English grammar & language usage (entrance exams) worksheet with answers

Choose the correct form: “This is the ___ day of the whole year.”

1. Ahotest
2. Bhotter
3. Cmost hottest
4. Dhottest

Which word in this sentence tells how often something happens? “He always takes the bus.”

1. Aalways
2. Bbus
3. CHe
4. Dtakes

Choose the correct past tense: “I ___ the doctor yesterday.”

1. Asaw
2. Bsees
3. Cseen
4. Dseed

Which sentence uses a pronoun that agrees with its antecedent?

1. AEach of the boxes has their own label.
2. BEach of the boxes has its own label.
3. CEach of the boxes has it’s own label.
4. DEach of the boxes have its own label.

Choose the correct verb: “The doctor has ___ home for the day.”

1. Agone
2. Bwent
3. Cgoed
4. Dgoing

Choose the correct pronoun: “Each of the girls brought ___ own lunch.”

1. Ahers
2. Bshe
3. Cthey’re
4. Dher

Which sentence correctly punctuates an essential (restrictive) appositive?

1. AThe novelist, Toni Morrison, won the Nobel Prize.
2. BThe novelist, Toni Morrison won the Nobel Prize.
3. CThe novelist Toni Morrison, won the Nobel Prize.
4. DThe novelist Toni Morrison won the Nobel Prize.

What is the function of the underlined phrase? “To become a nurse is her goal.”

1. AA dependent clause
2. BAn adverb phrase showing purpose
3. CA prepositional phrase showing direction
4. DAn infinitive phrase used as the subject