Skill 1 Subject-Verb
Write C in front of the sentence if the sentence is CORRECT and I if INCORRECT!
___ 1. My best friend always helpful with problems.
___ 2. The bus schedule has changed since last week.
___ 3. Accidentally dropped the glass on the floor.
___ 4. The customer paying the clerk for the clothes.
___ 5. The professor handed the syllabus to the students.
___ 6. Each day practiced the piano for hours.
___ 7. The basketball player tossed the ball into the hoop.
___ 8. The new student in the class very talkative and friendly.
___ 9. Walking with the children to school.
___ 10. The whales headed south for the winter.
Skill 2 Object of Presposition
Write C in front of the sentence if the sentence is CORRECT and I if INCORRECT!
___ 1. The name of the baby in the crib is Jack.
___ 2. By the next meeting of the class need to turn in the papers.
___ 3. The directions to the exercise on page twenty unclear.
___ 4. Because of the heavy rain throughout the night, the walkways are muddy.
___ 5. During the week eat lunch in the school cafeteria.
___ 6. In the morning after the concert was tired.
___ 7. In the summer the trip to the mountains is our favorite trip.
___ 8. In a box on the top shelf of the cabinet in the hallway of the house.
___ 9. With her purse in her hand ran through the door.
___ 10. At 1:00 in the morning the alarm clock on the table beside the bed rang.
Skills (1-2)
Write C in front of the sentence if the sentence is CORRECT and I if INCORRECT!
___ 1. During the meeting in the office discussed the schedule.
___ 2. The doctor gave the patient a prescription.
___ 3. The tall evergreen trees along the road.
___ 4. The watch in the jewelry box needs a new battery.
___ 5. Pleasantly greets everyone in all the offices every morning.
___ 6. In the office of the building across the street from the park on the corner.
___ 7. The dishes in the sink really need to be washed as soon as possible.
___ 8. In a moment of worry about the problem with the cash account.
___ 9. The plane from New York circling the airport.
___ 10. On a regular basis the plants in the boxes under the window in the kitchen are watered and fed.
MULTIPLE CHOICE EXERCISE (Skills 1-2)
Choose the correct answer!
1. Mark Twain … the years after the Civil War the “Gilded Age”.
a. Called c. he called
b. Calling d. his calls
2. Early … toes instead of hooves on their feet.
a. Horses c. horses had
b. had horses d. horses having
3. … grow close to the ground in the short Arctic summer.
a. Above tundra plants c. Tundra plants are found
b. Tundra plants d. For tundra plants
4. In 1867, … Alaska from the Russians for $7.2 millions.
a. purchased the United States c. the United States’ purchase of
b. to purchase the United States d. the United States purchased
5. Between 1725 and 1750, New England witnessed an increase in the specialization of …
a. Occupations c. they occupied
b. Occupies d. it occupied them
6. The large carotid artery … to the main parts of the brain.
a. carrying blood c. blood is carried
b. carries blood d. blood carries
7. … radio as the first practical system of wireless telegraphy.
a. Marconi’s development c. Developing Marconi
b. The development by Marconi d. Marconi developed
8. In 1975, the first successful space probe to … beginning to send information back to Earth.
a. Venus c. Venus was
b. Venus the d. Venus it was
9. The two biggest resort … Alabama are Hot Springs and Eureka Springs.
a. In c. towns are
b. towns in d. towns are in
10. NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center … control center for the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space flights.
a. it was at the c. was the
b. it was the d. the
Skill 3 Present Participles
Write C in front of the sentence if the sentence is CORRECT and I if INCORRECT!
___ 1. The crying baby needs to be picked up.
___ 2. The clothes are lying on the floor should go into the washing machine.
___ 3. The waitress bringing the steaming soup to the waiting diners.
___ 4. Most of the striking workers are walking the picket line.
___ 5. For her birthday, the child is getting a talking doll.
___ 6. The setting sun creating a rainbow of colors in the sky.
___ 7. The ship is sailing to Mexico is leaving tonight.
___ 8. The letters needing immediate answers are on the desk.
___ 9. The boring class just ending a few minutes ago.
___ 10. The fast moving clouds are bringing freezing rain to the area.
Skill 4 Past Participles
Write C in front of the sentence if the sentence is CORRECT and I if INCORRECT!
___ 1. The food is served in this restaurant is delicious.
___ 2. The plane landed on the deserted runway.
___ 3. The unexpected guests arrived just at dinnertime.
___ 4. The courses are listed in the catalogue are required courses.
___ 5. The teacher found the lost exam.
___ 6. The small apartment very crowded and disorganized.
___ 7. The photographs developed yesterday showed Sam and his friends.
___ 8. The locked drawer contained the unworn jewels.
___ 9. The tree was blown over in the storm was cut into logs.
___ 10. The students registered in this course are listed on that sheet of paper.
Skills (3-4)
Write C in front of the sentence if the sentence is CORRECT and I if INCORRECT!
