Civil Service Exam Grammar Test Exercises

In this Civil Service Exam Grammar test exercises, we will try to learn more about having correct grammar. Honing your skill in this category will help you pass the Civil Service Exam in just one take. Furthermore, it will make the Numerical Reasoning, Logic, Analogy, Reading and Comprehension test easier for you as they are also in English. Take your time in understanding the little nuances of this part of the Civil Service Exam grammar test so that you can reap the reward afterwards, which is a high passing rate in the aforementioned test.

Before we go any further, please do read the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Person Perspective entry that was already posted. It will help you better understand the use of pronouns when talking or writing in first, second and third person. After you finish reading about the type of perspective sentences, head onto this Correct Usage of Verbs reviewer. Doing so will give you more insight into the Civil Service Exam grammar tests.

What is Grammar?

Grammar is basically is the set of structural rules governing the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language. You will know when a sentence does not have a correct grammar if it doesn’t sound or read right. For example;

“My dog just eated the flowers at you’re garden.”

• The first error is, instead of “eated”, it should have been “ate”. ATE is the past tense of EAT.
• Second, “flowers at”. It should be “flowers in” AT is when we are talking about something “at POINT”, in a location. IN is when we are talking about enclosed space.
• The final error is “you’re”. YOU’RE is a contraction of YOU ARE. What should have been used in the sentence above is YOUR, second person possessive adjective, used to describe something as belonging to you.

So the sentence above should be written like;

“My dog just ate the flowers in your garden.”

Civil Service Exam Grammar Test Questions

Here are some grammar test questions for you to tackle in preparation for the upcoming Civil Service Exam. There is no trick or shortcut in getting a high score in this part of the test. Just pure perseverance and hard work to better understand English grammar. Don’t forget to write your answers in a sheet of paper so you can check the answers afterward.

1. Choose which sentence is NOT grammatically correct?

1. Does this apartment accept tenants with cats.
2. I accept this trophy on behalf of the entire team.
3. I except your excuse but I don’t like it.
4. I would go to the concert, except I have to work that night.

2. Which sentences below uses “famish” correctly?

1. I will bring lots of food, that’s a famish.
2. After taking so many exams, Shiela felt too exhausted and famished to eat dinner.
3. I could eat a whole cow, I am famished now!
4. I famished my stomach next time you treat me to lunch.

3. The school will renovate ___ library next month.

1. its      b. it’s      c. there      d. their

4. These players ___ how to improvise during a broken play.

1. knows      b. known      c. know      d. knew

5. Very few Filipino basketball players are 6 ___ tall or above.

1. foot      b. feets      c. foots      d. feet

6. I hope you don’t mind ___ asking you.

1. I had been      b. that I may      c. me      d. my

7. Joshua ___ rather not put his money in the bank.

1. would      b. has to      c. could      d. must

8. Did you have any trouble ___ our house?

1. found      b. to find      c. finding      d. for finding

9. You do like going to the mall alone, ___ you?

1. does      b. do      c. doesn’t      d. don’t

10. Uncle Jason brought some camping gear for Lucy and ___ as a reward for winning the competition.

1. mine      b. me      c. I       d. myself

11. Tell Ritz that the missing wallet that was found earlier was ___.

1. she’s     b. hers      c. her’s      d. her

12. Bianca ___ two thousand and five hundred words for her Civil Service Exam Grammar reviewer.

1. has written      b. has wrote      c. have written      d. have wrote

13. Neither Anita nor Sharon ___ the incident that happened yesterday.

1. witnessing      b. witnesses      c. witnessed      d. witness

14. Janine ate all the food ___ they were all hers.

1. even though      b. as long      c. even if      d. as if

15. I want to join the CSE Grammar Reviewer group ___ I need to finish my school projects.

1. but      b. so      c. because      d. and

16. The new phone costs twice ___ I thought it would.

1. as much      b. than      c. as much as     d. more than

17. We had our classroom ___ in pink!

1. to paint      b. painted      c. painting      d. paint

18. She has been taking medication but her immune system continues to ___.

1. weakening      b. weak      c. weakened      d. weaken

19. The family of Mrs. Sanchez does not live here ___.

1. no more      b. anymore      c. no longer      d. any more

20. Shaniah had a good speech but ___ was excellent.

1. yours      b. you’re      c. you      d. your

 

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