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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The workers first dug a hole and then carefully
lowered the new shrub into the hole
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
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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
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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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The integrity of our company depends on our
employees’ honesty and dedication.
Which
underlined word is NOT an abstract noun?
a. | integrity | c. | honesty | b. | company | d. | dedication |
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