Tuesday, February 22, 2022

ALS A&E Test Reviewer: Learning Strand 1 - Communication Arts - English - Grammar

Choose the letter of the correct answer.


1. Neither of the twins in the last basketball game ______ injured.

A. is
B. was
C. are
D. were


2. My mother asked my sister and _______ to do errands on weekends.

A. I
B. me
C. myself
D. mine


3. The current unemployment rate is often compared to the one in the _______.

A. 90’s
B. 90s
C. ‘90s
D. 90s’


4. Which word should be preceded by “an”?

A. hotel
B. history
C. university
D. hour


5. Marcus is very ill and needs to _______ down before we leave.

A. lie
B. lay
C. laid
D. lain


6. Jenny drove too fast and hit the pole. What part of speech is the italicized word?

A. noun
B. adjective
C. adverb
D. verb


7. Arnold, please ______ this document to the Principal’s Office. 

A. bring
B. take
C. brought
D. took


8. ______ men and women could study in some Islamic countries, they could not attend the same school. 

A. When
B. Because
C. Since
D. While


9. When we see our parents again, it ________ our graduation day.

A. is
B. will be
C. can be
D. was


10. Monica and I went to the party, ________?

A. don’t we
B. weren’t we
C. didn’t we
D. couldn’t we


11. You cannot see the CEO now; he _______ a meeting.

A. is having
B. have
C. had
D. was having


12. Nobody _______ they will win the match.

A. think
B. thinks
C. have thought
D. was thinking


13. I’ll introduce _______ to Philip. I think you’ll like him.

A. you
B. yours
C. yourself
D. ourselves


14. Sheila was very _______ with her boyfriend for not telling her the truth.

A. annoy
B. annoyed
C. annoying
D. much annoying


15. My grandmother is looking forward  to _________ us on her birthday.

A. see
B. saw
C. seeing
D. seen

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