IELTS Grammar & Sentence Structure 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Select the correct passive form: 'They are building a new bridge.'
- A new bridge is being built. (Correct answer)
- A new bridge is built.
- A new bridge has built.
- A new bridge was being build.
Correct answer: A new bridge is being built.
The present continuous passive is 'is/are being + past participle'.
Question 2: Which sentence contains a correctly used relative pronoun?
- This is the colleague whose idea won the award. (Correct answer)
- This is the colleague who's idea won the award.
- This is the colleague which idea won the award.
- This is the colleague whom idea won the award.
Correct answer: This is the colleague whose idea won the award.
'Whose' shows possession for people and things.
Question 3: Choose the sentence with the correct use of articles.
- She plays the violin and wants to be an engineer. (Correct answer)
- She plays violin and wants to be a engineer.
- She plays a violin and wants to be the engineer.
- She plays the violin and wants to be engineer.
Correct answer: She plays the violin and wants to be an engineer.
Musical instruments take 'the', and 'an' precedes a vowel sound in 'engineer'.
Question 4: Identify the sentence with correct comparative structure.
- This task is far more difficult than the last one. (Correct answer)
- This task is far difficulter than the last one.
- This task is more difficult then the last one.
- This task is the more difficult than the last one.
Correct answer: This task is far more difficult than the last one.
Long adjectives form comparatives with 'more', and 'than' introduces the comparison.
Question 5: Which sentence correctly uses a gerund as a subject?
- Swimming every morning improves your health. (Correct answer)
- Swim every morning improves your health.
- To swimming every morning improves health.
- Swims every morning improve your health.
Correct answer: Swimming every morning improves your health.
A gerund (-ing form) can act as the subject and takes a singular verb.
Question 6: Select the sentence with correct preposition usage.
- The committee agreed on a new policy. (Correct answer)
- The committee agreed to a new policy by voting.
- The committee agreed with a new policy.
- The committee agreed at a new policy.
Correct answer: The committee agreed on a new policy.
We 'agree on' a decision or plan that is reached jointly.
Question 7: Choose the grammatically correct sentence.
- Despite the rain, they continued the match. (Correct answer)
- Despite of the rain, they continued the match.
- Although the rain, they continued the match.
- Despite the rain, but they continued the match.
Correct answer: Despite the rain, they continued the match.
'Despite' is followed directly by a noun phrase, without 'of'.
IELTS Grammar & Sentence Structure 3
Select the correct passive form: 'They are building a new bridge.'