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

Choose the correct word for formal writing: “The exam was ___ difficult.”

1. Aextreme
2. Bextremely
3. Cextremity
4. Dextremer

Choose the correct word: “The ___ landed safely at the airport.”

1. Aplaine
2. Bplain
3. Cplane
4. Dplan

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

1. Ahotest
2. Bhottest
3. Chotter
4. Dmost hottest

Choose the correct word: “The patient recovered ___ after surgery.”

1. Aquicker than
2. Bquick
3. Cquickness
4. Dquickly

Which salutation is punctuated correctly for a formal business letter in American style?

1. ADear Dr. Smith;
2. BDear Dr. Smith:
3. CDear Dr. Smith.
4. DDear, Dr. Smith

Choose the correct verb: “Mathematics ___ the subject I enjoy most.”

1. Aare
2. Bhave been
3. Cwere
4. Dis

Which sentence uses dashes correctly to set off an interruption?

1. AThe — results all three of them were normal.
2. BThe results all three of them were — normal.
3. CThe results all three — of them were normal.
4. DThe results — all three of them — were normal.

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

1. AThe patient, at this point in time, is recovering now.
2. BThe patient is now recovering.
3. CAt this time, the patient is in a recovery state.
4. DCurrently at this point, the patient is recovering.