Versant English Proficiency VERSANT Grammar Fundamentals 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which sentence uses the correct subject-verb agreement?
- The team are playing well today.
- The team is playing well today. (Correct answer)
- The team were playing well today.
- The team plays well today and always.
Correct answer: The team is playing well today.
In American English, collective nouns like 'team' take singular verbs, so 'is' is correct.
Question 2: Which sentence is written in the correct past perfect tense?
- She finished the report before the meeting started.
- She had finished the report before the meeting started. (Correct answer)
- She was finishing the report before the meeting started.
- She has finished the report before the meeting started.
Correct answer: She had finished the report before the meeting started.
Past perfect (had + past participle) is used for an action completed before another past action.
Question 3: Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
- Although it was raining, we went for a walk. (Correct answer)
- Although it was raining we went for a walk.
- Although, it was raining we went for a walk.
- Although it was raining; we went for a walk.
Correct answer: Although it was raining, we went for a walk.
An introductory subordinate clause is followed by a comma before the main clause.
Question 4: Which sentence correctly uses a comparative adjective?
- This test is more harder than the last one.
- This test is hardest than the last one.
- This test is more hard than the last one.
- This test is harder than the last one. (Correct answer)
Correct answer: This test is harder than the last one.
One-syllable adjectives form comparatives by adding '-er,' not by using 'more.'
Question 5: Which word correctly completes the sentence: 'She _____ to the gym every morning before work.'
- go
- going
- goes (Correct answer)
- gone
Correct answer: goes
Third-person singular present simple requires the verb ending '-es' (goes).
Question 6: Which sentence uses the present perfect tense correctly?
- I have seen that movie last week.
- I have seen that movie already. (Correct answer)
- I have see that movie already.
- I seen that movie already.
Correct answer: I have seen that movie already.
Present perfect (have/has + past participle) expresses a past action with current relevance; 'already' signals this tense appropriately.
Question 7: Which sentence contains a correctly used relative pronoun?
- The woman which called you is outside.
- The woman that called you is outside. (Correct answer)
- The woman what called you is outside.
- The woman whose called you is outside.
Correct answer: The woman that called you is outside.
'That' or 'who' are correct relative pronouns for people; 'which' is used for things.
Versant English Proficiency VERSANT Grammar Fundamentals 1
Which sentence uses the correct subject-verb agreement?