General Grammar Exam

1. In the sentence "The dog bit her finger," the underlined pronoun has which of the following combinations of person, number, and case:

A. third person, plural, possessive
B. third person, plural, accusative
C. third person, singular, possessive
D. third person, plural, subjective
E. none of the above

2. The sentence "No one was happy with the results of the test; thus, we rechecked the data" contains which of the following parts of speech:

A. coordinating conjunction
B. subordinating conjunction
C. conjunctive adverb
D. modal verb
E. indefinite article

3. In the sentence "John was happy with the results, yet he, too, wanted to recheck the data" the underlined word is an example of which of the following parts of speech:

A. coordinating conjunction
B. subordinating conjunction
C. conjunctive adverb
D. adjective
E. preposition

4. In the sentence "Bill is drinking far too much for a person of his size," the word is is an example of which of the following parts of speech:

A. main verb
B. modal verb
C. auxiliary verb
D. linking verb
E. none of the above

5. The verb tense of the sentence "They will have already taken the test" is which of the following:

A. future past
B. present perfect
C. future perfect
D. past perfect progressive
E. present progressive