10th grade grammar

Question 1

Which sentence is correct in formal English? • Of the two routes, the coastal one is most longest. • Of the two routes, the coastal one is longer. • Of the two routes, the coastal one is more longer. • Of the two routes, the coastal one is longest.

• A. Of the two routes, the coastal one is most longest.
• B. Of the two routes, the coastal one is longer.
• C. Of the two routes, the coastal one is more longer.
• D. Of the two routes, the coastal one is longest.

Question 2

Choose the preposition that is correct in standard English. They succeeded ___ raising the money.

• A. on
• B. in
• C. to
• D. at

Question 3

In which sentence is the part in brackets this: participle phrase?

• A. [Fixing old planes] is our neighbour's hobby.
• B. Mount Fuji, [Japan's highest mountain], is an active volcano.
• C. [Built in 1890], the bridge is still in use.

Question 4

What kind of phrase is in brackets? She sprinted to the finish, [her lungs burning].

• A. appositive phrase
• B. absolute phrase
• C. gerund phrase
• D. participle phrase

Question 5

Is this sentence correct in formal written English? Nobody told me that the meeting will be cancelled.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 6

Found only on a few islands in the Pacific, ___ Which choice completes the sentence correctly?

• A. scientists have campaigned to protect the bird.
• B. protection by law has been given to the bird.
• C. the bird is now protected by law.
• D. laws now protect the bird.

Question 7

Type the preposition that completes the phrase. Many factors contributed ___ the team's success.

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Question 8

Is this sentence correct in formal written English? They succeeded in raising the money.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 9

Choose the verb form that shows the order of events correctly. After she ___ her homework, she went for a run.

• A. has finished
• B. will finish
• C. finishes
• D. had finished

Question 10

Is this sentence correct in formal written English? If I had saved my money, I will have a new bike now.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 11

Choose the word that is correct in formal English. Yesterday the dog ___ in the sun all afternoon.

• A. lay
• B. laid

Question 12

Choose the verb form that completes this mixed conditional. If I had saved my money, I ___ a new bike now.

• A. had
• B. will have
• C. would have
• D. would have had

Question 13

Is this sentence correct? The new bridge is modern-er than the old one.

• A. yes, it is correct
• B. no, it is not correct

Question 14

Which sentence is correct in formal English? • Her design was very unique. • Her design was unique. • Her design was more unique than any. • Her design was the most unique.

• A. Her design was very unique.
• B. Her design was unique.
• C. Her design was more unique than any.
• D. Her design was the most unique.

Question 15

Choose the preposition that is correct in standard English. This version is different ___ the original.

• A. from
• B. of
• C. at
• D. by

Question 16

In which sentence is the part in brackets this: prepositional phrase?

• A. [Her hands trembling], she opened the envelope.
• B. [After the long winter], the garden burst into colour.
• C. Mount Fuji, [Japan's highest mountain], is an active volcano.