Free NCAE General Scholastic Assessment Questions and Answers 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: 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 (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Will have called
Future Perfect: something happening between present and unspecified future time.
Question 2: Too busy for her own good, Nadine was negligent about drinking enough water.
- Was negligent (Correct answer)
- Was neglecting
- Neglected
- To neglect
Correct answer: Was negligent
Simple Past Tense
Question 3: Even though Adam was a great roommate, Lionel hated his to sing in the shower.
- His to sing
- Him singing
- His singing (Correct answer)
- His to be singing
Correct answer: His singing
Gerund functioning as a noun, possessive modifies Lionel doesn't hate Adam (him), but "his singing"
Question 4: The secretary apologized to the prime minister to being late to the meeting:
- To being
- To be
- For to be
- For being (Correct answer)
Correct answer: For being
Gerund follows the preposition "for," infinitive does not.
Question 5: 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 (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Man standing
Noticed the dark-haired man, not specifically "standing."
Question 6: During the nineteenth century, Charles Dickens has become one of the most famous British novelist.
- Has become
- Became (Correct answer)
- Becomes
- Had become
Correct answer: Became
Simple past (date in past), not perfect present
Question 7: 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 (Correct answer)
- Became
- Becomes
- Had become
Correct answer: Has become
Since and "for" require present perfect tense. "Would" should not be used with present tense.
Question 8: 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 (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Will study
"will" always with present tense sentence
Question 9: 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 (Correct answer)
- Became
- Had become
Correct answer: Would become
"Would" with past tense
Question 10: My little brother has grew two inches during the past year:
- Has grew
- Had grew
- Has grown (Correct answer)
- Grown
Correct answer: Has grown
Past participle instead of simple past
Question 11: 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 (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Had checked, had taken
1st action always uses past perfect, 2nd uses simple past.
