THINKING ALGEBRAE
ENGLISH TEST
Name _____________________________________________________________ Date _______________________
CORRECT USAGE
Directions: Choose the letter that corresponds to the word or phrase that will correctly complete each sentence.
Encircle the letter of your answer.
1. Did you help in _______________________, the table?
a. setting apart c. setting down
b. setting back d. setting up
2. The refugees decided to _________________________ their homes because of the war.
a. desert c. reserve
b. dessert d. deserve
3. I _____________ run 10 miles when I was in high school.
a. can c. may
b. could d. might
4. _________ I borrow your jacket? It is very cold in here.
a. Can c. May
b. Should d. Shall
5. A hyena, ________________ is a nocturnal animal, is carnivorous.
a. which c. what
b. who d. it
7. You have too many ________________ but few time to prove you are right.
a. hypothesis c. hypothesess
b. hypotheses d. hypothesize
8. You don't like me, ____________ you?
a. don't c. doesn't
b. do d. did
9. James __________________ in Manila for eight years now.
a. has stayed c. stays
b. stayed d. is staying
10. There are _________________ cookies in the fridge.
a. many c. little
b. much d. more
11. It is hard to _________________ accurate information from a man who was trained to
lie.
a. illicit c. elicit
b. solicit d. associate
12. The coffee is sweet. I think you put too _______________ sugar.
a. more c. many
b. excessive d. much
13. After sensing the danger was ______________, we went out of the house immediately.
a. eminent c. immanent
b. imminent d. iminent
14. Kathy, together with her cousin, ___________ going to Germany next month.
a. is c. was
b. are d. were
15. Ana ____________ her books on the table before she opened her laptop.
a. lie c. laid
b. lay d. lain
16. Which constellation do you see ____________ often, Leo Minor or Pegasus?
a. more c. who
b. most d. which
17. If I _____________ you, I would not lie to her.
a. am c. were
b. was d. would
18. A teacher should give opportunities to __________________ their skills.
a. develops c. developed
b. develop d. developing
19. Both Joanna and _________ plan to visit the Enchanted river.
a. me c. I
b. myself d. mine
20. The _________________ of the story is not to count your eggs until they are hatched.
a. morale c. moralism
b. morality d. moral
21. _____________ I prefer to live in an apartment, my husband wants to buy a house.
a. Because c. Until
b. While d. When
22. The secretary _________________ due to stress.
a. broke even c. broke in
b. broke out d. broke down
23. People of all races should try to ______________ with each other.
a. get around c. get at
b. get along d. get over
24. The traffic flow at the corner was jammed. Tom feared getting late so he
________________ with a bus and leaped at the door.
a. catch up c. caught up
b. has caught d. waa catching
25. Trains were invented ______________ the nineteenth century.
a. in c. of
b. on d. at
