Test your understanding of basic grammar rules with this exercise

1. You needn’t ………………….. me up. I don’t have to go to work today.

a) wake
b) have woken

2. You don’t need …………………. for that call.

a) pay
b) to pay

3. I …………………….. trust her, if I were you.

a) won’t
b) wouldn’t

4. You ……………….. mend your ways.

a) have better
b) better have
c) had better

5. The program ……………….. on time.

a) began
b) begun

6. The cat has ……………….. all the milk.

a) drank
b) drunk

7. She ……………….. me that she would help me.

a) said
b) told

8. She told me …………………..

a) leave
b) to leave

9. The policeman asked what ………………… doing there.

a) was I
b) I was

10. I showed ………………….. the photo.

a) the officer
b) to the officer

Answers

1. You needn’t have woken me up. I don’t have to go to work today.

2. You don’t need to pay for that call.

3. I wouldn’t trust her, if I were you.

4. You had better mend your ways.

5. The program began on time.

6. The cat has drunk all the milk.

7. She told me that she would help me.

8. She told me to leave.

9. The policeman asked what I was doing there.

10. I showed the officer the photo.