Nouns, Pronouns, and Determiners – English Grammar Test for B1
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Reading Passage
Last Saturday, Emma went shopping with her mother. They wanted to buy some food for the weekend. In the supermarket, they bought a few apples, some bananas, and a loaf of bread. Emma also asked for some milk, but there wasn’t much left on the shelf. Her mother said, “We don’t need many bananas. Let’s buy only a few.” After that, they looked at the clothes section. Emma saw a beautiful red dress. “Whose dress is this?” she asked. “It’s not anybody’s; it’s for sale,” her mother laughed. Emma smiled and said, “I hope it can be mine one day.” They paid for the food and carried the bags home. Emma was very happy because she helped her mother and also learned how to use money wisely. She promised herself, “Next time, I will choose something useful, not just something pretty.”
1 Who went shopping last Saturday?
(a) Emma and her friend
(b) Emma and her mother
(c) Emma and her sister
2 What did they want to buy?
(a) Clothes
(b) Food
(c) Books
3 They bought a few … .
(a) apples
(b) oranges
(c) pears
4 How many loaves of bread did they buy?
(a) one
(b) two
(c) three
5 Did Emma ask for milk? (Yes/No)
6 Was there much milk left on the shelf? (Yes/No)
7 Emma’s mother said they didn’t need many … .
8 Which color was the dress Emma saw?
9 Emma asked, “Whose dress is this?” – What was the answer?
10 Did her mother laugh? (Yes/No)
11 Emma hoped the dress could be … one day.
12 After shopping, they … for the food.
(a) paid
(b) looked
(c) cooked
13 Where did they carry the bags?
14 How did Emma feel after shopping?
15 Emma helped her mother and learned how to use … wisely.
16 Did Emma promise herself to choose something useful next time? (Yes/No)
17 The pronoun “they” in line 2 refers to … .
18 The pronoun “it” in line 6 refers to … .
19 The pronoun “she” in line 7 refers to … .
20 The determiner in “a few apples” is … .
21 The determiner in “some bananas” is … .
22 The determiner in “a loaf of bread” is … .
23 The determiner in “much left” is … .
24 The determiner in “many bananas” is … .
25 The pronoun “mine” in line 8 refers to … .
26 True/False: Emma bought the red dress.
27 True/False: They carried the bags home.
28 True/False: Emma was sad after shopping.
29 Fill in: Emma wanted to buy something not just … but … .
30 What day of the week did they go shopping?
Answer
1 (b) Emma and her mother
Explanation: The passage says “Emma went shopping with her mother.”
2 (b) Food
Explanation: They wanted to buy food for the weekend.
3 (a) apples
Explanation: They bought a few apples.
4 (a) one
Explanation: They bought a loaf of bread = one.
5 Yes
Explanation: Emma asked for some milk.
6 No
Explanation: “There wasn’t much left.”
7 bananas
Explanation: Her mother said, “We don’t need many bananas.”
8 red
Explanation: Emma saw a red dress.
9 It’s not anybody’s; it’s for sale.
Explanation: The mother’s answer.
10 Yes
Explanation: The passage says her mother laughed.
11 hers
Explanation: Emma hoped the dress could be “mine” one day.
12 (a) paid
Explanation: They paid for the food.
13 home
Explanation: They carried the bags home.
14 happy
Explanation: Emma was very happy.
15 money
Explanation: She learned how to use money wisely.
16 Yes
Explanation: She promised to choose something useful.
17 Emma and her mother
Explanation: “They” refers to both.
18 the dress
Explanation: “It” refers to the dress.
19 Emma’s mother
Explanation: “She said” = the mother.
20 a few
Explanation: Quantifier for countable plural nouns.
21 some
Explanation: Determiner before “bananas.”
22 a
Explanation: Article “a loaf of bread.”
23 much
Explanation: Determiner for uncountable nouns.
24 many
Explanation: Determiner for countable plural.
25 the red dress
Explanation: “Mine” refers to the dress.
26 False
Explanation: She didn’t buy it, she just hoped.
27 True
Explanation: They carried the bags home.
28 False
Explanation: She was happy, not sad.
29 pretty … useful
Explanation: She wanted something useful, not just pretty.
30 Saturday
Explanation: The passage begins with “Last Saturday.”