想要知道你的文法程度如何嗎？下面是 How English Works 這本書裡面的一些測試，分基礎 basic , 中級 intermediate , 進階 advanced 三個程度。基礎是對於一些比較基本的文法點，比方說名詞單複數，可數不可數名詞，冠詞定冠詞，比較級，現在簡單式，現在進行式等。中級的話比較多的時態，過去簡單式，過去完成式，過去進行式等，另外有假設語氣，助動詞，動詞的接續。進階有難啊，有名詞子句，形容詞子句，副詞子句，還有一些慣用法，跟一些比較細節的部分。

 

這些題目難在他們是單選題跟 “複選題" 都有，所以真的要非常清楚，不能用猜的。有些事比較非正式的用法，另外基礎的部分有些單字是故意拼錯的，當做錯誤的選項。基本上潔西覺得基礎跟中級部分假如能對到五十題，那文法觀念就算很好了，不過，潔西讓同學做的經驗是通常錯的比對的還多，複選真的是有難啊！潔西自己在最後進階部分也錯了不少題，不過進階有些題目真的比較刁，自己自我安慰兼解釋XD

 

下面是心情不好的碎碎念，可以直接跳過做題目。

 

潔西學生晚上有個大比賽，兩隊都是潔西的學生，住在一起的兄弟隊爭奪冠亞軍賽，非常精彩的比賽，兩隊表現的都非常好，但是既然是比賽就是會有勝負，打的是bo5: best of five 也就是最先贏三場的隊伍獲得勝利。比到第四場是各勝兩場，第五場要開始比賽的時候，潔西突然就超難過，眼淚開始一直流。因為知道有一隊一定贏比賽會很開心，但也有一隊鐵定會輸，會很傷心。手心手背都是肉啊！

 

打完第五場比賽，看到學生得到冠軍的歡樂表情，有開心，但看到學生輸掉比賽的表情，胃都開始痛了起來。因為這個隊伍的大部分學生潔西都教了超過一年，有些甚至是快兩年，去年他們跟資格賽也是一步之差飲恨沒能代表台灣出賽，潔西也是超難過。五點開始的比賽，比完都快十一點了，真的是非常辛苦。而且其實他們平常就非常認真的練習，花了很多時間很努力，唉，心疼這些小朋友。潔西本身就是個超情緒化，每次都想說不要看他們比賽了，因為只要他們輸了比賽，潔西就心情不好啊。

 

看的其實本來很餓的，沒吃晚餐啊，但是看完連飯都吃不下，難過啊！寫著寫著又繼續流眼淚，潔西真的覺得自己太多愁善感，太敏感，不過個性就這樣吧，也真的很喜歡那些可愛的學生，先前他們比賽輸了，潔西都會寫信去安慰他們，不過今天真的很難過啊，自己都安慰不了了。想他們一定更難過，就不吵他們了。但是又很鬱卒，所以就把先前打字的文法練習校對，順便重做過。自己都覺得好笑，不愧是英文老師啊，心情不好的時候居然做文法練習來分心XD

 

Queen 的 The show must go on 潔西先前學生輸掉比賽時給學生加油的歌，真的就是戲還是要演下去，還有更重要的比賽等著。另外還有 Kelly Clarkson 的 What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger 沒有殺死你的會讓你更強壯。還有 Fun 的 Carry on 繼續下去。人生就是這樣由一個又一個的挫折失敗組成，走來一路順利的人恐怕數得出來，可以的話當然不想要有失敗，不過呢實際上遇到挫折失敗而從中學習的人真的是會越來越強壯，越來越堅毅。

 

潔西遇到很多，但還是不夠堅強啊，呵呵。最近其實狀態很不好，有點焦慮吧，前陣子天氣不好，整個人一個崩潰邊緣，每天沒做什麼事就累到爆，昨天也是，勞心吧。昨天整理一下東西，本來想做蛋糕給同學吃，因為上星期很不好意思，因為臨時生病，只好請假，讓同學白跑一趟，不過因為大寶在球場看人家打籃球的時候被救球的人膝蓋撞到，眼睛上方眉毛下方有個超大傷口，傷口太大，又在眼睛上方，潔西實在不會處理，所以就帶大寶去診所，醫生說要縫針，要到大醫院，潔西又帶著大寶到雙和掛急診。

