Advanced Grammar Practice Questions 1 Flashcards
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Which sentence correctly uses the conditional perfect tense?
Answer: If she had studied harder, she would have passed the exam.
The conditional perfect requires 'had + past participle' in the if-clause and 'would have + past participle' in the result clause. 'If she had studied harder, she would have passed' follows this pattern correctly.
Which sentence contains a misplaced modifier?
Answer: She almost drove her children to school every day.
'Almost' is misplaced — it modifies 'drove' rather than 'every day,' implying she nearly drove but didn't. The intended meaning is that she drove them on almost every day, so 'almost' should precede 'every day.'
Which sentence correctly uses a semicolon?
Answer: He finished his report; then he submitted it to his manager.
A semicolon correctly joins two independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction. 'He finished his report' and 'then he submitted it to his manager' are both independent clauses, making the semicolon appropriate here.
Which sentence contains faulty parallelism?
Answer: He likes to swim, running, and to cycle on weekends.
The series mixes infinitives ('to swim,' 'to cycle') with a gerund ('running'), breaking parallel structure. All items in a series must use the same grammatical form.
Which sentence correctly punctuates a non-restrictive clause?
Answer: Mount Everest, which is the world's tallest peak, attracts thousands of climbers.
A non-restrictive clause adds extra information that is not essential to identifying the noun. 'Which is the world's tallest peak' is non-essential information about Mount Everest and must be set off by commas. Restrictive clauses (using 'that' or 'who') do not take commas.
Which sentence uses pronoun case correctly?
Answer: The manager praised both him and her for their work.
'Him' and 'her' are objective-case pronouns, which is correct after the verb 'praised.' The other options use subjective-case pronouns ('I,' 'she,' 'us') where objective-case pronouns are required.