Tom's Big Fat Grammar Quiz

Theo ___ information systems this semester.

• study

• studies

• is studying

Class was almost finished when my computer battery ___.

• die

• died

• was dying

My Spanish is rubbish now, but it ___ quite good.

• used to

• was used to be

• used to be

I ____ for 5 minutes before I realised my mic was on mute.

(All are possible, but which is the BEST?)

• spoke

• was speaking

• had spoken

• had been speaking

___ articles all morning and I can't find anything!

• I looked for

• I've looked for

• I've been looking for

• I'd looked for

Most houses in this country have ___ garden

• a

• the

• -

• an

I usually read the news while I eat ___ breakfast

• -

• a

• the

The first thing they did after being apart for a year was hug ___.

• themselves

• someone

• each other

___ children play basketball on Saturdays.

• Either

• Neither

• Both

• Both of

I'm not fussy. I'll eat ___.

• something

• everything

• anything

• nothing