Trinity ISE English Usage Practice — All Questions
4 questions
Which sentence is correct?
- a.Despite of the rain, we enjoyed the walk.
- b.Despite the rain, but we enjoyed the walk.
- c.Despite of the rain, so we enjoyed the walk.
- d.Despite the rain, we enjoyed the walk.✓
'Despite' is followed directly by a noun phrase, with no 'of'. It also should not be paired with 'but' or 'so', so 'Despite the rain, we enjoyed the walk' is correct.
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
- a.He is used to work night shifts now.
- b.He is use to working night shifts.
- c.He is used to work night shifts.
- d.He is used to working night shifts.✓
'Be used to' meaning 'be accustomed to' is followed by the -ing form: 'used to working'. This is different from 'used to + base verb', which describes a past habit.
Which sentence uses the reflexive pronoun correctly?
- a.They organized the whole event by themselves.✓
- b.They organized the whole event by theirselves.
- c.They organized the whole event by theirself.
- d.They organized the whole event by themself.
The standard plural reflexive pronoun is 'themselves'. 'Theirselves', 'themself', and 'theirself' are non-standard forms.
Which question is formed correctly?
- a.How long have been you waiting?
- b.How long have you been waiting?✓
- c.How long you have been waiting?
- d.How long you been waiting?
In a present perfect continuous question, the auxiliary 'have' comes before the subject: 'How long have you been waiting?'. The subject 'you' must sit between 'have' and 'been'.