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

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

1. Arecieve
2. Breceive
3. Cresieve
4. Dreceeve

Which word in this sentence is a subject pronoun? “After lunch, they returned to the ward.”

1. Athey
2. Breturned
3. Cward
4. Dlunch

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

1. Ahottest
2. Bmost hottest
3. Chotter
4. Dhotest

Which sentence is a run-on (comma splice)?

1. AThe clinic opens at eight. It closes at five.
2. BThe clinic opens at eight, it closes at five.
3. CThe clinic opens at eight; it closes at five.
4. DThe clinic opens at eight, and it closes at five.

Choose the correct verb: “The list of required vaccines ___ posted on the wall.”

1. Awere
2. Bare
3. Cis
4. Dhave been

Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly in a contraction?

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

A student is writing a brochure for patients with no medical training. Which sentence is most appropriate?

1. ABP is basically just pressure stuff going on in your veins.
2. BBlood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of your arteries.
3. CHypertension is a sustained elevation of systemic arterial pressure.
4. DThe pressure is the measured sphygmomanometric value.

What is the function of the underlined word? “Swimming is good exercise for the heart.”

1. AIt is an adverb describing “is”.
2. BIt is a verb in the progressive tense.
3. CIt is a participle describing a noun.
4. DIt is a gerund used as the subject.