TEST Your English Grammar - Can You Pass This Advanced English Grammar Quiz?

Hello and welcome to this video. Today I'm  going to test your knowledge of advanced English  

grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure and  expressions. Are you ready? Do you think you  

can pass the test? Well, let's find out. Of  course, I'm Jennifer from JForrestEnglish.com  

and this channel is dedicated to helping you  feel confident speaking English in public  

so you can take your career and  your life to the next level.  

Now, before we go any further, make sure  you subscribe and hit that bell icon  

so you're notified every time I post a  new lesson. Now let's start your test.  

Here's how the test is going to work. You're  going to see a question and you'll see four  

options. You have to decide which option best  completes the sentence. I'll show the question  

for only five seconds, which isn't a  long time. So feel free to hit pause,  

complete the question and then hit play and I'll  explain the answer. Are you ready? All right,  

let's get started with question one.  To text Sue. It's her birthday today.  

The correct answer is C. Don't forget to  text Sue. It's her birthday today. The key  

word in this question is to, which is the  infinitive to text. Now there's only one  

possible option in the choices below where you  can have the infinitive and that's C, don't forget  

to text. Now if this question didn't have to, and  it was just the base. Well, then A, B and D would  

be correct and C would be incorrect. Question  two, Mary went jogging today. Hmm. of the rain.  

The correct answer is B, in spite of the  rain. And that's your keyword here, of.  

In spite of and Despite have the same meaning. But  you don't say Despite Of, you just say Despite.  

If you want to learn more about this, I have  a full lesson explaining this. I'll leave the  

link in the description below. Question three,  I think I'm allergic to your cat. I can't stop.  

The correct answer is B, sneezing. Now this is a  tricky one because you can have, grammatically,  

stop plus infinitive, stop to sneeze. And you  can have stop plus gerund, stop sneezing. But  

the meaning is different. When we're talking  about no longer doing an action, we use stop plus  

gerund. And based on the context of the question,  were talking about no longer doing an action so  

we need the gerund. If you want to learn more  about this, I'll leave a link in the description  

below. Question four. If you don't know the  meaning of a word, you can...in a dictionary.  

And the answer is C. You can  look it up in the dictionary.  

Now this one is a vocabulary question because you  need to understand what these expressions mean.  

To look something up is another way to say to  search for or to find that specific information.  

Now we use this all the time because every  time you Google, you're looking up information.  

So I use this expression literally every single  day. Hey, what time does the restaurant close?  

Can you look it up? I don't know. Can you look it  up? Oh, we need to look it up. We should look that  

up. You'll use this every single day. Question  five, my doctor...me I should exercise more.  

And the answer is, A, my doctor  told me I should exercise more.  

Now this is one that students confuse a lot. I  hear students say, told to me. I told to her. No,  

that doesn't work grammatically. We don't want  to, so get rid of that to. I told her. I told you.  

She told me. So that's what we mean. And also  I hear students they say me. She said me to  

exercise more. No, we don't want me after said.  She said I should exercise more. We want a clause  

after said. If you want to learn more about  this, I have a full video explaining it.  

You can find the link in the description below.  Question six, my boss...me to her dinner party.  

And the answer is B, my boss invited  me to her dinner party. Now this one  

is both a vocabulary question, because the only  logical choice is invite. But it's also because  

of sentence structure. We could change the  sentence structure and make it work. For example,  

my boss suggested that I come to her dinner  party. We could say that. But I'd have to  

completely change the sentence structure. So  all the options could work if we change the  

sentence structure. The only logical choice with  the sentence structure is B, my boss invited me.  

Because you invite someone to something. My  boss invited me to the movies, to her house,  

to the restaurant, a specific location. Now  if you want to learn more about suggested,  

because a lot of students say suggested me, which  isn't correct, I'll leave a link to a video on  

that topic in the description below. Question  seven. Sorry, I didn't quite...what you said.  

And the answer is, A. Sorry, I didn't quite catch  what you said. This is an expression, to catch  

something in this content is the exact same as  hear. I didn't hear what you said. But notice  

option D is in the past form and that doesn't  work grammatically. So it has the same meaning,  

but it's the wrong verb tense. So A, catch,  is exactly the same. Now this is an expression  

you can use all the time, especially since you've  probably struggled to understand native speakers.  

So if somebody says something to you, and  you don't quite catch it, you can say sorry,  

I didn't catch that. I didn't catch that. I didn't  quite catch that. Quite, it's just a word we add  

to mean a little bit. I didn't quite catch that.  So add that to your vocabulary. You'll use it  

all the time. Question eight. I don't sleep in  now, but I...sleep in until noon on weekends.  

And the answer is B, I used to. I used to sleep  in on weekends. Now notice all the options  

are slightly different sentence structures. And  they're all grammatically correct, if you use the  

correct meaning. but for here we're talking about  an action that used to take place in the past.  

So an action you routinely did in the past, but  you no longer do now, and for that we need used,  

with a D. You don't hear it in pronunciation,  but it's there in spelling. I used to work at  

the bank, but now I work at the mall. So a routine  action in the past, but you no longer do it now.  

Students confuse this sentence structure all  the time. I have a detailed lesson on this.  

You'll find the link in the description below.  Question nine. I don't need help, but thanks...?  

And the answer is, but thanks for offering. Thanks  for offering. Thanks for offering. This is one  

that I hear a lot of mistakes with as  well. Now notice here I have thanks for.  

After for, because for is a preposition,  you must use the gerund verb. For  

offering. Thanks for and then you can use a gerund  verb or you can use a noun. Thanks for your help.  

Thanks for the offer, your offer.  Thanks for offering. And your final  

question. Number 10. This film sounded  interesting but it...to be really boring.  

And the answer is D, it turned out to be really  boring. This is a vocabulary question because you  

need to understand what these expressions mean. We  use to turn out when we're talking about the end  

result of something. So let's say you're trying  a new recipe and it's for chocolate chip cookies.  

You've never made this recipe before. Your friend  could say how did the recipe turn out? How did  

the cookies turn out? Your friend is asking about  the end result. Basically your friends is asking  

were they good? Or were they bad? How did the  recipe turn out? And you can reply Oh, it was  

awesome. They were delicious. The best chocolate  chip cookies I've ever had. And in this context,  

they're talking about the movie's end result.  How did the movie turn out? It was really boring.  

It turned out to be really boring. So how  did you do with the quiz? Put your score in  

the comments below. And if you learned some  new expressions or new sentence structure,  

make sure you practice your new expressions or  sentence structure in the comments below as well,  

so you get really comfortable and confident  with them. I hope you enjoyed this quiz. I  

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