Dated Knowledge — Grammar Revision

Dated Knowledge — Grammar Revision

Subject-Verb Agreement

Subjects and verbs must AGREE with one another in number (singular or plural). Thus, if a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular; if a subject is plural, its verb must also be plural.

Multiple Choice

Seven thousand dollars ____ a lot of money.

• is

• are

Multiple Choice

A little encouragement ____ all he needs.

• is

• are

Multiple Choice

Ms Wong says, "All ____ well."

• is

• are

Multiple Choice

Listening to parents and teachers ____ important.

• is

• are

Multiple Choice

The slaughter of animals for their fur ____ caused controversy.

• has

• have

Multiple Choice

The pair of shoes ____ not mine.

• is

• are

Multiple Choice

The herd of horses ____ wildly across the field.

• gallop

• gallops

Multiple Choice

Some of the people waiting in the line ____ getting impatient.

• is

• are

Multiple Choice

Some of the money ____ missing.

• is

• are

Multiple Choice

The student, as well as her friends, ____ attending tutorial lessons after school.

• is

• are

Multiple Choice

Everyone ____ done his or her homework.

• has

• have

Multiple Choice

Everyone ____ done his or her homework.

• has

• have

The Passives

Remember: Use Past Participles

Multiple Choice

During the 1960s, this kind of furniture ____ to be trendy.

• considered

• was considered

• had been considered

• was considering

Multiple Choice

Cheese ____ from milk.

• was making

• made

• is made

• is making

Multiple Choice

Many accidents ____ by dangerous driving.

• are caused

• is causing

• was causing

• caused

Multiple Choice

The museum ____ by many tourists every year.

• visits

• is visited

• has been visited

• was visited

Multiple Choice

I ____ a question which I couldn't answer.

• was asked

• ask

• will be asked

• must be asked

Multiple Choice

Today, many serious childhood diseases ____ by early immunization.

• A. are preventing

• B. can prevent

• C. prevent

• D. can be prevented

Prepositions

You just have to remember them.

Multiple Choice

Being punctual means you arrive at places __ time.

• in

• on

Multiple Choice

I was almost late for class. Luckily, I made it __ time.

• on

• in

Multiple Choice

I failed a lot of tests two years ago, but ______ I managed to pass all tests and exams with flying colours.

• at the end

• in the end

Multiple Choice

_______ of the show, the performers came out to take their curtain call.

• At the end

• In the end

Multiple Select

Which of the options follow the preposition "on"?

• those days

• Christmas Eve

• Wednesday

• noon

• my mum's birthday

Multiple Select

Which of the options follow the preposition "in"?

• February

• night

• the middle of the night

• 2010

• the 21st century

Multiple Select

Which of the options follow the preposition "at"?

• Monday morning

• sunset

• the beginning of

• 2018

• the past

Parts of Speech

Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs...