B2 English Grammar Test – Word Order multiple-choice questions

1   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) She will tell you this story in the park tomorrow.

b) She will tell you tomorrow this story in the park.

c) She tomorrow will tell you this story in the park.

d) She will tell you this story tomorrow in the park.

2   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) My grandfather a passionate numismatist was.

b) Was my grandfather passionate numismatist.

c) A passionate numismatist my grandfather was.

d) My grandfather was a passionate numismatist.

3   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) He gave to the child a cookie.

b) He gave a cookie to the child.

c) A cookie he gave to the child.

d) A cookie gave he to the child.

4   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) Why can’t we have a cup of coffee at first?

b) Why we can’t have a cup of coffee at first?

c) Can’t why we have a cup of coffee at first?

d) Why have we can’t a cup of coffee at first?

5   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) Trouble may I you for a napkin?

b) I may you trouble for a napkin?

c) May trouble I you for a napkin?

d) May I trouble you for a napkin?

6   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) My brother finds always a way out of any situation.

b) Always my brother finds a way out of any situation.

c) My brother finds a way out of any situation always.

d) My brother always finds a way out of any situation.

7   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) You easily can lose your friend’s trust.

b) You can lose easily your friend’s trust.

c) You can easily lose your friend’s trust.

d) Easily you can lose your friend’s trust.

8   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) Yesterday it was his car that stolen.

b) That stolen car was his yesterday.

c) It was his car that was stolen yesterday.

d) It was that his car stolen yesterday.

9   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) She bought a new white mink fur coat a week ago.

b) She bought a white new mink fur coat a week ago.

c) She bought a new mink white fur coat a week ago.

d) She bought a white mink new fur coat a week ago.

10   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) Who had been sleeping during the flight the man woke up.

b) The man during the flight who had been sleeping woke up.

c) The man woke up who had been sleeping during the flight.

d) The man who had been sleeping during the flight woke up.

11   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) Hardly had Tom the house reached, it started to snow heavily.

b) Hardly Tom had reached the house, it started to snow heavily.

c) Hardly had Tom reached the house, it started to snow heavily.

d) Hardly had reached the house Tom, it started to snow heavily.

12   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) Never before such a beautiful place had visited Jake.

b) Never before Jake had visited such a beautiful place.

c) Never before had Jake visited such a beautiful place.

d) Never before such a beautiful place Jake had visited.

13   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) Andrew bought a large beautiful round aquarium yesterday.

b) Andrew bought a large round beautiful aquarium yesterday.

c) Andrew bought a round beautiful large aquarium yesterday.

d) Andrew bought a beautiful large round aquarium yesterday.

14   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) Monthly bonus it is unfair to give him.

b) It is unfair to give him monthly bonus again.

c) It is unfair him monthly bonus again to give.

d) To give him monthly bonus again is it unfair.

15   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) I didn’t like new haircut her.

b) Her new haircut like I didn’t.

c) I didn’t her new haircut like.

d) Her new haircut I didn’t like.

16   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) My uncle is a tall middle-aged dark-eyed man.

b) My uncle is a tall dark-eyed middle-aged man.

c) My uncle is a dark-eyed tall middle-aged man.

d) My uncle is a middle-aged tall dark-eyed man.

17   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) What the results are of your blood test?

b) What are the results of your blood test?

c) What the results of your blood test are?

d) What of your blood test are the results?

18   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) I’m a bit late, am not I?

b) I’m, aren’t I, a bit late?

c) Aren’t I, I’m a bit late?

d) I’m a bit late, aren’t I?

19   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) They took a kitten small black home.

b) They took a small black kitten home.

c) They took a black small kitten home.

d) Home they took a kitten small black.

20   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) Can Mr. John be soon given a new car?

b) Can soon Mr. John be given a new car?

c) Can Mr. John soon be given a new car?

d) Can a new car Mr. John soon be given?

21   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) He ran his schoolmate in the mall into.

b) He ran his schoolmate into in the mall.

c) He ran into his schoolmate in the mall.

d) He into ran his schoolmate in the mall.

22   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) Our boss is ill, so Jack is currently filling in for him.

b) Our boss is ill, so Jack is currently filling for him in.

c) Our boss is ill, so Jack is currently filling him in for.

d) Our boss is ill, so Jack is currently him filling in for.

23   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) I certainly do like your idea! I’ll dream up it.

b) I certainly do like your idea! I’ll dream it up.

c) I certainly do like your idea! I’ll up dream it.

d) I certainly do like your idea! Up I’ll dream it.

24   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) Billy tried an extremely unusual and weird out gear.

b) Billy tried an extremely unusual and weird gear out.

c) Billy tried out an extremely unusual and weird gear.

d) Tried Billy out an extremely unusual and weird gear.

25   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) She just do without fast food and sweets cannot.

b) She just cannot fast food and sweets do without.

c) She just cannot do fast food and sweets without.

d) She just cannot do without fast food and sweets.

26   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) Kate does rarely visit the gym.

b) Kate does visit the gym rarely.

c) Does rarely Kate visit the gym.

d) Rarely does Kate visit the gym.

27   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) I would tell him everything, were in your shoes I.

b) I were in your shoes, I would tell him everything.

c) Were I in your shoes, I would tell him everything.

d) I would tell him everything, I were in your shoes.

28   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) Was Jake’s surprise such that he didn’t know what to answer.

b) Such was Jake’s surprise that he didn’t know what to answer.

c) Was such Jake’s surprise that he didn’t know what to answer.

d) Jake’s surprise such was that he didn’t know what to answer.

29   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) Not until heard Bob from Jill he did believe she was alright.

b) Not until Bob heard from Jill he did believe she was alright.

c) Not until heard Bob from Jill did he believe she was alright.

d) Not until Bob heard from Jill did he believe she was alright.

30   Choose the sentence with the right word order

a) Was so beautiful the weather that we decided to have a rest in the park.

b) So beautiful was the weather that we decided to have a rest in the park.

c) So beautiful the weather was that we decided to have a rest in the park.

d) So beautiful was the weather that did we decide to have a rest in the park.