EOC Grammar Practice

In the nurse's office, Ruben faked being sick.  He hoped to get out of class, go home early, and _____________________.

• spend the afternoon playing with his friends
• to spend the afternoon playing tennis with his friends
• then to spend the afternoon playing tennis with his friends

Create parallelism in the sentence: To get ready for her run, Alicia _________________, applied sunscreen, and turned up the volume on her iPod.

• tightened her shoelaces

• was tightening her shoelaces

• did tighten her shoelaces

Choose the correct preposition:

The tires and gears ___ his bike were brand-new.

• in

• around

• on

• of

The team _________ reached a decision.

• has
• have

The frog and the rat ___________ made of carved wood

• is
• are

Who _______________ the first settlers in this area?

• was
• were

Either he or they ____________ guilty.

• is
• are

___________________ Farmers are very proud of our school.

• We
• Us

Mrs. Daly handed _________ guests warm napkins.

• our

• are

I'm eating ________ many carbs right now.

• to

• too