') when it joins two independent clauses. No additional comma is needed after 'but'.
Question 6: Fill in the blank: 'By the time class started, the teacher _____ already written the instructions on the board.'
- has
- had (Correct answer)
- have
- was
Correct answer: had
The past perfect tense ('had' + past participle) is used to show that one past action was completed before another past action. 'Had written' is correct here.
ELTIS - English Language Test for International Students Grammar and Sentence Structure Practice Test 2
Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct.