Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which is a complete
sentence?
a. | From the beginning of the
novel. | c. | The bird landed on the
roof. | b. | After the baseball game. | d. | Where the stream flows? |
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Which is NOT a complete
sentence?
a. | Whenever it rains, Tom’s
basement floods. | c. | When the moon
reflected on the lake. | b. | The door squeaks when it’s opened. | d. | The snow melts when the sun
shines. |
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Which of the following
sentences would need a question mark as its end punctuation?
a. | Will you all pass in your
homework | c. | The class seems
unprepared | b. | Let me do the errand | d. | Close the door behind you |
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These words can be put together
to make a sentence.
you me my can help with homework
Choose the complete sentence below, using
all these words.
a. | Help me can you with my
homework? | c. | Can you help me
with my homework? | b. | Homework with me can help you? | d. | With you my homework can help
me? |
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Basic Grammar and
Usage—Use Irregular Verb Forms—RIT 171-180
Which sentence is written correctly in past
tense?
a. | Can you come to my party
tomorrow? | c. | Phil caught the
foul ball in his new mitt. | b. | Sylvia catched a cold from he sister. | d. | I will catch the train to Boston this
afternoon. |
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A week ago, her friend, Sally,
___________ on vacation, but today, she will ___________.
Which verbs correctly complete the
sentence?
a. | will go,
leave | c. | returned,
leave | b. | left, return | d. | went, go |
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Basic Grammar and
Usage—Use Negative Forms Correctly—RIT 171-180
Which sentence is correct?
a. | Kent don’t got no
bike. | c. | Kent gots know
bike. | b. | Kent doesn’t have a bike. | d. | Kent not have a bike. |
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Basic Grammar and
Usage—Use Noun Forms—RIT 171-180
Which one of the underlined words in the following sentences is a plural
noun?
a. | Her illness had an unusual effect on the
class. | c. | The parenthesis has been incorrectly inserted in the
sentence. | b. | All the houses on the block are painted white. | d. | The picture of a desert scene included a cactus. |
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Which pair of nouns is NOT
correct?
a. | beat –
beats | c. | design –
designes | b. | truck – trucks | d. | signal - signals |
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The airplanes circled the mountains looking for
the wolfs who were preying on cattle.
Which of the underlined word is NOT
correct?
a. | airplanes | c. | wolfs | b. | mountains | d. | cattle |
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Which one of the underlined
words in the following sentences is an example of a regular possessive noun?
a. | Someone’s parked by my parking
spot. | c. | Check in all of the literature
book’s by three o’clock. | b. | The dancer’s costume has been torn. | d. | The neighbor dog’s barked at all the stranger walking
by. |
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Which form of the word is a
noun?
a. | happy | c. | happier | b. | happiness | d. | happily |
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Basic Grammar and
Usage—Use Pronoun Forms—RIT 171-180
It may have been ______, but I’m not sure.
Choose
the best missing word.
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Kristin and Troy went
skiing.
Which pronoun will take the place of Kristin and Troy?
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The girls’ basketball
team was in the locker room. Coach Mendez gave ________ a
pep talk.
Choose the best missing
word.
a. | that | c. | these | b. | those | d. | them |
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