BPD - Civil Service Exam Practice - 1 (Grammar,
Vocabulary, and Spelling) Exam Questions and
Correct Answers
1. Identify the proper noun in the sentence correct answer:
The judge awarded custody to the mother, Margaret.
a. mother.
b. judge.
c. Margaret.
d. The. correct answer: Answer correct answer: c - Margaret.
A proper noun includes the name of a person, organization or place, designated with a capitol letter.
2. Which words complete the sentence with the correct spelling?
The was apprehended, and the encounter was over.
a. theif, brief.
b. thief, brief.
c. theif, breif.
d. thief, breif. correct answer: Answer correct answer: b - thief, brief.
Remember the rule, use i before e, except after the letter "c".
3. Choose the word in each pair which correctly uses the adverb and
adjective correct answer:
He careless/carelessly ran his car into a ravine. He later told officers
how carelessly/careless it was.
a. carelessly, carelessly.
b. carelessly, careless.
c. careless, carelessly.
d. careless, careless. correct answer: Answer correct answer: b - carelessly, careless.
The adverb carelessly describes the verb ran. The adjective careless describes the choice (pronoun) he
,BPD - Civil Service Exam Practice - 1 (Grammar,
Vocabulary, and Spelling) Exam Questions and
Correct Answers
made.
,BPD - Civil Service Exam Practice - 1 (Grammar,
Vocabulary, and Spelling) Exam Questions and
Correct Answers
4. Identify the sentence fragment in the passage correct answer:
Officer Fields responded to a 911 call. After arriving on scene. He
noticed an open door. Nervous, Officer Fields searched the home.
Officers found a twelve-year-old girl in the closet.
a. After arriving on scene
b. He noticed an open door
c. Nervous, Officer Fields searched the home
d. Officers found a twelve her old girl in the closet correct answer: Answer correct
answer: a - After arriving on scene.
The clause "After arriving on scene" is not a sentence, but a dependent clause. It does not have a subject
or a verb.
5. Which answer below corrects the use of the plural possessive for the
under- lined text?
Our counselors skills have been put to the test in the probation office.
a. counselor's
b. counselores
c. counselors'
d. No correction needed. correct answer: Answer correct answer: c - counselors'.
The possessive plural form of counselors is counselors. When a word ends in an (s) and ownership is
present, an apostrophe at the end of the word is the correct way to write a plural possessive.
6. Which answer below corrects the usage errors for the underlined text?
The too suspects were appointed too appear in court to have the judge
set there bail.
a. two, too, their
Vocabulary, and Spelling) Exam Questions and
Correct Answers
1. Identify the proper noun in the sentence correct answer:
The judge awarded custody to the mother, Margaret.
a. mother.
b. judge.
c. Margaret.
d. The. correct answer: Answer correct answer: c - Margaret.
A proper noun includes the name of a person, organization or place, designated with a capitol letter.
2. Which words complete the sentence with the correct spelling?
The was apprehended, and the encounter was over.
a. theif, brief.
b. thief, brief.
c. theif, breif.
d. thief, breif. correct answer: Answer correct answer: b - thief, brief.
Remember the rule, use i before e, except after the letter "c".
3. Choose the word in each pair which correctly uses the adverb and
adjective correct answer:
He careless/carelessly ran his car into a ravine. He later told officers
how carelessly/careless it was.
a. carelessly, carelessly.
b. carelessly, careless.
c. careless, carelessly.
d. careless, careless. correct answer: Answer correct answer: b - carelessly, careless.
The adverb carelessly describes the verb ran. The adjective careless describes the choice (pronoun) he
,BPD - Civil Service Exam Practice - 1 (Grammar,
Vocabulary, and Spelling) Exam Questions and
Correct Answers
made.
,BPD - Civil Service Exam Practice - 1 (Grammar,
Vocabulary, and Spelling) Exam Questions and
Correct Answers
4. Identify the sentence fragment in the passage correct answer:
Officer Fields responded to a 911 call. After arriving on scene. He
noticed an open door. Nervous, Officer Fields searched the home.
Officers found a twelve-year-old girl in the closet.
a. After arriving on scene
b. He noticed an open door
c. Nervous, Officer Fields searched the home
d. Officers found a twelve her old girl in the closet correct answer: Answer correct
answer: a - After arriving on scene.
The clause "After arriving on scene" is not a sentence, but a dependent clause. It does not have a subject
or a verb.
5. Which answer below corrects the use of the plural possessive for the
under- lined text?
Our counselors skills have been put to the test in the probation office.
a. counselor's
b. counselores
c. counselors'
d. No correction needed. correct answer: Answer correct answer: c - counselors'.
The possessive plural form of counselors is counselors. When a word ends in an (s) and ownership is
present, an apostrophe at the end of the word is the correct way to write a plural possessive.
6. Which answer below corrects the usage errors for the underlined text?
The too suspects were appointed too appear in court to have the judge
set there bail.
a. two, too, their
