Civil Service Grammar Practice Test Results

Question 1
60% answer correctly
Which of the following sentences is not gramatically correct?
Don`t allow your negative opinion of his wife to effect your opinion of him.
The bright sun is affecting my eyes and making it difficult to drive.
Did the storm affect your business?
What effect did the storm have on your business?
Question 2
47% answer correctly
Which of the following sentences is gramatically correct?
It takes upto eight hours to prepare a meal for that many people.
All of his books turned into best sellers.
Put the biscuit in to the basket.
After seeing the lions at the zoo, we moved onto the monkeys.
Question 3
36% answer correctly
Which one of these sentences is not gramatically correct?
The empire collapsed in AD 1054.
The reign of Caesar was from 63 BC to AD 14.
Did the new millenium begin in 2000 AD or 2001 AD?
The earliest recorded evidence is from 29 BC.