English Grammar Test

1. The report _____ by the team before the deadline.

Passive voice is needed here: "was completed" — the report doesn't perform the action itself.

2. She said she _____ tired.

In reported speech, present tense usually shifts back to past tense: "is" becomes "was."

3. If I _____ known earlier, I would have told you.

Third conditional (unreal past) needs past perfect in the if-clause: "had known."

4. The man _____ called you is my neighbour.

"Who" is the correct relative pronoun for a person acting as the subject of the clause.

5. You _____ have called — I already knew.

"Needn't have" means an action was unnecessary (but was done anyway) — fitting "I already knew."

6. Rarely _____ such dedication.

Negative adverbials like "rarely" at the start of a sentence trigger inversion: "have I seen."

7. By next year, she _____ here for a decade.

Future perfect is needed for an action completed by a specific future point: "will have worked."

8. He asked me where _____.

Reported questions use normal word order (subject + verb), not question order: "I lived."

9. Neither of the answers _____ correct.

"Neither of" takes a singular verb in formal English.

10. It's believed that the company _____ significant losses.

This passive reporting structure most naturally pairs with present perfect to describe an ongoing situation with present relevance: "has suffered."

11. I wish I _____ more time to prepare.

"Wish" about a present situation takes the past simple, expressing something contrary to current reality.

12. The bridge, _____ was built in 1990, is being renovated.

A non-defining relative clause (with commas) uses "which," not "that," for things.

13. She's the only one _____ finished on time.

"Who" refers to a person as the subject of the clause.

14. He denied _____ the money.

"Deny" is followed by a gerund ("-ing" form), not an infinitive or base form.

15. _____ it not been for your help, we would have failed.

This is inverted third conditional, a more formal alternative to "If it had not been for..." — starting with "Had."