Circle the Letter of the Correct Answer

NAME: ______DATE: ______

Great Sentences, 2ed

Unit 2

Grammar Practice 1

Circle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Olga lives in ______in Puerto Rico.

(a) a small town(c) a town small

(b) town small(d) small a town

2. T.J. has ______.

(a) a guitar green(c) a green guitar

(b) guitar green(d) a green

3. The American flag has thirteen ______on it.

(a) red stripes and white(c) stripes red and white

(b) red and white stripes(d) stripes and red white

4. Rhode Island is ______in the United States.

(a) the state smallest(c) the state

(b) smallest state(d) the smallest state

5. The sky ______today.

(a) is clear and blue(c) clear and is blue

(b) clear and blue is(d) blue and clear is

6. Aida’s ______is ______.

(a) dessert favorite...chocolate cake(c) dessert favorite...cake chocolate

(b) favorite dessert...chocolate cake(d) favorite dessert...cake chocolate

7. David and his wife bought ______in the country.

(a) a large house(c) house a large

(b) a house large(d) large a house

8. There is ______in the sky tonight.

(a) a moon full(c) full a moon

(b) moon full(d) a full moon

9. The ______in the United States is Alaska.

(a) coldest state(c) state coldest

(b) cold state(d) state cold

10. Titanic was a ______that was based on a ______.

(a) sad movie...story true(c) sad movie...true story

(b) movie sad...story true(d) movie sad...true story

11. Fred likes to ______.

(a) eat food Japanese(c) food eat Japanese

(b) food Japanese eat(d) eat Japanese food

12. Nicole and Henry want to ______.

(a) buy new a car(c) buy a car new

(b) buy a new car(d) buy new car a

13. Kathy drinks a lot of ______before she exercises.

(a) water cold(c) cold water

(b) colds waters(d) colds water

14. The ______to learn English is to practice it every day.

(a) best ways(c) best way

(b) ways best(d) way best

15. Calculus is the ______I have ever taken.

(a) course most difficult(c) course difficult most

(b) most difficult course(d) most course difficult

16. Brett likes to ______about ghosts and haunted houses.

(a) read scary stories(c) scary read stories

(b) scary stories read(d) read stories scary

17. Rachel goes to dinner with her ______at least once a month.

(a) friend closest(c) friend closests

(b) closest friend(d) friends closests

18. My cat hit ______and knocked it off the table.

(a) my blue vase(c) blue my vase

(b) my vase blue(d) vase my blue

19. The ______in our living room got stained very quickly.

(a) carpet white(c) white carpet

(b) whites carpet(d) carpets white

20. The sun is ______in the sky.

(a) the object brightest(c) the brightest object

(b) object brightest the(d) object the brightest

Grammar Practice 2

A. Fill in the blanks with the correct subject pronoun.

Example: Nancy bought a car. ___It___ is blue.

1. My mother likes to cook. ______makes spaghetti every week.

2. Edward plays soccer almost every day. ______is an excellent player.

3. The weather is terrible! ______is cold and rainy.

4. My sister and I went to the mall. ______want to buy some new clothes.

5. Yolanda and her brother are twins. ______were born two minutes apart.

6. You and your friends should study for your next test. ______will do well if you do.

7. Sting is a famous British singer. ______started singing when he was a young man.

8. Elizabeth II is the Queen of England. ______lives in Buckingham Palace.

9. My parents won’t let us watch television. ______want us to read books.

10. Michelle bought a new suit for work. ______includes a jacket and a skirt.

B. Read the sentences below, paying special attention to the underlined parts. If the sentence is correct, write C. If the sentence is not correct, write the correct word over the underlined part. There are seven incorrect parts.

her

Example: Mindy is sad because she dog ran away.

1. I was surprised to learn that I received an ‘A’ on mine science exam.

2. If you don’t write in your books, you can sell them at the end of the semester.

3. My brother misplaced him keys, so he was late for work.

4. Peggy bought her father a new set of plates for her birthday.

5. I can’t drive my car because one of it’s tires is flat.

6. My sister and I are excited because their parents are coming to visit us.

7. Two of my classmates plan to return to their countries.

8. Does your mother know you telephone number in this country?

9. My father’s mother is in Portugal. His name is Rosemary.

10. You need to give your address to the pizza delivery man.