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English Exam Reviewer

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a) A singular subject requires a....

b) A plural subject requires a....

a)

a) plural verb

b) singular verb

b)

a) singular verb

b) singular verb

c)

a) singular verb

b) plural verb

d)

a) plural verb

b) plural verb

2.

Is this sentence correct or incorrect?

Sixty-eight percent of the cluster of grapes has rotten.

a)

CORRECT

b)

INCORRECT

3.

LOGICAL FALLACIES

The type of fallacy that is sometimes called name calling or the personal attack fallacy

a)

Slippery Slope fallacy

b)

Ad hominem fallacy

c)

Straw man fallacy

d)

False dillema fallacy

4.

LOGICAL FALLACIES

making a claim based on a limited set of evidence

a)

Hasty Generalization fallacy

b)

Bandwagon fallacy

c)

Slippery slope fallacy

d)

Strawman fallacy

5.

PARALLELISM

Is this sentence correct or incorrect?:

Bessie's essay is better than Jamie

a)

CORRECT

b)

INCORRECT

6.

Who is the author of "Telephone Conversation"?

a)

Stephen King

b)

Wole Soyingka

c)

Wolle Soyinka

d)

Wole Soyinka

7.

Phrase Modification

Correct this sentence (best answer):

Looking toward the west, a funnel shaped cloud stirred up dust.

a)

A funnel shaped cloud stir up dust toward the west.

b)

While looking toward the west, I saw a funnel shaped cloud stirred up dust.

c)

I saw a funnel shaped cloud stir up dust toward the west.

d)

Looking toward the west, I saw a funnel shaped cloud stir up dust.

8.

LOGICAL FALLACIES

Makes a claim about a series of events that would lead to one major event, usually a bad event.

a)

False dillema fallacy

b)

strawman fallacy

c)

Slippery slope fallacy

d)

Appeal to fear fallacy

9.

PARALLELISM

Is this sentence correct or incorrect?

Neither the responses to the questionnaire nor what we asked on the survey were answered.

a)

CORRECT

b)

INCORRECT

10.

PARALLELISM

Is this sentence correct or incorrect?:

The films were enjoyable both to watch and to discuss

a)

CORRECT

b)

INCORRECT

11.

S-V AGREEMENT

This or that as the subject uses...

a)

2nd person plural form of the verb

b)

2nd person singular form of the verb

c)

3rd person plural form of the verb

d)

3rd person singular form of the verb

12.

PARALLELISM

Is this sentence correct or incorrect?

The more we do today, we will do less next week

a)

CORRECT

b)

INCORRECT

13.

FILL IN THE BLANK

Due to this racial discrimination, a literary movement, which spanned from the 1930s to 1950s called

  • ______ provided black people an identity of their own. It is a significant aspect of rejecting colonial views.

a)

verismo

b)

Hominidae

c)

regionalism

d)

Negritude

14.

LOGICAL FALLACIES

This fallacy presents a scary future if a certain decision is made today

a)

bandwagon fallacy

b)

Slippery slope fallacy

c)

Appeal to fear fallacy

d)

False dilema fallacy

15.

If “and” is followed by “not” the verb must...

a)

be plural

b)

agree with the first noun

c)

be singular

d)

agree with the adjective

16.

What kind of fallacy is this?

Person 1: "We should argue with relevant facts and sound logic."

Person 2: "You should grow a brain before opening your mouth."

a)

straw man fallacy

b)

Guilty by association fallacy

c)

Ad hominem fallacy

d)

False dillema fallacy

17.

Who is the author of the poem "Africa"?

"Africa my Africa Africa of proud warriors in ancestral Savannahs Africa of whom my grandmother sings On the banks of the distant river I have never known you But your blood flows in my veins-"

a)

Wole Soyinka

b)

David Diop

c)

Maya Angelou

18.

PARALLELISM

Which is the CORRECT version of this sentence?:

It was surprising not only that the house sold, but also it sold well over the asking price.

(best answer)

a)

Suprisingly the house was sold, but it also sold well over the asking price.

b)

Not only that the house was sold but it also sold well over the asking price.

c)

Suprisingly the house sold well over the asking price.

d)

It was surprising not only that the house sold but also that it sold well over the asking price.

19.

Is this an example of a "Slippery slope fallacy"?:

You will fail High school if you don’t pass the science long test.

a)

YES

b)

NO

20.

S-V AGREEMENT

Is this sentence correct or incorrect?:

Ten kilos of meat were cooked.

a)

CORRECT

b)

INCORRECT

21.

Analize this line from the poem "Africa" by David Diop:

Impetuous child, that tree, young and strong That tree over there

a)

Distortion of presumptions, rash assumption

b)

Africans develop, adapt, and diversify.

c)

Dehumanization at the advent of slavery

d)

Implies virility and valor of the black man prior slavery and colonization

22.

LOGICAL FALLACIES

The fallacy that presents a "black and white" kind of thinking

a)

Ad Hominem Fallacy

b)

False Dilema Fallacy

c)

Hasty Generalization Fallacy

d)

Bandwagon Fallacy

23.

Why are these 2 sentences different?

1) Just John was picked to host the program

2) John was Just picked to host the program

a)

Placement of nouns

b)

Placement of adverbs

c)

Placement of adjectives

d)

plural and singular