Praxis Core Writing Practice Test: Grammar and Usage
- Grammar and Usage
- 10 questions
- 12 minutes
Ten grammar and usage questions in the style of the Praxis Core Writing test. Tip: when a long phrase sits between the subject and the verb, cover it and check the verb against the subject alone.
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Question 1
Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence: Neither the coach nor the players ____ happy with the new schedule.
Correct answer: B
With "neither ... nor," the verb agrees with the closer subject, "players," which is plural. "Was" would agree with "coach," the farther subject.
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Question 2
Choose the words that correctly complete the sentence: Each of the new laptops ____ a protective case.
Correct answer: C
The subject is "each," which is singular; "of the new laptops" is only a phrase describing it. The plural verbs agree with "laptops" by mistake.
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Question 3
Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence: The committee, which met for three hours, announced ____ decision on Friday.
Correct answer: A
A committee acting as one group takes the singular possessive "its." "It's" means "it is," and "there" and "they're" are not possessives.
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Question 4
Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence: The principal asked Jordan and ____ to lead the morning assembly.
Correct answer: D
The pronoun is an object of "asked," so the object form "me" is correct; drop "Jordan and" to hear it: "asked me." "Myself" is reflexive and needs "I" as the subject.
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Question 5
Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence: ____ and her brother organized the school fundraiser.
Correct answer: A
The pronoun is part of the subject, so the subject form "she" is needed: "She organized." "Her organized" shows why the object form is wrong.
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Question 6
Choose the words that correctly complete the sentence: By the time the bus finally arrived, we ____ for forty minutes.
Correct answer: C
The waiting happened before another past event (the bus arrived), so the past perfect progressive "had been waiting" is correct. "Have been waiting" connects to the present, not to a past moment.
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Question 7
Choose the words that correctly complete the sentence: The new printer runs ____ than the old one did.
Correct answer: D
"Runs" is a verb, so it needs an adverb, and comparing two printers needs the comparative "more quietly." "More quieter" doubles the comparison.
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Question 8
Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence: She has ____ in the school choir for three years.
Correct answer: B
After "has," the past participle is required, and the past participle of "sing" is "sung." "Sang" is the simple past; "singed" means slightly burned.
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Question 9
Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence: The teacher ____ we interviewed for the school paper has taught for twenty years.
Correct answer: C
The pronoun is the object of "interviewed" (we interviewed her), so "whom" is correct. "Which" is not used for people, and "whose" shows possession.
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Question 10
Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence: After lunch yesterday, the dog ____ in the sun for an hour.
Correct answer: A
The dog was resting, which is the verb "lie," and its past tense is "lay." "Laid" is the past of "lay" (to put something down), and "layed" is not a word.
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