Multiple Choice Questions

1. Carolyn was thrilled when she found out her new employer offers two ________ vacation time.

A week's
B weeks
C weeks
D week .

2 I agree with Mr. ________ plan for improving our ________ morale.

A Johnson/staff
B Johnsons'/staffs
C Johnsons/staffs
D Johnson's/staff's.

3 The publisher's sales representatives listened to six ________ speeches.

A editorsa
B editor's
C editors'
D editor

4 We agreed that new ________ should be installed in Mr. ________ office.
A desks/Lopezes
B desk's/Lopez'
C desks'/Lopez'
D desks/Lopez's

5 The lives of many generations of ________ must have been made grim and tedious by the ________ obsessive preoccupation with immortality.

A Egyptians/pharaoh's
B Egyptian's/pharaohs
C Egyptians'/pharaoh's
D Egyptian's/pharaohs'

6 Mr. ________ profit-and-loss report is due tomorrow.

A Jones'
B Jones's
C Joneses'
D Jones

7 The ________ ________ did not receive a raise this year because of the state budget cuts.

A collegesteachersa
B college's teachers'
C colleges' teacher's
D college's teachers

8 When a pronoun receives the action of the verb, use the ________ pronoun.

A subjectivea
B objective
C reflexive
D possessive

9 Which of the following is a correct possessive pronoun? 9

A mines
B your's
C it's
D his

10 Choose the correct sentence.

A Him and I went through a lot together.
B My boss asked my coworker and I to stay late.
C Jennifer stormed out of the house and slammed the door because she and her mother got
D into an argument. Who should I send this email to?

11 Choose the correct sentence.

A Send an email to Craig and me when you finish the project.
B Send an email to Craig and I when you finish the project.
C Us girls were disappointed with our performance at last night's basketball game.
D Between you and I, this course is more challenging than I thought it would be.

12 Choose the correct pronoun. We thought it was ________ ________ should go.

A him/who
B he/who
C he/whom
D him/whom

13 The owners ________ are actually going to renovate the property.

A theirself
B themselves
C theirselves
D themselfs

14 Choose the correct pronoun to fit the context of the sentence.  The teenagers in the neighborhood had stockpiles of fireworks. Unfortunately, not everyone cares for ________ safety.

A their
B his or her
C his
D there

15 The Boy Scout leader announced a camping trip after everyone earns ________ merit badge.

A his
B his or her
C their
D there

16 ________ from your office left ________ keys at the reception desk.

A Some one, their
B Some one, his or her
C Someone, their
D Some one, his
E Someone, his or her

17 Which sentence is correct?

A The jury announced its verdict.
B The jury announced it's verdict.
C The jury announced its' verdict.
D The jury announced their verdict.
E The jury announced there verdict.

18 Which sentence is incorrect?

A AVCO wants its bills paid promptly.
B Aerojet Corporation has its offices here.
C The IRS revised its forms again.
D None of the above.

19 Which sentence is preferable?

A Everyone has a right to an opinion.
B Everyone has a right to their opinion.
C Everyone has a right to his opinion.
D Everyone has a right to his or her opinion.

20 Identify the sentence that is correctly written in the simple present tense.

A Arlene teaches English at Plantation High School.
B Arlene is teaching a class right now.
C Arlene has been teaching English at Plantation High School for the past ten years.
D Arlene teach English at Plantation High School.

21 Identify the sentence that uses the present perfect progressive tense correctly.

A Charlene is feeling sick today.
B Charlene was sick.
C Charlene has been feeling sick lately.
D Charlene feels sick.

22 Identify the sentence that uses the past perfect tense correctly.

A Cheryl never seen an alligator before she moved to Florida.
B Cheryl has never seen an alligator before she moved to Florida.
C Cheryl had never saw an alligator before she moved to Florida.
D Cheryl had never seen an alligator before she moved to Florida.

23 Identify the sentence that uses the past perfect tense correctly.

A My mother has cooked dinner before I got home.
B My mother had cooked dinner before I had gotten home.
C My mother had cooked dinner by the time I got home.
D My mother cooks dinner when I get home.

24 Choose the correct verb to fit the context of the sentence. I ________ a map with me because the GPS in my car has been acting up.

A brung
B bringed
C brought
D brang

25 My brother must have had the angels watching over him yesterday. As he ________ from branch to branch like a monkey in a tree, he ________ thirty feet and all he got was a scratched toe.

A swang/had fallen
B swung/fallen
C is swinging/falls
D was swinging/fel