NTS NTS - National Testing Service English Grammar and Composition 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which sentence is grammatically correct?
- He don't know the answer.
- He doesn't knows the answer.
- He doesn't know the answer. (Correct answer)
- He do not knows the answer.
Correct answer: He doesn't know the answer.
"He doesn't know" uses the correct third-person singular form of the auxiliary verb "do."
Question 2: Choose the correct passive voice of: "The teacher taught the students."
- The students were taught by the teacher. (Correct answer)
- The students are taught by the teacher.
- The students have been taught by the teacher.
- The students had taught by the teacher.
Correct answer: The students were taught by the teacher.
Past tense active voice converts to "were + past participle" in passive voice for a plural subject.
Question 3: Identify the type of clause: "I know that he is honest."
- Adverb clause
- Adjective clause
- Noun clause (Correct answer)
- Independent clause
Correct answer: Noun clause
"That he is honest" functions as the object of the verb "know," making it a noun clause.
Question 4: Which word is spelled correctly?
- Accomodate
- Accommodate (Correct answer)
- Acommodate
- Accommoddate
Correct answer: Accommodate
"Accommodate" has both double 'c' and double 'm.'
Question 5: Select the correct verb form: "Neither the students nor the teacher ___ present."
- were
- are
- is (Correct answer)
- have been
Correct answer: is
With "neither...nor," the verb agrees with the nearer subject "teacher," which is singular, so "is" is correct.
Question 6: Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?
- The dog's bone was buried. (Correct answer)
- The dogs bone was buried.
- The dog's' bone was buried.
- The dogs's bone was buried.
Correct answer: The dog's bone was buried.
"Dog's" correctly uses an apostrophe before the 's' to show singular possession.
NTS NTS - National Testing Service English Grammar and Composition 1
Which sentence is grammatically correct?