Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the
statement or answers the question.
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Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Basic Sentence Patterns—RIT
211-220
The girls laughed and cried.
Which is the basic English pattern of the
sentence?
a. | noun-verb-adverb | c. | noun-verb-verb | b. | noun-verb-noun | d. | noun-linking
verb-adjective |
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 Which underlined word is the subject of the sentence? a. | workers | c. | lowered | b. | dug | d. | shrub |
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They wanted diet soda, but there was none to be had.
The sentence is a
_________.
a. | simple sentence | c. | complex sentence | b. | compound sentence | d. | compound-complex
sentence |
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_______ the whistle sounded, and the train ________ left.
Choose the best
missing word.
a. | Quickly, highly | c. | Cautiously, tearfully | b. | Anxiously,
happily | d. | Suddenly,
slowly |
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Which is a complete sentence?
a. | Although she has collected old silver coins for a long time. | c. | Because I
won’t accept his advice. | b. | Since the electricity has been off for the last
two days. | d. | Because I have
been thinking about you, I decided to call. |
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Which is NOT a complete sentence?
a. | Do you have any candy? | c. | Sarah was at the corner. | b. | Opening the door to
the garage. | d. | Julie is having
a baby. |
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Which is a sentence fragment?
a. | Two or three miles down the highway at the traffic light. | c. | She found the game
on the top shelf of the closet. | b. | The blue truck backed into the
fence. | d. | This is the
agreement that Gary explained to me. |
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The plant turns ________ without water.
Choose the best missing word.
a. | best | c. | grow | b. | empty | d. | brown |
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Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Irregular Verb Forms--RIT
211-220
Which sentence is NOT written correctly?
a. | Joyce has gone to the store several times this year. | c. | Julie went to the movie instead of
going to the library. | b. | John and Susan always hurry to school before
the bell rings. | d. | The teacher
brung a variety of Halloween treats for her classes. |
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Hasn’t Susie ________ at least an inch this summer?
Choose the correct
verb.
a. | grew | c. | grown | b. | been growing | d. | grow |
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I ________ on the beach for three hours.
Choose the missing irregular
verb.
a. | laid | c. | have lain | b. | have laid | d. | have been
laying |
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When you go to the movie, don’t ________ on the floor.
Choose the best
missing word.
a. | set | c. | sit | b. | be setting | d. | sat |
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Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Negative Forms Correctly--RIT
211-220
Which sentence is correct?
a. | I can’t hardly think of anything else. | c. | Rachel didn’t scarcely have
anything to wear. | b. | Joe doesn’t hardly know
grammar. | d. | Sue scarcely
remembers my name. |
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Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Noun Forms—RIT 211-220
Which
is NOT a correct irregular noun?
a. | child – children | c. | two-year-old – two-years-old | b. | passerby –
passersby | d. | parenthesis
– parentheses |
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Which word is both plural and possessive?
a. | animal’s | c. | girl’s | b. | giraffes | d. | children’s |
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 Which noun is plural? a. | herd | c. | man’s | b. | deer | d. | garden |
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 Which underlined word is NOT an abstract noun? a. | integrity | c. | honesty | b. | company | d. | dedication |
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Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Pronoun Forms--RIT 211-220 Which of the underlined words is a pronoun?
a. | final | c. | committees’ | b. | involves | d. | it |
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 The underlined passage means:
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 Which underlined pronoun is used in the nominative
case?
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Which sentence is correct?
a. | Tim and me swam in the lake. | c. | I and Lindsay calculated our
English grades. | b. | Ellen gave cookies to Evan and me. | d. | Frank provided a picnic for Daisy and
I. |
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Which sentence is NOT correct?
a. | His desire to complete the lesson himself has driven him to study
carefully. | c. | This new class gave herself the confidence to write well. | b. | Gail was so upset
about her grade on her essay that she signed herself up for
a class in basic
writing. | d. | I myself could use
a course in writing. |
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Which is NOT correct?
a. | If you need help, ask myself for assistance. | c. | The class will board the bus
themselves. | b. | Larry himself will present the award. | d. | Mary let herself in to the abandoned
house. |
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James, John and ________ will join the tennis team next spring.
Which pronoun
correctly completes the sentences?
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Choose the correct word.
________ of the people were eligible to vote in the
election.
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