Hoja de ejercicios de Gramática inglesa y uso del idioma (exámenes de acceso) con soluciones

Which word is a compound noun?

1. Atoothy
2. Btoothbrush
3. Cbrushing
4. Dquickly

Choose the best conjunction: “She washed her hands ___ put on gloves.”

1. Abut
2. Bor
3. Cand
4. Dnor

Choose the correct word: “The shoes are too ___; they keep falling off.”

1. Aloose
2. Bloss
3. Clost
4. Dlose

Which spelling is correct for the word that means “to provide room for”?

1. Aacommodate
2. Baccomodate
3. Cacomodate
4. Daccommodate

Choose the correct verb: “Both of the nurses ___ on duty tonight.”

1. Ais
2. Bwas
3. Chas been
4. Dare

Which sentence punctuates the address correctly?

1. ASend the form to 12 Oak Street Austin, Texas.
2. BSend the form to 12, Oak Street, Austin Texas.
3. CSend the form to 12 Oak, Street Austin, Texas.
4. DSend the form to 12 Oak Street, Austin, Texas.

A student copies a sentence from a website without quotation marks but lists the site in the references. What is the problem?

1. AIt is still plagiarism because the exact words are not marked as a quotation.
2. BIt is only a problem if the copied sentence is very long.
3. CIt is only a problem in scientific papers, not in essays.
4. DThere is no problem because the source is listed in the references.

What is the function of the underlined phrase? “The nurse with the blue badge is my cousin.”

1. AIt is the main verb phrase.
2. BIt is an adjective phrase describing “nurse”.
3. CIt is the subject of the sentence.
4. DIt is an adverb phrase describing “is”.