[Premier Prep] Grammar Assessment Test

Q: How do you feel about your new job? Do you have as ____ responsibilities as you used to?

A: The job is great. I have about the same ___________ of work to do as before, but I have __________ stress and __________problems.

a.) much, amount, fewer, less

b.) much, number, less, fewer

c.) many, amount, less, fewer

d.) many, number, fewer, less

2. Some tropical storms __________ hurricanes.

a.) become

b.) is become

c.) are become

d.) have become

3. The long walk from the station __________ us. It is an ________________ walk.

a.) is exhausting, exhausted

b.) is exhausting, exhausting

c.) exhausts, exhausted

d.) exhausts, exhausting

4. She denied __________ that to me because she hated it very much.

a.) say

b.) to say

c.) saying

d.) to saying

5. I broke my nose in a football game yesterday. Today it's very painful. The pain is ___________ today than it was yesterday.

a.) much worse

b.) the worst

c.) clueler

d.) most cruel

6. Yesterday evening she ________ a drink after she _________ her dinner.

a.) has, had

b.) had, has

c.) have been, had

d.) had, had had

7. I saw her skirt __________ by Ladda yesterday.

a.) washed

b.) has washed

c.) has been washed

d.) being washed

A: I think you should get your car ___________. It’s very dirty.

B: Really? I just had my husband ___________ it last week.

a.) washes , washed

b.) washed , wash

c.) wash , to wash

d.) be washed , washes

9. _________ you were ill, I would have visited you.

a.) If I knew

b.) If I would have known

c.) Were I know

d.) Had I known

10. ___________ it that he was awarded a prize.

a.) So he did well do

b.) So well did he do

c.) Did he do so well

d.) Well so did he do

11. “Where are you going?” James says.

a.) James says where are you going.

b.) James said where are you going.

c.) James asks me where I am going.

d.) James asked me where I was going.

12. Either my mother or my father _________ going to pick me up because one of them _________ taking my sister to the hospital. All of us _________ worried about her so much.

a.) is, are, is

b.) are, is, are

c.) is, is, are

d.) are, are, is

13. Sarah was known for her beauty and _________. Not only did she _________ of herself well, but she also always _________ to several charities.

a.) generosity, take care, donated

b.) generous, taking care, donating

c.) genetic, took care, donate

d.) generous, taken care, donates

14. _________ the student _________ is having lunch _________, the student _________ has nothing _________.

a.) When, who sat over there, be made by her mother, who stood over there, to eat

b.) While, who is sitting over there, made by her mother, who is standing over there, to eat

c.) As, whom is sitting over there, make by her mother, whom, is standing over there, eat

d.) Since, whom sat over there, making by her mother, whom stood over there, eating

15.

A: I think John is inventing an everlasting light bulb, _________?

B: Yeah. Good idea, _________?

C: Don’t tell anybody, _________?

a.) is he, isn’t it, will you

b.) am I, is it, do you

c.) doesn’t he, is he, won’t you

d.) isn’t he, isn’t it, will you

16.

What is the function of each underlined phrase?

Snow White thought the apple that the old woman took from her basket looked abnormally red, but she still reached out to take a bite.

a.) Adjective phrase, Noun phrase, Adjective phrase, Verb phrase

b.) Noun phrase, Noun phrase, Adverb phrase, Verb phrase

c.) Noun phrase, Prepositional phrase, Adjective phrase, Verb phrase

d.) Adjective phrase, Prepositional phrase, Adverb phrase, Verb phrase

17.

How many clauses does this sentence contain?

My father took the desktop computer that he uses at work, and my mother sat on the beach with her laptop computer, which she connects to the internet with a cellular phone.

a.) 2 independent clauses, 2 dependent clauses

b.) 1 independent clauses, 2 dependent clauses

c.) 2 independent clauses, 1 dependent clauses

d.) 1 independent clauses, 1 dependent clauses

18.

What are the types of these sentences?

James tends to get bored sitting on the beach, watching the waves, getting sand in his swimsuit, and reading detective novels for a week. He prefers the view that he gets from the log cabin up in the mountains, and he enjoys hiking in the forest.

a.) Compound Sentence, Compound Sentence

b.) Simple Sentence, Compound-Complex Sentence

c.) Complex Sentence, Complex Sentence

d.) Compound-Complex Sentence, Compound Sentence

19. Several countries participated in the airlift _ Italy _ Belgium _ France _ and Luxembourg _

a.) , , , , .

b.) , , : , .

c.) ; , , , .

d.) : , , , .

20. When I walk _____ the store, I ran _____ my old friend. I think he really takes _____ his father, _____.

a.) passed, on, under, may be

b.) passed, off, on, maybe

c.) past, into, after, maybe

d.) past, up, in, may be