Grammar & Sentence Structure Flashcards

Select the correct passive form: 'They are building a new bridge.'

Answer: A new bridge is being built.

The present continuous passive is 'is/are being + past participle'.

Which sentence contains a correctly used relative pronoun?

Answer: This is the colleague whose idea won the award.

'Whose' shows possession for people and things.

Choose the sentence with the correct use of articles.

Answer: She plays the violin and wants to be an engineer.

Musical instruments take 'the', and 'an' precedes a vowel sound in 'engineer'.

Identify the sentence with correct comparative structure.

Answer: This task is far more difficult than the last one.

Long adjectives form comparatives with 'more', and 'than' introduces the comparison.

Which sentence correctly uses a gerund as a subject?

Answer: Swimming every morning improves your health.

A gerund (-ing form) can act as the subject and takes a singular verb.

Select the sentence with correct preposition usage.

Answer: The committee agreed on a new policy.

We 'agree on' a decision or plan that is reached jointly.

Choose the grammatically correct sentence.

Answer: Despite the rain, they continued the match.

'Despite' is followed directly by a noun phrase, without 'of'.