Capitalization
Correct the sentence:
my brother moved to canada in july.
My brother moved to Canada in July.
Choose the correct phrasal verb:
Please _____ your shoes before entering the house.
A. take off
B. turn down
C. give up
A. take off
Complete the first conditional:
If it rains tomorrow, we ______ home.
A. stayed
B. will stay
C. stay
B. will stay
Choose the best conjunction:
I was tired, ______ I finished my homework.
A. but
B. because
C. unless
A. but
Choose the correct verb:
I ______ my homework already.
A. finished
B. have finished
C. had finished
B. have finished
Which sentence is correct?
A. I study english at truman college.
B. I study English at Truman College.
C. I study English at truman college.
B. I study English at Truman College.
Fill in the blank:
I wanted to buy the jacket, but I decided to ______ because it was too expensive.
Answer: back out / give up on it
Complete the second conditional:
If I ______ more free time, I would learn Arabic.
Answer: had
Fill in the blank:
We stayed inside ______ the weather was terrible.
Answer: because / since
Fill in the blank with the correct perfect tense:
By the time we arrived, the movie ______ already ______.
Answer: had already started
Find all capitalization mistakes:
last friday, maria visited lake michigan with professor lee.
Answer: Last Friday, Maria visited Lake Michigan with Professor Lee.
What does the phrasal verb mean?
“The meeting was put off until next week.”
A. canceled forever
B. delayed
C. moved earlier
B. delayed
Correct the error:
If she would study harder, she would pass the exam.
Answer: If she studied harder, she would pass the exam.
Explaination: This sentence uses the second conditional to talk about an unreal present situation. It means she is not studying harder now, but if she did, she would be able to pass the exam.
Combine the sentences using a conjunction:
He studied all night. He still failed the test.
Answer: He studied all night, but he still failed the test.
Choose the correct sentence:
A. She has lived here since 2022.
B. She lives here since 2022.
C. She had lived here since 2022.
A. She has lived here since 2022.
Correct the sentence:
the french teacher assigned a book by william shakespeare called hamlet.
Answer: The French teacher assigned a book by William Shakespeare called Hamlet.
Rewrite the sentence using a phrasal verb:
The company rejected his application.
Answer: The company turned down his application.
Other options:
pass on, turn away, turn him down
Complete the third conditional:
If they had left earlier, they ______ the train.
A. would catch
B. would have caught
C. caught
B. would have caught
Explaination: The third conditional talks about an unreal situation in the past and its imagined result. Because the condition is in the past (“had left earlier”), the correct answer is B. would have caught, since it describes a past result that did not actually happen.
Choose the best conjunction:
______ she had very little experience, she performed extremely well during the interview.
A. Unless
B. Although
C. Because of
B. Although
Complete the sentence using the future perfect:
By next summer, I ______ my degree.
Answer: will have completed / will have finished
Correct all capitalization errors:
after reading “the lottery” by shirley jackson, our sociology class at the university of illinois discussed traditions in american society.
Answer: After reading “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, our Sociology class at the University of Illinois discussed traditions in American society.
Choose the best answer:
Even after years of criticism, the scientist refused to ______ his theory because new evidence continued to support it.
A. carry out
B. back down from
C. come across
D. look down on
B. back down from
Choose the sentence with the correct mixed conditional:
A. If I had gone to medical school, I will be a doctor now.
B. If I went to medical school, I would have been a doctor now.
C. If I had gone to medical school, I would be a doctor now.
Mixed conditionals connect a past unreal condition to a present result. The correct answer is C, because “If I had gone to medical school” refers to a past situation that didn’t happen, and “I would be a doctor now” shows the present result of that different past.
Correct the sentence:
Despite he was exhausted, Marcus continued working until midnight.
Answer:
Although he was exhausted, Marcus continued working until midnight.
Despite being exhausted, Marcus continued working until midnight.
Correct the tense error:
By the time the manager arrived, the employees have already left the building.
Answer: By the time the manager arrived, the employees had already left the building.