English Grammar Quiz # 4

which word is spelled correctly?

Magnanimous

Scintillanting

imfatuation

introvarse

There are many kinds of pronouns in English. Which is an example of a Third Person Singular pronoun?

Them

You

Us

He

We were surprised ___ the certainty ___ which he spoke.

for / with

with / at

for / at

at / for

at / with

"Juniper brought me a cheese croissant instead of a chocolate one." What is the direct object?

Juniper

a chocolate croissant

me

a cheese croissant

Identify the gerund in the sentence below. "Driving to the store without my glasses is always a bad idea."

without

is

Driving

always

Which part of the following sentence is the predicate? "The fluffy cat jumped on the chair with graceful agility."

on the chair

cat jumped on the chair

The fluffy cat

jumped on the chair

Which is an example of a Split Infinitive?

to go further

to boldly go

to go boldly

to go wrong

Everything is permitted in our secret club. In this sentence, "everything" is an example of a[n] _________.

indefinite pronoun

intensive article

intensive pronoun

indefinite article

Adjectives have three degrees of comparison. List them.

diminutive, comparative, superlative

positive, multiplicative, superlative

positive, comparative, superlative

positive, comparative, negative

Which of the following phrases is written CORRECTLY?

"For all intensive purposes."

"Irregardlessly, the point is mute."

"We're one and the same."

"Make due and mend"

"It peaks my curiosity!"

Choose the sentence with the correct punctuation.

Shes' my friend, Anna.

She's my friend; Anna.

She's my friend, Anna.

She's my friend, anna.

She's my friend Anna.

Some stores reserve a checkout lane for people with 10 or _______ items.

less

fewer

Identify the subordinate conjunction in the sentence "Nobody even questioned it when a baboon was seen in the garden."

when

even

was

Nobody

"Resting on its bed, the cat was peaceful." The phrase "resting on its bed":

modifies the object, "cat"

modifies the verb, "was"

modifies the subject, "cat"

modifies the verb "was peaceful"

modifies the adjective, "peaceful"

Select the sentence containing a transitive verb.

She has trained.

She trains dogs.

She is transfixed.

She will train.

She trains.

True or false? In general, when an independent clause in a simple complex sentence precedes a dependent clause, the two are separated by a comma. Alexis is very bored, because she hates my lesson plan.

False

True

Select the sentence containing an intransitive verb.

He will train dogs.

He trains dogs.

He trains.

He is training dogs.

He trained dogs.

Select the relative pronoun in this sentence: He has done well for her, which gives me pleasure.

her

which

me

He

Which is the reflexive pronoun?

The car is mine, not hers.

The Queen herself visited the disaster victims.

The father himself said it was so.

William burned himself on the hot iron.

"Each of these extremes are tempered by their opposites." The sentence above contains an error in

number

spelling

parallel construction

logic

Which is the best example of a "bare infinitive verb"?

She can drink coffee.

She stopped to drink coffee.

She likes grounding coffee.

She is drinking coffee now.

Verbs are typically classified into three moods. What are they?

Indicative, Imperative, Subjunctive

Infinitive, Indicative, Subjunctive

Infinitive, Declarative, Imperative

Indicative, Imperative, Associative

Declarative, Associative, Transitive

In the following sentence, what term properly describes the phrase "an English Terrier with white fur"?" The dog, an English Terrier with white fur, chased after the cat."

Compound Modifier

Adverb

Adjective

Appositive

Article

"The barking dog bared its teeth." In the sentence above, "barking" is a:

adjective

article

participle

verb

adverb

Colons are not used to introduce __________.

Lists

Omissions

Appostives

Long quotations

When separating items in series, a comma must __________.

Be placed before the conjunction

Be placed after the conjunction

Be placed both before and after the conjunction

Not be placed before the conjunction

The body of a composition _____.

Is the act of combining parts or elements to form a whole

Develops and supports the key idea of the thesis statement

Is used by health professionals to evaluate a person's weight by breaking it down into its core components

All of these

The classic definition of a short story is _____.

A fictional prose piece that can be easily read in one sitting

A fictional prose piece that is under 5,000 words

A fictional prose piece that is under 20,000 words

A fictional prose piece published in a magazine