Entry Test English Grammar II

In the following sentence, the word "oldest" is an:

John Stuart Mill was an oldest son.

• Verb

• Adjective

• Noun

• Preposition

Answer explanation

The word oldest is an adjective

In the sentence:

His father was his only teacher

The word was is a:

• Noun

• Adjective

• Pronoun

• Verb

Answer explanation

The word was is a verb.

In the following sentence, the word "he" is a:

He learned Greek before he was eight years old.

• Pronoun

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Noun

In the sentence:

“I might not have enough hours for practice.”

The word "for" is a:

• Verb

• Preposition

• Adverb

• Noun

What kind of sentence is the following?

"She fills the cavity with cement, and the cement hardens into the shape of the roots".

• Complex sentence

• Simple sentence

• Compound sentence

• Compound-complex sentence

What kind of sentence is the following?

"They also study the gardens shown in paintings that decorated many houses of Pompeii".

• Complex sentence

• Compound sentence

• Simple sentence

• Compound-complex sentence

What type of sentence is the following?

"These paintings can suddenly disintegrate if they are exposed to rain, and some have been lost".

• Simple sentence

• Compound sentence

• Complex sentence

• Compound-complex sentence

What type of sentence is the following?

"However, the result of all this labor is that the gardens of Pompeii are coming alive again

• Compound sentence

• Complex sentence

• Compound-complex sentence

• Simple sentence

Choose the answer option that identifies the prepositional phrase or phrases in the sentence.

"The tires and gears on his bike were brand-new".

• the tires and gear

• were brand-new

• on his bike

• and gears

Choose the answer option that identifies the prepositional phrase or phrases in the sentence.

"The owner of the bike shop had given Hector’s ten-speed a complete tuneup"

• of the bike shop

• the owner

• had given

• a complete tuneup