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

Which word is an adverb?

1. Agentleness
2. Bgentle
3. Cgentleman
4. Dgently

Choose the correct past tense: “He ___ his badge last week.”

1. Aloses
2. Blosed
3. Cloosed
4. Dlost

Choose the correct past tense: “The choir ___ beautifully at the ceremony.”

1. Asinged
2. Bsings
3. Csang
4. Dsung

Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly in a contraction?

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

Which sentence uses a comma correctly between adjectives?

1. AIt was a long, tiring shift.
2. BIt was a long tiring, shift.
3. CIt was a long, tiring, shift.
4. DIt was a, long tiring shift.

Choose the correct word: “He was ___ by the loud noise.”

1. Astartling
2. Bstartled
3. Cstartle
4. Dstartles

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

In the title The Art of Nursing, why is “of” not capitalised?

1. AShort prepositions in the middle of a title are usually lowercase.
2. BIt is the last word of the title.
3. COnly nouns are ever capitalised in titles.
4. DPrepositions are always capitalised in titles.