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

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1.Easy

What type of sentence is this? “Close the door, please.”

  1. ADeclarative
  2. BImperative
  3. CExclamatory
  4. DInterrogative
2.Easy

Which sentence is interrogative?

  1. AI parked the car outside.
  2. BWhere did you park the car?
  3. CWhat a long drive that was!
  4. DPark the car over here.
3.Easy

Choose the correct past tense: “She ___ a list of questions for the doctor.”

  1. Amaked
  2. Bmakes
  3. Cmaded
  4. Dmade
4.Medium

Which sentence refers correctly to the whole Jones family?

  1. AThe Joneses are coming to dinner.
  2. BThe Jones’s are coming to dinner.
  3. CThe Jone’s are coming to dinner.
  4. DThe Joneses’ are coming to dinner.
5.Medium

Choose the correct word: “After the fall, the patient was ___ but confused.”

  1. Aconscience
  2. Bconsensus
  3. Cconscious
  4. Dconscientious
6.Medium

Choose the correct word: “A large ___ of patients visited the clinic.”

  1. Aamount
  2. Bnumber
  3. Cmuch
  4. Ddeal
7.Hard

Which sentence uses the past participle correctly?

  1. AShe has written three essays this term.
  2. BShe has writed three essays this term.
  3. CShe has write three essays this term.
  4. DShe has wrote three essays this term.
8.Hard

Which sentence has correct parallel structure in a comparison?

  1. AReading the chart is easier than guessing the dose.
  2. BReading the chart is easier than to guess the dose.
  3. CReading the chart is easier than the guess of the dose.
  4. DTo read the chart is easier than guessing the dose.

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Imperative
  2. 2. B · Where did you park the car?
  3. 3. D · made
  4. 4. A · The Joneses are coming to dinner.
  5. 5. C · conscious
  6. 6. B · number
  7. 7. A · She has written three essays this term.
  8. 8. A · Reading the chart is easier than guessing the dose.

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