NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Basic Grammar (Practice_Test 2 of 2)
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- To no ones surprise, Joe didn՚t have his homework ready.
- no ones surprise
- noones surprise
- no-ones surprise
- no ones՚surprise
- no one՚s surprise
- Answer: e
- Everyone in the bank-including the manager and the tellers, ran to the door when the fire alarm rang.
- tellers, ran
- tellers: Ran
- tellers, had run
- tellers-ran
- tellers ′ ran
- Answer: d
- After the hurricane, uprooted trees were laying all over the ground.
- were laying
- lying
- were lying
- were laid
- was laid
- Answer: c
- If he would have readThe White Birds, he might have liked William Butler Yeats՚s poetry.
- would have read
- could have read
- would of read
- could of read
- had read
- Answer: e
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 − 1882) , the great Transcendentalist philosopher, wrote in his essaySelf-Reliance of the need for an individual to develop his capacities.
- essay Self Reliance
- essay, Self-Reliance
- essay: Self Reliance
- essay, Self Reliance
- essay, Self Reliance
- Answer: a
- The recently built children՚s amusement park has been called a boon to the community by its supporters andan eyesore by its harshest critics.
- andan eyesore by its harshest
- and, an eyesore, by its harshest
- and, an eyesore; by its harshest
- and-an eyesore-by its ′ harshest
- and-an eyesore-by its ′ harshest
- Answer: a
- I always have trouble remembering the meaning of these two common verbs, affect (to change orto influence) and effect (to cause or to accomplish) .
- to accomplish.
- to accomplish.
- on accomplish.
- To accomplish.
- to accomplish.
- Answer: b
- My class just finished reading-The Fall of the House of Usher, a short story by Edgar Allen Poe.
- reading-The Fall of the House of Usher
- reading, The Fall of the House of Usher
- readingThe Fall of the House of Usher
- reading, The Fall of the house of Usher
- reading: The Fall of the House of Usher-
- Answer: c
- After it was repaired it ran perfect again.
- ran perfect
- ran perfectly
- could run perfect
- could of run perfect
- would run perfectly
- Answer: b
- Are there two e՚s in beetle, asked Margo?
- there two e՚s in beetle, asked Margo?
- their two e՚s in beetle? asked Margo.
- there two e՚s in beetle, asked Margo?
- there two e՚s in beetle? asked Margo.
- there two e՚s in beetle, asked Margo?
- Answer: d