CSE - English Grammar and Correct Usage

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Direction: Select the letter of the best answer.



1. I think the answer to the Philippines’ economic woes ________ really entrepreneurship.
a. are
b. was
c. is
d. were


Answer: c. is



2. I really _________ interested to know the ingredients of your well-loved recipe.
a. am
b. was
c. is
d. were


Answer: a. am



3. It was in 1977 when Rosa and her two sisters ________ their paper crafts company.
a. launches
b. launch
c. launched
d. have launched


Answer: b. launched



4. The effects of global warming ________ irregular weather patterns that can threaten agriculture and eventually the world food supply.
a. including
b. includes
c. include
d. included


Answer: c. include



5. The wife was _________ to see her husband in jail before she was accompanied to the airport by the country police.
a. allow
b. allowed
c. allows
d. allowing


Answer: b. allowed



6. Keeping up ________ the fashion trend is costly because you have to buy whatever is new in the market.
a. for
b. to
c. with
d. in


Answer: c. with



7. One could see the white smoke rising from the cathedral’s tower, signaling a new pope ________ chosen.
a. was
b. is
c. has been
d. were


Answer: c. has been



8. Click _________ the item displays to check the clothes in stock, and choose from the many items available.
a. on
b. in
c. to
d. for


Answer: a. on



9. Specialists ________ on training and item-boosting stats that are most suited to their role in the field.
a. work
b. works
c. working
d. has worked


Answer: a. work



10. Some guests also take pictures of us and I really enjoy that because I _________ our charismatic community.
a. loved
b. loves
c. love
d. have loved


Answer: c. love



11. It is __________ that you first drink water before you go walking in the park.
a. advice
b. advised
c. advise
d. advices


Answer: b. advised



12. The team member in front _________ go on ahead, making sure he or she lays trap in prime locations to slow down anyone behind him or her.
a. must
b. should
c. will
d. would


Answer: a. must



13. While the legends of the mystical roses were widespread, no one has actually _________ them in person.
a. saw
b. seen
c. see
d. sees


Answer: b. seen



14. Teamwork _________ a must in different situations, and each member of the group is important for each has his or her role.
a. is
b. was
c. are
d. were


Answer: a. is



15. The movie, Into Your Hands, was a real tear jerker it nearly _________ me cry when I watched it last month.
a. make
b. has made
c. made
d. makes


Answer: c. made


16. Hope has __________ anew for the cancer-stricken patient after the discovery of a new herbal medicine.
a. spring
b. springs
c. sprang
d. sprung


Answer: d. sprung



17. The well-loved chef wanted to feature recipes with an Ilocano influence to show his viewers that Ilocano cuisine ________ be global.
a. must
b. can
c. should
d. may


Answer: b. can



18. Next week they ________ flying to Australia from Saudi Arabia.
a. is
b. will be
c. should
d. would not


Answer: b. will be



19. Rosa _________ the family-owned Tiffany’s Pares Foodhouse which serves the locals as well as the foreign guests of their beautiful town.
a. managed
b. manages
c. must manage
d. could manage


Answer: b. manages



20. You remember this nursery rhyme, _________ you?
a. aren’t you
b. doesn’t
c. weren’t
d. don’t


Answer: d. don’t



21. The colorful pictures and very simple instructions __________ the recipes further and make them truly irresistible.
a. enhance
b. enhances
c. had enhanced
d. would enhance


Answer: a. enhance



22. She doesn’t believe in destiny, __________ she?
a. doesn’t
b. does
c. isn’t
d. wasn’t


Answer: does



23. This is a computer-generated get-well soon, card, ________ it?
a. doesn’t
b. aren’t
c. isn’t
d. is


Answer: c. isn’t



24. They __________ for a few more minutes and there was suddenly an odd moment of silence, as she looked out the window over the rooftops of the city.
a. chatted
b. have chatted
c. would chat
d. chats


Answer: a. chatted



25. We do appreciate your concern _________ the children in the orphanage.
a. to
b. for
c. with
d. of


Answer: b. for

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