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Verb Tenses
Passive Voice
Phrasal Verbs
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Other Punctuation
100
How many verb tenses are there in the English language? a) 12 b) 8 c) 10 d) 6
a) 12
100
Which auxiliary verb is used with the passive voice? a) To be b) To do c) To have d) To sleep
a) To be
100
Which of the following sentences does not contain a phrasal verb? a) I'm looking forward to my birthday. b) Look at that man over there. Is he Brad Pitt? c) I've always looked up to my father. He's a great role model.
b) Look at that man over there. Is he Brad Pitt?
100
Which of the following sentences is incorrect? a) I was late to work because I missed my bus. b) Because I missed my bus, I was late to work. c) I was late to work, because I missed my bus.
c) I was late to work, because I missed my bus.
100
Which sentence is incorrect? a) Watch your step—theres a rock next to that tree. b) Look over there! They're having a difficult time keeping their canoe steady. c) You're going to love this movie. It's my favourite.
a) Watch your step—theres a rock next to that tree.
200
What is the main difference between past simple and present perfect? a) Present perfect is used for more recent past actions b) Present perfect is always used for actions that are still in progress c) Present perfect emphasizes when an action was completed and past simple emphasizes the action itself d) Past simple emphasizes when an action was completed and present perfect emphasizes the action itself
d) Past simple emphasizes when an action was completed and present perfect emphasizes the action itself
200
What is the purpose of passive voice? a) The agent is unknown b) The action is more important than the agent c) The agent is more important than the action d) a and b e) a and c f) None of the above
d) a and b
200
Which of the following is correct: a) I got on the bus after class. b) I got in the bus after class. c) I got the bus after class.
a) I got on the bus after class.
200
Which of the following sentences is correct? a) However, my uncle still smokes. b) My uncle, however, still smokes. c) My uncle still smokes, however. d) All of the above e) and b only f) b and c only g) a and c only
d) All of the above
200
When is a semicolon (;) used? a) To join two dependent clauses b) To join two related independent clauses c) To join to independent clauses d) In a complex list where commas are needed e) b and d f) a and c g) c and d
e) b and d
300
When is the past perfect tense used? a) When we don't know when a past action happened b) When one past action happened before another past action c) When we want to emphasize how long ago an action happened
b) When one past action happened before another past action
300
In which of these sources are you more likely to find passive voice? a) A novel b) A scientific article c) An essay d) A newspaper article e) a and d f) b and c g) a and d h) b and d
h) b and d
300
Which of the following phrasal verbs is intransitive? a) Put up with b) Look into c) Turn off d) Get away
d) Get away
300
According to the following sentence, how many brothers does the writer have? My brother, who is a doctor, is visiting for Thanksgiving. a) One b) More than one c) Impossible to say
a) One
300
What is the proper way to quote something within a quote? a) Peter Martyn points out that "George Orwell decried his contemporaries' 'lack of precision' in their use of words." b) Peter Martyn points out that 'George Orwell decried his contemporaries' "lack of precision" in their use of words.' c) Peter Martyn points out that "George Orwell decried his contemporaries' lack of precision in their use of words." d) Peter Martyn points out that 'George Orwell decried his contemporaries' lack of precision in their use of words.'
a) Peter Martyn points out that "George Orwell decried his contemporaries' 'lack of precision' in their use of words."
400
What is the difference between "will" and "be going to" in future tenses? a) "Will" is used for an action that might happen, whereas "be going to" is used for actions that are going to happen for sure. b) Both can be used interchangeably. c) "Will" is used to express a decision that has just been made, whereas "be going to" is used to express decisions that have already been made.
c) "Will" is used to express a decision that has just been made, whereas "be going to" is used to express decisions that have already been made.
400
Which of these verb tenses cannot be changed to passive voice? a) Present perfect b) Present continuous c) Past perfect continuous d) Past continuous
c) Past perfect continuous
400
Which of the following phrasal verbs is inseparable? a) Turn off b) Look after c) Wake up d) Call back
b) Look after
400
Which of the following conjunctions is not used to connect two independent clauses with a comma? a) But b) Yet c) For d) And e) Until f) Nor g) So h) Or
e) Until
400
Which punctuation mark is the least common in academic writing? a) The comma (,) b) The colon (:) c) The semicolon (;) d) The exclamation point (!) e) The period (.)
d) The exclamation point (!)
500
What do the terms "continuous" and "perfect" refer to? a) Tense b) Aspect c) Form d) Syntax
b) Aspect
500
Change the following sentence to causative voice: I want someone to paint my house. a) I want my house to be painted. b) I want to have my house painted. c) My house is needed to be painted. d) My house needs painting.
b) I want to have my house painted.
500
For separable phrasal verbs, what happens when the object is a pronoun? a) It goes between the verb and particle b) It goes after the particle c) It can go either between the verb and particle or after the particle
a) It goes between the verb and particle
500
What is a serial comma? a) A comma that joins two independent clauses b) A comma that precedes a conjunction c) A comma before "and" in a list of more than two items d) A comma that is used after a dependent clause
c) A comma before "and" in a list of more than two items
500
What is the difference between an en dash (-) and an em dash (—)? a) An em dash is used between years (e.g. 1947—1980) b) An en dash is used to combine compound words (e.g. self-discipline) c) An em dash is used in a similar way to parentheses (e.g. Jazz music is so complicated—there don't seem to be any rules!)
c) An em dash is used in a similar way to parentheses (e.g. Jazz music is so complicated—there don't seem to be any rules!)