Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Choose the underlined phrase
that tells “which”.
a. | By the
time I finish my chores, it will
be time to go. | c. | Before
noon we’d already eaten
lunch. | b. | The dress with the long sleeves is my favorite one. | d. | Look under
the blankets for the pajamas. |
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Basic Grammar and
Usage—Use/Distinguish Verb Tenses—RIT 201-210
Which sentence indicates an event that is in the
future?
a. | We had pizza for lunch last
Friday. | c. | We will be going
on a field trip next week. | b. | Today we are practicing division. | d. | We stayed up until midnight last
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The wind
has driven the cattle
to find shelter.
Which choice means nearly the same as the underlined verb?
a. | has
thrown | c. | has
blown | b. | has shown | d. | has forced |
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Yesterday, Jason and Ellen
________ to school together.
Choose the correct verb.
a. | walk | c. | walks | b. | walked | d. | walking |
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Kids throwing rocks ________
all the windows in that shack.
Choose the correct verb.
a. | has
broken | c. | have
broken | b. | have broke | d. | has breaked |
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Identify which cluster of verbs
is in the present tense.
a. | bring, eat,
fly | c. | dragged, ate,
gav | b. | knew, drew, flew | d. | blown, begun, chosen |
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She ________ to see the doctor
for hours.
Choose the correct verb phrase.
a. | have been
waiting | c. | has been
waiting | b. | has been waited | d. | have been waited |
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Basic Grammar and
Usage—Spelling--RIT 211-220
Which word is spelled correctly?
a. | consistancy | c. | preferance | b. | appearance | d. | excellance |
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Which word is NOT spelled
correctly?
a. | stationery | c. | exemplary | b. | machinery | d. | disciplinery |
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Which word is NOT spelled
correctly?
a. | experience | c. | science | b. | efficiency | d. | nieghbor |
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Which line contains a spelling
error?
a. | patios, radios,
heros | c. | potatoes, tomatoes,
concertos | b. | altos, pianos, solos | d. | rodeos, videos, sopranos |
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Basic Grammar and
Usage—Use Adjective Forms--RIT 211-220
After completing a difficult race, Marty was proud to find his name on
the winner’s board.
The underlined words are:
a. | nouns | c. | adjectives | b. | verbs | d. | adverbs |
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Which set of comparative
adjectives is NOT written correctly?
a. | happy – happier –
happiest | c. | funny –
funnier – funniest | b. | friendly – friendlier –
friendliest | d. | silly – sillyer –
silliest |
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Many
recreational activities re available
during the winter.
Which of the underlined words is an adjective?
a. | recreational | c. | during | b. | activities | d. | winter |
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Which one of the following
words could function as an adjective in a sentence?
a. | inspires | c. | inspiration | b. | inspirationally | d. | inspirational |
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