 

急診超多人的，潔西發現自己一個星期跑兩次急診，實在是有點噩夢啊。醫生在幫大寶縫針的時候，潔西不太敢看，很恐怖，而且縫好久，紗布都是血，雖然知道不嚴重，還是焦慮到一個極點。大寶事後跟潔西說，其實當下流了很多血，他滿頭滿手的血，他怕被罵，買了一瓶水，先把傷口沖洗過，手跟臉的血擦掉再回家，免得嚇死潔西。真的是不知道該稱讚他懂事還是罵他呢？潔西今天帶大寶一起去樓上的廟拜拜，昨天坐計程車去醫院的時候司機也關心一下，快過年了，是啊，真的是要健健康康平平安安啊！

 

剛剛突然想到，大寶今天說要去跟撞傷他的朋友說他沒事，恩，也不是沒事，不過潔西覺得他就是個很體貼的孩子啊。然後潔西突然想到，潔西跟老姐都沒有問說那個撞到的人是誰。那個人應該也嚇死了吧，看到大寶流那麼多血。潔西覺得真的就是大寶運氣不好，也不會想要找他的朋友或家長理論，就一個意外。電視上好像都會演哪種得理不饒人的家長。當然或許更嚴重的話又是另外一回事。不過運氣也不算太不好，還好不是傷到眼睛，是上方，不然就真的嚴重了，感謝老媽跟天上的神有保佑。

 

亂寫一通，心情真的有比較平復了，胃還是不舒服，太焦慮了吧，最近。今天又緊張過度，看學生比賽真的看到心臟病都快發作了。其實早上天氣好，心情超high的，覺得自己是無敵萬能，狀況超好的，還想去捐血，後來想想，恩，沒有真的那麼好，明明上星期六才去急診的，還是不要鬧了。就一個獅子座，天氣好，心情好時都覺得自己是無敵，唉，該睡了。最近眼睛很不舒服，所以幾乎不太能看電腦或手機，今天又用超時了，雖然一點也不想睡，但是還是要睡覺去，昨天完全沒吃安眠藥，累到不知怎麼睡著了，早上起來發現筆電摔在地上，暈倒，還好潔西房間太亂，筆電下面還有東西擋著，沒直接摔，不然就要花大錢了。今天要先把筆電關機收好先。希望潔西的周遭的人都平平安安健健康康，潔西不可以哭了啊，心情不好抵抗力會大減，要保持好心情。加油加油！贏比賽的學生恭喜，輸了的學生下次的大比賽一定會贏的，要有信心，兩隊今年都會代表台灣去參加比賽，加油！！！

 

題目出自 How English Works ，版權所有歸於牛津出版社。題目有單選跟複選題。分三個部分，各三十題，答案在最後面。

How English Works       Oxford    Michael Swan & Catherine Walter

Test yourself: basic points

Choose the correct answer(s). One or more answers may be correct

1. She’s … university teacher.

A. a    B. an    C. the    D. one

2. I like … small animals.

A. the    B. —(nothing)    C. every    D. all

3. Is this coat …?

A. yours    B. your    C. the yours

4. Is Diana …?

A. a friend of yours    B. a your friend    C. your friend

5. Who are … people over there?

A. that    B. the     C. these     D. those

6. … is your phone number?

A. Which    B. What    C. How

7. Could I have … drink?

A. other    B. an other    C. another

8. There aren’t … for everybody.

A. chairs enough    B. enough chairs    C. enough of chairs

9. They’re … young to get married.

A. too much    B. too    C. very too

10. Most … like travelling.

A. of people    B. of the people    C. people

11.Ann and Peter phone … every day.

