Civil Service Grammar Practice Test Results

Question 1
60% answer correctly
Which of the following is gramatically correct?
The board of directors advise to the CEO was to talk to the media.
This would have been easier if I had taken your advise.
If you can take advise then you have an advantage over most people.
This would have been easier if I had taken your advice.
Question 2
45% answer correctly
Which of the following sentences is not gramatically correct?
He was like a breath of fresh air.
Almost all fish breathe through gills.
The accident victim was fighting to breathe.
I know that he would fight to his last breathe.
Question 3
60% answer correctly
Which of the following sentences is not gramatically correct?
Did the storm affect your business?
The bright sun is affecting my eyes and making it difficult to drive.
Don`t allow your negative opinion of his wife to effect your opinion of him.
What effect did the storm have on your business?