FREE NCAE General Scholastic Assessment Questions and Answers
The secretary apologized to the prime minister to being late to the meeting:
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Gerund follows the preposition "for," infinitive does not.
When Margaret checked the pie, she noticed that father has taken a slice.
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1st action always uses past perfect, 2nd uses simple past.
During the nineteenth century, Charles Dickens has become one of the most famous British novelist.
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Simple past (date in past), not perfect present
Even though Adam was a great roommate, Lionel hated his to sing in the shower.
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Gerund functioning as a noun, possessive modifies Lionel doesn't hate Adam (him), but "his singing"
By the time Lydia books the flight to Poland, she has called her grandmother about the visit.
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Future Perfect: something happening between present and unspecified future time.
At the night club, the plain clothes detective noticed a dark-haired man's standing alone in the corner.
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Noticed the dark-haired man, not specifically "standing."
Since the rise of his designs, such as Falling Water, to world-re-known, Frank Lloyd Wright has become an icon of modern architecture.
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Since and "for" require present perfect tense. "Would" should not be used with present tense.
Too busy for her own good, Nadine was negligent about drinking enough water.
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Simple Past Tense
My little brother has grew two inches during the past year:
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Past participle instead of simple past
When he penned Richard III in the early 1590s, Shakespeare did not know that he will become the greatest English dramatist.
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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.
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"will" always with present tense sentence