PRACTICE TEST #3PART 1: Complete the sentence in any way that is grammatically correct and makes sense.

1. I could have gone to the party today, but instead I have a test tonight.

I could have got a new book, but instead I used an old one for the class.

2. The presidential election of 2000 was so close that they had to review/to count/to take/to do the votes again to see who won.

3. It wasn’t me that you saw at the party last night. I was at work. You must have seen somebody else.

It couldn’t have been me that you saw at the party last night. I was at work. You must have seen somebody else.

It was another person who looked like me that you saw at the party last night. I was at work. You must have seen somebody else.

4. Children who spend all their time playing video games can’t be normal.

Children who spend all their time playing video games will have slow brain development as a result.

Children who spend all their time playing video games are/will be obese.

Children who spend all their time playing video games will not do well in school.

5. Many people like to join internet chat groups of people to have fun/in order to make friends.

Many people like to join internet chat groups of people who have the same interests/whom they don’t know/who want to make friends.

6. I called the company several times. The woman (who/whom) I spoke to/talked to/who answered my call said the owner would call me back, but he never has.

7. Students who don’t know what to major it/can’t decide what classes to take/want to transfer to U.S. should talk to a counselor.

8. I don’t like teachers who give a lot of exercises on weekends/who are not patient/who speak too fast/who don’t explain very well.

9. Some volunteers help the community to earn scholarships.

Some volunteers help others to satisfy themselves.

Some volunteers help the hospital by cleaning the building.

10. It costs a lot of money to take a taxi from my house to Laney.

I have to spend a lot of money

If is very expensive

Because I am late, I have

Because of getting up late, I had

11. I avoid shopping online/driving too fast/freeways when I’m driving to work.

12. I’ve become a wiser person because of education/all the books I’ve read/traveling.

13. I hope I succeed in this class, so I can get to 1A.

I hope I succeed in getting a good job.

You can use in or at + noun or gerund

14. Children of immigrants may not speak their parents’ language well unless their parents speak it to them.

PRACTICE TEST #3PART 2: Place comma, period or semi-colon [;] where they are required. If the sentence is correct without any further punctuation, write “C.”

1. He came to the U.S. to be with his family. C

2. If you have to miss the test, you should send the teacher an e-mail to let her know.

3. Although Thomas Jefferson did not believe in slavery, he was a slave-owner.

4. I study every day unless I have to work late. C

5. I like to stay up late in spite of the fact that it’s hard to get up in the morning. C

6. Children whose parents are wealthy usually have computers at home. C

7. Bill Gates, who is the richest person in America, often gets spam asking him if he wants to become rich. 

8. Sunday afternoon is the only time when I can get together with my friends. C

9. Freecycle, which has 4,800 communities around the world, reports that its members are keeping 55 tons out of landfills each day.

9. Freecycle, which has 4,800 communities around the world, reports that its members are keeping 55 tons out of landfills each day.

10. The things the teacher is interested in are different from the things I am interested in. ©