Werkblad Engelse grammatica en taalgebruik (toelatingsexamens) met antwoorden

What is the simple subject of this sentence? “The small brown dog barked at the mail carrier.”

1. Acarrier
2. Bdog
3. Csmall
4. Dbarked

Choose the correct past tense: “Yesterday he ___ his arm playing football.”

1. Abreaks
2. Bbroke
3. Cbreaked
4. Dbroken

Choose the correct past tense: “She ___ the whole bottle of water.”

1. Adrinks
2. Bdrank
3. Cdrinked
4. Ddrunk

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

1. AComplex
2. BCompound
3. CSimple
4. DFragment

Which is the correct possessive for something that belongs to several students?

1. Athe students lounge
2. Bthe students’ lounge
3. Cthe students’s lounge
4. Dthe student’s lounge

Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly in a contraction?

1. AShe doesn’t like hospital food.
2. BShe doesnt’ like hospital food.
3. CShe does’nt like hospital food.
4. DShe doe’snt like hospital food.

Which choice correctly fixes the run-on sentence? “The patient was cold she asked for a blanket.”

1. AThe patient was cold so, she asked for a blanket.
2. BThe patient was cold, so she asked for a blanket.
3. CThe patient was cold; so, she asked for a blanket.
4. DThe patient was cold, she asked for a blanket.

What is the function of the underlined phrase? “Exhausted after the long shift, the nurse fell asleep.”

1. AAn independent clause
2. BA gerund phrase used as the subject
3. CAn infinitive phrase showing purpose
4. DA participial phrase describing “the nurse”