11th grade grammar

Question 1

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? In 1953, the scientists Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling ___ an X-ray image that revealed the helical structure of DNA.

• A. to produce
• B. producing
• C. produced
• D. having produced

Question 2

Is this sentence correct in formal written English (SAT/ACT style)? By 2030, the city replaced all of its buses with electric models.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 3

Is this sentence correct in formal written English (SAT/ACT style)? A pioneer of computer science, it was Ada Lovelace who wrote the program.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 4

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The collection of letters, diaries and photographs donated by the explorer's family in 2019 ___ now on display.

• A. is
• B. are

Question 5

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? By the time the expedition reached the summit, two climbers ___ back because of the cold.

• A. will turn
• B. have turned
• C. turn
• D. had turned

Question 6

Is this sentence correct in formal written English (SAT/ACT style)? The sound of thousands of frogs calling across the wetlands is deafening at night.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 7

Which choice conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The architect designed the library so that ___ reading rooms would fill with natural light.

• A. it's
• B. their
• C. there
• D. its

Question 8

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? Discovered in 2014, ___ • the fossil revealed that the dinosaur had feathers. • the dinosaur's feathers surprised scientists. • it was revealed that the dinosaur had feathers. • scientists found that the dinosaur had feathers.

• A. the fossil revealed that the dinosaur had feathers.
• B. the dinosaur's feathers surprised scientists.
• C. it was revealed that the dinosaur had feathers.
• D. scientists found that the dinosaur had feathers.

Question 9

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The team's goal is ___ a battery that charges in under five minutes.

• A. developed
• B. develops
• C. had developed
• D. to develop

Question 10

Is this sentence correct in formal written English (SAT/ACT style)? In the novel, which is narrated in the present tense, the heroine had opened the letter and realises the truth.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 11

Is this sentence correct in formal written English (SAT/ACT style)? A pioneer of computer science, Ada Lovelace wrote what is often called the first published computer program.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 12

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The ruins, together with the ancient road that once connected them to the coast, ___ a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• A. form
• B. forms

Question 13

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? In her 2015 study, the biologist argued that bees ___ to recognise human faces.

• A. will had learned
• B. learning
• C. can learned
• D. could learn

Question 14

Is this sentence correct in formal written English (SAT/ACT style)? The number of species recorded at the site has risen every year since 2015.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 15

Which choice conforms to the conventions of Standard English? The architect designed the library so that ___ reading rooms would fill with natural light.

• A. there
• B. its
• C. their
• D. it's

Question 16

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? Born in Enugu, Nigeria, in 1977, ___ • the novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has written several acclaimed books. • several acclaimed books have been written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. • acclaim came to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for her books. • Enugu is where Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born.

• A. the novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has written several acclaimed books.
• B. several acclaimed books have been written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
• C. acclaim came to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for her books.
• D. Enugu is where Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born.