Grammar Practice

"Whoa Chloe," I called and pulled back on the dog's leash. Which choice correctly identifies an interjection and its function in the sentence?

• The word "on" is an interjection that is used to show position.

• The word "and" is an interjection that joins two clauses together.

• The word "whoa is an interjection that is used as an exclamation.

• The word "back" is an interjection that is used to show location.

_____ Rosie _____ her parents are coming to see me in the all-county chorus.

Which pair of words or phrases belongs in the empty space in this sentence, in the SAME order?

• No sooner, than

• Both, and

• Whether, or

• If, then

Mr. Smith had _____ started his meal _____ the waitress brought the check.

Which pair of words belongs in the empty spaces in this sentence, in the SAME order?

• what with, and

• barely, when

• neither, nor

• rather, than

Donald ____________ his report by next Friday.

• will have finished

• had finished

• has finished

• have finished

What are two problems with these sentences?

Paula found his mom sitting on the living room floor. looking through piles of old photo albums.

• It is a sentence fragment.

• It is a run-on sentence.

• It should use the present perfect verb tense.

• It should use the pronoun her for Paula.

What is the correct way to write the underlined part of the following sentence?

"I didn't look at these old photos in a long time," Mom said.

• I haven't looked

• I hadn't looked

• I will not have looked

• It is written correctly

Where should you add a comma in the following sentence?

"That's your grandmother isn't it? said Hailey.

• After the question mark

• After the word isn't

• After the word grandmother

• After the closing quotation mark

Which is the correct way to write the title of a photo album?

• Pearl's Fabulous Headpieces

• "Pearl's Fabulous Headpieces"

• Pearl's Fabulous Headpieces

• "Pearl's Fabulous Headpieces"

Which choice completes the sentence below correctly?

To make a hummingbird feeder, you need --

• a dish washing liquid bottle two plastic straws a nail glue red food coloring sugar and water.

• a dish washing liquid, bottle, two plastic, straws, a nail, glue, red food coloring, sugar, and water.

• a dish washing liquid bottle, two plastic straws, a nail, glue, red food coloring, sugar, ad water.

• a dish washing liquid, bottle, two plastic straws, a nail, glue, red food, coloring, sugar, and water.

Which choice shows the correct way to punctuate the sentence?

• Jane Goodall founded institutes to conserve chimps in Tanzania, the United, Kingdom, the United States, and six other countries.

• Dian Fossey studied gorillas in Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Rwanda.

• Sarah Hrdy has written books on Indian monkeys and human, mothers and infants.

• Mireya Mayor researches, lemurs in Madagascar, lectures at universities, and travels the world, as a wildlife reporter.