English Grammar and Correct Usage

Question 1

1. Which sentence uses “famish”
   correctly?
2. After the straight exam, I felt too
   exhausted and famished to eat
   my favourite foods.
3. I could eat a horse, I am famish
   now.
4. I famished my stomach next time
   you treat me to a meal out.
5. I will bring lots of pizza, that’s a
   famish.

Answer 1

After the straight exam, I felt too
exhausted and famished to eat
my favourite foods.

Question 2

2. Priscila _______ rather not invest her
   savings in the stock market.
3. must
4. has to
5. could
6. would

Answer 2

would

Question 3

3. Did you have any problem ______
   our house?
4. search
5. to search
6. searching
7. for searching

Answer 3

searching

Question 3

4. I hope you don’t mind _____ joining
   you.
5. to be
6. I had been
7. that I may
8. my

Answer 3

my

Question 4

5. Most basketball players are 6 ____
   tall or more.
6. foot
7. feet
8. foots
9. feets

Answer 4

feet

Question 5

6. These children _____ how to
   improvise more props for the play.
7. knew
8. knows
9. know
10. known

Answer 5

know

Question 6

7. The company will upgrade ______
   computer systems next week.
8. there
9. their
10. its
11. it’s

Answer 6

its

Question 7

8. Clara ___________ three thousand
   words for her essay.
9. have wrote
10. has wrote
11. have written
12. has written

Answer 7

has written

Question 8

9. You have too many _______ but few
   time to prove you’re right.
10. hypothesis
11. hypotheses
12. hyphothesises
13. hypothesess

Answer 8

hypotheses

Question 9

10. Neither Sarah nor Tina _______ the
    crime yesterday.
11. witness
12. witnesses
13. witnessed
14. witnessing

Answer 9

witnessed

Question 10

11. You do like going to the party alone.
    _____ you?
12. Does
13. Doesn’t
14. Do
15. Don’t

Answer 10

Don’t

Question 11

12. We had our house _______ in
    yellow.
13. painting
14. painted
15. paint
16. to paint

Answer 11

painted

Question 12

13. He has been exercising but his
    immune system was steadily
    _________.
14. weak
15. weaken
16. weakened
17. weakening

Answer 12

weakening

Question 13

14. I was ______ that the weather would
    be sunny and we would be able to enjoy
    our swimming.
15. hopeless
16. hopeful
17. hopelike
18. hopely

Answer 13

hopeful

Question 14

15. I think it’s not a great idea. I totally
    ______.
16. misagree
17. unagree
18. inagree
19. disagree

Answer 14

disagree

Question 15

16. So many ___________ I found in
    the library, now I’m ready to report.
17. information
18. informations
19. infoes
20. infos

Answer 15

information

Question 16

17. My grandpa always feed his flock of
    _______ early in the morning.
18. sheeps
19. sheep
20. ships
21. ship

Answer 16

sheep

Question 17

18. Happy memories are always
    remembered, not ________.
19. forget
20. forgets
21. forgot
22. forgotten

Answer 17

forgotten

Question 18

19. Flight Z735 ______ yesterday. 350
    passengers died in that accident.
20. crush
21. crushed
22. crash
23. crashed

Answer 18

crashed

Question 19

20. There is a ________ message when
    you look closely at her painting.
21. hid
22. hide
23. hided
24. hidden