UK English Basic Skills Test Answer
Question: Choose the series of pronouns that best
completes the following sentence.
_______ is the name of the opera, and ______ role did you
say Maria would pay?
Answer: c (what,
which)
Question: Read the following question and choose the
response that uses the correct corresponding verb tense.
Answer: a (No,
because by the time I got there all the tickets had already been sold.)
Question: Choose the phrase that best completes the
sentence below without creating a run-on sentence.
It’s never too late to learn how to swim ______ you may fall
off a boat!
Answer: b (you never
know when)
Question: Choose the series of verbs and phrases that
best completes the following passage.
This dish ______ too spicy. Why _______ so much pepper?
Answer: e (a and c)
Question: Rearrange the following words to create the
most logical and grammatically correct sentence.
With can’t phone, on whenever always to the time spend I
speak I my friend, him
Answer: e (Whenever I
can’t spend time with my friend. I always speak to him on the phone.
Question: Read the following question and choose the
response that uses the correct corresponding verb tense.
Did you hear the weather report for tomorrow?
Answer: b (No, I wasn’t
listening to the radio.)
Question: Choose the series of pronouns that best
completes the following sentence.
Victor, who stole ______ ideas and used them to make ______
a millionaire, never once offered ______ a word of thanks.
Answer: d (our, himself,
us)
Question: Which of the following sentences illustrates
correct verb and verb tense usage?
Answer: e (All of the
above)
Question: Choose the series of adjectives and adverbs
that best completes the following sentences.
While ______ of our relatives live on the _______ hill in
the country, ______of our friends live in the ________ area of the valley.
Answer: c (many,
windiest, most, protected)
Question: Choose the series of adjectives and adverbs
that best completes the following sentence.
Knowing that February was the ______ month of the year,
Cheryl planned her vacation ________.
Answer: b (shortest,
accordingly)
Question: Choose the phrase that best completes the
sentence below without creating a run-on sentence.
Mr. Peach has sent his four children to lvy league colleges
_______ he has sacrificed his health working day and night dusty factory.
Answer: b (; however)
Question: Choose the series of adjectives and adverbs
that best completes the following sentences.
I think Pamela deserves to be punished for her _______
stupid and ______ behavior.
Answer: b (total,
irresponsible)
Question: Choose the series of verbs that best
completes the following sentences.
If Harry ________ to the party too early, don’t let him in;
he ________ outside like everyone else.
Answer: a (gets, will
have to wait)
Question: Which of the following sentences illustrates
the proper use of apostrophes?
Answer: a (Helga
borrowed her friend’s skates for the day; however, she failed to return them.)
Question: Change the following sentences from a
question to indirect speech.
“I will be moving soon.” said Alma
Answer: d (Alma says
she would move soon.)
Question: Choose the series of verbs that best
completes the following sentences.
Alison regrets _______ you with her remarks; she never meant
______ so.
Answer: b (to hurt,
to do)
Question: Choose the series of pronouns that best
completes the following sentences.
Don’t ______ think Larry should call ________ wife if
_______ is going to be late for dinner?
Answer: a (you, his,
he)
Question: Which of the following sentences illustrates
correct pronoun usage?
Answer: e (None of
the above)
Question: Complete the following sentences by choosing
the phrase with the best word order from the option given.
Only after they had completed an exhaustive study ________
how to adapt the technology to the needs of our company.
Answer: c (they did
begin to understand)
Question: Rearrange the following words to create the
most logical and grammatically correct sentence.
days . for last has good weather few The been the not
Answer: d (The
weather has not been good for the last few days)
Question: Choose the series of prepositions that best
completes the following sentence.
I placed my notes ______ my desk and referred to them ______
the meeting.
Answer: b (beside,
during)
Question: Which of the following sentences is
punctuated correctly?
Answer: d (“Come
here,” she said, “and let me get a good look at you.”)
Question: Complete the following sentence by choosing
the phrase with the best word order from the option given.
Those who are not wise _________.
Answer: d (does not
need to be necessarily stupid)
Question: Read the following question and choose the
response that uses the correct corresponding verb tense.
Does Jack wear that furry hat often?
Answer: d (No, he
only wears it when his ears are cold.)
Question: Choose the series of prepositions that best
completes the following sentence.
Charlotte knew ________ the secret investigation ________
her past, but she closed her eyes to it and pretended it happening.
Answer: a (of, about)
Question: Choose the series of adjectives and adverbs
that best completes the following sentence.
The archaeologists were ______ to discover such a ________
and _______ _________ artifact at that mostly uncovered site.
