Fiche d’exercices de Grammaire et usage de la langue anglaise (examens d’entrée) avec corrigé

Which spelling is correct for a person you like and trust?

1. Afreind
2. Bfriand
3. Cfrend
4. Dfriend

Which word in this sentence is a demonstrative pronoun? “This is my stethoscope.”

1. Ais
2. BThis
3. Cstethoscope
4. Dmy

Which sentence is in the future tense?

1. AWe are visiting the museum now.
2. BWe visit the museum every week.
3. CWe visited the museum yesterday.
4. DWe will visit the museum tomorrow.

Which sentence refers correctly to the whole Jones family?

1. AThe Jones’s are coming to dinner.
2. BThe Joneses’ are coming to dinner.
3. CThe Joneses are coming to dinner.
4. DThe Jone’s are coming to dinner.

Choose the correct word: “It was ___ a long shift that everyone was exhausted.”

1. Avery
2. Bso
3. Ctoo
4. Dsuch

Choose the correct pronoun: “The nurse explained the procedure to the patient and ___ husband.”

1. Ahers
2. Bher
3. Cherself
4. Dshe

Which sentence correctly punctuates an essential (restrictive) appositive?

1. AThe novelist Toni Morrison won the Nobel Prize.
2. BThe novelist Toni Morrison, won the Nobel Prize.
3. CThe novelist, Toni Morrison, won the Nobel Prize.
4. DThe novelist, Toni Morrison won the Nobel Prize.

Which revision best corrects the shift from active to passive voice? “The nurse checked the chart, and then the medication was given by her.”

1. AThe chart was checked by the nurse, and then she gave the medication.
2. BThe chart was checked, and then the nurse gave the medication.
3. CThe nurse checked the chart and then gave the medication.
4. DThe nurse checked the chart, and then the medication had been given.