This document contains a practice test with two parts. Part 1 consists of sentence completion questions with multiple choice answers. Part 2 focuses on punctuation, asking to identify where commas, periods, or semicolons are required in given sentences or marking them as correct with no further punctuation needed. The test covers a range of grammar and punctuation topics including parts of speech, subject-verb agreement, and proper use of commas, periods and semicolons.

1. PRACTICE TEST #3
PART 1: Complete the sentence in any way that is
grammatically correct and makes sense.

2. 1. I could have gone to the party
today, but instead I have a test
tonight.
I could have got a new book, but
instead I used an old one for the
class.

3. 2. The presidential election of 2000
was so close that they had to
review/to count/to take/to do the
votes again to see who won.

4. 3. It wasn’t me that you saw at the party
last night. I was at work. You must have
seen somebody else.
It couldn’t have been me that you saw at
the party last night. I was at work. You
must have seen somebody else.
It was another person who looked like me
that you saw at the party last night. I was
at work. You must have seen somebody
else.

5. 4. Children who spend all their time playing video
games can’t be normal.
Children who spend all their time playing video
games will have slow brain development as a
result.
Children who spend all their time playing video
games are/will be obese.
Children who spend all their time playing video
games will not do well in school.

6. 5. Many people like to join internet
chat groups of people to have fun/in
order to make friends.
Many people like to join internet chat
groups of people who have the same
interests/whom they don’t know/who
want to make friends.

7. 6. I called the company several
times. The woman (who/whom) I
spoke to/talked to/who answered my
call said the owner would call me
back, but he never has.

8. 7. Students who don’t know what to
major it/can’t decide what classes to
take/want to transfer to U.S. should
talk to a counselor.

9. 8. I don’t like teachers who give a lot
of exercises on weekends/who are
not patient/who speak too fast/who
don’t explain very well.

10. 9. Some volunteers help the
community to earn scholarships.
Some volunteers help others to
satisfy themselves.
Some volunteers help the hospital by
cleaning the building.

11. 10. It costs a lot of money to take a
taxi from my house to Laney.
I have to spend a lot of money
If is very expensive
Because I am late, I have
Because of getting up late, I had

12. 11. I avoid shopping online/driving
too fast/freeways when I’m driving to
work.

13. 12. I’ve become a wiser person
because of education/all the books
I’ve read/traveling.

14. 13. I hope I succeed in this class, so
I can get to 1A.
I hope I succeed in getting a good
job.
You can use in or at + noun or
gerund

15. 14. Children of immigrants may not
speak their parents’ language well
unless their parents speak it to them.

16. PRACTICE TEST #3
PART 2: Place comma, period or semi-colon [;] where they
are required. If the sentence is correct without any further
punctuation, write “C.”

17. 1. He came to the U.S. to be with
his family. C

18. 2. If you have to miss the test,
you should send the teacher an e-
mail to let her know.

19. 3. Although Thomas Jefferson did
not believe in slavery, he was a
slave-owner.

20. 4. I study every day unless I have
to work late. C

21. 5. I like to stay up late in spite of
the fact that it’s hard to get up in
the morning. C

22. 6. Children whose parents are
wealthy usually have computers
at home. C

23. 7. Bill Gates, who is the richest
person in America, often gets
spam asking him if he wants to
become rich.

24. 8. Sunday afternoon is the only
time when I can get together with
my friends. C

25. 9. Freecycle, which has 4,800
communities around the world,
reports that its members are
keeping 55 tons out of landfills
each day.

26. 9. Freecycle, which has 4,800
communities around the world,
reports that its members are
keeping 55 tons out of landfills
each day.

27. 10. The things the teacher is
interested in are different from
the things I am interested in. ©