UK English Grammar, English Language

Question: Choose the option that best completes the following sentence. In the sentence "To know him is to love him," the phrase "to know him" is ______.
A
the subject of the sentence

B
an infinitive phrase acting as a noun

C
the predicate of this sentence

D
All of these

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Question: Choose the option that corrects the parallelism error contained in the following sentence. Greta is either moving to Germany next month or she will stay in Iceland for another year.
A
Greta is either moving to Germany next month or staying in Iceland for another year.

B
Either Greta is moving to Germany next month, or she is staying in Iceland for another year.

C
Either Greta will move to Germany next month or staying in Iceland for another year.

D
None of these

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Question: Choose the series of verbs that best completes the following passage. Sally's chronic carelessness ________ her in the hospital again. This time she _______ run over by a tractor as she ________ peacefully in a wheat field.
A
landed, had been, was snoozing

B
has landed, was, snoozed

C
is landing, has been, snoozed

D
has landed, was, was snoozing

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Question: Choose the option that best completes the following sentence. The general rule in grammar is to place modifiers _______.
A
as close as possible to the beginning of the sentence

B
immediately before the words they modify

C
as close as possible to the words they modify

D
immediately after the words they modify

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Question: Identify the sentence that is written in active voice.
A
When I loaned my bike to Thomas, it was red; when Thomas returned the bike to me, it had inexplicably been painted yellow by him.

B
A note had been written in the snow by the stranded skiers, but no one saw it in time.

C
The waiter cleared our plates before we had even finished dessert.

D
The artist's use of vibrant colours was always remarked upon by the art critics.

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Question: Choose the option that best corrects the sentence structure error underlined in the following sentence. The martini, very dry, was sipped taciturnly by Sebastian while Wanda, absentmindedly twirling the little umbrella in her cocktail, stared at him maliciously.
A
The martini, very dry, was sipped taciturnly by Sebastian

B
The very dry martini was taciturnly sipped by Sebastian

C
Sebastian sipped his very dry martini taciturnly

D
Sebastian, who sipped his dry martini taciturnly

E
Sebastian taciturnly sipped his very dry martini

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Question: Choose the option that best completes the following sentence. An antecedent is ______.
A
an independent clause

B
the noun a pronoun stands for

C
a rule of precedence for compound nouns in a sentence

D
the beginning of a sentence

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Question: Choose the option that best completes the following sentence. Neither Alice nor Amy mentioned Alan's arrogant behavior _______.
A
lest he'd lose his temper

B
lest he lose his temper

C
lest he loses his temper

D
less he lose his temper

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Question: Choose the option that best corrects the verb tense error in the underlined part of the following sentence. Just as the second act was about to start, the stage manager came out and told the audience that the lead actress fell ill during intermission and needed the aid of a doctor before the show could go on.
A
that the lead actress fell ill during intermission and needed the aid of a doctor

B
that the lead actress fell ill during intermission and had needed the aid of a doctor

C
that the lead actress had fallen ill during intermission and needed the aid of a doctor

D
that the lead actress has been ill during intermission and would need the aid of a doctor

E
that the lead actress was ill during intermission and had been in need of a doctor's aid

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Question: Which of the following sentences contains a pronoun-antecedent agreement error?
A
The news of her crushing defeat has lost much of its sting by now.

B
Either the Minister of Education or her secretaries will eat their lunch in the office today.

C
Helmut believes that anyone who betrays their family is a good-for-nothing wretch.

D
A number of volunteers are offering their help to find the missing bear.

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Question: Choose the option that best completes the following sentence. In the sentence "To know him is to love him," the phrase "to know him" is ______.

Question: Choose the option that corrects the parallelism error contained in the following sentence. Greta is either moving to Germany next month or she will stay in Iceland for another year.

Question: Choose the series of verbs that best completes the following passage. Sally's chronic carelessness ____ her in the hospital again. This time she _ run over by a tractor as she ______ peacefully in a wheat field.

Question: Choose the option that best completes the following sentence. The general rule in grammar is to place modifiers _______.

Question: Identify the sentence that is written in active voice.

Question: Choose the option that best corrects the sentence structure error underlined in the following sentence. The martini, very dry, was sipped taciturnly by Sebastian while Wanda, absentmindedly twirling the little umbrella in her cocktail, stared at him maliciously.

Question: Choose the option that best completes the following sentence. An antecedent is ______.

Question: Choose the option that best completes the following sentence. Neither Alice nor Amy mentioned Alan's arrogant behavior _______.

Question: Which of the following sentences contains a pronoun-antecedent agreement error?

Question: Choose the option that best completes the following sentence. In the sentence "To know him is to love him," the phrase "to know him" is ______.

Question: Choose the option that corrects the parallelism error contained in the following sentence. Greta is either moving to Germany next month or she will stay in Iceland for another year.

Question: Choose the series of verbs that best completes the following passage. Sally's chronic carelessness ________ her in the hospital again. This time she _______ run over by a tractor as she ________ peacefully in a wheat field.

Question: Choose the option that best completes the following sentence. The general rule in grammar is to place modifiers _______.

Question: Identify the sentence that is written in active voice.

Question: Choose the option that best corrects the sentence structure error underlined in the following sentence. The martini, very dry, was sipped taciturnly by Sebastian while Wanda, absentmindedly twirling the little umbrella in her cocktail, stared at him maliciously.

Question: Choose the option that best completes the following sentence. An antecedent is ______.

Question: Choose the option that best completes the following sentence. Neither Alice nor Amy mentioned Alan's arrogant behavior _______.

Question: Which of the following sentences contains a pronoun-antecedent agreement error?

Question: Choose the series of verbs that best completes the following passage. Sally's chronic carelessness ____ her in the hospital again. This time she _ run over by a tractor as she ______ peacefully in a wheat field.