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

Which choice is a complete sentence?

1. ABecause the patient was tired.
2. BResting quietly in the room.
3. CAfter lunch in the afternoon.
4. DThe patient rested after lunch.

Choose the correct word: “The library was ___ during the exam.”

1. Aquite
2. Bquiet
3. Cquit
4. Dquiete

Choose the best conjunction: “The medicine tastes bad, ___ it works well.”

1. Aso
2. Bbut
3. Cor
4. Dnor

Choose the correct word: “___ been a long day for the staff.”

1. AIt’s
2. BIts’
3. CIt
4. DIts

Which sentence is a run-on (comma splice)?

1. AThe clinic opens at eight, and it closes at five.
2. BThe clinic opens at eight, it closes at five.
3. CThe clinic opens at eight; it closes at five.
4. DThe clinic opens at eight. It closes at five.

Choose the correct word: “The patient’s temperature ___ overnight.”

1. Araised
2. Brised
3. Crisen
4. Drose

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. BAfter the students finished the exam, the room was quiet.
3. CThe room was quiet, after finishing the exam.
4. DAfter finishing the exam, the room became quiet.

Which revision best eliminates wordiness? “At this point in time, the patient is in a state of recovery.”

1. AAt this time, the patient is in a recovery state.
2. BThe patient is now recovering.
3. CCurrently at this point, the patient is recovering.
4. DThe patient, at this point in time, is recovering now.