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. Person - place - things you can see - touch - feel - taste - smell - hear






2. Separate 2 or more adjectives that equally modify or describe a noun






3. Describes ongoin actions that occured in the past - usually as another action is taking place






4. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






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






6. A -an & the






7. Are capitalized-specific person - places - & things






8. When one noun possess another






9. Shows physical or mental action






10. Describes ongoing actions that occured in the past - usually as another action was taking place






11. Action has been completed






12. Formed by adding ing to present tense verb preceded by helping verb(is studying)






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






14. Verb form that use with helping verbs to form the present participle and past-participle tense.






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






16. No longer used






17. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






18. Add ' (Horowitzes')






19. Used to show continuous or repeated action






20. 1. positive degree-used in merely describing or in limiting anouth word. 2. comparative degree-used to compare two persons or things. 3. superlative degree- used in the comparison of 3 or more persons or things






21. The most used & misused punctuation mark






22. The-is used to describe a specific person or thing. can be used with singular or plural verbs






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






24. Complete dictionary - used in schools - libraries - newpapers - offices & organizations






25. Singular






26. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






27. Indicates present - the past & future






28. Word often implied but not actually stated






29. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






30. Used to show actions that are already completed or perfected






31. One






32. Word or groups of words that explain or rename previously mentioned nouns or pronouns






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






34. Plural






35. Occur when 2 or more adjectives appearing before a noun independently modify the noun






36. Surviving from a previous period






37. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






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






39. Used to express a fact






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






41. Verb comes before the subject






42. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






43. A phrase or clause






44. To place (lay - laid - laid - laying)






45. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






46. Describes past actions that took place before other past action






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






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






49. Describes actions that will take place before other future actions






50. Subjects are after the verb