Grammar Quiz

Question 1

Fill in the blank.
"If I _____ my alarm, I wouldn't have overslept."

The third conditional is if + past perfect → would have + participle. The "if" half takes "had set"; "would have" belongs only in the result half. Both facts are real and finished: I didn't set the alarm, and I overslept.

Question 2

Fill in the blank.
"We would have enjoyed the trip more if it _____ every single day."

Same structure as Question 1, just reversed — the result comes first and the "if" clause second. The order can change, but the forms cannot: the "if" clause always takes the past perfect, never "would have."

Question 3

The facts: I lost my wallet. I couldn't pay for dinner.
Fill in the blank.
"If I hadn't lost my wallet, I _____ for dinner."

"Could" works in place of "would" when you mean ability rather than certainty — but it still needs have + participle to point at the past: "could have paid." "Could pay" would describe the present.

Question 4

Fill in the blank.
"People throw garbage on the ground everywhere. I wish they _____."

Use wish + would to complain about someone else's annoying habit: "I wish people would stop littering." Compare the three types — "I wish I had changed my racquet" (past regret), "I wish I could study more" (present wish), "I wish they would stop" (annoyance).

Question 5

Fill in the blank.
"I've been waiting since spring. It's about time I _____ my visa."

"It's about time" and "It's high time" are followed by the past tense, even though the meaning is present or future: "It's high time people stopped littering." The past form signals that the thing is overdue.

Question 6

Choose the correct sentence.

Two fixes. "Travel" is a verb or an uncountable idea ("I love travel"); for one journey use the countable noun "a trip". And because "trip" is singular and countable, it needs the article: "It was a trip."

Question 7

Fill in the blank.
"He finally got his documents, so he's already in _____ now."

Country names take no article: Poland, Spain, Georgia, Russia. The exceptions are countries whose names are plural or contain a common noun: the Netherlands, the Philippines, the United States, the Czech Republic.

Question 8

Fill in the blank.
"Whether I cook or order food _____ my mood that evening."

It is always depend on. Russian "зависит от" pushes you toward "of" or "from," but English has only one option here. The same goes for the near-synonym: rely on.

Question 9

Fill in the blank.
"I want to buy tickets _____ Georgia for October."

A ticket points at a destination, so it takes to: "tickets to Georgia," "a flight to Berlin." "Tickets in Georgia" would mean you were standing in Georgia when you bought them.

Question 10

Fill in the blank.
"We spent four days _____ Berlin, and I ran every morning."

Cities and countries take in: in Berlin, in Georgia, in Moscow. Use "at" only for a specific point or venue — "at the airport," "at the hotel."

Question 11

Fill in the blank.
"They _____ that the new tariffs will hurt their business."

"Afraid" is an adjective, and English adjectives need the verb be to attach to a subject: "they are afraid." Russian leaves the linking verb out, which is why this one vanishes so easily in fast speech.

Question 12

Choose the correct sentence.

States and feelings use be + adjective, not "have": I'm comfortable, I'm tired, I'm hungry, I'm afraid. "Have" is for possession — "I have a comfortable apartment" works, but then "comfortable" describes the noun.

Question 13

Choose the correct sentence.

English word order is fixed: Subject → Verb → Object. Russian lets you move the object to the front for emphasis, but in English that reverses the meaning — the first noun is read as the one doing the action. Ask yourself: who knows? The service. So the service goes first.

Question 14

Fill in the blank.
"Create something _____ you love, and the money will follow."

After a noun or a word like "something," use that — never "what." Russian "что" and Polish "co" both translate as "what," which is why "something what you love" sounds right. You can also drop it: "Create something you love."

Question 15

Fill in the blank.
"That factory is reliable — we work with _____ every year."

After a preposition, use the object pronoun: with them, for us, to him. "They" is a subject pronoun and only goes before a verb; "their" is possessive and needs a noun after it.

Question 16

Fill in the blank.
"I _____ about it yet — give me until tomorrow."

The word "yet" signals the present perfect — an action that has not happened up to now: "I haven't thought about it yet." Switch to the past simple only with a finished time: "I thought about it yesterday." (think – thought – thought)

Question 17

Fill in the blank.
"It took him a long time to _____ the rejection, but eventually he moved on."

Get over = recover from something difficult and move on — an illness, a loss, a disappointment. "Get through" is close, but it means to survive a hard period while it is happening.

Question 18

Fill in the blank.
"We don't have a huge budget, but somehow we _____."

Get by = manage with limited money, resources, or ability: "I can get by in French." "Get away" means to escape for a break, and "get along" is about relationships with people.

Question 19

Fill in the blank.
"A technical problem _____ by three weeks — we had to redo everything."

Set back = delay progress (it can also mean "cost money": "that watch set me back $500"). The noun form is one word: "That was the biggest setback of the project."

Question 20

Fill in the blank.
"I try to _____ time each week for reading — it's easy to let it slip."

Set aside = reserve something for later — time, money, or a topic you'll return to ("let's set that aside for now"). "Set out" means to begin a journey or to lay out a plan clearly.

Question 21

Fill in the blank.
"He _____ the fire alarm while making toast in the break room."

Set off = trigger something — an alarm, an argument, a chain of events. (It can also mean to begin a journey, the same as "set out.") "Set up" means to arrange or establish: "It took three months to set up the new office."

Question 22

Fill in the blank.
"The neighborhood is quiet and well lit — it's _____ for children."

Safe is the adjective, safety is the noun, safely is the adverb. Compare: "It's safe here" / "Safety is our priority" / "She drove safely." After "it's," you need the adjective.

Question 23

Choose the correct sentence.

"Very" cannot modify a verb. Use "really" before the verb — "I really love Georgia" — or "very much" after the object — "I love Georgia very much." "Very" only works in front of an adjective or adverb: very safe, very quickly.

Question 24

Fill in the blank.
"Chinese plants _____ millions of robots every year — you'd be hard pressed to find one made elsewhere."

Churn out = produce in large quantities, usually fast and cheaply. From the same article: curb = limit or stop, obliterate = destroy completely, and hard pressed to = would find it very difficult to.

Question 25

Fill in the blank.
"Something came up at work tonight — can we _____ on dinner?"

Take a rain check = postpone to a later date, while making clear you're still interested. "Make waves" = get noticed or cause a stir; "roll with the punches" = adapt to whatever happens.