- It _____ almost every weekend last winter.
Your answer:
is snowing
was snow
snowed
snow
- We _____ a large house on the corner.
Your answer:
sawing
are seeing
see
seen
- I wish she _____ here now.
Your answer:
were
was
has been
is
- He _____ to school before I could offer him a ride.
Your answer:
had walked
walked
walks
was walk
- At this time next year, John and Mary _____ married for 5 years.
Your answer:
have been
will be
would have been
will have been
- He _____ to school before his father bought him a bicycle.
Your answer:
walked
has walked
has been walking
had been walking
- I _____ at a tree behind the house.
Your answer:
look
am looking
am seeing
am looks
- She quit her job because they refused to give her a raise. They ______ her a better salary.
Your answer:
should give her
would have given her
should have given
would give her
- The paper is lying _____ my feet.
Your answer:
of
on
at
in
- That girl over there is winking _____ me.
Your answer:
at
for
on
with
- Maria and _____ saw each other.
Your answer:
me
I
her
him
- Keep that secret between you and _____ .
Your answer:
myself
me
I
mine
- She did not eat breakfast, _____ she is very hungry.
Your answer:
so
because
in that
but
- He failed to assume office _____ being duly elected.
Your answer:
despite
consequently
because
regardless
- It was necessary for us _____ that.
Your answer:
doing
do
to do
to doing
- I saw you in Paris last year. I will never forget _____ you there.
Your answer:
seeing
saw
to seeing
to see
- What is wrong here? My English teacher seemed to be tired every day he was not enthusiastic about helping students with their questions.
Your answer:
Run-on
Fragment
Parallel Structure
Dangling Modifier
- What is missing here? My hobby is camping I love the outdoor.
Your answer:
missing semicolon
missing subject
missing complement
missing comma
- What is wrong here? News magazines tell about events that happen locally, nationally and around the world.
Your answer:
Comma Splice
Fragment
Logic problem
Parallel structure
- What is wrong here? The students will learn all the grammar concepts by the time they finish this class.
Your answer:
Nothing is wrong
Verb tense should be in the future perfect
Verb tense should be in the future progressive
Verb tense should be in the -ing form
- In my article "The Paragraph's Ten Commandment," which of the following is not one of the ten?
Your answer:
You must announce your controlling idea
State the main idea of your paragraph in a topic sentence
Your topic sentence must not be too broad or too narrow
Avoid long sentences
- What type of sentence is this? "Whenever it rains, I stay home."
Your answer:
conditional real in the past
conditional real present
conditional unreal in the past
conditional unreal
- If you had come to my party, you _____ yourself.
Your answer:
would have enjoying
would have enjoy
would enjoyed
would have enjoyed
- What are the characteristics of a well written essay?
Your answer:
Well Organized and Well Supported
Well Focused and Well Organized
Well Supported, Well Focused and Well Organized
Well Supported, Focused, Organized, and full of academic words
- Is there a problem here? Driving through the traffic, my blood pressure was very high.
Your answer:
There is a parallel structure problem
There is a comma problem
There is no problem; the sentence is good.
There is a modifier problem