Master Grammar and Mechanics: Enhance Your Writing Skills

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of a complex sentence?

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The students studied hard, so they passed the test.

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The car was red and shiny.

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The weather is nice today.

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He is a good student.

Question 2

Which of the following sentences uses quotation marks correctly?

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My favorite book is "To Kill a Mockingbird."

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My favorite book to read is To Kill a Mockingbird.

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"My favorite book is To Kill a Mockingbird"

Question 3

Identify the type of clause in the sentence: "Although it was raining, we still went for a walk."

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Dependent clause

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Main clause

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Relative clause

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Noun clause

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of a prepositional phrase?

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In the park

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Very quickly

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A beautiful day

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The happy children

Question 5

What is the predicate of the sentence: "The children played happily in the park."?

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Played happily

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Children

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Park

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In the park

Question 6

Which of the following is a type of punctuation mark that indicates the end of a sentence?

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Period

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Comma

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Colon

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Exclamation mark

Question 7

Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence: The **beautiful** painting won first prize.

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Adjective

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Noun

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Verb

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Adverb

Question 8

Which word is a preposition?

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Under

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And

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Hello

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Very

Question 9

Identify the type of clause in the sentence: Although it was raining, we decided to go for a walk.

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Dependent clause

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Independent clause

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Noun clause

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Adjective clause

Question 10

Identify the error in the sentence: The children was playing outside.

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Subject-verb agreement

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Pronoun-antecedent agreement

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Verb tense

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No error

Question 11

Which of the following words is a subordinating conjunction?

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Because

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And

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The

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But

Question 12

Identify the type of sentence: "What is the best way to get to the library?"

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Interrogative

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Declarative

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Exclamatory

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Imperative

Question 13

Which of the following is a preposition?

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Over

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The

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Quickly

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And

Question 14

What is the correct spelling of the word "accommodate"?

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Accommodate

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Acommodate

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Acommodate

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Accomodate

Question 15

In the sentence "Although it was raining, we went for a walk," what type of clause is "Although it was raining"?

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Subordinate clause

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Independent clause

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Noun clause

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Adjective clause

Question 16

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

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The committee has reached a decision.

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The committee have reached a decision.

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The committee reach a decision.

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The committee are reaching a decision.

Question 17

Which word is a preposition?

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Before

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Happy

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Sleep

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Quickly

Question 18

Which conjunction is subordinating?

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Because

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And

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But

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Or

Question 19

Identify the type of pronoun in the sentence: 'I saw myself in the mirror.'

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Personal

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Demonstrative

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Indefinite

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Possessive

Question 20

Which sentence is written in the active voice?

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I read the book.

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The book was read by me.

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The car was driven by her.

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The food was eaten by the students.

Question 21

Choose the correct spelling:

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Accommodate

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Accomodate

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Acommodate

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Acommodate

Question 22

Which sentence is a compound sentence?

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The boy ran down the street, and he tripped and fell.

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The boy ran down the street.

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The boy ran down the street because he was late for school.

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The boy ran down the street; he was late for school.

Question 23

Underline the noun in the following sentence: 'The dog barked at the mailman.'

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dog

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barked

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mailman

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at

Question 24

Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly?

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The students went to the park; it was a beautiful day.

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The students went to the park. It was a beautiful day.

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The students went to the park, it was a beautiful day.

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The students went to the park, it was a beautiful day.

Question 25

Select the sentence that is in the passive voice.

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The essay was written by the students.

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The students wrote the essay.

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The students are writing the essay.

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The essay is being written by the students.

Question 26

Identify the type of clause in the sentence: 'Although it was raining, we went for a walk.'

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Subordinate clause

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Independent clause

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Dependent clause

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Coordinating clause

Question 27

Which word is spelled correctly?

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accommodate

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accomodate

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acomodate

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acommodate

Question 28

Identify the grammatical error in the sentence: 'The students, along with their teacher, was excited about the field trip.'

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Subject-verb agreement

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Pronoun-antecedent agreement

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Verb tense

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No error

Question 29

Identify the sentence that uses parallel structure correctly.

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I like to read, write, and play video games.

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I like to read, write, and playing video games.

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I like reading, writing, and I play video games.

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I like reading, writing, and video games.

Question 30

Which of the following sentences demonstrates correct comma usage?

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The students, who were absent, missed the test.

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The students who were absent, missed the test.

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The students who were absent missed the test.

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The students, who were absent missed, the test.

Question 31

Which sentence correctly uses a semicolon?

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The students played hard; they won the game.

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The students played hard, they won the game.

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The students played hard, so they won the game.

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The students played hard and they won the game.

Question 32

Which of the following is not a part of speech?

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Equation

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Noun

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Conjunction

Question 33

In the sentence 'I went to the store and bought some groceries,' what type of conjunction is 'and'?

