ALCPT Grammar and Sentence Correction Flashcards

Which sentence correctly uses a relative clause?

Answer: The officer who gave the briefing is experienced.

'Who' is used as the subject of a relative clause referring to a person.

Choose the sentence with the correct verb tense sequence: 'By the time the reinforcements arrived, the squad _____ the position.'

Answer: had already secured

The past perfect ('had secured') is used for an action completed before another past action.

Identify the sentence with a dangling modifier.

Answer: Running quickly, the checkpoint was reached by the soldier.

A dangling modifier occurs when the participial phrase 'Running quickly' cannot logically modify 'the checkpoint.'

Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly?

Answer: The soldiers' gear was inspected.

For plural nouns ending in -s, add only an apostrophe after the final s to show possession.

Which option correctly completes the sentence? 'He is much taller _____ his brother.'

Answer: than

'Than' is the correct conjunction used in comparisons.

Find the sentence that is NOT a run-on sentence.

Answer: The alarm sounded; therefore, the troops assembled immediately.

Using a semicolon followed by a conjunctive adverb and comma correctly joins two independent clauses.

Choose the sentence with the correct subject-verb agreement.

Answer: The quality of the reports has improved significantly.

The subject is 'quality' (singular), so it takes the singular verb 'has'; prepositional phrases don't change agreement.