Aspect and

Tenses of Verb
 In the spring the honeysuckle
droops over the hillside. Its sweet
smell hangs heavily in the air
outside. The fragrance floats into
the room when the doors are
open. A hummingbird dives
daily out of the honeysuckle. He
bombs past the doors with his
heavy load and balanced on a
branch of the little olive tree.
Its sweet smell hangs heavily in
the air outside.
a. change Its to It’s
b. change hangs to will be
hanging
c. change hangs to hang
d. change hangs to hung
e. e.
nono correction
correction is necessary
is necessary
He bombs past the doors with
his heavy load and balanced on
a branch of the little olive tree.
a. load and balanced
b. load while balancing
c. load and will balance
d. d. load
load and
and balances
balances
e. load and has balanced
 Distractions, such as cell
phone use, causes car
accidents. A five-year study
concluded that 284, 000 drivers
annually are involved in serious
crashes caused by distractions.
These distractions also include
adjusting the radio, eating,
men using electric razors, and
women putting on mascaras.
 Distractions, such as cell phone
use, causes car accidents.
a. change Distractions to
Distraction’s
b. replace causes to are the
causes of
c. replace causes to are always
causing
d.d.change
change causes
causes to cause
to cause
e. no correction is necessary
 The farmer and his hired
men gathers the corn. The
farmer, along with his hired
men, harvests the wheat.
Neither the corn nor the
wheat is neglected. The
farmer’s wife and daughter
argue a great deal.
The farmer and his hired men
gathers the corn.
a. men gathers
b. men gathering
c. men gathers
d. men is gathering
e. men gather
e. men gather
The farmer, along with his hired
men, harvests the wheat.
a. replace farmer, along with
farmer, and along
b. change men to man
c. insert he’s going to before
harvests
d. change harvests to harvest
e.e.
nono correction
correction is necessary
is necessary
 A shopping trip makes me
angry. Prices soar each
week. Meat prices changes
almost daily. Oranges,
apples, and bananas cost
more than ever. A shopper
needs more and more
money each week.
 A shopping trip makes me
a. makes angry.
a. makes
b. is making
c. made
d. has made
e. make
Meat prices changes almost daily.
a. insert a comma before almost
b.b. change
change changes
changes to change
to change
c. replace changes with has
changed
d. remove the word almost
e. replace changes with is going
to change
 Tom jogs this morning.
Macon and Gary join him on
Mondays and Thursdays. The
Robinson twins likes jogging
too. Jogging now replaces
basketball as the
neighborhood pastime.
The Robinson twins likes jogging
too.
a. change Robinson to
Robinsons
b. change twins to twinns
c. change twins to twin
d. replace likes jogging with
likes to jog
e. e.
change
changelikeslikes
to like
to like
 Each year local artists
participate in an art show.
The Community Center
offers a perfect gallery. One
artist wins in each of five
categories. The winning
artists displays their works in
the Town Hall.
Each year local artists participate in
an art show.
a. replace Each year to Every
year
b. change participate to
participates
c. replace in an with as a part of
an
d. change show to showing
e. no correction
e. no is necessary
correction is necessary
 The winning artists displays
their works in the Town Hall.
a. artists displays their works
b.b.artists
artistsdisplay their
display works
their works
c. artist’s display their work
d. artists displays their work
e. artists displays there works
 We had traveled
extensively before we bought
our summer home. We
traveled in Europe and Asia
before we went to South
America. For the past year,
however, we were inclined to
stay home. Travel became so
expensive over the past years
that we can no longer afford it.
 For the past year, however, we were
inclined to stay home.
a. replace however with nevertheless
b. replace however with consequently
c. change were inclined to had been
inclined
d. change were inclined to was inclined
e. replace were inclined with have been
inclined

e. replace were inclined with

have been inclined
I signed the letter several days
after I wrote it.
a. I wrote it.
b. I writed it.
c. It was written.
d. Id.had
I had written
written it.it.
e. I have written it.
On this, his anniversary, Brad
Simpson was with the bank for
forty years.
a. was
b. had been
c. is
d. d.
has been
has been
e. will be
I received a ticket because I parked in a no
parking zone.

a. I received a ticket because I parked

b. Ib.received a ticket
I received because
a ticket I had
because
parked I had parked.
c. I had received a ticket because I
parked
d. I had received a ticket because I had
parked
e. I received a ticket because parking
If you arrive after 10, the kitchen
will have closed.
a. a.
will have
will haveclosed.
closed
b. closes.
c. will close.
d. should close.
e. has closed.
Subject – Verb
Agreement
1. The books (is, are) on the
shelf.
2. Each (selects, select) his
own menu.
3. Each of the students (is,
are) registered for ten
weeks.
4. Any of the six choices (is,
are) suitable.
5. Everybody (does, do) his
job.
6. This kind of movie (is, are)
boring.
7. Those kinds of flowers
(seem, seems) delicate.
8. None of the presenters
(speaks, speak) well.
9. There (was, were) several
good items on the menu.
10. Neither the meats nor the
vegetables (is, are) fresh.
11. Either the children or the
babysitter (drinks, drink) the
milk.
12. She is one of those women
who never (says, say) what
they men.
There’s always some people who
get more work done on the job
than others.
a. change There’s
a. Change to There
There’s areare
to There
b. replace always some with
always few
c. change who to whom
d. insert a comma after who
e. replace on with at
 The answer to this question don’t
necessarily depend upon what they
know, but, rather, upon how they
work.
a. change this question to these
questions
b. change necessarily with
necessary
c. change don’t
c. change to doesn’t
don’t to doesn’t
d. remove the comma after know
e. insert a semicolon after rather
Each of us need a plan for getting
our work done.
a. Each of us need
b. Each of you need
c. Each and everyone of us need
d. Each of us needs
d. Each
e. Each of of us needs
them need
Here’s two ideas that will help to
speed the job along.
a. change Here’s
a. change Here’stotoHere
Hereare
are
b. insert a comma after ideas
c. replace that with who
d. remove help to
e. no correction necessary
Each of your tasks take its place
on your “to do” list.
a. tasks take
b. b.
tasks takes
tasks takes
c. tasks taking
d. tasks; take
e. tasks is taking
Everybody in an office like to talk,
but you can control how much you
socialize.
a. replace Everybody with
Everyone
b. remove an
c. change like to talk with like
talking
d. d.
change
changelikelike
to to
likes
likes
e. insert a comma after but you
 Just tell anyone who stop by
chat that you’ll talk to that
person later.
a. anyone who stop
b. anyone to stop
c. anyone
c. anyonewho
whostops
stops
d. anyone that stop
e. each who stop
Pluralization
calculate
algebra mathematics
equation

