1. Choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word “vast”:
a) Limited
b) Expansive
c) Small
d) Huge
2. In the sentence, “The teacher praised the student’s commendable effort.” What does “commendable” mean?
a) Worthy of praise
b) Mediocre
c) Unremarkable
d) Disappointing
3. Identify the correctly spelled word:
a) Accomodation
b) Accommodation
c) Accomodation
d) Acommodation
4. Fill in the blank: “The captain, _______ had a wealth of experience, led the team to victory.”
a) who
b) whose
c) whom
d) which
5. Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence: “She _______ her keys on the table.”
a) lays
b) lain
c) laid
d) lie
6. Identify the figure of speech used in the sentence: “Her laughter was music to my ears.”
a) Simile
b) Metaphor
c) Personification
d) Hyperbole
7. Choose the correct word to complete the idiom: “A piece of _______.”
a) pie
b) cake
c) biscuit
d) bread
8. Which sentence is written in the passive voice?
a) The cat chased the mouse.
b) The mouse was chased by the cat.
c) The cat and the mouse were playing together.
d) The mouse ran away from the cat.
9. Choose the correct plural form of the word “child”:
a) Childs
b) Childes
c) Children
d) Child’s
10. Identify the sentence that contains a dangling modifier:
a) Running quickly, the finish line was crossed by the athlete.
b) The athlete crossed the finish line quickly.
c) The finish line was crossed by the athlete running quickly.
d) Quickly running, the athlete crossed the finish line.
11. Choose the word that best completes the analogy: Cat is to meow as dog is to _______.
a) Bark
b) Purr
c) Roar
d) Hiss
12. In the sentence, “I am going to the store,” what part of speech is “store”?
a) Verb
b) Adjective
c) Adverb
d) Noun
13. Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentence: “He is afraid _______ spiders.”
a) of
b) from
c) by
d) with
14. Identify the synonym for the word “deficient”:
a) Sufficient
b) Adequate
c) Lacking
d) Abundant
15. Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence: “The students _______ the teacher’s instructions.”
a) followed
b) follow
c) follows
d) following
16. Identify the sentence with the correct punctuation:
a) She said “I will be there.”
b) She said, I will be there.
c) She said, “I will be there.”
d) She said “I will be there”.
17. Fill in the blank: “The movie was _______ interesting that I watched
it twice.”
a) so
b) such
c) very
d) too
18. Choose the word that is most nearly similar in meaning to the word “exquisite”:
a) Beautiful
b) Ugly
c) Mediocre
d) Ordinary
19. Identify the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence: “She _______ her sister’s hand and smiled.”
a) takes
b) took
c) taking
d) take
20. Choose the correct form of the pronoun to complete the sentence: “_______ is the book you borrowed from me.”
a) Who
b) Whose
c) Which
d) Whom
