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

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

1. Aquite
2. Bquit
3. Cquiet
4. Dquiete

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

1. Aclinic
2. Bmaple
3. Con
4. Dis

Choose the correct past tense: “The nurse ___ the falling tray just in time.”

1. Acatches
2. Bcaught
3. Ccatched
4. Dcought

Choose the correct word: “We had fruit salad for ___.”

1. Adeserts
2. Bdessert
3. Cdessart
4. Ddesert

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

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

Which spelling is correct for the word that means “to provide room for”?

1. Aacomodate
2. Bacommodate
3. Caccommodate
4. Daccomodate

Which sentence uses the correct form of the verb in a list of past actions?

1. AShe checked the vitals, recorded them and called the doctor.
2. BShe checked the vitals, recording them and calls the doctor.
3. CShe checked the vitals, records them and called the doctor.
4. DShe checks the vitals, recorded them and call the doctor.

Which revision removes the redundancy? “The patient returned back to the clinic at 3 p.m. in the afternoon.”

1. AThe patient returned back to the clinic at 3 p.m.
2. BThe patient came back again to the clinic at 3 p.m.
3. CThe patient returned to the clinic at 3 in the afternoon p.m.
4. DThe patient returned to the clinic at 3 p.m.