___ 1. Our hosts are serving drinks on the tiled patio.
___ 2. The tired woman taking a much needed nap.
___ 3. The letters were sent on Monday arrived on Wednesday.
___ 4. The winners deserved the big prize.
___ 5. The plants are growing in the garden need a lot of water.
___ 6. The shining stars lit up the darkened sky.
___ 7. The driver rapidly increased the speed of the racing car.
___ 8. The excited children trying to build a snowman in the falling snow.
___ 9. The students are completing the course will graduate in July.
___ 10. The dissatisfied customer is returning the broken toaster.
MULTIPLE CHOICE EXERCISE (Skills 3-4)
Choose the correct answer!
1. The first … appeared during the last period of the dinosaurs’ reign.
a. flowers are plants c. plants flowers
b. plants have flowers d. flowering plants
2. The earliest medicines … from plants of various sorts.
a. obtaining c. were obtained
b. they obtained d. they were obtained
3. Simple sails were made from canvas … over a frame.
a. a stretch c. was stretched
b. stretched d. it was stretched
4. Pluto’s moon Charon … in a slightly elliptical path around the planet.
a. Moving c. it was moving
b. is moving d. in its movement
5. Techniques of breath control form an essential part of any … program to improve the voice.
a. it trains c. Trains
b. Train d. training
6. Robert E. Lee … the Confederate army to General Grant in 1865 at the Appomattox Courthouse.
a. surrendered c. surrendering
b. he surrendered d. surrender
7. The pituitary gland, … the brain, releases hormones to control other glands.
a. found below c. its foundation below
b. it is found below d. finds itself below
8. At around two years of age, many children regularly produce sentences … three or four words.
a. are containing c. Contain
b. containing d. Contains
9. Multinational companies … it increasingly important to employ internationally acceptable brand names.
a. finding c. they find
b. are finding d. they are finding
10. The cornea is located inder the conjunctiva, on … of the eye.
a. the part is exposed c. the exposed part
b. exposed the part d. exposes the part
MULTIPLE CHOICE REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-4)
Choose the correct answer!
1. … first setteled the Hawaiian Islands between A.D. 300 and 750.
a. The Polynesians c. Because of the Polynesians
b. The Polynesians arrived d. It was the Polynesians
2. In 1066, a bright comet … in the air attracted much attention.
a. was appearing c. it appeared
b. appears d. Appearing
3. In some daguerreotype cameras, … through a hole in the back of the box.
a. the object’s view c. from the view of the object
b. the object was viewed d. viewed the object
4. In the Stone Age, stone tools … with other rock materials.
a. polishing c. for polish
b. they polish d. were polished
5. The first steamship to cross the Atlantic … Savannah, in 1819.
a. was the c. The
b. it was the d. in it the
6. The Earth’s plates meet each other at cracks in the Earth … faults.
a. were called c. Called
b. calls d. it was called
7. The first plant-like organisms probably … in the sea, perhaps three billion years ago.
a. life c. Lived
b. living d. it was living
8. In male pattern baldness, … strongly influences the degree of hair loss.
a. heredity c. Inherits
b. inherited d. heredity has
9. In Watch the Skies, Curtis Peebles … attempt to explain America’s belief in flying saucers.
a. makes a fascinating c. fascination with making
b. making a fascinating d. fascination made a
10. The irregular coastline of … a succession of bays and inlets, with the hook of the Cape Cod peninsula in the southeast.
a. Massachusettes c. Massachusettes it is
b. Massachusettes is d. Massachusettes on
Skill 5 Coordinate Connectors
Write C in front of the sentence if the sentence is CORRECT and I if INCORRECT!
___ 1. The lawn needs water everyday, or it will turn brown.
___ 2. The book was not long, but it difficult to read.
___ 3. It was raining, so decided not to go camping.
___ 4. The material has been cut, and the pieces have been sewn together.
___ 5. The patient took all the medicine, he did not feel much better.
___ 6. The bill must be paid immediately, or the electricity will be turned off.
___ 7. The furnace broke so the house got quite cold.
___ 8. The dress did not cost too much, but the quality it seemed excellent.
___ 9. The leaves kept falling off the trees, and the boys kept raking them up, but the yard was still covered.
___ 10. The postman has already delivered the mail, so the letter is not going to arrive today, it probably will arrive tomorrow.
Skill 6 Adverb Clause Connectors
Write C in front of the sentence if the sentence is CORRECT and I if INCORRECT!
___ 1. After the plane circled the airport, it landed on the main runway.
___ 2. The registration process took many hours since the lines so long.
___ 3. This type of medicine can be helpful, it can also have some bad effects.
___ 4. The waves were amazingly high when the storm hit the coastal town.
___ 5. We need to get a new car whether is on sale or not.
___ 6. Just as the bread came out of the oven, while a wonderful aroma filled the kitchen.
___ 7. Everyone has spent time unpacking boxes since the family moved into the new house.
___ 8. Although the area is a desert many plants bloom there in the springtime.
___ 9. The drivers on the freeway drove slowly and carefully while the rain was falling heavily because they did not want to have an accident.
___ 10. If you plan carefully before you take a trip, will have a much better time because the small details will not cause problems.
