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Clear Grammar Placement Test
by Keith S. Folse, Series Editor


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Placement Test: Part 3

  1. The green book         245 pages is on the coffee table.

    has
    have
    that has
    which have

  2. As soon as the alarm clock went        , Joan jumped out of bed and started cooking breakfast.

    in
    off
    on
    out

  3. I can't send anyone an e-mail because my computer         for almost a month.

    hasn't worked
    doesn't work
    isn't working
    didn't work

  4. When I went to Carol's house, she was busy. She         her suitcase for her trip to London.

    packed
    packing
    was packed
    was packing

  5. I need to go to the post office right now. These letters         as soon as possible.

    are sending
    are going to send
    have to send
    have to be sent

  6. It's too far to walk to the bank. Let's go there         car.

    by
    by my
    with
    with my

  7. The Arabic language         from right to left.

    is writing
    is written
    wrote
    was used to writing

  8. She has a very         voice.

    enormously
    friendly
    hardly
    quickly

  9. I         my car on the highway when I saw a terrible accident.

    am going to drive
    was driving
    was drive
    drove

  10. The secretary gave me two forms. I filled         right away.

    it out
    out it
    them out
    out them

  11. There was a terrible car accident near the bank. It         around 4 p.m.

    was happened
    was happen
    happening
    happened

  12. He didn't want to break anything in the boxes, so he         carried them from the truck to the house.

    by caring
    careful
    carefully
    with care

  13. Eastern Airlines is         its great on-time record. Its planes are almost never late!

    famous about
    famous with
    known by
    known for

  14. Karen and Steve are my best friends. I know I can count         them for anything.

    at
    on
    to
    with

  15. This is a beautiful house! How long         here? It looks brand new.

    are you living
    do you live
    did you live
    have you lived

  16. When I was a child, I         onions, but now I love them!

    used to hate
    used to hating
    was used to hate
    was used to hating

  17. Oh, no! Hamburgers again! I'm so tired         hamburgers every day!

    and ate
    for eat
    of eating
    to eat

  18. A short note         was discovered in a box of old books.

    Lincoln was written
    Lincoln wrote it
    that Lincoln wrote
    that Lincoln wrote it

  19. The doctor told me         so much coffee.

    avoiding drinking
    avoiding to drink
    to avoid drinking
    to avoid to drink

  20. Marcus was born in Germany, and        .

    so did Johan
    too was Johan
    Johan did too
    Johan was too

  21. The weather was very bad in the morning.         , none of the planes could take off.

    Because
    In order
    So
    Therefore

  22. People like Susan a lot. She's very friendly, and she always        .

    says everyone hello
    says hello to everyone
    say everyone hello
    say hello to everyone

  23. I tried to persuade Vicky         to the zoo with us.

    going
    is going to go
    to go
    was going

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