Grade 10 English – 6.1.2 Speaking Fluency Quiz
1. Choose the correct tag question: "You have finished your homework, ____?"
With the present perfect 'have finished', the correct question tag is 'haven't you?'.
2. Which contraction correctly represents 'They will not be here'?
The standard contraction for 'will not' is 'won't'.
3. Report the sentence correctly: Direct speech: "I am leaving now," she said. Which is correct?
When changing present continuous in direct speech to reported speech in the past, 'am leaving' becomes 'was leaving' and 'now' becomes 'then'.
4. Which is grammatically correct after the verb 'enjoy'?
Verbs like 'enjoy' are followed by a gerund (verb + -ing), not an infinitive.
5. Choose the correct subject-verb agreement: "The team ___ ready for the match."
In standard English, collective nouns like 'team' are treated as singular, so the singular verb 'is' is used.
6. Choose the correct past tense for a completed action: "I ___ my homework yesterday."
When a specific time in the past is mentioned ('yesterday'), the past simple 'did' is required rather than the present perfect.
7. Which is the correct negative contraction for 'I would not'?
The correct contraction of 'would not' is 'wouldn't' with an apostrophe; other forms are incorrect or nonstandard.
8. Choose the correct preposition: "He got ___ the bus and sat down."
We normally say 'get on the bus' for boarding public transport; 'in' is used for cars or small vehicles.
9. Select the correct comparative form: "This test is ___ than the last one."
The correct comparative of 'easy' is 'easier'.
10. Choose the most polite modal for a request: "___ you pass the salt?"
'Could you…?' is a polite modal question used when asking someone to do something.
11. Form the correct question: "Where ___ you go yesterday?"
For past actions with 'you', we use the auxiliary 'did' to form questions in the past simple: 'Where did you go?'
12. Which relative pronoun fits: "The teacher ____ taught us yesterday is absent today."
'Who' is used for people as the subject of the relative clause: 'the teacher who taught us'.
13. Choose the correct verb after 'Each of the students ___ a book.'
With 'each of', the verb agrees with the singular idea of 'each', so use singular 'has'.
14. Pick the correct passive form: "The story ___ by the headteacher last week."
A past passive form requires 'was' + past participle: 'was told' for 'told' in the past passive.
15. Select the correct second conditional form: "If I were the president, I ___ free school meals."
The second conditional uses 'If' + past simple (were) and 'would' + base verb for hypothetical present/future situations.
16. Which is correct: "When I was small I ___ play football every day."
'Used to' + base verb expresses a past habit that no longer happens.
17. Fill in the pronoun: "My sister and ___ are going to Nairobi."
In subject position with another subject ('My sister and ___'), use the subject pronoun 'I'.
18. Choose the correct adverb to complete the sentence: "She speaks English ___."
Adverbs (ending in -ly) modify verbs. 'Speaks' should be modified by the adverb 'fluently'.
19. Which sentence correctly uses present continuous for a planned future action?
Present continuous ('am meeting') is used to talk about definite plans in the near future.
20. Choose the correct tag for an imperative: "Close the door, ___?"
A polite imperative tag commonly uses 'will you?' to ask someone to do something.
21. Which question is the correct indirect question form?
In indirect questions the subject normally comes before the verb: 'where the school is', not 'where is the school'.
22. Choose the correct word: "I don't know ___ he will come."
'Whether' is used to introduce alternatives or uncertainty; it's correct here ('whether he will come').
23. Select the correct quantifier: "There isn't ___ sugar left."
'Sugar' is an uncountable noun, so we use 'much' rather than 'many' or countable quantifiers.
24. Choose the correct superlative: "She is one of the ___ students in class."
When comparing one among many, use the superlative form 'brightest' (one of the brightest).