Grammar test

Question 1

Fill in the blank: Look! Uncle Jim ______ paint beautiful pictures.

Accepted Answer

can

Question 2

Aunt Kate says, 'You ① ______ (can/swim). You ② ______ (be) only five.'

Accepted Answer

can't swim

Question 3

Bob and Joyce could climb the stairs when they were four. This sentence uses the simple past tense correctly.

Accepted Answer

o

Question 4

Fill in the blank: Amy ______ English when she was three.

Accepted Answer

couldn't speak

Question 5

Aunt Kate says, 'I ______ (learn) to swim when I was ten.'

Accepted Answer

learned

Question 6

Fill in the blank: There is too much food. The boys ______ finish it.

Accepted Answer

can't

Question 7

Helen asks Aunt Kate, '______ you ______ when you ______ five?'

Accepted Answer

Could

Question 8

Paula ______ her name when she was three.

Accepted Answer

couldn't spell

Question 9

Ken ______ cook when he was ten.

Accepted Answer

could

Question 10

which mouse you like best?

Accepted Answer

0

Question 11

I carried the heavy shopping bags by ______.

Accepted Answer

myself

Question 12

Fill in the blank: Jacky couldn't ______ his shoelaces by himself last year.

Accepted Answer

tie

Question 13

Fill in the blank: When I was four years old, I couldn't ______ (dress) myself.

Accepted Answer

get dressed

Question 14

Fill in the blank: Danny can ______ (swim) very fast. He always wins races.

Accepted Answer

swim

Question 15

Aunt Kate says, 'I ______ (can/swim) when I was five. But I ______ (can't) play badminton.'

Accepted Answer

could swim, couldn't

Question 16

Sam ______ the guitar when he was seven.

Accepted Answer

could play