Accuplacer Basic Grammar Quiz
- 1.Everyone in the bank-including the manager and the tellers, ran to the door when the fire alarm rang.
- A.
Tellers, ran
- B.
Tellers:ran
- C.
Tellers, had run
- D.
Tellers-ran
- E.
Tellers' ran”
- 2.To no ones surprise, Joe didn't have his homework ready.
- A.
No ones surprise
- B.
Noones surprise
- C.
No-ones surprise
- D.
No ones' surprise
- E.
No one's surprise
- 3.If he would have read “The White Birds,” he might have liked William Butler Yeats's poetry.
- A.
Would have read
- B.
Could have read
- C.
Would of read
- D.
Could of read
- E.
Had read
- 4.After the hurricane, uprooted trees were laying all over the ground.
- A.
Were laying
- B.
Lying
- C.
Were lying
- D.
Were laid
- E.
Was laid
- 5.Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), the great Transcendentalist philosopher, wrote in his essay “Self-Reliance” of the need for an individual to develop his capacities.
- A.
Essay “Self–Reliance”
- B.
Essay, “Self-Reliance”
- C.
Essay: Self-Reliance
- D.
Essay, Self-Reliance
- E.
Essay; “Self-Reliance”
- 6.The recently built children's amusement park has been called “ a boon to the community “ by its supporters and “an eyesore” by its harshest critics.
- A.
And “an eyesore” by its harshest
- B.
And, “ an eyesore,” by its harshest
- C.
And, an eyesore; by its harshest
- D.
And-an eyesore- by its' harshest
- E.
And-“an eyesore”- by its' harshest
- 7.I always have trouble remembering the meaning of these two common verbs, affect (to change” or “to influence”) and effect (“to cause” or “ to accomplish ) . “
- A.
“to accomplish).“
- B.
“to accomplish”).
- C.
“to accomplish).
- D.
To accomplish.
- E.
(“to accomplish.“ )
- 8.My class just finished reading-“The Fall of the House of Usher “, a short story by Edgar Allen Poe.
- A.
Reading-"The Fall of the House of Usher",
- B.
Reading,The Fall of the House of Usher,
- C.
Reading "The Fall of the House of Usher,"
- D.
Reading,The Fall of the house of Usher,"
- E.
Reading: The Fall of the House of Usher-
- 9.After it was repaired it ran perfect again.
- A.
Ran perfect
- B.
Ran perfectly
- C.
Could run perfect
- D.
Could of run perfect
- E.
Would run perfectly
- 10."Are there two e's in beetle," asked Margo?
- A.
There two e's in beetle," asked Margo?
- B.
Their two e's in beetle?" asked Margo.
- C.
There two e's in beetle," asked Margo?
- D.
There two e's in beetle?" asked Margo.
- E.
There two e's in beetle, asked Margo?
- 11.The circus audience received a well-deserved round of applause for the perfectly timed acrobatic stunt.
- A.
Audience received a well-deserved
- B.
Audience gave a well deserved
- C.
Audience did receive a well deserved
- D.
Audience gave a well-deserved
- E.
Audience did get a well deserved
- 12.Looking directly at me, my Mother said, “These are your options: the choice is yours.”
- A.
Mother said, “These are your options: the choice is
- B.
Mother said- these are your options, the choice is
- C.
Mother had said, These are your options; the choice is
- D.
Mother had said, “These are your options; the choice is
- E.
Mother said, “These are your options; the choice is
- 13.Porcupine is from Latin porcus, “pig,” and spina, “spine.”
- A.
Porcus, “pig,” and spina, “spine.”
- B.
Porcus-pig and spina, “spine.”
- C.
Porcus-pig, and Spina, “spine.”
- D.
Porcus-Pig-,Spina-spine.
- E.
Porcus, “pig,” and spina “spine”.
- 14.Seeing the dolphins, some sharks, a killer whale, and a Moray eel made the visit to the marine park worthwhile.
- A.
A killer whale, and a Moray eel made the visit
- B.
A killer whale, and a moray eel made the visit
- C.
A killer whale and a moray eel makes the visit
- D.
A killer whale and a Moray eel makes the visit
- E.
A killer whale and a moray eel made the visit
- 15.Still, the fact that a planet exists outside our solar system encourages hope that other solar systems exist, and in them, perhaps, a planet that does support life.
- A.
That a planet exists outside our solar system encourages hope that other solar systems exist, and
- B.
That a Planet exists out side our solar system encourages hope that other solar systems exist and
- C.
Could be that a planet exists outside our solar system encourages hope that other solar systems exist, and
- D.
That a planet exist outside our solar systems encourage hope that other solar systems exist, and
- E.
That a planet does exists out side our solar system encourages hope that other solar systems exist, and
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