1. He ___ his name on the paper.

• Singing
• Singed ✔
• Sing
• None of above

2. He seems to forget that there ___ things to be done before he can graduate.

• Was
• Is
• Were
• Are ✔

3. Choose the correct suffix for the word in capital letters in the following sentence.

You will not be PERMIT to swim with the sharks.

• est
• ed ✔

4. When to use which tense?

‘often’ is a signal word___

• Present tense ✔
• Present perfect progressive
• When to use which tense?

5. When to use which tense?

‘since 6 o’clock’ is a signal word___

• Present tense
• Present perfect progressive ✔

6. Expository writing alway lacks coherence.

•  True
•  False ✔

7. Fill in the blanks by selecting the correct subordinate conjunction from the given option.

I will join you, ___ the weather is fine.

• than 
• providing ✔
• since
• while

8. Choose the option that corrects the error in the identified portions. If no error exists, choose “No change is necessary”.

With her heavy dictionary. (A) Donna thumps the top of her ancient computer monitor. (B) Whenever the color tint flickers (C) From normal to sticky yellow

• Dictionary Donna __
• Flickers, From __ ✔
• No change is necessary
• Monitor whenever __

9. Which one of the following does briefly cover the main points?

• To state
• To summarize ✔
• To prove
• To trace

10. ___ is a comparison-contrast signal.

• Different from ✔
• Different  
• None of above
• Differ

11. Fill in the blank by selecting correct subordinate conjunction.

It looks ___ the train will be late.

• While
• As though
• Although ✔
• As far 

12. While writing a summary, usually the thesis statement is stated at the ___ of the summary.

• End ✔ 
• Beginning
• At the place mentioned above
• Middle

13. Fill in the blank by selecting correct subordinate conjunction.

It looks ___ the train will be late.

• Since 
• But ✔
• Nor
• For

14. Choose the correct option.

Most European countries now use theEuro, but the United Kingdom still uses the pound.

• Complex ✔
• Compound complex
• Compound
• simple

15. Complete the sentence by using accurate Comparative adjective form.

Health is ___ (important) than money.

• More important ✔
• Most important
• None
• important

16. How does the underlined clause function in the following sentence?

“What you write is not as important as how you write”

• As an adjective ✔
• As a practice nominative
• As a subjective
• As a adverb

17. Appeal to emotion is:

• None of the above
• Exploring the audience is felling to convert them to a particular viewpoint
• Creating the sensitivity in audience ✔
• Directing the viewpoint for humanitarian cause

18. Fill in the blank by selecting correct subordinate conjunction.

We recognized her at once, ___ we had not seen her for years.

• In case
• But
• As soon as ✔
• Although

19. Of all types of books, I think my stories are the ___ enjoyable.

• Many
• Much 
• More ✔
• Most

20. The words that are open to interpretation and don’t express ideas in a precise manner are called ___.

• Watchwords
• Antonyms
• Vague words
• Synonyms ✔

21. Choose the correct expression from the given options.

• None of the above
• The life is difficult ✔
• Life is difficult
• Life is the difficult

22. Choose the correct present tense verb for each sentence.

Two cups of sliced jalapeno peppers ___ extreme for a single batch of burrito filling, but that’s the amount in Felipe’s recipe.

• Seem
• Not seemed ✔
• Seemed
• Seems

23. The significant part(s) of ‘simple listing paragraphs’ is/are

• Topic sentence
• All of above ✔
• Body
• Conclusion

24. ‘Nutshell your whole idea’ means:

• Detailed description of your idea
• Writer’s block
• To tell your idea in brief ✔
• Inability to break the shell around your thoughts

25. Choose the correct option

What are the main ingredients ___ this food?

• about
• to
• of
• for ✔

26. Fill in the blanks by using the correct form of Superlative adjective.

What is the (good) ___ film you have seen?

• good
• none
• best ✔
• better

27. Have you finished ___ that book yet?

• Read 
• To read
• Reading ✔
• Reads

28. Fill in the blanks by using the correct form of Superlative adjective.

Which is the(dangerous) ___ animal in the world?

