Grammar, Word Order, Punctuation Diagnostic Test With Answers 8

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Grammar, Word Order, Punctuation Diagnostic Test With Answers 8

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Question 1

Which sentence is illogical?

A	He is not popular enough to win the elections.
B	He is popular enough to win the elections.
C	He is too popular to win the elections.
D	He is very popular; he cannot lose the elections.
E	He is unpopular enough to lose the elections.

Question 1 Explanation:

too + adjective + to means the quality stops something from happening, so too popular to win says his popularity prevents him from winning. That makes no sense. Logical versions are too popular to lose or too unpopular to win. The other sentences are logical: not popular enough to win, popular enough to win, very popular; he cannot lose and unpopular enough to lose all match cause and result.

Question 2

They used to wash the floors once a week.

A -- The floors used to be washed once a week.

B -- The floors were used to being washed once a week.

Which one is incorrect?

A	A
B	B

Question 2 Explanation:

The passive of used to + verb is used to be + past participle: The floors used to be washed once a week. So A is correct. B is incorrect: be used to + -ing means 'be accustomed to', so were used to being washed changes the meaning and does not describe a past habit.

Question 3

What has happened to the bridge they were building over the river?

A -- What has happened to the bridge that was being built over the river?

B -- What has been happened by them to the bridge they were building over the river?

Which one is incorrect?

A	A
B	B

Question 3 Explanation:

Happen is intransitive. It takes no object, so it has no passive form: has been happened is impossible. Only the building of the bridge can be made passive, as in A: the bridge that was being built (past continuous passive). So B is the incorrect sentence.

Question 4

Oktay only lent some money to me.

A -- Only some money was lent to me by Oktay.

B -- Oktay borrowed only some money to me.

Which one is incorrect?

A	A
B	B

Question 4 Explanation:

Lend means give something for a time: lend something to someone. Borrow means take something for a time: borrow something from someone. B wrongly uses borrowed … to me, which also reverses the meaning. A is an acceptable passive: Only some money was lent to me by Oktay.

Question 5

When the phone rang, I had a shower, so I didn't hear it.

A	Correct
B	Incorrect

Question 5 Explanation:

Use the past continuous for an action that was in progress when a shorter action interrupted it: When the phone rang, I was having a shower. The clue so I didn't hear it shows the shower was already going on. The past simple had a shower would mean the shower happened after the phone rang. That contradicts didn't hear it, so the sentence is incorrect.

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