General Grammar Exercise

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.

1. One day scientists will …………………… find a cure for cancer.

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 interested in …………………….. to cook.

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 could hardly work.

a) so warm a day
b) a so warm day
c) so warm day
d) none of these

7. I don’t know why they decided to split. They were …………………………. in love with each other.

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

8. She was ………………………….. injured in the crash.

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

9. You can 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) swimming
b) to swim
c) swim
d) to swimming

Answers

1. be able to
2. been able
3. learning (The adjective interested is followed by in + noun/-ing form.)
4. to see (Some adjectives are followed by infinitives. Happy is one of them.)
5. isn’t it?
6. so warm a day
7. madly
8. fatally (Deadly is an adjective and it means fatal. The adverb for this meaning is fatally.)
9. freely (Free means without payment. Freely means without restriction.)
10. swimming (The verb enjoy can be followed by a noun/pronoun/-ing form. It cannot be followed by an infinitive.)