Question 1

Which preposition is used for specific house or building numbers?

Accepted Answer

AT

Question 2

Which preposition is used for streets, avenues, and roads?

Accepted Answer

ON

Question 3

Which preposition is used for cities, provinces, and countries?

Accepted Answer

IN

Question 4

Which preposition is used for days and dates?

Accepted Answer

ON

Question 5

Which preposition is used for months, years, and seasons?

Accepted Answer

IN

Question 6

According to Rule 1 of Subject-Verb Agreement, if a collective noun is viewed as a group, it takes a ______ verb.

Accepted Answer

singular

Question 7

According to Rule 1 of Subject-Verb Agreement, if a collective noun is viewed as individual members, it takes a ______ verb.

Accepted Answer

plural

Question 8

In Rule 2 (A + Preposition + B), if A is a NAMASA word (none, all, most, any, some, a lot of), which word is the subject?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 9

In Rule 3, if A is a portion (fraction/percentage), which word is the subject?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 10

In Rule 4, if A is not NAMASA nor a portion, which word is the subject?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 11

According to Rule 5 (Correlative Subjects), if subjects are joined by 'or' or 'nor', the verb agrees with the ______ subject.

Accepted Answer

nearer

Question 12

According to Rule 6 (Intervening Expressions), which phrases should be disregarded when determining the subject?

Accepted Answer

Intervening expressions like 'together with'

Question 13

According to Rule 7, adjectives used as subjects are considered ______.

Accepted Answer

plural

Question 14

A figure of speech that makes a comparison using 'like' or 'as' is called a:

Accepted Answer

Simile

Question 15

A figure of speech that makes an implied comparison without using 'like' or 'as' is called a:

Accepted Answer

Metaphor

Question 16

What figure of speech is a brief or indirect reference to something significant?

Accepted Answer

Allusion

Question 17

Exaggeration or overstatement is a characteristic of which figure of speech?

Accepted Answer

Hyperbole

Question 18

Addressing a dead person, an absent person, or an inanimate object is known as:

Accepted Answer

Apostrophe

Question 19

A discrepancy between what seems and what is, is a characteristic of:

Accepted Answer

Irony

Question 20

Using a part to mean the whole or the whole to mean a part is called:

Accepted Answer

Synecdoche

English Grammar and Figures of Speech Review

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