Advanced English Language Mastery

Question 1

Which sentence demonstrates the correct use of the subjunctive mood?

Accepted Answer

I wish I were there with you.

Answer

If I was you, I would go.

Answer

I hope I was helpful.

Answer

I wish I was there with you.

Question 2

Which sentence contains a split infinitive that actually improves clarity?

Accepted Answer

To boldly go where no one has gone before.

Answer

He needs to carefully write.

Answer

She wants quickly to run.

Answer

They plan to suddenly leave.

Question 3

What's the correct term for a word that's spelled the same backward and forward?

Accepted Answer

Palindrome

Answer

Homonym

Answer

Synonym

Answer

Anagram

Question 4

Which sentence demonstrates correct use of the past perfect continuous tense?

Accepted Answer

I had been working for six hours when she called.

Answer

I have worked here for six years.

Answer

I was working when she called.

Answer

I have been working here since morning.

Question 5

Which word is an example of an auto-antonym (a word that can be its own opposite)?

Accepted Answer

Sanction

Answer

Sharp

Answer

Fast

Answer

Quick

Question 6

Which sentence contains a properly used semicolon?

Accepted Answer

The meeting was long; however, it was productive.

Answer

They went to the park; to play.

Answer

I love cooking; and baking.

Answer

She bought; apples, oranges, and bananas.

Question 7

What's the rhetorical device used in 'The pen is mightier than the sword'?

Accepted Answer

Metonymy

Answer

Personification

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Hyperbole

Answer

Simile

Question 8

Which sentence demonstrates correct use of the subjunctive in a formal command?

Accepted Answer

The committee demands that he go.

Answer

The committee asks that he goes.

Answer

The committee requires that he goes.

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The committee suggests that he goes.

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Quiz Questions & Answers

Question 1: Which sentence demonstrates the correct use of the subjunctive mood?

Question 2: Which sentence contains a split infinitive that actually improves clarity?

Question 3: What's the correct term for a word that's spelled the same backward and forward?

Question 4: Which sentence demonstrates correct use of the past perfect continuous tense?

Question 5: Which word is an example of an auto-antonym (a word that can be its own opposite)?

Question 6: Which sentence contains a properly used semicolon?

Question 7: What's the rhetorical device used in 'The pen is mightier than the sword'?

Question 8: Which sentence demonstrates correct use of the subjunctive in a formal command?

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