ELA 11 Grammar Unit 1

Determine the correct usage:

Jonathan had (already/all ready) decided that the best choice for his future was to join (a/an) union.

• already / an

• all ready / an

• already / a

• all ready / a

Determine the correct usage:

Sarah had to (accept / except) the fact that James was not (a/an) option for her lab partner.

• accept / a

• accept / an

• except / a

• except / an

Determine the correct usage:

Most of the students had decided not to fret over parking. In fact, a lot (adverb / noun) of them walked to school.

• noun

• verb

• pronoun

• interjection

Determine the correct usage:

If you can't tell (all ready / already), this quiz was meant to be (a / an) unique test of your understanding of grammar concepts.

• already / a

• already / an

• all ready / a

• all ready / an

Determine the correct usage:

(A/An) increasing number of colleges are (accepting / excepting) students with low ACT or SAT scores.

• An / accepting

• A / accepting

• A / Excepting

• An / excepting

Determine the correct usage:

Sam had (already / all ready) turned in applications to several restaurants, but a lot (adverb/noun) of them had (accepted/excepted) other applicants.

• already / noun / accepted

• all ready / adverb / accepted

• already / noun / excepted

• all ready / noun / accepted

Determine the correct usage:

Josh made an (acception / exception) for Abbey, for she was (a / an) honorable person. However, I think it was because he likes her a lot (adverb / noun).

• acception / an / adverb

• exception / a / noun

• exception / an / adverb

• acception / a / noun

Determine the correct usage:

A lot (noun / adverb) of students at West work part-time jobs on the weekends. Thankfully, (a / an) majority of teachers are (accepting / excepting) of this and try to give a degree of homework that is manageable.

• noun / a / accepting

• adverb / a / accepting

• noun / an / excepting

• adverb / an / excepting

Determine the correct usage:

Where would it be (acceptable / exceptable) for me to drop these off at (correct / incorrect)?

• acceptable / incorrect

• exceptable / incorrect

• acceptable / correct

• exceptable / correct

Determine the correct usage:

Grammar is something that I have studied a lot (adverb / noun). In fact, I was (all ready / already) to go this morning when I learned (a / an) interesting fact. People typically (accept / except) the Oxford comma depending on where they live. I didn't learn that at (correct / incorrect) at college!

• adverb / all ready / an / accept / correct

• adverb / already / an / accept / correct

• noun / already / an / accept / incorrect

• noun / all ready / a / except / correct