Grammar Quiz

Verb Tense, Pronouns and Antecedents Quiz

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Most students ______ when teachers bring candy to class

A. love

B. loves

C. would love

D. loved


Either Susan or her sisters need to bring _____ the music for the dance.

A. her

B. their

C. its


I … a football player, but my friends … futsal players. We practice every afternoon in a different place.

A. am, were

B. was, were

C. am, are

D. was, are


She completed the group project by _______ because she did not trust her classmates.

A. herself

B. her

C. yourself

D. you


Everyone who wins the ping pong tournament will have ____ name engraved on this plaque.

A. his

B. their

C. its


At the end of the month, I _______ breakfast for myself for twenty-one days.

A. will have cooked

B. will cook

C. cooked

D. had cooked


If I ___________ my time better, I would have been done with the project by now.

A. had planned

B. planned

C. would plan

D. will plan


One should never underestimate ______ influence on younger siblings.

A. their

B. one’s

C. its


Detection programs are available that searches for and then destroys computer viruses.

A. NO CHANGE

B. searches for and destroys

C. search for and destroys

D. search for and destroy


Anyone who beats me at chess will get __________ name on a trophy.

A. his

B. their

C. one’s


By the end of high school, I ________ the ACT three times.

A. will have taken

B. will take

C. will be taking

D. take


The student liked his erasable pens because ________ wrote smoothly and erased completely.

A. they

B. it

C. he

D. she


Every year my high school hosts international exchange students, those teenagers join our senior year.

A. NO CHANGE

B. students, he or she is invited to

C. students who

D. students they


Neither Mrs. Howard nor Mrs. Koppe gave _____ students a detention for dress code violations.

A. their

B. one’s

C. her


The washers and dryers are lime green, and the paneling on the walls has been planned to match, although it was later varnished with some kind of artificial wood grain finish.

A. NO CHANGE

B. have been

C. were

D. are


As we __________ for the train, we ate our breakfast.

A. were waiting

B. are waiting

C. do wait

D. have waited


Each girl must provide ____ own lunch.

A. their

B. her

C. one’s


Either my sister or my parents will drive me to the play in ____ car.

A. their

B. her

C. one’s


Do you think the students will arrive on time with ____ essays?

A. his

B. their

C. one’s


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