PARCC Grammar Practice Online Questions

Question 1

1. Everyone in the bank-including the manager and the tellers, ran to the door when the fire alarm rang.

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tellers-ran

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tellers, ran

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tellers: ran

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tellers, had run

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tellers' ran"

Question 2

2. To no ones surprise, Joe didn't have his homework ready.

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no one's surprise

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no ones surprise

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noones surprise

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no-ones surprise

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no ones' surprise

Question 3

3. If he would have read "The White Birds," he might have liked William Butler Yeats' poetry.

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had read

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would have read

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could have read

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would of read

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could of read

Question 4

4. After the hurricane, uprooted trees were laying all over the ground.

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were lying

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were laying

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lying

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were laid

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was laid

Question 5

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), the great transcendentalist philosopher, wrote in his essay "Self-Reliance" of the need for an individual to develop his capacities.

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essay "Self-Reliance"

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essay, "Self-Reliance"

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essay: Self-Reliance

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essay, Self-Reliance

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essay; "Self-Reliance"

Question 6

6. The recently built children's amusement park has been called "a boon to the community" by its supporters and "an eyesore" by its harshest critics.

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and "an eyesore" by its harshest

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and, "an eyesore," by its harshest

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and, an eyesore; by its harshest

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and-an eyesore-by its' harshest

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and-"an eyesore"-by its' harshest

Question 7

7. I always have trouble remembering the meaning of these two common verbs, affect (to change" or "to influence") and effect ("to cause" or "to accomplish)."

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"to accomplish").

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"to accomplish)."

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"to accomplish).

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To accomplish.

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"to accomplish.")

Question 8

8. My class just finished reading-"The Fall of the House of Usher", a short story by Edgar Allan Poe.

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reading "The Fall of the House of Usher,"

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reading-"The Fall of the House of Usher",

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reading, The Fall of the House of Usher,

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reading, "The Fall of the house of Usher,"

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reading: The Fall of the House of Usher-

Question 9

9. After it was repaired it ran perfect again.

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ran perfectly

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ran perfect

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could run perfect

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could of run perfect

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would run perfectly

Question 10

10. "Are there two E's in beetle," asked Margo?

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there two E's in beetle?" asked Margo.

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there two E's in beetle," asked Margo?

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their two E's in beetle?" asked Margo.

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their two E's in beetle," asked Margo.

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there two E's in beetle, asked Margo?