English Practice Test

The correct answer is "bear" because it does not share the rhyme pattern with "clear," "sheer," and "cheer."

The selected answer is "Pardoner’s Tale." This is correct as the story depicts the irony of three friends who betray and kill each other for gold they find.

The selected answer is "There must be two past actions." This is correct because the past perfect tense is generally used to describe an action that happened before another action in the past, requiring a sequence of two actions.

The selected answer is "Fyodor Dostoyevsky." This is correct as Fyodor Dostoyevsky is the Russian author who wrote "Crime and Punishment," a seminal work in the literary canon about morality and redemption. Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, and Ivan Turgenev are also renowned Russian writers but did not write "Crime and Punishment."

The selected answer is "teachers from America." This is correct as the Thomasites were a group of American teachers sent to the Philippines in the early 1900s to establish a public education system and teach the English language.

Mark Twain's novels "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn" are set along the Mississippi River, which is central to the stories' settings and adventures. The Nile, Amazon, and Rio Grande are incorrect.

"Pairs Varied Plenty" suggests a wide variety of choices available during the grand sale. The other options imply limited selections or single items.

"I am the unfortunate grain of wheat that fell on stony ground at sowing time" is a metaphor, comparing the speaker to a grain of wheat without using "like" or "as." The other options are incorrect.

The correct answer is (d) "happily." An adverb describes how an action is performed, in this case, how the kittens play. Option (a) "kittens" is a noun. Option (b) "each" is a determiner. Option (c) "play" is a verb.