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

Which word in this sentence should be capitalised? “The clinic is on maple Street.”

1. Aclinic
2. Bmaple
3. Cis
4. Don

Choose the correct preposition: “She was born ___ 1998.”

1. Ain
2. Bto
3. Con
4. Dat

Which word in this sentence is an adjective? “She wore a warm coat in the snow.”

1. Acoat
2. Bwore
3. Cin
4. Dwarm

In formal English, which word politely asks for permission? “___ I leave early today?”

1. AWill
2. BWould
3. CMay
4. DMust

Choose the correct pronoun: “The nurse and the aide finished ___ rounds early.”

1. Aits
2. Bher
3. Chis
4. Dtheir

Choose the correct word: “The patient recovered ___ after surgery.”

1. Aquickly
2. Bquicker than
3. Cquickness
4. Dquick

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

Which sentence is punctuated correctly with a nonessential clause at the end?

1. AWe visited the new wing which, opened last month.
2. BWe visited, the new wing which opened last month.
3. CWe visited the new wing, which opened last month.
4. DWe visited the new wing; which opened last month.