A. them    B. themself    C. themselves    D. each other

12. It’s … weather.

A. terrible    B. a terrible    C. the terrible

13. The plural of car is cars. Which of these are correct plurals?

A. journeys    B. ladys    C. minuts    D. sandwichs    E. babies

14. Which of these is/are correct?

A. happier    B. more happier    C. unhappier    D. beautifuller

15. This is … winter for 20 years.

A. the more bad    B. worse    C. the worse    D. worse    E. the worst

16. She’s much taller … me.

A. than    B. as    C. that

17. He lives in the same street … me.

A. that    B. like    C. as    D. than

18. Her eyes … a very light blue.

A. are    B. have    C. has

19. … help me?

A. Can you to    B. Do you can    C. Can you

20. You … worry about it.

A. not must    B. don’t must    C. must not    D. mustn’t

21. It … again. It … all the time here in the winter.

A. ‘s raining, ‘s raining    B. rains, rains    C. rains, is raining

D. ‘s raining, rains

22. I … she … you.

A. think, likes    B. am thinking, is liking    C. think, is liking

D. am thinking, likes

23. Who … the window?

A. open    B. opened    C. did opened

24. Why … ?

A. those men are laughing   B. are laughing those men

C. are those men laughing

25. What … ?

A. does she want    B. does she wants    C. she wants

26. I didn’t … he was at home.

A. to think    B. think    C. thinking    D. thought

27. … a hole in my sock.

A. There’s     B. There is     C. It’s      D. It is     E. Is

28. I’ll see you … Tuesday afternoon.

A. at    B. on     C. in

29. What time did you arrive … the station?

A. at    B. to    C. —

30.  We’re going … the opera tomorrow night.

A. at    B. —    C. in     D. to

 

Test yourself: intermediate points

31. I went out without … money.

A. some    B. any

32. He’s got … money.

A. much    B. many    C. a lot of    D. lots of

33. ‘Who’s there?’ ‘ … .’

A. It’s me    B. It is I    C. Me    D. I

34. Although he felt very … , he smiled … .

A. angrily, friendly    B. angry, friendly    C. angry, in a friendly way

35. I … to America.

A. have often been    B. often have been     C. have been often

36. My mother … my birthday.

A. always forgets    B. always is forgetting    C. forgets always

37. You look … a teacher.

A. like    B. as    C. the same like

38. How many brothers and sisters … ?

A. have you got    B. do you have    C. are you having

39. Good! I … work tomorrow.

A. mustn’t    B. don’t have to    C. haven’t got to

40. I … smoke.

A. —    B. use to    C. used to

41. Andrew … to see us this evening.

A. will come    B. comes    C. is coming

42. Alice … have a baby.

A. will    B. shall    C. is going to

43. I knew that he … waiting for somebody.

A. is    B. was    C. would

44. … Gloria last week?

A. Have you seen    B. Did you see    C. Were you seeing

45. She’s an old friend — I … her … years.

A. ‘ve known, for    B. know, for    C. ‘ve known, since   D. know, since

46. We met when we … in France.

A. studied    B. were studying    C. had studied

47. As soon as she came in I knew I … her before.

A. have seen   B. saw    C. had seen

48. This picture … by a friend of my mother’s.

A. is painting    B. is painted    C. was painting    D. was painted

49. Can you …?

A. make me some tea    B. make some tea for me    C. make for me some tea

50. Try … be late.

A. not to    B. to not

51. I went to London … clothes.

A. for buy    B. for to buy    C. for buying    D. to buy

52. You can’t live very long without … .

A. to eat    B. eat    C. eating    D. you eat

53. I enjoy … , but I would like … it all my life.

A. to teach, to do    B. teaching, doing    C. to teach, doing

D. teaching, to do

54. Her parents don’t want … married.

A. her to get    B. her get    C. that she get    D. that she gets

55. I’m not sure what …

A. do they want?    B. do they want.    C. they want.

56. The policeman … me not to park there.

A. asked    B. said    C. told    D. advised

57. I … you if you … that again.

A. hit, say    B. will hit, will say    C. hit, will say    D. will hit, say

58. It would be nice if we … a bit more room.

A. would have    B. had    have

59. If you … me, I … in real trouble last year.

A. didn’t help, would have been    B. hadn’t helped, would have been

C. hadn’t helped, would be    D. didn’t help, would be

60. There’s the man … took your coat.

A. which    B. who    C. that    D. —

 

Test yourself: advanced pints

61. My family … thinking of moving to Birmingham.

A. is    B. are

62. We watched a … on TV last night.

A. war film    B. war’s film    C. film of war

63. He was wearing … riding boots.

A. red old Spanish leather    B. old leather red Spanish

C. old red Spanish leather    D. Spanish red old leather

64.  … he gets, … .

