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Test Greater Essays Unit 2

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 
 
INSTRUCTIONS: Choose the best word to complete each sentence.
 

 1. 
You must ____ joking!
a.
be
b.
being
c.
been
 

 2. 
You ____ better call first before you go.
a.
have
b.
has
c.
had
 

 3. 
Business ____ to improve this year.
a.
has
b.
must
c.
can
 

 4. 
All passengers ____ show their boarding passes at the gate.
a.
must
b.
will
c.
have
 

 5. 
All appliances ____ to be unplugged during a lightning storm.
a.
ought
b.
might
c.
must
 

 6. 
Most of these children spend the afternoons at home, but the ____ in the blue pants goes to day care after school.
a.
child
b.
childs
c.
children
 

 7. 
Per state regulations, toll booth collectors ____ have change for 20 dollars.
a.
doesn't
b.
does not
c.
don't
 

 8. 
Did you tell your friends that you ____ coming?
a.
was
b.
were
c.
be
 

 9. 
The ____ living across the street from us were on TV last night.
a.
man
b.
woman
c.
people
 

 10. 
My favorite team ____ going to the championship.
a.
is
b.
are
c.
aren't
 

Matching
 
 
INSTRUCTIONS: Match the word to the phrase that best completes the collocation.
a.
at
b.
away
c.
each
d.
for
e.
from
f.
have
g.
in
h.
of
i.
on
j.
out
k.
with
l.
work
 

 11. 

 to look _____ bargains
 

 12. 

 to hide something _____ someone
 

 13. 

 to _____ the potential for profit
 

 14. 

 to walk _____ from something
 

 15. 

 to bargain _____ someone
 

 16. 

 at the end _____ the day
 

 17. 

 to purchase something _____ the lowest possible price
 

 18. 

 the final word _____ the matter
 

 19. 

 to oppose _____ other
 

 20. 

 to _____ on commission
 

 21. 

 to be _____ the best interest of someone
 

 22. 

 to scout _____
 

Other
 
 
INSTRUCTIONS: Some of these sentences contain errors with "your" or "you're." If the sentence is correct, write "C." If it is incorrect, write "I."
 

 23. 
You're not from around here, are you?
 

 24. 
My house is your house.
 

 25. 
Your standing on my foot.
 
 
INSTRUCTIONS: If the italicized word is correct in the context of the sentence, write "C." If it does not make sense, write "I."
 

 26. 
Akiyo volunteers at the soup kitchen each week, giving her time to help those who are less fortunate than she is.
 

 27. 
We always go to festivals like baseball and basketball games.
 

 28. 
The general sent some of his troops to scout out a new location for a base camp.
 

 29. 
The negotiations between the two countries broke down when one of the leaders left the room.
 

 30. 
The members of the election committee stayed late every night, strategizing about how to win in November.