ALCPT Grammar and Sentence Correction Flashcards

Select the correct sentence.

Answer: Can you tell me what time it is?

Embedded (indirect) questions use statement word order (subject + verb): 'what time it is.' Direct question word order ('what time is it') is incorrect in embedded questions.

Choose the correct preposition: 'The exercise was called _______ due to bad weather.'

Answer: off

'Called off' is a phrasal verb meaning canceled. 'Called out' means summoned, 'called up' means telephoned or drafted, and 'called away' means summoned to leave.

Identify the correct sentence.

Answer: Not only is he smart, but he is also hard-working.

When 'not only' begins a clause, it requires inverted word order (verb before subject): 'Not only is he smart.' The second clause uses normal word order.

Choose the correct word: 'The report must be submitted _______ Friday.'

Answer: by

'By' indicates a deadline — the report must be submitted no later than Friday. 'Until' means up to that point, 'since' marks a start time, and 'from' marks a beginning.

Select the sentence with the correct use of 'much' or 'many'.

Answer: How many soldiers are in the platoon?

'Many' is used with countable plural nouns (soldiers). 'Much' is used with uncountable nouns. 'How many soldiers' correctly asks about the quantity of countable people.

Identify the error: 'The commander explained us the new rules.'

Answer: 'us' should be 'to us'

'Explain' requires the preposition 'to' before the indirect object. The correct form is 'explained to us the new rules' or 'explained the new rules to us.'