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Grammar Quiz
The following quiz will check your knowledge of the skills that you have been taught.
Instructions: Answer the following questions by choosing an option below the question.
1. The most descriptive adjective of this group is _______.
a. large
b. big
c. enormous
2. What part of speech is suddenly?
a. an adjective
b. an adverb
c. a pronoun
3. Is the underlined word in the sentence below correctly capitalized?
My Dad works hard every day.
a. Yes
b. No
4. Are the underlined words correctly capitalized?
We visited the Empire state Building when we were in New York.
a. Yes
b. No
5. Which sentence is correctly punctuated using commas?
a. John, have you seen the new video game we bought?
b. John have you seen, the new video game we bought?
6. Which sentence is correctly punctuated using commas?
a. It was cold and windy, but not snowing.
b. It was cold and windy, but it was not snowing.
7. That snake is dangerous to have around the house; it is poisonous.
The sentence above is __________.
a. a fragment
b. complete
c. run-on
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8. Although he studied medicine.
The clause above is ________________.
a. dependent
b. independent
9. Mom will __________ the vase on the table.
a. lie
b. lay
10. The plural possessive form of berry is __________.
a. berry's
b. berries
c. berries'
11. The plural form of child is _________.
a. child's
b. children
c. children's
12. The plural form of branch is __________.
a. branch's
b. branchs
c. branches
13. Little Suzie Sands lives next door.
The underlined phrase is __________________.
a. the complete subject
b. the complete predicate
c. the simple subject
d. the simple predicate
14. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
a. Jackie exclaimed that "she couldn't believe the holiday is almost here!"
b. "I can't believe the holiday is almost here"! Jackie exclaimed.
c. "I can't believe the holiday is almost here!" Jackie exclaimed.
15. The package finally arrived it came today.
The sentence above is ______________.
a. a fragment
b. complete
c. run-on
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16. Which sentence is correctly punctuated using the semicolon?
a. Mom loves to cook, bake, and sew; Dad doesn't like to do any of those things.
b. My mom loves to cook; but Jo's mom hates anything to do with the kitchen.
17. The singular possessive form of man is __________.
a. man's
b. men's
c. men
18. All of the people _________ to the parking lot after the games.
a. go
b. goes
19. We _________ late arriving home.
a. were
b. was
20. Tom ____________ to Europe next summer.
a. travels
b. traveled
c. will travel
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Writing Mechanics
Grammar Quiz
Answer Key
The following quiz will check your knowledge of the skills that you have been taught.
Instructions: Answer the following questions by choosing an option below the question.
1. The most descriptive adjective of this group is _______.
a. large
b. big
c. enormous
2. What part of speech is suddenly?
a. an adjective
b. an adverb
c. a pronoun
3. Is the underlined word in the sentence below correctly capitalized?
My Dad works hard every day.
a. Yes
b. No
4. Are the underlined words correctly capitalized?
We visited the Empire state Building when we were in New York.
a. Yes
b. No
5. Which sentence is correctly punctuated using commas?
a. John, have you seen the new video game we bought?
b. John have you seen, the new video game we bought?
6. Which sentence is correctly punctuated using commas?
a. It was cold and windy, but not snowing.
b. It was cold and windy, but it was not snowing.
7. That snake is dangerous to have around the house; it is poisonous.
The sentence above is __________.
a. a fragment
b. complete
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c. run-on
8. Although he studied medicine.
The clause above is ________________.
a. dependent
b. independent
9. Mom will __________ the vase on the table.
a. lie
b. lay
10. The plural possessive form of berry is __________.
a. berry's
b. berries
c. berries'
11. The plural form of child is _________.
a. child's
b. children
c. children's
12. The plural form of branch is __________.
a. branch's
b. branchs
c. branches
13. Little Suzie Sands lives next door.
The underlined phrase is __________________.
a. the complete subject
b. the complete predicate
c. the simple subject
d. the simple predicate
14. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
a. Jackie exclaimed that "she couldn't believe the holiday is almost here!"
b. "I can't believe the holiday is almost here"! Jackie exclaimed.
c. "I can't believe the holiday is almost here!" Jackie exclaimed.
15. The package finally arrived it came today.
The sentence above is ______________.
a. a fragment
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b. complete
c. run-on
16. Which sentence is correctly punctuated using the semicolon?
a. Mom loves to cook, bake, and sew; Dad doesn't like to do any of those things.
b. My mom loves to cook; but Jo's mom hates anything to do with the kitchen.
17. The singular possessive form of man is __________.
a. man's
b. men's
c. men
18. All of the people _________ to the parking lot after the games.
a. go
b. goes
19. We _________ late arriving home.
a. were
b. was
20. Tom ____________ to Europe next summer.
a. travels
b. traveled
c. will travel
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