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English-Basic-Skills-Test Answers 2013
Question 1:
Choose the series of prepositions
that best completes the following sentence.
Answer: a. of, about
Question 2:
Choose the series of adjectives and
adverbs that best completes the following sentence.
I think Pamela deserves to be
punished for her________stupid and________behavior.
Answer: b. totally, irresponsible
Question 3:
Which of the following sentences
punctuated correctly?
a. Tracy
Answer: b. We are expecting a
hurricane this afternoon, therefore we have closed the school early.
Question 4:
Choose the series of adjectives and
adverbs that best completes the following sentence.
While_________of our relatives live
on the__________hill in the county, _________of our friends live in the
_________areas of the valley.
Answer: c. many, windiest, most,
more, protected
Question 5:
Complete the following sentence by
choosing the phrase with the best word order from the options given.
Those who are not
wise_____________.
Answer: d. does not need to be
necessarily stupid.
Question 6:
Choose the series of pronouns that
best completes the following sentence.
Don’t _________think Larry should
call__________wife if______________is going to be late for dinner?
Answer: a. you, his, he
Question 7:
Rearrange the following words to
create most logical and grammatically correct sentence.
days for last has good weather few
The been the not
Answer:d. The weather has not been
good for the last few days
Question 8:
Choose the series of adjectives and
adverbs that best completes the following sentence.
Knowing that February was
the___________month of the year, Cheryl planned her vacation____________.
Answer: b. shortest, accordingly
Question 9:
Rearrange the following words to
create most logical and grammatically correct sentence.
Answer: e. Whenever I can’t spend
time with my friend, I always speak to him on the phone.
Question 10:
Read the following question and
choose the response that uses the correct corresponding verb tense.
Does Jack wear that furry hat
often?
Answer: d. No, he only wears it
when his ears are cold.
Question 11:
Which of the following sentence
illustrates correct pronoun usage?
a. is those the set of plates the
bride wanted, or did she want this set?
d.Whose book is that-his or our?
Answer: e. None of the above
Question 12:
Which of the sentence illustrates
proper sentence structure?
a. Everyone knows that a mango is
much sweeter to an orange
Answer: d. The queen had hardly finished
her speech when the people began to disperse.
Question 13:
Change the following sentence from
a quotation to indirect speech.
“It may snow tomorrow.” he said.
Answer: d. He said it might snow
tomorrow.
Question 14:
Which of the following sentence punctuated
correctly?
Answer: d. “Come here.” she said,
“and let me get a good look at you.”
Question 15:
Change the following sentence from
a quotation to indirect speech.
“Sharon
Answer: d. Albert said Sharon
Question 16:
Choose the option that correctly
changes original sentence from active to passive.
ORIGINAL SENTENCE:
That tall man is carrying a lot of
lumber.
REWRITTEN SENTENCES:
Answer: d. A lot of lumber is being
carried by that tall man.
Question 17:
Choose the series of prepositions
that best completes the following sentence.
I placed my notes__________my desk
and referred to them____________ the meeting.
Answer: b. beside, during
Question 18:
Rearrange the following words to create
most logical and grammatically correct sentence.
Sleeping likes the . midday Katie
until on weekends
Answers: Katie likes sleeping until
midday on the weekends.
Question 19:
Choose the series of verbs that
best completes the following sentence.
Everyone ____________too busy
cooking and __________ the campsite ____________ the family _________ from the
woods.
Answers: d. was, setting up, to
notice, watching
Question 20:
Choose the series of verbs that
best completes the following sentence.
I find it very hard to remember
______________ letters that are entrusted to me. In fact, I
remember_____________to do so dozens of times!
Answer: d. mailing, forgetting
Question 21:
Choose the series of articles and
conjunctions that best completes the following sentence.
Lilacs ___________ violets are
usually purple, I have seen some _________ are white.
Answer: c. and, although, that
Questions 22:
Complete the following sentence by
choosing the phrase with the best word order from the options given.
Only after they had an exhaustive
study__________ how to adapt the technology to the needs of our company.
Answer: c. they did begin to
understand
Question 23:
Which of the following sentence
illustrates proper use of comma?
a. Randy wanted to end the meeting,
but Amy wanted to prolong it.
e. a and b
answer: f. All of the above
Question 24:
Which of the following sentence
does NOT illustrates correct verb and tense usage?
Answer: b. Clarabelle’s mother
absolutely hated nicknames and always calls her daughter by her full name.
Question 25:
Choose the series of prepositions
that best completes the following sentence.
Victor, who stole ____________
ideas and used them to make _________ a millionaire, never once offered
______________ a world of thanks.
Answer: d. our, himself, us
Question 26:
Choose the series of prepositions
that best completes the following sentence.
______________ is the name of the
opera, and ___________ role did you say Maria would play?
Answer: c. What, which
Question 27:
Choose the verbs and phrases that best
completes the following sentence.
This dish _____________ too spicy.
Why ___________ so pepper?
Answer: e. a and c
Question 28:
Change the following sentence from
a quotation to indirect speech.
Carol has said, “I am responsible
for this project.”
Answer: a. Carol has said that she
is responsible for this.
Question 29:
Choose the series of prepositions
that best completes the following sentence.
Although Marvin said he had the
keys___________ the flower pot, we were unable to find them___________ the dark.
In the end, we waited for him at the coffee shop ____________the corner.
Answer: a. under, in. around
Question 30:
Complete the following sentence by
choosing the phrase with the best word order from the options given.
The excited children who had run
toward the loud _______________.
Answer:d. music, told the others
about the ice cream truck outside.
Question 31:
Rearrange the following words to
create most logical and grammatically correct sentence.
your company name? of what the is
Answer: c. What is the name of your
company?
Question 32:
Which of the following sentences
NOT punctuated correctly?
a. All of the apple’s at the
grocers were rotten so I bought oranges instead.
Answer: b. “Seven canteens full of
water should enough for the hike,” said Tabitha.
Question 33:
Choose the series of prepositions
that best completes the following sentence.
After realizing that our hosts
hadn’t actually invested _________ to ____________ party. ____________ excused
____________ from the table and slipped out the back door.
Answer: a. us, their, we,
ourselves.
Question 34:
Which of the following sentences
illustrates the proper use of parallel construction?
Answer: b. We painted the
conference room yellow, hung a poster on the wall, and are rearranging the
chairs.
Question 35:
Which of the following sentence
uses correct pronoun usage?
a. to whom are your employees going
to report while you’re gone?
Answer: e. All of the above
Question 36:
Choose the series of adjectives and
adverbs that best completes the following sentence.
The archeologists were_____________
to discover such a __________ and__________ ____________ artifact at that
mostly uncovered site.
Answer: b. amazed, rare,
incredibly, beautiful
Question 37:
Change the following sentence from
a quotation to indirect speech.
“I’m not feeling well,” Agatha
said.
Answer: a. Agatha has said that she
doesn’t feel well.
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