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

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

1. Arecieve
2. Breceeve
3. Creceive
4. Dresieve

Choose the correct past tense: “The nurse ___ the falling tray just in time.”

1. Acaught
2. Bcatched
3. Ccatches
4. Dcought

Choose the correct word: “___ appointment is at noon.”

1. AYour
2. BYoure
3. CYou’re
4. DYore

Which sentence refers correctly to the whole Jones family?

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

Which sentence punctuates a quotation within a quotation correctly in American style?

1. AThe nurse said, “The doctor told me, “Wait here.””
2. BThe nurse said, ‘The doctor told me, “Wait here.”’
3. CThe nurse said, “The doctor told me, ‘Wait here.’”
4. DThe nurse said, ‘The doctor told me, ‘Wait here.’’

In formal English, which word politely asks for permission? “___ I leave early today?”

1. AWould
2. BMust
3. CWill
4. DMay

Which sentence correctly describes an unreal past condition with a result in the present (a mixed conditional)?

1. AIf she has taken the medication, she would feel better now.
2. BIf she had taken the medication, she would feel better now.
3. CIf she would have taken the medication, she would feel better now.
4. DIf she took the medication, she would have felt better now.

Which choice is the most concise way to write “due to the fact that”?

1. Aowing to the fact of
2. Bfor the reason being that
3. Cbecause
4. Don account of the fact that