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GED English Grammar Questions
Practise english grammar (english) for the GED Test: 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 form: By the time we arrived, the film ___.
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Answer: A — had already started
An action completed before another past action takes the past perfect: “had already started”.
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Q2.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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Q3.Choose the correct option: The committee ___ divided in their opinions.
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Answer: C — were
When members of a collective noun act individually (divided opinions), a plural verb is used: “were”.
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Q4.Choose the correct option: There is no ___ in crying over spilt milk.
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Answer: C — use
Fixed expression: “There is no use (in) doing something”.
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Q5.Choose the correct article: He is ___ honest man.
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Answer: D — an
“Honest” begins with a vowel sound (silent h), so “an”.
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Q6.Identify the correct sentence.
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Answer: D — He and I went to the market.
Subject pronouns (he, I) are needed for the subject of the verb.
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Q7.Choose the correct option: Let’s discuss ___ the matter tomorrow.
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Answer: A — no preposition
“Discuss” is transitive: we discuss the matter (no “about”).
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Q8.Choose the correct option: This is the best book I ___.
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Answer: B — have ever read
A superlative + experience up to now uses the present perfect: “have ever read”.
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Q9.Choose the correct option: He prefers tea ___ coffee.
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Answer: D — to
“Prefer X to Y” is the correct pattern.
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Q10.Choose the correct option: The furniture in the house ___ new.
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Answer: B — is
“Furniture” is uncountable and takes a singular verb.
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.
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