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

Choose the correct word: “The shoes are too ___; they keep falling off.”

1. Aloss
2. Blost
3. Close
4. Dloose

Which word is the helping (auxiliary) verb? “The nurse is checking the monitor.”

1. Anurse
2. Bis
3. Cmonitor
4. Dchecking

Which spelling is correct for the chart that shows the days and months of the year?

1. Acalandar
2. Bcalender
3. Ccallendar
4. Dcalendar

Choose the correct word: “The patient rode a ___ bike during rehab.”

1. Astationairy
2. Bstationery
3. Cstationery’s
4. Dstationary

Which sentence punctuates the address correctly?

1. ASend the form to 12 Oak, Street Austin, Texas.
2. BSend the form to 12 Oak Street Austin, Texas.
3. CSend the form to 12 Oak Street, Austin, Texas.
4. DSend the form to 12, Oak Street, Austin Texas.

Which sentence uses parentheses correctly to add extra information?

1. AThe (reading taken) at 9 a.m. was normal.
2. BThe reading (taken at 9 a.m.) was normal.
3. CThe reading (taken at 9 a.m. was normal).
4. DThe reading taken (at 9 a.m. was) normal.

What is the function of the underlined clause? “The nurse who trained me retired last year.”

1. AAn adjective clause describing “nurse”
2. BAn independent clause
3. CA noun clause acting as the object
4. DAn adverb clause showing reason

In very formal writing, which sentence uses the correct pronoun after the verb “be”?

1. AIt was her who called the ambulance.
2. BIt was she who called the ambulance.
3. CIt was herself who called the ambulance.
4. DIt was hers who called the ambulance.