Civil Service Grammar Practice Test Results

Question 1
60% answer correctly
Which of the following is gramatically correct?
If you can take advise then you have an advantage over most people.
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.
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?
The accident victim was fighting to breathe.
He was like a breath of fresh air.
Almost all fish breathe through gills.
I know that he would fight to his last breathe.
Question 3
24% answer correctly
Which of the following sentences is not gramatically correct?
I`m not available on Tuesday, however, I can make it on Wednesday.
I`m not available on Tuesday; however, I can make it on Wednesday.
I`m not available on Tuesday however, I can make it on Wednesday.
Consequently, he went forward unaware of what the afternoon would bring.