FREE NCAE General Scholastic Assessment Questions and Answers

At the night club, the plain clothes detective noticed a dark-haired man's standing alone in the corner.

Man's standing

Man being standing

Man to stand

Man standing

¡Correcto! ¡Equivocado!

Noticed the dark-haired man, not specifically "standing."

Too busy for her own good, Nadine was negligent about drinking enough water.

Was negligent

Was neglecting

Neglected

To neglect

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Simple Past Tense

Since the rise of his designs, such as Falling Water, to world-re-known, Frank Lloyd Wright has become an icon of modern architecture.

Has become

Became

Becomes

Had become

¡Correcto! ¡Equivocado!

Since and "for" require present perfect tense. "Would" should not be used with present tense.

When Margaret checked the pie, she noticed that father has taken a slice.

Checked, has taken

Had checked, took

Checked, had taken

Had checked, had taken

¡Correcto! ¡Equivocado!

1st action always uses past perfect, 2nd uses simple past.

When he penned Richard III in the early 1590s, Shakespeare did not know that he will become the greatest English dramatist.

Will become

Would become

Became

Had become

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"Would" with past tense

The professor tells her students, who promise they would study quietly for three hours, that she won't give extra assignments.

Would study

Study

Have studied

Will study

¡Correcto! ¡Equivocado!

"will" always with present tense sentence

My little brother has grew two inches during the past year:

Has grew

Had grew

Has grown

Grown

¡Correcto! ¡Equivocado!

Past participle instead of simple past

Even though Adam was a great roommate, Lionel hated his to sing in the shower.

His to sing

Him singing

His singing

His to be singing

¡Correcto! ¡Equivocado!

Gerund functioning as a noun, possessive modifies Lionel doesn't hate Adam (him), but "his singing"

During the nineteenth century, Charles Dickens has become one of the most famous British novelist.

Has become

Became

Becomes

Had become

¡Correcto! ¡Equivocado!

Simple past (date in past), not perfect present

By the time Lydia books the flight to Poland, she has called her grandmother about the visit.

Has called

Will has called

Calls

Will have called

¡Correcto! ¡Equivocado!

Future Perfect: something happening between present and unspecified future time.

The secretary apologized to the prime minister to being late to the meeting:

To being

To be

For to be

For being

¡Correcto! ¡Equivocado!

Gerund follows the preposition "for," infinitive does not.

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FREE NCAE General Scholastic Assessment Questions and Answers

At the night club, the plain clothes detective noticed a dark-haired man's standing alone in the corner.

Too busy for her own good, Nadine was negligent about drinking enough water.

Since the rise of his designs, such as Falling Water, to world-re-known, Frank Lloyd Wright has become an icon of modern architecture.

When Margaret checked the pie, she noticed that father has taken a slice.

When he penned Richard III in the early 1590s, Shakespeare did not know that he will become the greatest English dramatist.

The professor tells her students, who promise they would study quietly for three hours, that she won't give extra assignments.

My little brother has grew two inches during the past year:

Even though Adam was a great roommate, Lionel hated his to sing in the shower.

During the nineteenth century, Charles Dickens has become one of the most famous British novelist.

By the time Lydia books the flight to Poland, she has called her grandmother about the visit.

The secretary apologized to the prime minister to being late to the meeting:

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