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Coordinating Conjunction

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Subordinating Conjunction

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Correlative Conjunction

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Adverbial Conjunction

Question 34

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

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The students were laughing and talking excitedly.

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The students laughed and talked excitedly.

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The students were laughing and talked excitedly.

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The student was laughing and talking excitedly.

Question 35

Which sentence uses correct punctuation?

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The book, which was well-written, won an award.

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The book, which was well written won an award.

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The book which was well-written won an award.

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The book, which was well-written won an award.

Question 36

Which word is spelled correctly?

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accommodate

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accomodate

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acomidate

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accomidate

Question 37

Which sentence uses correct capitalization?

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The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4th, 1776.

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the declaration of independence was signed on July 4th, 1776.

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The Declaration of Independence was signed on july 4th, 1776.

Question 38

Which sentence demonstrates correct use of a semicolon?

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The students were excited about the field trip; they had been planning it for weeks.

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The students were excited about the field trip, they had been planning it for weeks.

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The students were excited about the field trip because they had been planning it for weeks.

Question 39

Which sentence uses correct hyphenation?

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The well-intentioned plan had unforeseen consequences.

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The well intended plan had unforeseen consequences.

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The well-intentioned plan had unforeseen-consequences.

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The well intentioned-plan had unforeseen consequences.

Question 40

Which word is used as a preposition in the following sentence: 'The box is under the table.'?

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under

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is

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the

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box

Question 41

Which sentence is written in the passive voice?

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The car was driven recklessly by the student.

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The student was driving the car recklessly.

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The car drove recklessly by the student.

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The student drove the car recklessly.

Question 42

Which sentence uses correct parallel structure?

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The students discussed, analyzed, and summarized the text in their essays.

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The students discussed, to analyze, and summarized the text in their essays.

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The students discussed, analyzed and summarized the text in their essays.

Question 43

Which sentence is free of grammatical errors?

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The committee discussed the proposal and voted to approve it unanimously.

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The committee discussed the proposal and voted for approving it unanimously.

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The committee discussing the proposal and voted to approve it unanimously.

Question 44

Identify the grammatically correct sentence that properly uses commas to separate a non-restrictive clause:

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The boy, who was very tired, went to bed early.

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The boy, who was very tired went to bed early.

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The boy, whom was very tired, went to bed early.

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The boy who was very tired went to bed early.

Question 45

Which sentence correctly uses a comma to separate two independent clauses within a compound sentence?

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I went to the store, and I bought some milk.

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I went, to the store and I bought some milk.

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I went to the store and, I bought some milk.

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I went to the store and I bought some milk.

Question 46

Which of the following is the correct spelling of the word?

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accommodation

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accomodation

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acommodation

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acomodation

Question 47

Identify the sentence punctuated correctly with commas:

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I love to read, write, and play the piano.

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I love to read write and play, the piano.

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I love to read; write, and, play the piano.

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I love to read, write and play the piano.

Question 48

Identify the sentence that correctly uses quotation marks:

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The teacher said, "Please turn in your papers."

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The teacher said Please turn in your papers.

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The teacher said "Please turn in your papers."

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The teacher said, please turn in your papers.

Question 49

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

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The boy, who was very excited, jumped up and down.

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The boy who, was very excited, jumped up and down.

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The boy who was very excited jumped up and down.

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The boy; who was very excited, jumped up and down.

Question 50

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

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The students who study hard will succeed.

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The students that study hard will succeed.

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The students, who studies hard, will succeed.

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The students whom study hard will succeed.

Question 51

Which word is spelled correctly?

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accommodate

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accomodate

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acomodate

Question 52

Which sentence uses the passive voice?

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The ball was hit by the boy.

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The boy has hit the ball.

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The boy hit the ball.

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The ball was hitting by the boy.

Question 53

Which sentence is written in the third person?

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She walked to the store.

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You walked to the store.

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We walked to the store.

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I walked to the store.

Question 54

Which sentence is written in present perfect tense?

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I have eaten breakfast.

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I was eating breakfast.

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I will eat breakfast.

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I eat breakfast.

Question 55

Which sentence uses a comma to separate two independent clauses?

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The weather was cold, so we stayed inside.

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The weather was cold, therefore, we stayed inside.

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The weather was cold and we stayed inside.

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The weather, was cold, so we stayed inside.

Question 56

Which sentence uses a colon to introduce a list?

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We need the following items: bread, milk, and eggs.

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We need the following items, bread milk, and eggs.

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We need the following items, bread, milk and eggs.

Question 57

Which sentence uses a semicolon to connect two independent clauses?

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The sun was shining; the birds were singing.

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The sun was shining, but the birds were singing.

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The sun was shining, the birds were singing.

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The sun was shining and the birds were singing.

Question 58

Which sentence uses an apostrophe to show possession?

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The dog's leash was broken.

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The dogs leash was broken.

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The dog leash was broken.