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

Which is the correct plural of “goose”?

1. Ageeses
2. Bgooses
3. Cgoosen
4. Dgeese

Which spelling is correct for the word that means “to think something is true”?

1. Abeliev
2. Bbeleave
3. Cbeleive
4. Dbelieve

Which word is a preposition?

1. Abecause
2. Bquickly
3. Chappy
4. Dbetween

Which title should be placed in quotation marks rather than italicised?

1. AA full-length novel
2. BA short poem
3. CA feature film
4. DA newspaper

Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly?

1. ABecause I was exhausted; I went to bed.
2. BI was exhausted; and tired.
3. CI was exhausted; I went straight to bed.
4. DI was; exhausted and went to bed.

What kind of sentence is this? “The alarm rang, and everyone left the building.”

1. ASimple
2. BComplex
3. CCompound
4. DFragment

Which revision corrects the dangling modifier? “After finishing the exam, the room was quiet.”

1. AAfter finishing, the exam was quiet in the room.
2. BThe room was quiet, after finishing the exam.
3. CAfter finishing the exam, the room became quiet.
4. DAfter the students finished the exam, the room was quiet.

Which choice best combines the sentences? “The clinic is new. It has six exam rooms.”

1. AThe clinic, it is new, has six exam rooms.
2. BThe clinic is new and, it has six exam rooms.
3. CThe new clinic has six exam rooms.
4. DThe clinic is new, it has six exam rooms.