Grammar exercise for classes 9 and 10

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase. This grammar exercise tests your understanding of basic grammar rules.

1. One day man will ----------------- live on Mars.

a) can
b) be able to
c) been able to
d) have been able to

2. What have you ------------------ to discover?

a) been able
b) able
c) were able
d) had been

3. Are you interested in ------------------ to code?

a) to learn
b) learning
c) to learning
d) learn

4. You don't look happy ------------------ me.

a) to seeing
b) to see
c) in seeing
d) at seeing

5. She is your sister, -------------------?

a) isn't she
b) aren't she
c) doesn't she
d) is she

6. It was ----------------- that I decided to stay indoors.

a) so warm a day
b) a so warm day
c) so warm day

7. Peter is ---------------- in love with Janet.

a) mad
b) madly
c) badly
d) madden

8. Four people were ---------------- injured in the accident.

a) fatally
b) fatal
c) deadly
d) deathly

9. You can speak -----------------.

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 live on Mars.

2. What have you been able to discover?

3. Are you interested in learning to code?

4. You don't look happy to see me.

5. She is your sister, isn't she?

6. It was so warm a day that I decided to stay indoors.

7. Peter is madly in love with Janet.

8. Four people were fatally injured in the accident. (Deadly is an adjective. It means fatal. Fatally is the adverb for this meaning.)

9. You can speak freely. (Freely means without any restrictions. If you can have something for free, you don't have to pay for it.)

10. I very much enjoy reading.