• More dangerous ✔
• Most dangerous
• None
• Much dangerous

29. Choose the correct option.

He was killed ___ a highwayman ___ a dagger.

• by, for
• with, for
• in, for
• by, with ✔

30. Plagiarism or copying is ___ in the arena of research.

• Ethical crime ✔
• Rewardable act
• None of the above  
• Strength of the writer

31. In ___, the author lists items or events in numericals or chronological order.

• Journalist, writer
• Sequential writing ✔
• Academic writing
• Creative writing 

32. Select the correctly punctuated sentence.

• Ms. Espinoza has offered to coach the team this year, however, the competition for the job is intense
• Ms. Espinoza has offered to coach the team this year, however the competition for the job is intense
• Ms. Espinoza has offered to coach the team this year, however the competition for the job is intense.
• Ms. Espinoza has offered to coach the team this year,however, the competition for the job is intense. ✔

33. Which facility is committed in the following?

“Eat your food. Think about the starving children in Africa”

• Appeal to emotion ✔
• Appeal to tradition
• Appeal to consequence
• Slippery slope

34. In “Expository writing” the author always lists items or events in numerical or chronological order.

• True
• False ✔

35. Fill in the blank by selecting correct subordinate conjunction.

I will join you, ___ the weather is fine.

• but
• besides
• providing ✔
• than

36. The most in Vogue and suitable form of expository writing is ___ essay.

• Two paragraph essay ✔
• Three paragraph essay
• Four paragraph essay
• Five paragraph essay

37. Choose the correct option

A good judge never jumps ___ the conclusion.

• on
• at 
• to ✔
• for

38. The fundamental principle of descriptive writing is:

• Show ot tell
• Show, do not tell ✔
• Tell
• None of above

39. Come here ___ once! I need your help right now.

• on
• by
• in
• at ✔

40. Choose the correct option

It’s been snowing ___ morning.

• until 
• for
• since ✔
• from

41. Choose the correct option.

It’s ___ art collection in Europe.

• finer
• the finest ✔
• the finer
• finest

42. My house is as ___ as your house.

• Big
• Bigger ✔
• Biggest
• The biggest

43. A lot of work ___ to be done.

• remains ✔
• remain

44. Choose the correct option

He usually travels to Philadelphia ___ train.

• at
• by ✔
• on
• with

45. Vivid verbs enhance a piece of writing. Choose the best verb for the weather sentence given below. 

The bring summer sun ___ steadily in the Osoyoos region.

• crackle ✔
• blazes
• brakes
• block

46. Choose the correct option

You frequently see this kind of violence ___ television.

• on ✔
• through
• with
• in

47. Which of the following should be included to make the paragraph effective?

• Coherence
• Topic sentence
• All of the above ✔
• Unity

48. Following a group of words in a fragment, identify what part of the sentence is missing and needs to be added to make the fragment into a sentence. “That small town proved.”

• Add a verb
• Add adverb and subject
• Add a subject ✔
• The subject and verb are present, but it does not express the complete thought

49. Circumlocution makes the paragraph coherent.

• True
• False ✔

50. The antonym of ‘Circumlocution’ is:

• Brevity ✔
• Rational
• None of above
• Extensive

51. Choose the correct present tense verb for each sentence.

Neither of those shorts circling your boggle board ___ hungry enough to bite.

• Locked
• Have locked
• Lock
• Locks ✔

52. Choose the grammatically perfect sentence from the given statements.

• You speak a very good English
• You speak very good English ✔

53. Mathematics ___ my favorite subject.

• are
• is ✔

54. “Pass away” is a euphemism for ___

• Sensation
• Success
• Delay
• Die ✔

55. Choose the correct option 

I felt like ___ but I did not dare.

• Laughing
• To laugh ✔
• Laugh
• Laughing

56. Choose the correct present tense verb for each sentence.

Where ___ the earnings that I left by the bathroom sink? Oh not that stupid cat swatted them down the drain again.

• Were ✔
• Was
• Are
• Had

57. Fill in the blanks by using the correct form of Superlative adjective.

She is the ___ (nice) person I know.

• Nice ✔
• None
• Nicer
• Nicest