Answer: b (amazed,
rare, incredibly, beautiful)
Question: Choose the series of verbs that best
completes the following sentence.
Everyone ________ too busy cooking and _______ the family of
bears _______ from woods.
Answer: d (was,
setting up, to notice, watching)
Question: Choose the series of articles and
conjunctions that best completes the following sentence.
Julia, who is studying to be ________ foreign correspondent,
is currently doing ______ internship in ______ Middle East _____ will return
before the end of _______ year.
Answer: a {(no
article required), an, the, but, the}
Question: Which of the following sentences is
punctuated correctly?
Answer: b (We are expecting
a hurricane this afternoon; therefore we have closed the school early.)
Question: Which of the following sentences illustrates
the proper use of commas?
Answer: e (a and b)
Question: Change the following sentence from a
quotation to indirect speech.
Rhonda says, “I get to work early every day.”
Answer: c (Rhonda has
said that she got to work early every day.)
Question: Which of the following sentences illustrates
correct verb and verb tense usage?
Answer: b, d {(We
think the judge will have noticed something strange in her behavior.),
(Somehow, all of the newspapers gotten hold the story.)}
Question: Rearrange the following words to create the
most logical and grammatically correct sentences.
Last what ! It’s did you night, over After
Answer: b (After what
you did last night, it’s over!)
Question: Change the following sentence from a
quotation to indirect speech.
“It may snow tomorrow,” He said.
Answer: d (He said it
might snow tomorrow.)
Question: Choose the series of adjectives and adverbs
that best completes the following sentence.
The helium _______ balloon rose ________ into the air; the
villagers knew then their _______ leader was off on another mission.
Answer: c (powered,
powerfully, powerful)
Question: Rearrange the following words to create the
most logical and grammatically correct sentences.
Would I have it anything if had, I you known said would not
bother
Answer: b (I would
not have said anything if I had known it would bother you)
Question: Choose the series of prepositions that best
completes the following sentence.
Charlotte knew________ the secret investigation _________her
past, but she closed her eyes to it and pretended it wasn’t happening.
Answer: a. (of,
about)
Question: Which of the following sentences punctuated
correctly?
a. Tracy bought three suits; seven scarves; and ten pairs of
shoes.
Answer: b. (We are
expecting a hurricane this afternoon, therefore we have closed the school
early.)
Question: Choose the series of adjectives and adverbs
that best completes the following sentence.
While_________of our relatives live on the__________hill in
the county, _________of our friends live in the _________areas of the valley.
Answer: c. (many,
windiest, most, more, protected)
Question: Complete the following sentence by choosing
the phrase with the best word order from the options given.
Those who are not wise_____________.
Answer: d. (does not
need to be necessarily stupid.)
Question: Rearrange the following words to create most
logical and grammatically correct sentence.
days for last has good weather few The been the not
Answer: d. (The weather
has not been good for the last few days)
Question: Which of the following sentence punctuated
correctly?
Answer: d. (“Come
here.” she said, “and let me get a good look at you.”)
Question: Change the following sentence from a
quotation to indirect speech.
“Sharon must go to the bank today.” said Albert.
Answer: d. (Albert
said Sharon had to go to the bank today.)
Question: Choose the option that correctly changes
original sentence from active to passive.
ORIGINAL SENTENCE:
That tall man is carrying a lot of lumber.
REWRITTEN SENTENCES:
Answer: d. (A lot of
lumber is being carried by that tall man.)
Question: Rearrange the following words to create most
logical and grammatically correct sentence.
Sleeping likes the . midday Katie until on weekends
Answers: (Katie likes
sleeping until midday on the weekends.)
Question: Choose the series of verbs that best
completes the following sentence.
I find it very hard to remember ______________ letters that
are entrusted to me. In fact, I remember_____________to do so dozens of times!
Answer: d. (mailing,
forgetting)
Question: Choose the series of articles and
conjunctions that best completes the
following sentence.
Lilacs ___________ violets are usually purple, I have seen
some _________ are white.
Answer: c. (and,
although, that)
Question: Which of the following sentence illustrates
proper use of comma?
a. Randy wanted to end the meeting, but Amy wanted to
prolong it.
Answer: f. (All of
the above)
Question: Which of the following sentence does NOT
illustrates correct verb and tense usage?
Answer: b.
(Clarabelle’s mother absolutely hated nicknames and always calls her daughter
by her full name.)
Question: Change the following sentence from a
quotation to indirect speech.
Carol has said, “I am responsible for this project.”
Answer: a. (Carol has
said that she is responsible for this.)
