Test your basic knowledge |

Business English

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Describes actions that began in the past & have continued to the present






2. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






3. Intro prepositional phrases totaling 4 or more words...






4. Formed by adding r or er in one-syllable & some two syllable words or adding more/less






5. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






6. Faculty - committee - team - group - jury-may be singular or plural depending on how they are used






7. Verb expresses an action directed by the subject toward the object of verb






8. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






9. Contains helpful info: punctuation - hyphenation - capitalization - number style - abbreviations - & commonly confused words






10. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






11. Indicate whether a noun is plural or singular & whether it is located nearby or farther away






12. Falls at the end of the sentence






13. Is plural






14. Shortened forms of subjects & verbs (it's - there's)






15. Plural ending in s - x - z - ch - sh






16. To go up (rise - rose - risen)






17. Shows physical or mental action






18. Person - place - thing - qualities - feelings - concepts - activities & measures






19. 's or ' on the last word (father-in-law's)






20. A -an & the






21. Can be singular or plural depending on the nouns they refer to






22. Opposing or contrasting expressions (not - never - but - yet)






23. Words that describe or limit verbs - adjectives or other adverbs; answer When? How? Where? To what extent?






24. Make principle noun plural (fathers-in-law) (runners-up)






25. To place (set - setting)






26. Adds additional info to sentence






27. Short quotation are set off from the rest of a sentence by...






28. Commas are used to separate word that...






29. Plural uses plural verb

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


30. Word often implied but not actually stated






31. When dates contain more than one element....






32. Describes ongoing action that will take place in future add wil be in front (I will be hearing)






33. Used to express doubt - a conjecture - or suggestion






34. When one noun possess another






35. One






36. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






37. Degrees - personal titles & professional designations following persons name






38. Person speaking - the person spoken to - or the person or object spoken of






39. What is used to show the omission of words understood?






40. Whom may function as the object of a verb or object of a preposition






41. Formed by adding st or est in short adj. or adding most/least






42. Words that function as nouns - adjectives or adverbs - (gerunds - infinitives - & participles)






43. May be used to create transitions between thoughts (after all - by the way - for example)






44. Singular






45. (however - therefore -consequently) used to effect transitions from one though to another in independent clauses






46. Used in certain countries or regions






47. Known as relative pronoun clauses






48. Connect words - phrases and clauses of equal grammatical value or rank (and - or - but - nor)






49. Used to show continuous or repeated action






50. Present tense of a verb preceded by the word to (to be - to sit)