12th grade grammar

Question 1

Which part of this sentence is being emphasised by its structure? It was not the price but the quality that worried us.

• A. the quality
• B. the price
• C. worried
• D. us

Question 2

Choose the correct form to complete the emphatic sentence. Rarely ___ snow in this part of Spain.

• A. it does
• B. does it
• C. is it
• D. it

Question 3

Read the question and choose. Emphasise WHY the match was cancelled: "The match was cancelled because of the snow." • What was cancelled was the match. • It was the match that was cancelled because of snow. • It was because of the snow that the match was cancelled. • The snow, it cancelled the match.

• A. What was cancelled was the match.
• B. It was the match that was cancelled because of snow.
• C. It was because of the snow that the match was cancelled.
• D. The snow, it cancelled the match.

Question 4

Is this sentence correct in formal written English? The judge insisted that the witness is allowed to speak without interruption.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 5

Choose the form that is correct in formal written English. ___ I known about the storm, I would have stayed at home.

• A. Would
• B. Had
• C. Have
• D. Did

Question 6

The city never sleeps; its lights burn, its engines growl, its people hurry. What is the effect of the three parallel clauses after the semicolon?

• A. They make the city seem empty and calm.
• B. They change the tense to the future.
• C. The rule-of-three rhythm conveys the city's constant energy.
• D. They suggest the writer dislikes lists.

Question 7

Is this sentence correct in formal written English? Not only did she win the race, but she also broke the record.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 8

Which part of this sentence is being emphasised by its structure? It was because of the storm that the ferry was cancelled.

• A. because of the storm
• B. was cancelled
• C. it
• D. the ferry

Question 9

Choose the correct form to complete the emphatic sentence. Only by working together ___ solve this problem.

• A. can solve we
• B. we could be
• C. can we
• D. we can

Question 10

Read the question and choose. Emphasise WHERE they met: "They met in Lisbon." • It was they who met in Lisbon. • What they met was Lisbon. • It was in Lisbon that they met. • Lisbon, they met there it.

• A. It was they who met in Lisbon.
• B. What they met was Lisbon.
• C. It was in Lisbon that they met.
• D. Lisbon, they met there it.

Question 11

Is this sentence correct in formal written English? It's high time we made a decision.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 12

Choose the form that is correct in formal written English. The committee proposed that every member ___ a short report.

• A. to submit
• B. submit
• C. submits
• D. submitted

Question 13

We shall not tire, we shall not falter, and we shall not fail. Which technique gives this sentence its power?

• A. Anaphora: repeating the same opening words in successive clauses.
• B. A rhetorical question.
• C. Passive voice: hiding the doer.
• D. Onomatopoeia: words that imitate sounds.

Question 14

Is this sentence correct in formal written English? Not only did she win the race, but she also broke the record.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 15

Which part of this sentence is being emphasised by its structure? It was not the price but the quality that worried us.

• A. us
• B. the price
• C. the quality
• D. worried

Question 16

Choose the correct form to complete the emphatic sentence. Only by working together ___ solve this problem.

• A. we could be
• B. can solve we
• C. can we
• D. we can