Question: Choose the series of prepositions that best
completes the following sentence.
Although Marvin said he had the keys___________ the flower
pot, we were unable to find them___________ the dark. In the end, we waited for
him at the coffee shop ____________ the corner.
Answer: a. (under,
in. around)
Question: Complete the following sentence by choosing
the phrase with the best word order from the options given.
The excited children who had run toward the loud
_______________.
Answer: d. (music,
told the others about the ice cream truck outside)
Question: Rearrange the following words to create most
logical and grammatically correct sentence.
your company name? of what the is
Answer: c. (What is
the name of your company?)
Question: Which of the following sentences NOT
punctuated correctly?
a. All of the apple’s at the grocers were rotten so I bought
oranges instead.
Answer: b. (“Seven
canteens full of water should enough for the hike,” said Tabitha.)
Question: Choose the series of prepositions that best
completes the following sentence.
After realizing that our hosts hadn’t actually invested
_________ to ____________ party. ____________ excused ____________ from the
table and slipped out the back door.
Answer: a. (us,
their, we, ourselves.)
Question: Which of the following sentences illustrates
the proper use of parallel construction?
Answer: b. (We
painted the conference room yellow, hung a poster on the wall, and are
rearranging the chairs.)
Question: Which of the following sentence uses correct
pronoun usage?
a. to whom are your employees going to report while you’re
gone?
Answer: e. (All of
the above)
Question: Change the following sentence from a
quotation to indirect speech.
“I’m not feeling well,” Agatha said.
Answer: a. (Agatha
has said that she doesn’t feel well.)
Question: Which of the sentence illustrates proper
sentence structure?
a. Everyone knows that a mango is much sweeter to an orange
Answer: d. (The queen
had hardly finished her speech when the people began to disperse.)
Question: Which of the following sentences illustrates
correct verb and verb tense usage?
Answer: b. (Until the
snow does not melt, the train will not be able to move.)
Question: Which of the following sentences does NOT
illustrate correct verb and verb tense usage?
Answer: c. (They was
going to sell pastries as well, but then decided against it.)
Question: Which of the following sentences illustrates
correct verb and verb tense usage?
Answer: d. (Have you
seen the cookies that were on my desk? They seem to have disappeared.)
Question: Choose the series of articles and
conjunctions that best completes the following sentence.
_______ she was feeling ill, Teresa wanted to eat only _____
apple _____ some soup.
Answer: c. (Because,
an, or)
Question: Rearrange the following words to create the
most logical and grammatically correct sentence.
last what ! it's did you night, over After
Answer: d. (After, it's over what you did last
night!)
Question: Choose the series of prepositions that best
completes the following sentence.
Jeremy drove his motorcycle _______ the bridge, _______ the
hill, and _______ the diner before finally parking it _______ two police cars.
Answer: c. (across,
down, past, between)
Question: Choose the series of articles and
conjunctions that best completes the following sentence.
I think Fran could be ______ great public speaker, _______
she is still too shy to try it.
Answer: b. (a, but)
Question: Choose the verb that best completes the
following sentence.
Do you know if Harlon ____________Japanese before moving to
Japan?
Answer: a. (has studied)
Question: Rearrange the following words to create the
most logical and grammatically correct sentence.
work . is always to brother willing not My
Answer: b. (My
brother is not always willing to work.)
Question: Which of the following sentences illustrates
proper sentence structure?
Answer: b. (Unless
the world doesn't control its population, mankind will continue to face one
problem after another.)
Question: Read the original sentence below and then
choose the rewritten sentence that illustrates proper sentence structure.
ORIGINAL SENTENCE:
It is easy to carry solid objects, but the same cannot be
said of liquids.
Answer: a. (Unlike
liquids, solid objects are easy to carry.)
Question: Choose the series of articles and
conjunctions that best completes the following sentence.
Neither we ________ Sal, our neighbor, could understand
________ it had been our dog Rover or Sal's cat's kittens _________ had destroyed
all the flower beds in the middle of _______ night.
Answer: a. (nor,
whether, that, the)
Question: Which of the following sentences does NOT
illustrate correct verb and verb tense usage?
Answer: c. (The
Imagist movement in poetry is commonly regarded as having begun in the early
twentieth century.)
Question: Which of the following sentences is NOT
punctuated correctly?
Answer: a. All of the
apple's at the grocer's were rotten, so I bought oranges instead.
Question: Which of the following sentences illustrates
the proper use of parallel construction?
Answer: c. (Trina loved to sail, skate, swim, and
surfing.)
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