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This document provides 85 expertly curated usage questions with 100% correct answers, tailored for advanced English grammar and writing exams for the 2025/2026 academic year. Designed for students, teachers, editors, and language professionals, this resource dives deeply into grammatical rules, stylistic debates, and accepted conventions across modern English usage. Each question is followed by a clear answer, often supported by explanations and distinctions between traditional rules, contempora...

Usage Assessment Exam updated actual questions and CORRECT answers Increase - CORRECT ANSWER Choose the correct word choice: A high-fat diet, obesity, and lack of exercise increases/increase the risk of developing heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. Their - CORRECT ANSWER Choose the correct word choice: On the island of Santorini, Greece, donkeys are often used in place of taxis for transporting tourists and there/their luggage. Him - CORRECT ANSWER Choose the cor...

Word Usage Exam updated actual questions and CORRECT answers 1. Choose the sentence that has a subject complement. A. The nurse felt my pulse. B. We can't leave without seeing her. C. The day ended with many surprises. D. I felt much better. - CORRECT ANSWER D 2. Which of the following sentences contains an italicized word that's used as a predicate adjective? A. Jerry looks into the microscope. B. Jerry looks ill today. C. Jerry looks disdainfully at the pile of...

Usage Exam updated actual questions and CORRECT answers 1. Prep phrase or other words do not affect s-v agreement. A list of honors students was (not were) posted in the hall. 2. Indefinite pronouns are (mostly) singular. Neither of the books is (not are) worth reading. 3. In correlative constructions (either . . . or, etc.) the verb agrees with the part of the subject closest to the verb. Not only the deans but also the president was present. Not only the president but also the d...