Much to his ___________, the student did not get accepted into the college of his choice.
A. chagrin
B. disdain

DIRECTIONS: Select the correct version of each sentence.
Gina had exams in the following classes, math, history, and science.
A. classes; math, history, and
B. classes: math, history, and

DIRECTIONS: Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct.
A. The fans at the back of the theater were making too much noise.
B. The fans at the back of the theater was making too much noise.
C. The fans at the back of the theater makes too much noise.
D. The fan at the back of the theater were making too much noise.

Please don't park there. That is the employee of the _______ parking place.
A. month
B. months
C. month’s
D. months’

The technical terminology the professor used _______ his inexperienced students.
A. amused
B. deluded
C. befuddled
D. jaded

DIRECTIONS: Select the correct version of each sentence.
The story is set in Boston, in colonial times when much of the land was undeveloped.
A. Boston, in colonial times, when
B. No change is necessary.

DIRECTIONS: Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct.
A. Everyone on the crowded airplane were annoyed by the little girl running up and down the aisles.
B. Everyone crowded on the airplane were annoyed by the little girl running up and down the aisles.
C. Everyone on the crowded airplane was annoyed by the little girl running up and down the aisles.
D. Everyone crowded on the airplane were being annoyed by the little girl running up and down the aisles.

Mary put the papers on her _______ desk.
A. bosses
B. boss
C. boss’s
D. boss’

Pretending a problem doesn’t exist won’t help the situation; instead, it will only ______ it.
A. exacerbate
B. antagonize
C. suppress
D. exasperate

DIRECTIONS: Select the correct version of each sentence.
At fifteen he shipped as a cabin boy, bound for Ireland.
A. a cabin boy; bound for
B. No change is necessary.

DIRECTIONS: Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct.
A. Although I am not sure which, either my hard drive or one of my programs are not working properly.
B. Although I am not sure which, either my hard drive or one of my programs is not working properly.
C. Either, although I am not sure which, my hard drive or one of my programs is incorrectly working.
D. I am not sure which one it is, but either my hard drive or one of my programs are not working properly.

Is PACK a collective noun
A. True
B. False

After much debate, the council members could not reach a _______  at the meeting, forcing
them to table the decision.
A. consensus
B. conclusion
C. cessation
D. concurrence

DIRECTIONS: Select the correct version of each sentence.
Without making a sound Geoffrey crept down the stairs.
A. sound; Geoffrey crept
B. sound, Geoffrey crept

DIRECTIONS: Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct.
A. The use of cell phones and computers have been prohibited.
B. The use of cell phones and computers were prohibited.
C. The use of cell phones and computers is prohibited.
D. The use of cell phones and computers are prohibited.

The child’s favorite toy was misplaced.
A. to replace the i in the word is to form a contraction
B. to indicate that the toy belonged to the child
C. to make the word child plural
D. to show that more than one child owned the toy

In a world of conflict, she attempted to be ______
A. contentious
B. sanguine
C. conducive
D. intolerant

DIRECTIONS: Select the correct version of each sentence.
Hector was known as "Slim", because of his gaunt appearance.
A. known as "Slim," because
B. known as "Slim" because
C. No change is necessary.

DIRECTIONS: Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct.
A. Everyone on the crowded subway were flustered when the train screeched to a halt.
B. Everyone on the crowded subway is flustered when the train screeched to a halt.
C. Everyone on the crowded subway was flustered when the train screeched to a halt.
D. Everyone on the crowded subway become flustered when the train screeched to a halt.

Choose the sentence in which the apostrophe is accurately placed.
A. The boys decided it would be funny to steal the girls’ books as payback for telling the teacher they cheated on the last test.
B. The boys’ decided it would be funny to steal the girls books as payback for telling the teacher they cheated on the last test.
C. The boys decided it would be funny to steal the girls's books as payback for telling the teacher they cheated on the last test
D. The boy’s decided it would be funny to steal the girls books as payback for telling the teacher they cheated on the last test