government
election politics
minister
finance
trade economics
employment

running
jumping athletics
throwing
light
heat physics
gravity

exercises
somersault gymnastics
parallel bars
cactus cacti
thesis theses
syllabus syllabi
sheep sheep
child children
diagnosis diagnoses
analysis analyses
stimulus stimuli
ox oxen
1. Gymnastics (is, are) my
favorite sport.
2. The police (want, wants)
to interview two men
about the robbery.
3. Fortunately the news
(wasn’t, weren’t) as bad
as we expected.
4. Where (does, do) your
family live?
5. It’s a nice place to visit.
The people (is, are) very
friendly.
6. I don’t like very hot
weather. Thirty degrees
(is, are) too hot for me.
Determiners
1. Would you like ____
apple?
2. How often do you go to
____ dentist?
3. Could you close ____
door, please?
4. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to
do that. It was ___
mistake.
5. Excuse me, where is ____
bus station, please?
6. I have ____ problem. Can
you help me?
7. I’m just going to ____
post office. I won’t be
long.
8. There were no chairs, so
we sat on ____ floor.
9. Have you finished with
____ book I lent you?
10. My sister has just got ____
job in ____ bank in Manila.
11. We live in ___ small flat in
____ city centre.
12. There’s ____ supermarket
at ____ end of ____ street
I live in.
Prepositions
at on in during for
since by until

1. Jack has gone away. He’ll

be back ____ a week.
2. We’re having a party ____
Saturday. Can you come?
3. I’ve got an interview next
week. It’s ___ 9:30 ____
Tuesday morning.

4. Susan isn’t usually here

____ weekends. She goes
away.
5. The train service is very
good. The trains are nearly
always ___ time.

6. It was a confusing situation.

Many things are happening
____ at the same time.
7. I couldn’t decide whether
or not to buy the shirt.
___ the end I decided to
leave it.

8. The road is busy all the

time. Even ____ night.
9. I met a lot of nice people
_____ my stay in New
York.

10. I saw Helen ____ Friday,

but I haven’t seen her
_____ then.
11. Brian has been doing the
same job _____ five
years.

12. Lisa’s birthday is _____

the end of March.
13. We have some friends
staying with us ___ the
moment. They’re staying
____ Friday.
14. If you’re interested in
applying for the job, your
application must be received
___ Friday.
15. I’m just going out. I won’t
be long. I’ll be back ___
ten minutes.

16. I’d love to visit every

country ___ the world.
17. Dostoevsky is my favorite
author. Have you read
anything ___ him?

18. I’ve got a stain ___ my

jacket. I’ll have to have it
cleaned.
19. We went ___ a party ___
Linda’s house on
Saturday.

20. Look at the leaves ___

that tree. They’re a
beautiful color.
21. ‘Have you ever been___
Tokyo?’ ‘No, I’ve never
been ___ Japan.

22. Mozart died ___ Vienna

in 1791 ___ the age of 35.
23. We went ___ the theater
last night. We had seats
___ the front row.

24. I couldn’t decide what to

eat. There was nothing
___ the menu that I liked.
25. Ana spent two years
working ___ London
before returning ___ Italy.
Tag Questions
1. Kate won’t be late,

2. You’re tired,

3. You’ve got a camera,

4. You weren’t listening,

5. She doesn’t know Ann,

6. Juan’s on holiday,
7. Mina’s applied for the job,

8. You can’t speak German,

9. He won’t mind if I use his

phone,
10. There are a lot of people
here,

11. Let’s go out tonight,

12. This isn’t very interesting,

13. I’m too impatient,

14. You wouldn’t tell anyone,

15. Helen has lived here a

long time,
16. I shouldn’t have lost my
temper,

17. He’d never met her

before,

18. Don’t drop that vase,

Parallelism
1. The longtime housekeeper
was faithful and ____
a. honestly.
b. with honesty.
c. honest.
d. honesty.
2. Please write your evaluation
carefully, truthfully, and
____
a. concise.
b. concisely.
c. with concision.
d. be concise.
3. Henry is not only a good doctor
____
a. but also an excellent friend.
b. but he is also an excellent
friend.
c. but he is an excellent friend
also.
d. but is also an excellent friend.
4. This book is a monument to its
author and ____
a. it pays tribute to its subject
b. a tribute to its subject.
c. it tributes to its subject.
d. pays tribute to its subject.
5. The boy’s mother insisted that
he hang up his clothes and
____
a. make his bed.
b. he should make his bed.
c. why doesn’t he make his
bed.
d. to make his bed