General grammar exercise 3

General grammar exercise
This exercise tests your understanding of basic grammar rules.
1. One day man will ……………….. colonize Mars.
a) can
b) be able to
c) been able to
d) have been able to
2. What have you …………………….. to find out?
a) been able
b) able
c) were able
d) had been
3. I am very much interested in …………………… to paint.
a) to learn
b) learning
c) to learning
d) learn
4. You don’t look happy ……………………… me.
a) to see
b) to seeing
c) in seeing
d) at seeing
5. That dress is new, ……………………..?
a) isn’t it?
b) aren’t they
c) doesn’t it
d) won’t it
6. It was ……………………… that I didn’t go out.
a) so warm a day
b) a so warm day
c) so warm day

d) none of these
7. They were …………………….. in love with each other, so everybody was surprised when they decided to part ways.
a) mad
b) madly
c) badly
d) madden
8. She was ……………………… injured in the crash.


a) fatally
b) fatal
c) deadly
d) deathly
9. Feel ……………….. to speak. I won’t tell anyone what you say.
a) free
b) freely
c) with freedom
d) none of these
10. I very much enjoy ………………………..
a) reading
b) to read
c) read
d) to reading

Answers
1. One day man will be able to colonize Mars.
2. What have you been able to find out?
3. I am very much interested in learning to paint.
4. You don’t look happy to see me.
5. That dress is new, isn’t it?

6. It was so warm a day that I didn’t go out.
7. They were madly in love with each other, so everybody was surprised when they decided to part ways.
8. She was fatally injured in the crash.
9. Feel free to speak. I won’t tell anyone what you say.
10. I very much enjoy reading.

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