ISAT Written English and Grammar 1

Question 1

Which sentence demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement?

Accepted Answer

Each of the participants has completed the survey.

Answer

"Each" is a singular indefinite pronoun and always requires the singular verb "has."

Question 2

Which sentence uses the correct verb tense?

Accepted Answer

By the time she arrives, we will have finished dinner.

Answer

The future perfect "will have finished" correctly indicates an action that will be completed before another future event.

Question 3

Identify the sentence with correct parallel structure:

Accepted Answer

The proposal was clear, concise, and well-organized.

Answer

"Clear, concise, and well-organized" maintains parallel structure with three adjectives in the same grammatical form.

Question 4

Which sentence has a correctly placed modifier?

Accepted Answer

Covered in mud, the dog ran through the house.

Answer

"Covered in mud" correctly modifies "the dog," which is the subject that logically performs the implied action.

Question 5

Which of the following is a complete sentence?

Accepted Answer

The experiment yielded surprising results that challenged existing theories.

Answer

This is the only option containing both a complete subject ("The experiment") and a finite predicate verb ("yielded").

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