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ASVAB English Grammar Questions
Practise english grammar (english) for the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery: 10 multiple-choice questions, each with the correct answer and a worked explanation. Click an option to check it, or “New questions” for another set.
English Grammar practice
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Q1.Choose the correct option: There is no ___ in crying over spilt milk.
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Answer: A — use
Fixed expression: “There is no use (in) doing something”.
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Q2.Choose the correct option: The train ___ by the time we reach the station.
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Answer: B — will have left
An action completed before a future point takes the future perfect: “will have left”.
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Q3.Choose the passive voice of: “The chef cooked a delicious meal.”
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Answer: C — A delicious meal was cooked by the chef.
Simple past active → “was/were + past participle” in the passive.
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Q4.Choose the correct option: He insisted ___ paying the bill.
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Answer: B — on
“Insist” takes the preposition “on” + gerund.
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Q5.Choose the correct tag question: She can swim, ___?
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Answer: D — can’t she
A positive statement takes a negative tag with the same auxiliary: “can’t she?”.
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Q6.Choose the correct option: She is senior ___ me by two years.
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Answer: D — to
Latin comparatives (senior, junior, superior, inferior) take “to”, not “than”.
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Q7.Choose the correct option: The furniture in the house ___ new.
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Answer: D — is
“Furniture” is uncountable and takes a singular verb.
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Q8.Identify the correct sentence.
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Answer: A — He and I went to the market.
Subject pronouns (he, I) are needed for the subject of the verb.
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Q9.Choose the correct option: I look forward to ___ from you.
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Answer: B — hearing
In “look forward to”, “to” is a preposition, so it takes a gerund: “hearing”.
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Q10.Choose the correct option: This is the best book I ___.
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Answer: A — have ever read
A superlative + experience up to now uses the present perfect: “have ever read”.
How to approach english grammar questions
Find the subject first and make the verb agree with it, ignoring phrases in between. Watch fixed prepositions (good at, insist on, prefer to) and tense sequence in reported speech.
About ASVAB
Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery — conducted by US Department of Defense. Determines eligibility and job placement in the US military.
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