Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the
statement or answers the question.
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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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_______ called while _______ were away.
Choose the best missing words.
a. | They, we | c. | Them, she | b. | He, us | d. | I, them |
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________ left cookies on our doorstep.
Choose the best missing word.
a. | something | c. | some | b. | someone | d. | someone’s |
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Which sentence is written correctly?
a. | I and Mike like to dance. | c. | Mike and I like to
dance. | b. | Mike and me like to dance. | d. | Me and Mike like to dance. |
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Do you think coach will give _______ and him a break this afternoon?
Choose
the best missing word.
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Which sentence is written correctly?
a. | Please put your books on the shelf. | c. | Please put them books on the
shelf. | b. | Please put mine books on the shelf. | d. | Please put yours books on the
shelf. |
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Sue misplaced her purse at the mall.
Her takes the place of which word in
this sentence?
a. | purse | c. | mall | b. | Sue | d. | misplaced |
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Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement—RIT
171-180
Alli and I love school. _______ always do our homework.
Choose the best missing
word.
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I brought a present for Bridger. I was excited to give it to _______.
Choose
the best missing word.
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Jocinda fed water and oats to the horse. She loves Blackie.
She replaces
_______.
a. | Jocinda | c. | oates | b. | water | d. | Blackie |
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Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Subject-Verb Agreement—RIT
171-180
They _______ happier today than yesterday.
Choose the best missing word.
a. | playing | c. | plays | b. | seem | d. | seems |
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John may have been ________ through the train station.
a. | run | c. | running | b. | runs | d. | ran |
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_________ you and the Smiths going to the concert tonight?
Choose the best
missing word.
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Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Types of Phrases—RIT
171-180
Which group of underlined words is a phrase?
a. | When the rain falls, the river rises. | c. | We went to dinner after
work. | b. | The credits play when the movie ends. | d. | After we finished working, we went to
dinner. |
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The man in the line wants to buy a soda.
In this sentence, the phrase in the
line tells:
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Pete found his homework under his bed.
Which words have the same
meaning as the underlined words in this sentence?
a. | over the bed | c. | behind the bed | b. | near the bed | d. | below the bed |
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When the dog chases the cat, the cat meows loudly.
When does the cat
meow?
a. | The cat meows at the same time. | c. | The cat meows when the dog
barks. | b. | The cat meows before the dog chases it. | d. | The cat meows when the dog runs
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