Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the
statement or answers the question.
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Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Types of Clauses—RIT 201-210
Before you leave for the game, you must clean your room.
Choose the best interpretation of
this sentence.
a. | You don’t have to clean your room. | c. | You may clean your room after the
game. | b. | You must clean your room. | d. | If you want to go to the game, you must clean your room
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Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Types of Phrases—RIT
201-210
1. Those birds might have been resting in our
garage.
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C D
Which underlined
word or words is a prepositional phrase?
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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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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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a. | tallest | c. | very tall | b. | tall | d. | taller |
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Which sentence is NOT written correctly?
a. | The choir sounded so good good at last night’s concert. | c. | Bryce runs well,
now that he has new shoes. | b. | That haircut looks good on
you. | d. | How well do you know
the material for the French exam? |
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Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Adverb Forms--RIT 211-220
Which of the following pairs function as adverbs in the sentence?
a. | should cancel | c. | their tour | b. | to Europe | d. | somewhat
cautiously |
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Which sentence is NOT written correctly?
a. | Liz seldom uses the dictionary. | c. | Gail drives cautious on icy
roads. | b. | James drives more slowly than the average driver. | d. | Braxton never seems to make it to the bus stop
on time. |
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Which sentence shows a superlative adverb?
a. | Beth completed the process very efficiently. | c. | Gerald reads quietly in the window
seat. | b. | Sally works more quickly than most. | d. | Out of the entire class, Grace works most
carefully. |
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