Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Basic Grammar and
Usage—Use Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement—RIT 201-210
Marge, yesterday you promised to lend your bike to Judy.
________ should have given it to ________.
Choose the pronouns that will correctly replace
the underlined word(s).
a. | her, us | c. | she, you | b. | you, him | d. | you, her |
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Holly and Katie each wanted a
soda. Tammy bought ________ each a soda.
Choose the best missing word to complete the
sentence.
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Basic Grammar and
Usage—Use Subject-Verb Agreement—RIT 201-210
Select the correctly written
sentence.
a. | The dog been under the
porch. | c. | The dog is under the
porch. | b. | The dog are under the porch. | d. | The dog were under the porch. |
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This ________ of book ________
exciting reading.
Choose the correct pair of words to complete this sentence.
a. | kind,
make | c. | kind,
makes | b. | kinds, makes | d. | kinds, made |
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Romance ________ in the library
________ the favorite choice for the girls.
Choose the correct words to complete the
sentence.
a. | book,
is | c. | books,
are | b. | book, are | d. | books, is |
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Several _________ of apples
________ at the market.
Choose the correct words to complete the sentence.
a. | cases, were
sold | c. | cases, were
saled | b. | case, was sold | d. | case, were selled |
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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.
A
B
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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Capitalization—Capitalize Pronoun “I”--RIT 191 - 200
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Which of the following sentences is not capitalized correctly?
a. | I won the race. | c. | Sally
and i ate lunch together. | b. | Mom said I forgot
to call. | d. | I saw a shooting star. |
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Which of the following sentences is written
correctly?
a. | i think i’ll call her. | c. | I believe I’ll have a cookie. | b. | she answered My letter. | d. | She said i’m
late |
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