A. The richer, the more friends he has     B. Richer, more he has friends

C.  Richer, more friends he has    D. The richer, the more he has friends

65. It’s … if you take the train.

A. quicker    B. the quicker    C. quickest    D. the quickest

66. He … very annoying.

A. is    B. is being

67. That … be Roger at the door — it’s too early.

A. can’t    B. mustn’t    C. couldn’t

68. At last, after three days, they … get to the top of the mountain.

A. could    B. managed to    C. succeeded to    D. were able to

69. It was crazy to drive like that. You … killed somebody.

A. may have    B. might have    C. could have    D. can have

70. I wonder if John … this evening.

A. will phone    B. phones

71. Who … you that ring?

A. ‘s given    B. gave

72. He … quite different since he … married.

A. is, has got    B. has been, has got    C. is, got    D. has been, got

73. This is the first time I … a sports car.

A. ‘ve driven    B. ‘m driving    C. drive

74. On her birthday … .

A. she was given a new car   B. a new car was given to her

75. We can’t use the sports hall yet because it … .

A. is still built    B. is still building    C. is still being built

76. I looked forward … you soon.

A. seeing    B. to seeing    C. to see

77. If you have trouble going to sleep, try … a glass of milk before bedtime.

A. drinking    B. to drink    C. drink

78. This is my friend Joe, I … met, have you?

A. don’t think you’ve    B. think you haven’t

79. How … !

A. he works hard    B. hard he works

80. Which of these sentences are correct in spaken English?

A. Car’s running badly.   B. Seen Peter?    C. Can’t come in here, sorry.

D. Careful what you say.    E. Lost my glasses.    F. Have heard of her.

81. Nobody phoned, did … ?

A. he   B. she    C. they    D. it    E. he or she    F. anybody

82. If you were ever in trouble, I would give you all the help you … .

A. will need    B. would need    C. need    D. needed

83. My wife will be upset … .

A. if I don’t get back tomorrow    B. unless I get back tomorrow

84. Tell me at once … Margaret arrives.

A. if     B. when    C. in case

85. It’s time you … home, but I’d rather you … here.

A. go, stay    B. went, stayed    C. go, stayed    D. went, stay

86. I wish I … more time.

A. had    B. have    C. would have    D. will have

87. John Hastings, … , has just come to live in our street.

A. that I was at school with    B. I was at school with

C. with who I was at school     D. with whom I was at school

88. She keeps tapping her fingers, … gets on my nerves.

A. which    B. what    C. that which

89. Can you finish the job … Friday?

A. till    B. until    C. by    D. for

90. There’s a supermarket … our house.

A. in front of    B. opposite    C. facing

 

 

 

Answer Key

Basic Points

1. A   2. B, D   3. A   4. A, C   5. B, D   6. B   7. C   8. B   9. B   10. C

11. D  12. A  13. A, E  14. A, C   15. E   16. A   17. C   18. A   19. C  20. C, D

21. D  22. A  23. B   24. C   25. A   26. B   27. A, B   28. B   29. A   30. D

 

Intermediate Points

31.B  32. C, D 33. A, C  34. C  35. A  36. A  37. A  38. A, B  39. B, C  40. A, C

41.A, C  42. C  43. B  44. B  45. A   46. B   47. C   48. D   49. A, B   50. A

51.D  52. C  53. D  54. A  55. C  56. A, C, D   57. D  58. B   59. B   60. B, C

 

Advanced Points

61.A, B   62. A   63. C   64. A   65. A, C

66. A, B   67. A, C   68. B, D   69. B, C   70. A

71. B   72. C, D   73. A   74. A   75. C

76. B   77. A   78. A   79. B   80. A, B, C, D, E

81.C   82. D   83. A   84. A, B   85. B

86. A   87. D   88. A  89. C, D  90. B, C