English Practice Quiz – Set 20

1. Choose the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement:

• Each of the students are responsible for their own homework.
• Either John or his friends is bringing the snacks.
• Neither of the options seems appealing to the committee.
• The team are deciding on their next strategy right now.

2. Identify the error:

He wants to quick resolve the issue before the manager returns from her business trip.

• to quick resolve
• the manager returns
• her business trip
• No error

3. Fill in the blank:

Unless he ______ more effort into his work, he will not succeed.

• puts
• put
• putting
• has put

4. Choose the sentence with proper use of comparative forms:

• She is more taller than her younger brother.
• He is less experienced but more knowledgeable than his colleague.
• This sofa is the most comfortable than the one in the living room.
• The weather this summer is more hot than last year’s.

5. Choose the best replacement for the underlined phrase:

After completing the project, the team members were exhausted by the amount of work they had done.

• tired from all the work
• worn out due to the workload
• drained by the work involved
• No change needed

6. Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:

The policy will come ______ effect next Monday.

• into
• in
• at
• on

7. Identify the grammatically correct sentence:

• The report, that was submitted yesterday, needs further revisions.
• The report which was submitted yesterday needs further revisions.
• The report, which was submitted yesterday, needs further revisions.
• The report that was submitted yesterday, needs further revisions.

8. Which sentence is written in the active voice?

• The package was delivered by the courier yesterday.
• The courier delivered the package yesterday.
• The package has been delivered by the courier.
• The delivery of the package was handled by the courier.

9. Choose the sentence that correctly uses idiomatic expressions:

• She decided to take a leap of fate and start her own business.
• He didn’t want to burn bridges with his former employer.
• They broke the ice by introducing an awkward topic.
• The plan worked because it was all in a day’s task.

10. Choose the sentence with proper parallel structure:

• She likes hiking, to swim, and painting.
• She likes hiking, swimming, and painting.
• She likes to hike, swimming, and painting.
• She likes hiking, to swim, and to paint.