Final Exam- Grammar Revision

What is the best revision of the underlined part in the following sentence?

At the beginning of the class, the teacher usually greets the students and reviewed the previous lesson.

• No change

• reviews

• reviewing

• had reviewed

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

How can this sentence be best revised?

When the policeman gave me a ticket for rolling past a stop sign, I asked him what the fine would be.

• Correct as it is.

• When the policeman gave me a ticket for rolling past a stop sign, I am asking him what the fine would be.

• When the policeman gave me a ticket for rolling past a stop sign, I asking him what the fine would be.

• When the policeman gave me a ticket for rolling past a stop sign, I ask him what the fine would be.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

Which of the following sentences has a shift in verb voice?

• Mary took summer courses and devoted her leisure hours to tennis.

• Aunt Jane spent her summers in Wisconsin and her winters in Arizona.

• My mother prepared lunch, and I washed the dishes.

• The writer wrote the introduction after the first chapter had been finished.

Which of the following sentences does NOT have a shift in verb tense?

• As Barbara puts in her contact lenses, the telephone rang.

• I went to the wedding party alone because my mother wasn't feeling well.

• Thousands of people will see the art exhibit by the time it closed.

• The boy insisted that he has paid for the candy bars.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

Which of the following sentences does NOT have a shift in verb voice?

• An insect bit Mrs. Jones while she was gardening.

• A local university funded the study, and the research team was led by Dr. Alicia Flynn.

• Melissa performed with the ballet, and tours were arranged for her by Columbia Artists.

• When we were setting by the fire, the rain was seen by us.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

CCSS.L.2.1F

What change, if any, should be made in the following sentence?

Neither the cat nor the dogs has eaten the food.

• Change "has eaten" to "is eaten"

• Change "has eaten" to "eats"

• Change "has eaten" to "have eaten"

• Make no change.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

Which of the following sentences is CORRECTLY written in terms of subject-verb agreement?

• The windows in the house sticks easily.

• Many of the people in the group work consistently.

• Either the vase or the dish were a gift.

• Both Julia and Joan is taking the test.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

Choose the sentence that has no problem with pronoun-antecedent agreement.

• The rabid vampires and hungry werewolf made its escape from the hunters.

• Each of the books has its colorful illustrations.

• Dutch merchants made its dollhouses much smaller.

• Neither Kate nor Anne has had their vacation pictures developed yet.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.3.1A

All of the following sentences have a shift in verb voice EXCEPT........ .

• My father once met a dangerous hippo, but the creature was somehow tamed by him.

• Mary befriended many Africans, and their unfamiliar ways were understood by her.

• Like many girls, I loved dolls, and my dolls were nursed by me.

• My brother admitted the patient to the hospital and immediately operated on him.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.2.1F

What change, if any, should be made in the following sentence?

Neither the players nor the coach feel exhausted after the match.

• Change "feel" to "feeling"

• Change "feel" to "are feeling"

• Change "feel" to "feels"

• Make no change.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F