Scheda di esercizi di Grammatica e uso dell’inglese (test di ammissione) con soluzioni

Which spelling is correct for the word that means “certainly”?

1. Adefinitely
2. Bdefenitely
3. Cdefinitly
4. Ddefinately

Which spelling is correct for the word that means “a special event”?

1. Aoccassion
2. Boccasion
3. Cocassion
4. Docasion

Which word in this sentence is a coordinating conjunction? “She was tired, yet she finished the report.”

1. Afinished
2. Byet
3. Ctired
4. Dshe

Choose the correct word: “It was a ___ decision, made in seconds.”

1. Aquickest of
2. Bquickness
3. Cquickly
4. Dquick

Which sentence has correct parallel structure?

1. AShe likes running, swimming and to cycle.
2. BShe likes running, swimming and cycling.
3. CShe likes to run, swimming and cycling.
4. DShe likes running, to swim and cycles.

Which sentence punctuates the quoted question correctly?

1. AThe patient asked, “When can I go home?”
2. BThe patient asked, “When can I go home”?
3. CThe patient asked “When can I go home.”
4. DThe patient asked, “When can I go home?.”

Choose the best transition: “Some foods are rich in iron. ___, spinach and lentils contain a lot of it.”

1. AIn contrast
2. BNevertheless
3. CAs a result
4. DFor instance

Which sentence is a complex sentence?

1. ABecause the lab was closed, the samples were sent elsewhere.
2. BThe lab was closed, and the samples were sent elsewhere, but no one was told.
3. CThe lab was closed; the samples were sent elsewhere.
4. DThe lab was closed, so the samples were sent elsewhere.